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Well it seems like that's the way it may end up going - the whole team-based integrated approach and whatnot - the doctor is just a part of the team these days, moreso than before.

The generalist can be de-valued to some extent in these proposals, but mobile generalists with the ability to change subspecialties as the need arises may complement the specialist streams, and then with IPL etc you build your model.

Yep we'll need to meet the demand as it rises. There were some interesting discussions at this year's forum of specialists with IMET regarding how to cope with the increasing numbers - possibility of fast-tracking, increased sub-specialty flexibility, pathways etc sound quite exciting. Not sure...

Yeh priority is obviously given to CSPs, BMPs, MRBS, and only then Full fee/Ints etc, if no. graduates exceeds positions. 2008 figures were 576 trainee positions in NSW, and a little over 600 graduates according to IMET, so roughly 1:1. 1000+ graduates are expected in 2013, so it'll be...

Yeh OSCEs are better than mcq's/sba's for the most part - I suppose a competency test would involve both though. The preferential lottery system hasn't failed to date because graduates:PGY1s has more or less been 1:1. Honours as a grading system is slowly being reintroduced in some schools with...

It's a possibility. Another explanation is that overly vigorous scrubbing can rupture the cysts formed in acne, releasing more of the debris and increasing inflammation, aggravating the problem.

True, but it is better tolerated. Doxycycline is another option I suppose.

Fairly strong second-line antibiotics and associated with a number of adverse effects, such as dizziness, headaches, drowsiness, plus affects digestive system. It's also been associated with hepatitis. It all depends on your dosage and number of courses etc + individual susceptibility too. So...

This may be more of an issue in the future due to competition for training positions, which will especially intensify around the time of the '11/'12 graduates according to IMET projections. It is quite reasonable to think that graduates will not only be graded internally at their own medical...

As far as weighing courses up, it comes down to a number of factors - quality of teaching, quality of students, number of students and hence opportunities to learn, resources available, and convenience of access, with different requirements for different people. Ultimately, you take what you can...

Well, you can still do basic sciences and balance that up with a clinical load and not end up doing path lol - endocrinologists and their biochem, infectious diseases/immunologists and their immu...although I agree, clinical trials + clinical work fits much more naturally.

Hah yeh terrible advice - hang around for more than a year and you'll get bored shatless, plus end up copping it from radiologists. Now there's a decent career.