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Volume 2, Issue 1 2011
It is a pleasure to welcome you to this issue of the Australian Medical Student Journal (AMSJ). After the very successful launch of the AMSJ’s inaugural issue in 2010, it has been decided that the journal will now operate on a biannual basis from this year. It has been almost a year since the AMSJ’s [...]
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It appears that all the students who graduated at the end of 2010 and are now doing their intern year did find a place. But that is unlikely to be the case for all students finishing this year, and in the immediate future. All medical students who qualify in Australia must be guaranteed access to [...]
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It was with some interest that I read the Review Article ‘What do medical students think about pharmaceutical promotion?’ by Carmody and Mansfield, published in AMSJ Volume 1, Issue 1. [1] As the article reports, there is a conspicuous lack of solid data investigating the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and medical students, particularly in Australia. [...]
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University of Adelaide
I am writing in response to the review article by McMullen (AMSJ Volume 1, Issue 1). [1] The major cause of gynaecologic-related cancer mortality in women in developed settings is ovarian cancer. [2] Recent research findings in this field provide hope in relation to both screening and early treatment – even though randomised controlled trial [...]
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Healthcare provision and access to effective healthcare for young people (aged fifteen to 24 years) has long been a debated issue. [1,2] The law is clear regarding the conditions under which a person under the age of eighteen (a ‘minor’) may consent to medical treatment. Yet there is a remarkable lack of clarity, and lack [...]
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Monash University
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ (RACP) Clinical Examination takes a full day and for medical registrars is the barrier between basic and advanced training, including subspecialty training. My experience was as an ‘examination assistant’ (or ‘bulldog’ in colloquial terms) for the candidates. I had been on my general medicine rotation and the consultant of [...]
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University of Tasmania
Since 1999, the number of Australian medical schools has doubled. While this has brought about diversity, it has arguably also created a worrying lack of standardisation in the skills of graduates. National curricula are currently a hot topic, with the development of a standardised Australian curriculum for Kindergarten to Year 12 well underway. Is it [...]
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University of New South Wales, University of Sydney
The internet has woven itself into the fabric of society, by offering a plethora of services which have evolved from luxuries to necessities. Telemedicine – the use of the internet to transmit information for diagnosis and management – has garnered recent attention because of the Federal Government’s promise to provide AU$392million for its development, and [...]
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University of New South Wales
Abstract Aphasia associated with brain tumours has previously been regarded as essentially equivalent to the aphasia of stroke, and as a deficit unlikely to affect a patient’s prognosis. Recent research challenges such hypotheses. Tumour-related aphasias are commonly anomic aphasias, and hence pathologically distinct from classic post-stroke aphasias. Accordingly, many rules from the world of stroke [...]
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University of Melbourne
Abstract Many physiological changes in pregnancy may affect the presentation of abdominal pain in the pregnant patient. Rapid diagnosis and management is required to prevent dire complications for both mother and fetus. Most radiological investigations are not harmful to the developing fetus and can avoid unnecessary and potentially detrimental explorative surgery. The role of laparoscopy [...]
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University of New South Wales
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