Covid-19 and the impacts on Indigenous health
While most of us have been impacted in some way from the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has also exposed the health vulnerabilities of Indigenous people. Deputy Chair of the Foundation for Surgery and ...
19 Touko 202012min
From Broken Hill to Oxford - a PhD student's passion advance Indigenous health
Junior doctor and Wiradjuri woman Dr Claudia Paul is passionate about Indigenous health and opportunities for Indigenous medical students and junior doctors. Dr Paul is only the third Australian Abori...
5 Touko 20209min
Using MALT as an audit tool
The RACS Morbidity Audit and Logbook Tool – often referred to its acronym, MALT – is a system designed to log procedures electronically. Easily accessible from a web-based device, MALT, is provided to...
26 Huhti 20208min
Coronavirus cash flow assistance for businesses and what medical practitioners need to know about their own finances
Without doubt, the pandemic we're facing is disrupting much of what we do, where we go and how we travel. The impact on the economy will be huge, which has led the federal government to announce a ran...
25 Maalis 202016min
Opening up opportunities for women in surgery
Associate Professor Payal Mukherjee is completing a PhD in new technologies in ear surgery. As one of few females studying technology, she's pushing for greater female participation in STEM discipline...
16 Maalis 202010min
How major changes to income protection insurance might affect you
Major changes to the rules covering income protection insurance have been proposed by APRA, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Michael Waycott, a Director of the Bongiorno Group, discusse...
3 Maalis 20206min
Reflections on frontline volunteering
Sydney vascular surgeon Dr John Swinnen OAM has risked his life treating hundreds of gunshot wounds, bomb blast injuries and performed countless operations not often seen in developed countries like o...
18 Helmi 202017min
In favour of a surgical career outside the capital cities
Since 1992, RACS Councillor Associate Professor Kerin Fielding has lived and worked in the NSW Riverina city of Wagga Wagga. As an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in a regional part of the Australia, s...
4 Helmi 202010min
