Media Releases and Media Coverage

• COVID-19 and the medical workforce: report shows loss of income and potential new ways of working. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 17 July 2020.

• Growing medical workforce increases competition, study finds. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 20 May 2019.
• Rural practice linked to junior doctors being more satisfied. UNSW Newsroom, The University of New South Wales 18 October 2019

• Medical specialists’ prices decline – ANZ-Melbourne Institute report. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 15 June 2018.

• First national study comparing rural and city medical specialists: how to redress the balance. News and Events, Monash University, 28 April 2017.
• GP job satisfaction falls while the challenges to the sector increase. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 26 April 2017.
• How to fix the shortage of country doctors. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 14 March 2017.
• Why specialist doctors are heading to the bush. Faculty of Business and Economics Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, January 2017.

• Rural Training Crucial for More Rural GPs. The Medical Journal of Australia, 5 September 2016.

• GPs who stay rural longer move to city less. The Medical Journal of Australia, 20 July 2015.

• Double trouble with rural waiting times. Australian National University Newsroom, 20 November 2014.

• GP mums $100,000 p.a. worse off than men. Faculty of Business and Economics B&E News, 4 December 2012.
• Junior doctors, hospital doctors and international graduates attract more aggression. The Medical Journal of Australia, 17 September 2012.
• Doctors want extra cash to work in the bush. The University of Melbourne, The Melbourne Newsroom, 8 August 2012.

• MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors extended five years. Melbourne Institute, 18 October 2011.

2010

• Female GPs earn 25 per cent less than male counterparts. Melbourne Institute, 21 July 2010.
• Rural and Metro GPs Report Similar Levels of Job Satisfaction. The Medical Journal of Australia, 2010.

2009

• Results from the MABEL Longitudinal Survey of Australian Doctors - Wave 1 (2008). Melbourne Institute, 2009.
• About one in ten Doctors plan to quit over the next 5 years. Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL), 23 April 2009.

2008

• Improving the working lives of doctors. Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL), 30 May 2008.

2007

• New research delves into Australia's ongoing medical workforce shortages. Melbourne Institute, 2007.

The ANZ - Melbourne Institute Health Sector Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on GPs and non-GP Specialists in Private Practice was released on 16 July 2020

Media Release

• How are Australia’s Doctors Faring During Covid-19? Pursuit, The University of Melbourne, 16 July 2020.

Media Coverage:

• Telehealth bulk-billing requirement hits GP incomes. Australian Doctor, 16 July 2020.
• GPs count cost of pandemic-driven telehealth surge. The Australian, 16 July 2020.
• Radio interview with Professor Anthony Scott, Stress of stop-gap services like telehealth revealed as GPs and patients grapple with coronavirus, ABC Radio Sydney, 17 July 2020.
• COVID-19 and medical workforce: report shows loss of income and potential new ways of working, Mirage News, 18 July 2020.
• Dial a doctor: pandemic pressures healthcare system, ANZ bluenotes, 21 July 2020.
• Financial stress and lack of PPE affecting GPs’ mental health, newsGP, 22 July 2020.

Other Media Coverage:

• Community doctor surgeries becoming unviable as Medicare funding falls behind inflation, Courier-Mail, 23 September 2020.
• Clinics on life support as GP wages rise $1 in five years, Fraser Coast Chronicle, 23 September 2020.

The ANZ - Melbourne Institute Health Sector Report: The future of the medical workforce was released on 20 May 2019.

Media Release

• Growing medical workforce increases competition, study finds. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 20 May 2019.

Media Coverage:

• The future of Australia's doctors. Pursuit, The University of Melbourne, 19 May 2019. Republished on MJA Insight , The Mandarin and Australian Doctor.
• $20 an hour: the pay gap between male and female doctors. Australian Doctor, 20 May 2019.
• Growing medical workforce increases competition, study finds. Mirage News, 20 May 2019.
• Growing medical workforce increases competition, study finds. The National Tribune, 20 May 2019.
• Virtual visits likely to shape the future of the medical workforce, reports says. Healthcare IT News, 21 May 2019.
• What's the low-down on doctors' income?. Australian Doctor, 22 May 2019
• Which specialties' earnings are rising - and which are falling? Australian Doctor, 3 June 2019
• Policy responses to increasing workforce supply. NewsGP, 18 June 2019
• Podcast with Richard Grayson (Head of Health at ANZ) and Professor Tony Scott, ANZ bluenotes, 29 November 2019

The journal article: The role of financial factors in the mobility and location choices of General Practitioners in Australia was published in the Human Resources for Health, 24 May 2019.

Media Coverage:

• Financial incentives not effective in tackling rural GP shortages. NewsGP, 29 May 2019.

A journal article co-authored by the MABEL team: Attracting junior doctors to rural centres: A national study of work‐life conditions and satisfaction (paywall), was published in the Australian Journals of Rural Health in October 2019.

Media Release

• Rural practice linked to junior doctors being more satisfied. UNSW Sydney Newsroom, 18 October 2019

Media Coverage:

• The Riverina's Doctor shortage has reached a crisis point. 9 News Riverina Segment via Facebook, 15 October 2019.
• Regional doctors enjoy a better work-life balance, report says. Radio National Breakfast, 18 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast, 18 October 2019 (also broadcast from ABC North and West SA).
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Central West NSW, 18 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Mid North Coast, 18 October 2019.
• Rural practice linked to junior doctors being more satisfied. Medical Xpress, 18 October 2019.
• Research shows rural Aussie junior doctors more satisfied. The Country NZ Herald, 18 October 2019.
• Rural practice linked to more satisfied junior doctors. The National Tribune, 18 October 2019.
• Rural practice linked to more satisfied junior doctors. Mirage News, 18 October 2019.
• TV interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC News, 18 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC New England North West, 21 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Rural Doctors Association of Australia president Dr Adam Coltzau and Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Eyre Peninsula and West Coast, 21 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Central West NSW, 21 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC North Coast NSW, 21 October 2019.
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Riverina, Wagga Wagga, 21 October 2019
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Mid North Coast, 21 October 2019..
• Radio interview with Dr Matthew Lennon, ABC Western Plains NSW, 21 October 2019.
• Young doctors happier in bush. Sunraysia Daily, 21 October 2019.
• 'Surprising' Study Finds Junior Doctors Working In Rural Areas Are Happier Than Their City Counterparts. 10daily, 21 October 2019.
• Happy doctors - News segment.  Prime7 News Wagga, 21 October 2019.
• Rural junior doctors are 'more satisfied' than city colleagues. The Daily Advertiser, 21 October 2019.
• Junior doctors more likely to be happy in the bush. News GP, 22 October 2019.
• Rural practice satisfies junior doctors. Hospital + Healthcare, 6 November 2019.
• Katherine GP shortage increases waiting times, frustration for patients and doctors, ABC News, 9 February 2020.

A journal article co-authored by the MABEL team: Understanding professional satisfaction of hospital trainees in Australia (paywall), was published in the Medical Education.

Media Release:

• What makes specialist doctor trainees happy? New study reveals top factors for job satisfaction, UNSW Sydney Newsroom, 28 January 2020.

Media Coverage:

• Clinical support time for doctors means better care for patients Policy Statement, AMA, 12 December 2019

Other Media Coverage:

• Doctors in danger of work burnout. The Australian, 18 February 2019.
• Top tips for GPs to cope with the stressors of work. Australian Doctor, 18 February 2019.
• More clinics move to put GPs on salaries. Australian Doctor, 7 May 2019.
• It's not 'lady medicine', it's good medicine: GP reacts to income gap. Australian Doctor, 1 August 2019

Media Coverage:

• MABEL: Doctors shouldn't work in excess of 50 hours per week. MJA Insight, 19 February 2018

The Australian Doctor published a six-part special report using MABEL data, starting with GP earnings are sliding, exclusive data reveal. Australian Doctor, 21 May 2018

Media Coverage

• Here's the latest income data for 31 specialties. Where do you sit?. Australian Doctor, 21 May 2018.
• GPs have their say on the latest earnings data. Australian Doctor, 21 May 2018.
• Here's the latest income data for 31 specialties. Where do you sit?. Australian Doctor, 23 May 2018.
• 'Shocked, not surprised': GP income data reveals extent of gender gap. Australian Doctor, 25 May 2018.
• 'Why do female GPs earn less? An expert explains the factors at play Australian Doctor, 25 May 2018.
• GPs do good, but we're businesses, not charities. Medical Observer, 25 May 2018.
• The public needs reminding that we GPs aren't charity workers. Australian Doctor, 29 May 2018.

Release of ANZ - Melbourne Institute’s Health Sector Report: Specialists on 14 June 2018.

• Why do medical specialist consultation fees vary so much? Pursuit, The University of Melbourne, 14 June 2018.
• Growing pains in the health sector. Bluenotes, ANZ, 20 June 2018.

A report using MABEL Data: General Practice: Health of the Nation 2018, was published by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 18 September 2018.

Media Coverage

• The positive impact of diversity in general practice. NewsGP, 26 October 2018.

Other Media Coverage in 2018

• Interview on ABC Radio Perth.  ABC, 29 August 2018.
• How do you start your own practice? These owners can tell you. NewsGP, 3 September 2018.

The journal article Family effects on the rurality of GP’s work location: A longitudinal panel study, was published in Human Resources for Health in October 2017.

Media Coverage:

• Families come first for GPs thinking about rural practice. MJA InSight, 13 November 2017

A journal article authored by external MABEL data users: The relationship between working conditions and self-rated health among medical doctors: evidence from seven waves of the Medicine In Australia Balancing Employment and Life (Mabel) survey, was published in the BMC Health Services Research in September 2017.

Media Coverage:

• Are doctors reporting worse health? MJA InSight, 18 September 2017.

A report using MABEL Data: General Practice: Health of the Nation 2017, was published by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 13 September 2017.

Media Coverage:

• GPs inundated with mental health issues. 6 minutes. 13 September 2017.
• Pay aside, GPs are a fairly happy bunch. Australian Doctor, 14 September 2017
• General practice: Health of the nation. PHCRIS PCH News. 5 October 2017.

There was a story published in the Australian Doctor using MABEL Data: How much do GPS earn compared with other specialists? Australian Doctor, 25 August 2017.

Media Coverage:

• GPs inundated with mental health issues. 6 minutes. 13 September 2017.
• The short-changing of GPs. What so GP-specialist pay disparities say about the Australian health system? Australian Doctor, 25 August 2017.
• How do your earnings compare? Othopods make twice as much as GPs. Australian Doctor, 25 August 2017.
• Which doctors earn the most? Medical Observer, 28 August 2017.
• Which doctors earn the most? 6 Minutes, 29 August 2017.
• Which doctors earn the most (in Australia)? NZDoctor.co.nz. 29 August 2017.
• Earnings differ widely between male and female doctors. Medical Observer, 30 August 2017.
• Which specialists are the top earners? The Limbic, 30 August 2017.
• Women doctors earning far less than men. Medical Observer. 30 August 2017.
• It is not okay to pay us less to do the same work as men. Australian Doctor. 1 September 2017.
• 'It is not okay to pay us less to do the same work as men'. Medical Observer. 1 September 2017.
• Inequality persists. Female GPs earn $41k less per year. Australian Doctor, 1 September 2017.
• Push for GP attendance rebates to match other specialists. Medical Observer. 1 September 2017.

The journal article: Specialist outreach services in regional and remote Australia: Key drivers and policy implications, was published in the Medical Journal of Australia, August 2017.

Media Coverage:

• Specialist rural outreach needs more support. MJA InSight, Issue 30, 7 August 2017.
• Special Rural Outreach, with Dr Belinda O'Sullivan. MJA Podcasts 2017 Episode 41. 207(3), 23 August 2017.

There was a story published in MJA InSight: Building regional specialist service hubs. Issue 26, 10 July 2017.

Media Coverage: Regional training cash splash labelled 'bizarre'. The Limbic, 10 July 2017. Interviewed: O'Sullivan B.

There was a media release sent out by Monash University about Belinda O'Sullivan's presentation at the 14th World Rural Health Conference, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) held in Cairns, 29 April - 2 May 2017.

Media Release: First national study comparing rural and city medical specialists: how to redress the balance. News and Events, Monash University, 28 April 2017.

Media Coverage:

• Everyone wants to be a specialist. The medical workforce in Australia. Nightlife, ABC Radio, 9:00pm, Interviewed: B O'Sullivan, 8 May 2017.
• Rural Specialists. ABC Radio Far North Queensland. Interviewed: B O'Sullivan & L Farrar, 1 May 2017.

There were several media releases sent out for the release of the ANZ - Melbourne Institute Health Sector Report: General practice trends on 26 April 2017.

Media Releases:

• GP job satisfaction falls while the challenges to the sector increase. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 26 April 2017.
• General Practice Trends: ANZ - Melbourne Institute Health Sector Report. INSIGHTS, ANZ, 26 April 2017
• New Report on General Practice Trends Released. Faculty of Business and Economics Newsroom, The University of Melbourne. 26 April 2017.

Media Coverage:

• The prognosis for Australia’s challenged GP sector. BlueNotes, ANZ, 26 April 2017.
• Bridging the gap for rural healthcare. BlueNotes, ANZ, 27 April 2017.
• New Report on General Practice Trends. Health Services Research Association Australia and New Zealand, HSRAANZ Blog, 26 April 2017.
• GP earnings are on the rise despite freeze. Australian Doctor, Latest News, 26 April 2017
• GP job satisfaction falls while the challenges to the sector increase. Medical Press, 26 April 2017.
• Health News: GP job satisfaction falls while the challenges to the sector increase. RobinsPost.com, 26 April 2017
• GP earnings have risen, even amid the freeze. How? Medical Observer, 27 April 2017
• New report on general practice trends released.  This Week in PHC,  Issue 04 May 2017.
• Taking the pulse on general practice. Pursuit, The University of Melbourne.
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. The Guardian, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. @GuardianAus Tweet, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. @RACGP Tweet, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. Guardian News River, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs.  News-Falls, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. Newsbelow, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. Wn.com, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. Scoopnest.com, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. Newstopin.com, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. AntonyLast.com, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs.  news.cooperation-iws.eu, 26 April 2017
• Medical bodies say politicians causing falling job satisfaction among GPs. YouTube, 26 April 2017
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise. The Age, 30 April 2017.
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise. The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April 2017.
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise. WA Today, 30 April 2017.
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise. WAtoday.com.au Facebook Post, 30 April 2017.
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise. The Brisbane Times, 30 April 2017.
• GPs despair as work pressures on the rise – Australia News.press, 30 April 2017.
• New report on general practice trends released. This Week in PHC,  Issue 04, May 2017.

Anthony Scott authored an opinion piece for The Weekly Times on 12 April 2017: Unhealthy shortage: A lack of doctors is affecting the health of non-metropolitan communities.

There was a media release sent out for the release of the MABEL Policy Brief, Issue 3, Solving Australia's rural medical workforce shortage on 14 March 2017.

Media Release: How to fix the shortage of country doctors. The Melbourne Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, 14 March 2017

Media Coverage:

• Rural doctors incentives revamp recommended. The World Today, Samantha Donovan, Interviewed: Scott A. 14 March 2017.
• Radio National, Canberra, The World Today, Eleanor Hall.  Report by Samantha Donovan, ABC Reporter. Health economists are urging the nation's governments to offer better incentives for doctors to practice in the regions. 12:47 PM, 14 Mar 2017.
• ABC NewsRadio, Sydney, Drive, Health economists have urged the governments to offer better incentives for doctors to practice in the regions, following new Melbourne research that has forecast an oversupply of GPs in the next few years. 4:24 PM, 14 Mar 2017.
• ABC News 24, Sydney, ABC News Evenings With Grandstand, Interviewed: Scott A. 7:38 PM, 14 March 2017.
• ABC Radio Melbourne, Melbourne, Breakfast, Red Symons, ABC 774, Interviewed: Scott A.  6:48am, 15 March 2017.
• ABC Radio Gippsland, Interviewed: Scott A. 7:10am, 15 March 2017.
• ABC Mid North Coast, Taree, NSW Statewide Drive, Interviewed: McGrail M. 5:12pm, 15 March 2017.
• Radio National, Canberra, Life Matters, Interviewed: McGrail M. 9:05am, 16 March 2017.
• WIN TV, Victoria WIN (country) news. Interviewed: M. McGrail. 24 April 2017
• A country practice lures Sophie Gilbert, The Australian, 25 April 2017.

The journal article: Reasons why specialist doctors undertake rural outreach services: an Australian cross-sectional study was published in the Human Resources for Health, January 2017.

Media Release: Why specialist doctors are heading to the bush. Faculty of Business and Economics Newsroom, The University of Melbourne, January 2017.

Media Coverage:

• Why do specialists do rural outreach? Monash Rural Health website, Jan 2017.

Other Media Coverage in 2017

• Caring for the carers: providing a safe environment for our health care workers. On the front line: protecting our health care workers. ABC Radio Overnights with Trevor Chappell, Rod Quinn. Interviewed: Hills D, 12 July 2017.
• The myth of workplace flexibility. MJA InSight, Issue 16, 1 May 2017.
• Meet the MABEL Team. Rural Health Matters, Monash Rural Health Staff Newsletter, pg 5, February 2017
• New Grant for Study of Vic Podiatrists: PAIGE. Rural Health Matters, Monash Rural Health Staff Newsletter, pg 5, February 2017

There was a podcast with Stefanie Schurer, one of the authors of the journal article: A man's blessing or a woman's curse? The family-earnings gap of doctors that was published in the Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 1 June 2016.

• Podcast and Transcript: Mind the (Gender) Gap. Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Pomegranate Podcast, 30 October 2016.

The journal article: Vocational training of General Practitioners in rural locations is critical for Australian rural medical workforce supply was published by the Medical Journal of Australia, 5 September 2016.

Media Release: Rural Training Crucial for More Rural GPs. The Medical Journal of Australia, 5 September 2016.

Media Coverage:

• National rural generalist program key to retention. MJA InSight. 34, 5 September 2016.
• Rural recruitment and training promotes rural practice by GPs, but is it enough to retain them? Editorials, The Medical Journal of Australia, 5 September 2016.

MABEL Survey now has a Wikipedia Entry! 28 July 2016

• Wikipedia Entry: MABEL Survey (Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life)

The journal article: Subsidies to target specialist outreach services into more remote locations: a national cross-sectional study was published by the Australian Health Review, 4 July 2016.

Media Coverage:

• Delivering healthcare to where it’s needed: subsidies for specialist outreach services are key. School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Blog, Monash University.  17 July 2016.

The journal article by the CRE's former PhD student Danny Hills: Differences in risk and protective factors for workplace aggression between male and female clinical medical practitioners in Australia, was published in the Australian Health Review on 27 June 2016.

Media Coverage:

• Specialists more likely than GPs to cop workplace aggression. Medical Observer. 28 June 2016.
• Male GPs take the brunt of patient aggression. 6 minutes. 27 June 2016.

The working paper: Do Financial Incentives Influence GPs' Decisions to Do After-Hours Work? A Discrete Choice Labour Supply Model was published by both the Melbourne Institute and the IZA.

Media Coverage:

• This Week in PHC. 24 March 2016.

ATO data was compared to MABEL data in response to the article, "GP incomes dwarfed by other specialists' earnings," published in the Australian Doctor, 22 March 2016.

Media Coverage:

• GPs sit second to last on earnings graph. Australian Doctor. 8 April 2016.
• GPs sit second to last on earnings graph. 6 minutes. 8 April 2016.

The journal article: Australian doctors’ non-clinical activities: Results from the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) survey of doctors was published in the Australian Health Review.

Media Coverage:

• This Week in PHC. 12 November 2015.

The journal article: The stability of rural outreach services: a national longitudinal study of specialist doctors was published in the Medical Journal of Australia on 4 October 2015.

Media Coverage:

• Better targeting for outreach services. Surgical Snips. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - Surgical News 16(10): 10. Nov/Dec 2015.
• Outreach needs stability. MJA InSights. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need support'. Herald Sun. National Breaking News. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need support'. The Australian. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need support'. Msn news. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need support'. News.com.au. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services need support. Vav news.com. Top News. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need support'. HEC News. 5 October 2015.
• Bush specialist services 'need maintaining'. Sky News.com.au. 5 October 2015
• Call for more incentives to keep medicos coming to the bush. NewsMail.com.au. 5 October 2015.
• Call for more incentives to keep medicos coming to the bush. The Northern Star. 5 October 2015.
• Call for more incentives to keep medicos coming to the bush. Sunshine Coast Daily. 5 October 2015.
• Call for more incentives to keep medicos coming to the bush. Whitsunday Times. 4 October 2015.
• Call for more incentives to keep medicos coming to the bush. Power2Motivate Tweet. 4 October 2015.

The journal article: Geographical mobility of general practitioners in rural Australia was published in the Medical Journal of Australia and had a media release on 20 July 2015.

Media Coverage:

• GPs more likely to leave remote areas. MJA InSight - News in brief. 20 July 2015
• Doctors last about three years in the bush before seeking the city bright lights. Business Insider Australia. 20 July 2015.
• Australian GPs who stay rural longer move to city less. Medical New Today. 20 July 2015.
• Australian GPs who stay rural longer move to city less. BMC Family Practice - News from the Web. 20 July 2015.
• Small-town doctors and those new to town most likely to leave for the city. The Mercury. 20 July 2015
• Small-town doctors and those new to town most likely to leave for the city. News.com.au. 20 July 2015
• Small-town doctors and those new to town most likely to leave for the city. ThinkGP. 20 July 2015
• Small-town doctors and those new to town most likely to leave for the city. PerthNow. 20 July 2015

The journal article: Job Satisfaction among Australian Doctors: The use of Latent Class Analysis was published in the Journal of Health Services in June.

Media Coverage:

• Overseas trained doctors least satisfied with their work. 6 Minutes. 19 June 2015.

Other Media Coverage in 2015

• Only one in four GPs owns a practice. Australian Doctor. 14 September 2015.
• GPs losing interest in running a practice. 6minutes. 14 September 2015.
• A long wait for treatment. The Land. 10 August 2015.
• Is life's happiness curve really U-shaped?. The Guardian. 24 June 2015.
• Concern over GPs retirement funds. Australian Doctor. 7 May 2015.

Anthony Scott was interviewed about the journal article: Retaining Rural Doctors: Doctors' Preferences for Rural Medical Workforce Incentives, published in Social Science & Medicine.

Media Coverage:

• Building the allure of a country practice. The Voice, The University of Melbourne. 10(12): 8 Dec 2014 - 11 Jan 2015.
• Building the allure of a country practice. The Age Newswire. The Voice, The University of Melbourne. 8 December 2014.

The GRAPHC Regional Mapping Tool (that incorporates the MABEL data), had a media release on the 20 November 2014.

The GRAPHC Regional Mapping Tool is based at the National Centre for Geographic & Resources Analysis in Primary Health Care (GRAPHC) within the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) at the Australian National University.

Media Release: Australian National University. Double trouble with rural waiting times. 20 November 2014.

Media Coverage:

• GP waiting times can be double for rural patients. Rural Doctor. 28 November 2014.
• Interview with Dr Ian McRae, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. ABC South East SA Radio. 27 November 2014.
• Booking a GP in the New England region is difficult as waiting times in the said area are the worst in the country. Tamworth 2TM. 8:30AM News. 25 November 2014.
• Canberrans have long wait to see their doctors. Canberra Times, Canberra. 21 November 2014.
• The GP wait list goes on, and on. The Australian. 21 November 2014.
• Canberrans are waiting a week to see their preferred GPs. Canberra 2CC Radio. 21 November 2014.
• Canberrans are waiting longer and paying more to see their preferred doctor. Canberra 666 ABC Radio. 11AM News. 21 November 2014.
• Interview with Dr Ian McRae, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. Canberra 666 ABC Radio. Mornings. 21 November 2014.
• 8:00AM News. Canberra FM104.7 Radio. 21 November 2014.
• Double trouble with rural waiting times. Noodls. 20 November 2014.

The journal article: Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in human beings: Results from four data sets was published in The Economic Journal.

Media Coverage:

• How to escape a midlife crisis. Business Insider. 23 November 2014.
• The real roots of midlife crisis. The Atlantic. December Issue 2014.

Belinda O'Sullivan was interviewed about the journal article: Rural outreach by specialist doctors in Australia: a national cross-sectional study of supply and distribution, published in Human Resources for Health.

Media Coverage:

• Specialists committed to rural health. Australian Rural Doctor. 11 September 2014.

The journal article: The Future of Medical Careers published in the Medical Journal of Australia, Perspectives, was released on 21 July 2014.

Media Coverage:

• 'Narrow focus' of specialists causes concern. Gastroenterology update. 22 July 2014.
• 'Narrow focus' of specialists causes concern. 6 Minutes. 23 July 2014.
• Peer pressure blamed for poor career choices. 6 Minutes. 21 July 2014.

Working paper: Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in the lives of human beings co-authored by Terence Cheng and using MABEL data received some media attention on 20 March 2014:

Media Release: The Melbourne Newsroom. It's official: mid-life crises do exist. 20 March 2014.

Media Coverage:

• Is the midlife crisis just an excuse? Financial Times. 18 September 2014.
• Interview with Dr Terence Cheng. Brisbane 4BC Radio.Weekend Evenings with John Scott. 30 March 2014.
• Mid-life crises are real; Early 40s are depressing for most. Medical Daily. 22 March 2014.
• ‘Midlife crisis’ is real, says study. The Malaysian Insider. 21 March 2014.
• Interview with Dr Terence Cheng. Adelaide 5AA Radio. Afternoons with Will Goodings. 21 March 2014.
• Mid-life crisis: Happiness hits the lowest point at ages 40-42. UPI. 21 March 2014.
• Midlife crisis: thousands around the world agree that it's the real thing. The Guardian. 20 March 2014.
• Mid-Life Crisis Is REAL, Study Finds. Huffington Post. 20 March 2014
• Study proves midlife crises do exist. ABC Radio PM. 20 March 2014.
• Interview with Dr Terence Cheng. Adelaide 891 ABC Radio. Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff. 20 March 2014.
• The 'midlife crisis' is measurable, and it may be earlier than you think, study finds. NY Daily News. 20 March 2014.
• It's official! Mid-life crisis does happen. Equipsuper blog. 20 March 2014
• It's official: mid-life crises do exist. wn.com. 20 March 2014.
• Evidence supports existence of mid-life crises. Medical Xpress. 19 March 2014.

Other Media Coverage in 2014

• Female GPs keen to work fewer hours. Australian Doctor. 22 April 2014.
• Healthy dedication. Letters, The Age. 8 April 2014.
• Paying doctors to keep patients healthy - If the price is right. Australian Doctor. 10 January 2014.

Working paper 40/13: Public, Private or Both? Analysing Factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists, released in November 2013 received some media attention.

Media Coverage:

• Medical specialists and their choice of private or public hospitals.
  Interviewed: Scott A. ABC Radio National - Health Report Program.16 December 2013.
• Specialists follow the money. 6 Minutes.11 December 2013.

Tony Scott authored some articles for The Conversation:

• Country practice: recruiting doctors to work in the bush. The Conversation. 30 May 2013.
• Is the national doctor shortage a myth? The Conversation. 1 March 2013.

Other Media Coverage in 2013

• Most GPs still vulnerable to violent patients. Australian Doctor. 11 November 2013.
• Gender pay difference 'fair' says poll. Australian Doctor. 9 January 2013.

Working Paper No. 24/12: One Man's Blessing, Another Woman's Curse? Family Factors and the Gender-Earnings Gap of Doctors, had a media release on 4 December 2012.

Media Release: University of Melbourne

Media Coverage:

• Flexibility urged to bridge doctors' gender pay gap. The Australian. Page 7, 4 December 2012.
• Kids cost mum GPs $100k in pay. Australian Doctor. 4 December 2012.
• Having kids leaves female GPs $100,000 worse off than men. Women's Agenda. 4 December 2012
• Female GPs earn half as much as men. Medical Observer. 4 December 2012.
• GP mothers miss out on $100,000. 6 minutes. 4 December 2012.

The journal article: International medical graduates mandated to practice in rural Australia are highly unsatisfied: results from a national survey of doctors published in the Health Policy Journal had some media attention on 7 November 2012.

Media Coverage:

• IMGs 'highly unsatisfied' due to 10-year moratorium. Medical Observer. 13 November 2012.
• IMGs unhappy in compulsory rural practice. 6 Minutes. 8 November 2012.
• Overseas docs unhappy in rural areas. The Weekly Times. 9 November 2012.
• IMGs in shortage areas very dissatisfied. Australian Rural Doctor. 7 November 2012.

The journal article: Junior doctors' preferences for specialty choice was published in the Journal of Health Economics in September 2012.

Media Coverage:

• Income figures expose flaws in incentives. Australian Rural Doctor. 11 September 2012.
• Junior doctors seek $50k more to be GPs. Australian Doctor. 10 September 2012.
• Junior doctors have high salary expectations. 6 Minutes. 7 September 2012.

The journal article: A national study of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice published in the Medical Journal of Australia had a media release on 17 September 2012.

Media Release: Medical Journal of Australia
Media Release: Monash University

Media Coverage:

• Workplace violence project launched. Australian Rural Doctor. 19 September 2012.
• Alarm at Aggression in Medicine. MJA Insights. 17 September 2012
• Concern at surge in patient aggression. Medical Observer. 17 September 2012.
• Patient violence hits IMGs hard. Australian Doctor. 17 September 2012.
• Doctors under fire: study reveals alarming rates of aggression. The Conversation. 17 September 2012.
• SBS World News Australia [Video]. 17 September 2012.

Working Paper 13/12: Getting Doctors into the Bush: General Practitioners' Preferences for Rural Location had a media release on 8 August 2012.

Media Release: The Melbourne Newsroom, University of Melbourne

Media Coverage: 353 media mentions, including:

• GP Study Underlines Current Incentive Scheme Problems. The Nationals for Regional Victoria.17 August 2012.
• Health holes woe; Attraction issues. Shepparton News. Page 1, 14 August 2012
• Rural medicine offers benefits; Money not top concern: doctor. Ballarat Courier. Page 3, 13 August 2012
• 6:30am & 7:30am News. Shepparton Radio 3SR FM. 13 August 2012
• 6:30am & 7:30am News. Albury Radio STAR FM 104.9. 13 August 2012
• Doctors shun bush medicine. Barrier Daily Truth. Page 7, 11 August 2012
• Checkup. Western Advocate. Page 15, 11 August 2012
• Costly to entice GP. Illawarra Mercury. Page 15, 11 August 2012
• Big Bucks to Lure GPs. AAP Newswire CheckUp Medical Column.10 August 2012
• Doctors cash cure. Northern Daily Leader. Page 1, 10 August 2012
• GPs want bush cash jab. Adelaide Advertiser. Page 15, 10 August 2012
• 8:30am News. Wagga Wagga Radio 2WG. 10 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. ABC Radio Ballarat. Mornings with Pru Bently. 10 August 2012
• Mornings with Celine Foenander. ABC Radio Gippsland (Sale).10 August 2012
• Show us the extra $200,000 say docs. Gladstone Observer. Page 12, 9 August 2012
• Show us the extra $200,000 say docs. Fraser Coast Chronicle. Page 14, 9 August 2012
• Money Lures City Docs. Daily Telegraph. Page 22, 9 August 2012
• Interview with Catherine Joyce. Drive Program with Craig Zonca. ABC Radio Tropical North Qld. 9 August 2012
• Dollars needed to attract doctors. Western Advocate. Page 3, 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. ABC News 24. News Breakfast: Michael Rowland & Karina Carvalho. 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. ABC Radio 774 Melbourne. Mornings with John Faine. 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb.  ABC Radio 720 Perth. Afternoons with Gillian O'Shaughnessy. 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. ABC News 24. Afternoon Live with Kim Landers. 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. 3AW Radio Melbourne. Drive with Derryn Hinch. 8 August 2012
• Interview with Guyonne Kalb. Radio National. Bush Telegraph with Cameron Wilson. 8 August 2012
• 11:00am News. ABC 666 Radio Canberra. 8 August 2012
• 12:30pm News. ABC Western Queensland. 8 August 2012
• 12:30pm News. ABC Southern Queensland. 8 August 2012
• 12:30pm News. ABC Wide Bay. 8 August 2012
• 12:30pm News. ABC Central Victoria. 8 August 2012
• 12:30pm News. ABC South East NSW. 8 August 2012
• 1:00pm News.  ABC Radio 774 Melbourne. 8 August 2012

Other Media Coverage in 2012

• Non-principals: We are the 72%. Australian Doctor. 4 July 2012.

Workplace Aggression in Australian Clinical Medical Practice – Prevalence and Prevention was presented at the Primary Health Care Research Conference, Brisbane, 13-15th July 2011.

Media Coverage:

• 6 Minutes. GPs unprotected against aggression. 25 July 2011.

The journal article: Nature of association between rural background and practice location: A comparison of general practitioners and specialists, was published online at the BMC Health Services Research in March 2011.

Media Coverage:

• 6 Minutes. Rural students needed to make rural doctors. 28 March 2011.
• GP Registrars unhappy with rural placements? Comment by Dr Paul Mara, President, Rural Doctors Association of Australia. 6 Minutes Newsletter,  9 March 2011, p3.

Two journal articles were published in the Medical Journal of Australia looking at job satisfaction results from MABEL:

• Professional satisifaction in general practice: does it vary by size of community?
• Australian doctors' satisfaction with their work: results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors.

Media Coverage:

• GPs' job satisfaction not linked to hours worked. Australian Doctor. 4 April 2011.
• GPs job satisfaction high. Australian Doctor. 4 January 2011.
• Let's accentuate the positive as we enter a new year. Australian Doctor [Editorial], 4 January 2011.
• Doctors happy in their jobs. ABC Online, ABC Radio News. 2 January 2011.
• One in five GPs face aggro from colleagues. Australian Doctor. 16 September 2011.
• GP Registrars' average earnings top $112,000. Australian Doctor 6 May 2011.
• Rural students needed to make rural doctors. 6minutes.com.au. 28 March 2011.
• The Best Kept Secret: How Research is Lifting the Lid on the Joys of Rural Practice. Australian Rural Doctor. February 2011.

Working paper 17/10: Why Junior Doctors Don't Want to Become General Practitioners was released in October 2010.

Media Coverage:

• Medical students want varied work. The Age. General News, Page 9, 20 October 2010.
• More variety, not cash, needed to entice young GPs. Daily News. General News, Page 11, 20 October 2010.
• Young GPs rate cash second.West Australian. General News, Page 30, 20 October 2010.
• More variety, not cash, needed to entice young GPs. Fraser Coast Chronicle. General News, Page 22, 20 October 2010.
• More variety, not cash, needed to entice young GPs. Northern Star. General News, 20 October 2010.
• More variety, not cash, needed to entice young GPs. Queensland Times. General News, Page 21, 20 October 2010.
• More GPs if there was more variety. Northern Star.  General News, Page 24, 20 October 2010.
• Young doctors seek variety over extra money. Daily Advertiser. General News, Page 14, 20 October 2010.
• Radio interview with Tony Scott. ABC Radio National, AM. 19 October 2010.
• Young docs seek varied work over cash. AAP Newswire. National. (Reported on websites: Sydney Morning Herald, sbs.com.au, bibpond.news), 19 October 2010.
• Junior Doctors Ready for Lower Salary to have Better Work-Life Balance. Topnews.co.uk. 19 October 2010.
• Pay GPs $50k more to attract trainees. 6 minutes.com.au. 19 October 2010.
• Procedural work the main carrot. Australian Doctor. 19 October 2010.

Working Paper 12/10: What factors influence the earnings of GPs and medical specialists in Australia? Evidence from the MABEL survey, was released in July 2010.

Media Release: Female GPs Earn 25% Less Than Male Counterparts. Melbourne Institute. 21 July 2010.

Media Coverage:

• Doctor's earnings; how do GPs rate? Australian Doctor, 30 July 2010.
• New study highlights medicines biggest earners. MJA Insight, 26 July 2010.

The journal article: Professional satisfaction in general practice: Does it vary by size of community? was published by the Medical Journal of Australia and received some media attention.

Media Coverage:

• 90% of GPs happy with career; Survey debunks notion of low morale. Australian Doctor, 23 July 2010.
• Women GPs Feel the Pain Over Pay. The West Australian, 22 July 2010.
• Doctors earnings - how do GPs rate? My Medical Career.com, 22 July 2010.
• Professional satisfaction: does it vary by size of community. My Medical Career.com. 22 July 2010.
• 90% of GPs satisfied with career. My Medical Career.com. 20 July 2010.
• Nine out of ten GPs still love their job. 6minutes.com.au. 19 July 2010.
• 90% of GPs happy with career. Australian Doctor. 19 July 2010

Other Media Coverage in 2010

• It pays to be a Rural GP, study finds. Across the Divide, Number 2 October 2010.
• Getting Satisfaction, Australian Doctor. 3 September 2010.
• Rural GPs out earn city doctors Career One, 20 August 2010.
• There's more variety in the country, says rural doctor. Career One, 20 August 2010.
• Doctors 'happier' in country practices. Cobram Courier, 18 August 2010.
• Country practice a source of happiness. Shepparton News, 16 August 2010.
• Study finds rural doctors work hard, but are paid well. ABC Rural, 16 August 2010.
• It pays to be rural GP, study finds. NSW Rural Doctors Network. 13 August 2010.
• Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life - Focus on Anaesthetists. ASA News, Australian Society of Anaesthetists, July 2010.
• Survey aims to examine doctors' work-life balance. Medical Observer. 25 June 2010.
• Female GPs earn 25% less than specialist counterparts. My Medical career.com. 21 June 2010.
• Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL). Surgical News. 11(1): January/February 2010.