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    Research shows patients in regional NSW had positive experiences of virtual health care, adding nuanced understanding to help improve telehealth models of care, write Dr Emma Webster, Dr Florian Honeyball, Dr Sidney Pye, and Associate Professor Rob Zielinski. As health care workers, we seem to have either a “good” or “bad” view of virtual health …

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    It’s time we started thinking about designing a trauma-informed curriculum for medical trainees, writes Dr Jocelyn Lowinger. At a recent job interview I was asked the question, “can you tell us about a time you made a mistake and what you did about it?” On the face of it, this question seems to be trying …

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    Doctors must take a leadership role in urging governments to take stronger action on climate change, writes Dr Richard Yin. When the Australian Parliament recently passed the country’s most significant carbon emissions reduction legislation in over a decade, a notable absence in the debate was the health voice. From a health perspective, the Safeguard Mechanism, …

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    The latest Medical Training Survey makes for sobering reading, prompting the need for senior doctors to do more to address bullying and racism in the profession, writes Dr Jillann Farmer. The results of the 2022 Medical Training Survey are in – and the story is not pretty for our early-career colleagues. The survey, organised by …

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    Long term medical management is vital for managing obesity, an often-stigmatised condition that is complex and chronic. A Narrative review published online first in The Medical Journal of Australia explores current and emerging medications for the management of obesity in adults.  Obesity is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease due to complications …

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    Long term medical management is vital for managing obesity, an often-stigmatised condition that is complex and chronic. A Narrative review published online first in The Medical Journal of Australia explores current and emerging medications for the management of obesity in adults.  Obesity is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease due to complications …

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    The philosopher Baltasar Gracian observed: “The art of medicine lies in knowing what not to do”. That includes not discontinuing antidepressants when it is in the patient’s best interests to recommend continuing treatment to prevent relapse, write Associate Professors Jeffrey Looi, Stephen Allison and Professor Tarun Bastiampillai … A recent article in The Conversation asked: …

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    During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system stretched and stretched and stretched. So did the people in it. We must resist the inevitable urge of funders and policy makers to assess that this was the true system capacity all along, writes Jillann Farmer … THE first article I wrote for InSight+ came from a space …

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