Doctors from Wagga Wagga have won first prize at the Australia-New Zealand Medicine Research awards. Dr Lachlan Weir, Dr George Mallat and Associate Professor Joseph Suttie were grateful for all the local support. Research co-ordinator Simon Paton said, “We have seen an absolute explosion...

Matthew J Lennon, Belinda G. O’Sullivan, Matthew R. McGrail, Deborah J. Russell, John Preddy Objectives Junior medical officers (JMOs), graduates in their first three years of work, are an important part of the health care team. Attracting and retaining these doctors to rural areas...

Dr Christopher Wilson, Emily Neville, A/Prof Catherine Harding Rationale General practitioner (GP) stress, burnout and retention in rural and remote areas remain critical issues to be addressed in relation to workforce distribution. Despite efforts, current strategies are failing to improve the situation. In order...

Shruti Krishnan, Sarah Ritchie, Sarah Myers, Julia Fattore Introduction Antibiotic resistance is a growing phenomenon in Australia where traditionally, there was unrestrained use of broad spectrum antibiotics across the fields of both human and veterinary medicine. Antimicrobial stewardship was subsequently developed to promote appropriate...

Denbigh Burrows (UNSW M.D. Year VI), Timothy Bemand (UNSW M.D. Year VI) Abstract Polypharmacy in the elderly is a common occurrence which can have catastrophic effects. With the rapidly growing amounts of prescription medication which are available, the last ten years has seen a...

Emily Neville Abstract Australians who live in rural and remote areas have a lower life expectancy, higher rates of disease and injury, and poorer access to health services than people living in Major cities. However, per 100,000 people there are on average only 264...

Emily Neville Abstract Twenty-nine percent of the Australian population live in regional, rural and remote areas and of this 30.1% are female (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016, 2017). Australian rural women are not a homogenous group and they all have different needs...

Ramandeep Kaur Background The growing popularity of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has shown safe and efficacious results in bariatric populations, but it’s safety and effectiveness in the elderly is uncertain.  Methods A retrospective review will be performed of all patients aged >60 years who...

Erica Dean, Sarah Ritchie, Stacey Casley, Henry Hicks Abstract In 1995, a classification system for horse falls was created, based on presentations to a rural emergency department (ED)1. Other studies have since looked at the pattern of injuries2, however there is still no recognised...

Kelly Hawkes, Joseph Suttie Introduction Clopidogrel is a widely used anti-platelet agent used in the prevention and treatment of ischemic vascular disease. Given its popularity, it’s important to be aware of a rare but significant adverse reaction, clopidogrel-associated neutropenia. This is the case of...