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Exam anxiety

Most doctors experience some degree of anxiety when preparing for their medical specialist exams. The stakes are high, the topics.
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“Improve your communication skills.” What does that even mean?!

Supervisors tell many doctors-in-training: “you need to improve your communication skills”. But what does this actually mean? And how can.
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Why bedside manner matters and how to improve yours

Coaching in bedside manner requires attention to detail and a gentle, non-confrontational approach…
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Preparing for fellowship exams: my family doesn’t understand!

Preparing for fellowship specialist exams is a monumental undertaking. Other registrars understand this. Consultants who have been there before understand.
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How has covid changed specialist exams?

Throughout Australia and New Zealand, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we have done so many things. It goes.
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Can empathy be taught?

Doctors often come to see me after being told repeatedly that they do not show enough empathy in clinical exams..
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Is there a trick to passing medical specialist exams?

Doctors sometimes get in touch with me looking for the trick, the silver bullet, the magic. “What am I doing.
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Do you need to put your “life on hold” when preparing for exams?

One of the greatest myths in the medical world is that doctors need to “put their lives on hold” when.
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