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May 4, 2022

A burnt‑out health workforce impacts patient care

Karen Willis, Victoria University; Jaimie-Lee Maple, Victoria University; Marie Bismark, The University of Melbourne, and Natasha Smallwood, Monash University

Burnout among health-care workers has implications for the whole workforce, and patients too.

We now have parity in medical schools, but not in the high-powered positions and specialties in medicine. from www.shutterstock.com.au

January 5, 2016

Female doctors in Australia are hitting glass ceilings – why?

Helen Dickinson, The University of Melbourne and Marie Bismark, The University of Melbourne

Women are typically the dominant group within medical schools and yet remain under-represented in formal leadership positions and particular speciality areas.

Around 60% of complaints against doctors are about the quality of care that was provided. Image from shutterstock.com

April 11, 2013

Name ‘frequent flyer’ doctors after multiple complaints, urge experts

Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation

Health commissions and medical boards should publicly disclose the details of complaints against doctors when multiple allegations of misconduct or inappropriate behaviour are made, experts say. The call…

Surgery and psychiatry attract the most patient complaints and have a high potential for power imbalance. c e d db o/Flikr

July 13, 2011

Early action against ‘complaint‑prone’ doctors may help protect patients

Marie Bismark, The University of Melbourne

Nearly a fifth of all complaints against doctors in private practice in Victoria are made against a small group of medical professionals. So taking early action against these complaint-prone doctors may…

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