News & Views Meet some of the women trying to beat the spread of coronavirus Lisa Jackson, Kate Broderick, Lynda Stuart, Nita Patel & Lauren Gardner are among the extraordinary women behind the global efforts to confront COVID-19.
News & Views ‘You’ll never be brilliant, because you have a working wife’: Bias remains the biggest issue for women in medical research Dr Louise Purton and three other women in medicine speak on bias at UNSW Medicine’s International Women’s Day panel on their career pathways.
News & Views Ending the ‘manel’: This group of female doctors want more women speakers in health Women Speakers in Healthcare Australia and New Zealand is a group of doctors who have made available the largest database of female experts in medicine.
News & Views ‘I didn’t see me’: Medicine needs more role models for those with disabilities Neuroscientist Jerusha Mather wants to become Australia’s first doctor with cerebral palsy and is advocating for disabiltiy inclusion.
News & Views The ridiculous question women in medicine don’t want to be asked The Medical Journal of Australia called for manuscript submissions on the topic of ‘Women in medicine is there gender equity?’ The answer is no.
Uncategorised Heart surgeon Dr Nikki Stamp’s trailblazing career is just the start of how she’s transforming women’s health Dr Nikki Stamp is one of just 11 female heart surgeons in Australia. She wants us to rethink our health, and what the ‘wellness experts’ are really teaching us
News & Views Why Crazy Socks? Because every year over a million patients lose their doctors Crazy Socks for Docs, an initiative started by Dr Geoff Toogood, is a springboard for important conversations about doctor mental health and well-being.
News & Views ‘We see it & can’t always help’: Why doctors are campaigning against violence towards women Doctors against violence towards women has over 300 medical doctor members, from general practice, to surgery, emergency medicine and psychiatry.
Partner Content ‘Bring the proper doctor in’: How Anousha Rafi traversed medicine from Afghanistan to Australia Anousha Rafi felt determined to pursue a career in medicine after witnessing people in her home country, Afghanistan struggle with sickness and injury.
News & Views How women helped secure a historic victory for refugees in Canberra Dr Kerryn Phelps, Dr Sara Townend & Dr Neela Janakiramanan are among the women who helped secure a bill to ensure refugees get the medical care they need.
News & Views The truth about a broken health system that devalues & dehumanises junior doctors In the last few days, Dr. Yumiko Kadota’s story of brutal hours and dehumanising conditions as a registrar at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney hit headlines.
News & Views The ugly side of becoming a surgeon Mind Body Miko, A Sydney based doctor, writes honestly about the lowest point in her life, shedding light on what becoming a surgeon still entails.