2011

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.