Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare pharmacogenetic disorder, in which volatile anaesthetic agents trigger deregulated calcium release causing hypermetabolic crisis in susceptible individuals. MH is an anaesthetic emergency that requires …
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number and activity of student surgical societies and interest groups in Australian and New Zealand medical schools. To remain competitive, …
We often see a case report about something absolutely fascinating – that one condition found on that page of Robbins [1] that we vaguely remember – but we don’t often …
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age Robert Wachter New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015 Modern medicine in the 21st century is an evolving …
Medical students are very busy. The demands of studying medicine are extraordinary. Why then is it so important, on top of all there is to learn, to bother engaging in …
As a medical student (a long time ago, admittedly), peering into the far future to wonder what publishing was going to look like when I graduated and practiced was very …
Much has been reported about the prevalence of mental health concerns amongst medical students and doctors, both internationally and in Australia. In 2013, beyondblue released the results from its national …
