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Caitlin Weston @Caitweets

Aussie Jr Doc | 2017 @churchilltrust Fellow | Director @drs4drs_Aus | 2019 @ICREConf Chief | @RACGP Registrar | #ClinicianHealth #MedEd #Equity #Diversity

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Under-reporting of sexual harm in Australian medicine is endemic | Ranjana Srivastava

The whole profession must act as one to stamp it out. A truly noble profession would not rest on its laurels

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It’s not Covid that’s broken our health system, it’s years of neglect | A Victorian doctor

Exhausted health workers are shouldering the burden not only of the pandemic but the lack of structural reform

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VAXXED 💉 @ Green Square Health instagram.com/p/CRVr4PTrZPJz…
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Regional healthcare worker shortages continue to worsen after a decade of government inaction abc.net.au/news/2021-04-26/r…

Why bush doctors are forced to go 'above and beyond' with no relief in sight

It's a perennial problem with very few answers — how to get doctors and other healthcare workers to regional and rural parts of the country.

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A powerful insight into vicarious trauma from the perspective of ABC journalist @elisereports. Thank you Elise and @KylesTaylor for your work on this story and for being so courageously vulnerable about these struggles 💪 abc.net.au/news/backstory/20…

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This is so important! We need to stop considering studies of 40 yo white males to be a sufficient basis for all of our medical knowledge! A push to make Australia’s clinical trials more diverse is important for people like Lillian Leigh abc.net.au/news/2021-04-07/a…

Lillian never realised her background could affect the dosage of drugs she needed to take

When Lillian Leigh was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer, she says an experimental treatment she received through a clinical trial kept her stable. She hopes clinical trials can become more...

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Awareness, anticipation and action: how can we prevent the collapse of these vulnerable Australian ecosystems? theguardian.com/environment/…

Australian scientists warn urgent action needed to save 19 'collapsing' ecosystems

A ‘confronting and sobering’ report details degradation of coral reefs, outback deserts, tropical savanna, Murray-Darling waterways, mangroves and forests

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Hannah Clarke was murdered a year ago. Criminalising coercive control is only one part of the response that's needed to tackle domestic abuse abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/h…

I told him I was going to call the police, he said 'good luck making it to the phone'

I'm just another woman with a family violence story. Telling it will not change the fact more women will be murdered in Australia in 2021, but as the momentum to criminalise coercive control grows,...

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Covid has delivered a blow to gender equity in the workforce. abc.net.au/news/2021-02-12/w…

'A step back into traditional roles': Fears the jobs recovery isn't working for women

New analysis of the jobs market shows women with degrees are doing worse than their male peers, raising fears about the impact of COVID-related unemployment on their careers.

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Fabulous article by @MyaCubitt - Mya, thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with such thoughtful articulate vulnerability 💙 I am an emergency physician but as a COVID-19 patient I found new insights into the pandemic abc.net.au/news/2020-09-05/m…

I'm an emergency doctor, but when I caught coronavirus, I found new insights into this pandemic

As an emergency physician I know illness is the great leveller. When I found myself alone in a room, quarantining with COVID-19, I understood that although loneliness isn't a symptom of this virus it...

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There clearly need to be policies & protections in place that protect vulnerable children, but state agencies taking aboriginal children from their parents even temporarily has a very dark history. What is the solution? Any @ChurchillTrust insights? abc.net.au/news/2020-06-14/k…

Leaving a baby in the care of drunk relatives 'the worst thing' for vulnerable kids

A five-month-old baby died in Katherine while her mum was in police custody. Lawyers want to know if it was a "terrible, terrible isolated case" or general practice.

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Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn't even be up for debate via @TC_Africa theconversation.com/was-ther…

Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s statement that ‘there was no slavery in Australia’ is at odds with the historical record.

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What @NetflixANZ can do is fund more Indigenous content & creators and put it front and center. Enough with reactionary responses. Removing content doesn’t empower the next gen, make something that does. Put your money up.
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This is really heartening to read: a reminder that HCW's (both clinical and ancillary staff) passion & compassion are coming to the fore in this frightening time. Harnessing Our Humanity | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

Harnessing Our Humanity — How Washington’s Health Care Workers Have Risen to the Pandemic Challenge...

As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, we’ll continue to be plagued by resource constraints that will compromise our ability to protect ourselves, our patients, and our communities. But as Washington’s ...

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Love this 🥰🥰🥰 So... how can healthcare workers friends bring sparks of positivity into their workplace communities...? @DrEricLevi @LiangRhea @OrthopodReg @erdance @DukeHSQ 'Keep smiling': The chalk messages bringing hope during the pandemic abc.net.au/news/2020-04-02/c…

Why these chalk messages could be 'really important' for getting through the coronavirus pandemic

On footpaths across Australia, messages of hope and support are being drawn in chalk, which one public health expert says could be key in helping communities stick together during the pandemic.

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'Nowhere else to go': Healthcare workers struggle to keep their families safe from COVID-19 abc.net.au/news/2020-04-02/n…

'Nowhere else to go': Healthcare workers struggle to keep their families safe from COVID-19

Sydney nurse Rose Ybanez is one of many healthcare workers facing the dilemma of whether to leave their families to keep them safe from coronavirus — but securing accommodation is a challenge.

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Such an interesting article! Analysis: Every day that passes brings a new political wonder you'd have never thought possible abc.net.au/news/2020-03-31/c…

Every day that passes brings a new political wonder you'd have never thought possible

It's been a tough week for those who would ordinarily lose their minds about poor people getting free money, writes Annabel Crabb.

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The Covid19 pandemic has seen a spike of more than 70% in demand for DV services in Australia, and it's likely to get worse... really happy to hear that the federal government is committing funds to help respond to this surge. abc.net.au/news/2020-03-29/c…

Men are telling their partners they have coronavirus 'so they can't leave the house'

As a rise in family violence due to the coronavirus crisis is set to strain an already critically overstretched social support system, some abusers are reportedly using COVID-19 as a psychological...

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To all Australian #DITs: @ama_media has put together this article to help you understand how the #Covid19 crisis affects your training and your rights at work. More to come for @RACGP and @ACCRM registrars. ama.com.au/article/ama-advoc…
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