Diploma of HTFU

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UCEM announce the inauguration of a new educational qualification – the DipHTFU. We also find who is the first recipient of this prestigious award…

A Postcard from the Edge

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LITFL’s first ‘Postcard from the Edge’, a series highlighting the emerging field of International Emergency Medicine, features Australian IEM trailblazer Associate Professor Chris Curry.

Brilliant Broome Docs

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I’ve always thought ‘GP proceduralist’ is a very understated term for people who should really be considered the ‘MacGyvers of medicine’. GP proceduralists in remote Australia are what most doctors were maybe eighty years ago — and what most of us dreamed of being when we went into medical school: having a baby? They’ll deliver [...]

RubyLux Australia Tour 2010

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RubyLux …aka Mike, Adam, Clark and Rob are over in Australia playing at select venues with their new album FAKE_CONTROL_ (which is awesome by the way), and they were generous enough to drop in for a quick jam session with the boys and teach Hammer and Chill some cool new riffs! Best of luck with the World Tour lads – you ROCK

More Loathing in WA

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Western Australia’s radiology image viewing system is making many doctors unhappy. Stress reduction kit provided.

Fear and Vaccines in Western Australia

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A clinician’s view of the spate of adverse reactions to the flu vaccine in Western Australia that led to all vaccinations in those aged <5 years being ceased.

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SurgeXperiences is a fortnightly blog carnival bringing together surgically-related posts from the best and brightest of the blogosphere.

Never Kiss a Jellyfish

Never kiss a jellyfish

Although I ‘love’ jellyfish from the point of view of a clinician, I avoid getting close and personal’ with them. Recently I plunged face first into a jellyfish

Words of Wisdom in Christmas Cheer

Christmas Brilliance from the Guru – Tim Minchin White Wine in the Sun I’m looking forward to Christmas It’s sentimental I know But I just really like it I am hardly religious I’d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu To be honest And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism [...]

Days Beyond Superlative

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Some days are special. Some days are amazing…and some days are so amazing they go beyond superlative; destiny changing days to be forever ingrained in ones mind. Saturday was one of these days.