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Official Magazine of the Australian Medical Students’ Association Volume 45, Edition 1, 2011 In this edition... The Anatomy of the MedCest Medicine 21st Century Doctor Are Muffins just The Climate Change Care Factor Ugly Cupcakes? The State of the Nation How to be a Left-Over The AMSA Rep Reports masterchef and heaps more... As a doctor, bank on our support The desire to be different drives us. At Investec we recognise your qualification, enabling medical graduates, interns and doctors to access finance and cash management solutions tailored to each stage of your career. 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Please obtain a copy of the Product Disclosure Statement by calling us before you decide to invest and to consider if this product is suited to your personal financial needs and circumstances. 2 Andrew Dunn Editor’s Waffle 3 Robert Marshall Welcome from the President 4 Rob Thompson Black Books 6 Hamish Gunn & Bec Ryan Family Expectations of Medical Students ’ 8 Falk Reinholz Wellbeing 10 Greg Leeb Come Fly With Me contents 12 Alexander Cox Specialty Dating 14 Andrew Webster Cultural and Clinical Lessons in China 16 Kerryn Houghton MedCest Medicine panacea 19 Stephanie Cheung Show me the Money Volume 45, Edition 1 July 2011 21 Lee Fairhead Are Muffins just Ugly Cupcakes? 24 The State of the Nation - The AMSA Rep Reports Editor Andrew Dunn 36 Jessica McEwan A Rangers Survival Guide 38 Nick Watts The Anatomy of the 21st Century Doctor Proofing & Design Maya Rajagopalan 40 Suyi Ooi and Yota Yoshimitsu Of Melodies and Maladies Robert Hand 42 Lee Fairhead The Music Digest Tracey McCosh Lee Fairhead 44 Stefan McAlindon The Lizard-Spock Expansion Jamie Kuzich 46 Dr Jay Meekay Thats All Folks Falk Reinholz Alex Cox 48 Falk Reinholz Going Up? The AMSA Executive 50 Erica Parker The Climate Change Care Factor 52 Laura McAulay How to be a Left-Over Masterchef Advertising 54 Kathryn Kerr Why being a Med Student is Awesome Enquiries: Tracey McCosh and Alex Cox 58 Jayne Schoppe Who wants to be a Millionaire? e: [email protected] 59 Xander Whitfield Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing 60 Robert Marshall Speech to the AMA National Conference 62 Dinuksha De Silva Hey Hey It’s Saturday major sponsors AMSA would like to thank it’s major partners for their ongoing support. personal struggle. At the end of the day, is this not the heart of medicine? While they get the ratings and a pay cheque per episode that would make our HECS debt look like chumps change, real life medicine is a far more interesting Editor’s Waffle show. We have no scripts, no witty Andrew Dunn written words to deal with the unexpected daily challenges, there is no s you skim this magazine, quite possibly between clinical rehearsal on breaking bad news, and you Aexaminations or during a coffee-induced toilet session, cannot do a retake when you get it wrong spare a thought for the poor TV medico’s who’ve taken (well, you can, but it’s usually really awkward). a back seat this season to make way for the masterchef Learning the art of human interaction is a behemoth. Poor McDreamy, House, Nina Proudman, they all continual challenge. As we move forward in had to get out of the way of George the ever-bouncing chef our careers we learn to play our role within the and the strange man with the cravat. However, I do not wish system, and just when we think we have figured to discuss food, I wish to discuss what’s on the TV every other it out, we find ourselves at the start of curve once minute.medicine. We could comfortably plonk down on our again. It is the art of human interaction that provides couches at any time outside of masterchef hours and tune us with constant challenges in medicine, not only how into the implausibility of House, the STI fest that is Greys, we interact with each other, but also with ourselves. the sheer hilarity of Scrubs, cringe at british genital warts While it is what challenges us, it also undoubtedly also on Embarrassing Bodies, or struggle with the inescapable what rewards us. void left in our lives since the axing of All Saints. The theme of this edition of Panacea attempted to However, on a slightly serious note are these fictional be television shows, with a few other articles which dramas truly fictional, or a representation the reality wafted my way throughout the year so far. Prepare to that exists for us in the bubble that is medicine? be entertained by the unscripted medcest, be amazed at the stories of your peers, and be proud of the work If you delete the somewhat improbable story lines, that you all are doing around the nation, after all minus these TV shows have the same fundamental the lights and cameras, our story is far more intriguing formula. Every good (and bad) medical show than anything the TV scriptwriters could ever create. has a bad guy, that angry at the world bitter consultant, who loves nothing more than A very special thanks all of the AMSA reps and embarrassing their juniors at each and other people that submitted articles, without you, every available opportunity. They all have like AMSA, this edition of Panacea could not exist. the age old nurse vs. doctor battle; the Many thanks to Maya Rajagopalan, Robert Hand and touching patient with a dark diagnosis Tracey McCosh for their creative brilliance, and the and a hopeless future; and a myriad AMSA executive for their collective creative genius, of love triangles that would make unwavering patience and consistent awesomeness. Charlie Sheen look sheepish. It has been a crazy time creating Panacea for you all, I But the underlying tale that hope you enjoy it. Stay tuned for edition two coming keeps viewers coming back, to all leading outlets near you at the pointy end of the week after week, is not the year, just in time for some exam time procrastination! ground breaking surgery to transplant a heart in utero, nor the diagnosis of the 1 in 1000000 condition; it is the weekly stories about human interaction and 2 personal struggle. At the end of the day, is this not the heart of medicine? Words from the Pres While they get the ratings seem to be a reasonable delineation of and a pay cheque per episode Robert Marshall responsibility. The problem is that in the that would make our HECS debt absence of a coordinated approach to s a first-year medical student what Let me explain. look like chumps change, real life workforce and training, it is the individual Aseems like a lifetime ago back in 2005, within the system who will miss out. medicine is a far more interesting I remember picking up a copy of Panacea This year we have seen the (re)introduction show. We have no scripts, no witty and having my eyes opened to the world of of full-fee paying places for domestic Health Workforce Australia has been written words to deal with the AMSA. There were two things that struck students at the new “MD” course; charged with this task of overseeing and unexpected daily challenges, there is no me at the time. meanwhile the overloaded number of advising the medical training continuum, rehearsal on breaking bad news, and you students in the system has reached a but the National Training Plan, due to give The first is that this organisation called bottleneck that means some Australian- recommendations by the end of the year, cannot do a retake when you get it wrong “AMSA” seemed to be doing a hell of a lot trained graduates will start missing out is focused squarely on the numbers. How (well, you can, but it’s usually really awkward). of stuff. Flicking through the pages I read on an internship; other universities are many students should Australia train to Learning the art of human interaction is a about some of the national charity drives, expanding their medical programmes to meet the workforce demands of 2025? continual challenge. As we move forward in medico-political advocacy, competitions, offshore programmes from Malaysia to This is an important question, certainly, our careers we learn to play our role within the publications and projects that by all New Orleans; while still more Universities and answering it is not an easy task, but accounts were keeping the Exec, medical like Curtin and Charles Sturt are lobbying the title of HWA’s project is still misleading system, and just when we think we have figured student societies, and students themselves it out, we find ourselves at the start of curve once hard to open new medical schools in an for the thousands of medical students very busy.