Rescuing the profession we love: general practice training sector recommendations for improving the attractiveness of general practice training. A qualitative analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians, educators, and policy makers should work together to increase the number of high quality, adequately supported student and junior doctor placements in general practice, improve intra-professional relationships, and trial new models of general practitioner trainee payment and conditions.PMID:38699842 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52291 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nancy Sturman Michael Tran Sophie Vasiliadis Source Type: research

How can we attract more doctors to general practice training?
Med J Aust. 2024 May 3. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52292. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38699855 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52292 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Belinda G O'Sullivan Christie Rodda Source Type: research

Management of patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in Australia and New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group position statement
Med J Aust. 2024 May 3. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52295. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The main mission of the Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology and Oncology Group (ANZCHOG) is to develop and facilitate local access to the world's leading evidence-based clinical trials for all paediatric cancers, including brain tumours, as soon as practically possible. Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) - a subset of a larger group of tumours now termed diffuse midline glioma, H3K27-altered (DMG) - are paediatric brain cancers with less than 10% survival at two years. In the absence of any proven curative ther...
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Santosh Valvi Neevika Manoharan Marion K Mateos Timothy Eg Hassall David S Ziegler Geoffrey B McCowage Matthew D Dun David D Eisenstat Nicholas G Gottardo Jordan R Hansford Source Type: research

Lifestyle advice from general practitioners and changes in health-related behaviour in Australia: secondary analysis of 2020-21 National Health Survey data
Med J Aust. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52285. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38693623 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52285 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - May 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Loai Albarqouni Hannah Greenwood Caroline Dowsett Paul P Glasziou Source Type: research

Age group-specific changes in keratinocyte cancer treatment rates in Australia, 2012- 2021: a retrospective cohort study based on MBS claims data
CONCLUSIONS: Rates of MBS-subsidised treatment for keratinocyte cancers increased during 2012-2019, but BCC/SCC treatment rates declined among younger Australians, who have probably been exposed to less sunlight than earlier generations because of public health interventions and population-wide lifestyle changes related to technology use.PMID:38685827 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52293 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 30, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Catherine M Olsen Nirmala Pandeya Rachel E Neale David C Whiteman Source Type: research

Symptomatic cancer diagnosis in general practice: a critical perspective of current guidelines and risk assessment tools
Med J Aust. 2024 Apr 28. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52287. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38679756 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52287 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 28, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Brent Venning Jon D Emery Source Type: research

Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide
Med J Aust. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52289. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38655578 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52289 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Noor Lammoza Maria Hormiz Cherie Chiang Chris Stead Mustafa Ayhan Samuel C Hume Source Type: research

How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens' jury
CONCLUSIONS: The deliberative process supported a nationally representative sample of citizens to construct recommendations about how AI in health care should be developed, used, and governed. Recommendations derived using such methods could guide clinicians, policy makers, AI researchers and developers, and health service users to develop approaches that ensure trustworthy and responsible use of this technology.PMID:38629188 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52283 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Stacy M Carter Yves Saint James Aquino Lucy Carolan Emma Frost Chris Degeling Wendy A Rogers Ian A Scott Katy Jl Bell Belinda Fabrianesi Farah Magrabi Source Type: research

Artificial intelligence in health care: nothing about me without me
Med J Aust. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52282. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38629208 | DOI:10.5694/mja2.52282 (Source: Medical Journal of Australia)
Source: Medical Journal of Australia - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Clair Sullivan Keren Pointon Source Type: research