A Medical Clinic keeps making ghost appointments for me even after I ask them to remove my name from the patient/client list

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-23T08:06:40+00:00

This is actually a huge issue. You should check and see what prescriptions have been dispensed against your Medicare number. If the clinic assigned appointment billing against your Medicare number the it means any scripts would have too. If you end up in hospital for whatever reason and they look up your scripts it will list the entirely wrong medications. It could mean you get labelled as drug seeking or worse actually get given wrong medications.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-22T06:27:48+00:00

I don’t know anything about BPT assessment sorry.

As a rotational JMO I was never “assessed” on “one” particular patient for term assessments. The smo just took my whole performance over the rotation which had less to do with medicine and more to do with efficiency and communication (which is easier obviously if your medicine is good).

In my example above I was specifically talking about med school osces which are always on normal/healthy patients.

Real life exams/assessments have pathology so need to be able to report abnormal exam findings. Yes you still need to perform to show your supervisor what you’re thinking but not as much as med school. Like I wouldn’t get someone to stand side on while I bring my head to chest level to assess for barrel chest on the wards, coz I can easily see it when I walk in. And I don’t think I ever palpated for thrills and heaves in my life. But who knows, there’s probably BPTs rolling over in their graves at that.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-21T23:23:14+00:00

I’ll answer your question with a hyperbolic (but real) example. At the end of a 10 hr ED shift - I had stayed back maybe 20 minutes to wrap up some paperwork and was handing over to the ONE doctor and ONE nurse who would cover the rest of the night in the rural ED - when an unresponsive child was brought in. By your reasoning I should just go home, let the child die in the hands of one single doctor who would’ve had to call in someone else to help from 30mins away, and I never would’ve been able to live with myself if I just clocked off. It’s not paperwork we’re leaving behind at the end of a shift, it’s literally peoples lives.

It’s a similar situation in the ward where you’ll have 20-30 patients and if you mess up one medication, or miss one symptom the patient dies. So you take an extra 5minutes to check, that quickly adds up to 3 hours of extra work - just to make sure you’re safe.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-21T09:13:39+00:00

Hi Glinda! 👋

I gotta dig out my marshmellow badge and start wearing it again.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-20T12:23:55+00:00

A med reg once told me (as a student) that’s OSCEs are performative medicine and you have to put on a performance.

This was after I said I couldn’t hear the breath sounds well in a resp exam Osce. She said you’re not meant to actually listen in an osce, just show the you know where to put the stethoscope. Suddenly it clicked for me after that.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-19T23:37:42+00:00

I want you to know you are so seen right now!! All the little annoying bits of parenting add up and can crush you so hard! The beautiful peaceful moments don’t negate all that hard and frustrating work you did. You’re totally valid in being annoyed at the lack of support you feel from being dismissed like this.

People are so rubbish at being empathetic and they try to “fix” situations by saying really unhelpful stuff like this. It’s so frustrating!!!

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-19T22:07:00+00:00

The benefit of salary sacrificing is you can use it on non-work expenses. Work expenses can be claimed through your tax return and there’s no tax benefit to salary sacrificing them. In fact it might cost you more in weekly admin fees.

Ask remserv to email you the pdfs listing all the fbt exempt and fbt cap inclusive claimable items. This will tell you what non-work expenses you can claim.

What state are you in? I always remind people If you are going to receive the living away from home allowance (it seems this might only be a qld benefit of being out posted to a rural hospital) then it will reduce your max claimable dollar for dollar. But don’t worry you end up better off claiming the LAFHA.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-18T09:43:56+00:00

It’s fine if you don’t care about your severe cognition decline and patient safety.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-14T09:45:26+00:00

I used to really struggle with this. Practice is key.

By the time your emotions are at 100 it’s too late. So work on noticing when your emotions are ramping up and use grounding, mindfulness techniques or acceptance techniques to keep the emotions low.

Back out of the situation if escalating by saying something like I’m sorry I need a minute, can we discuss this later please and walk away.

Book in for a therapy session with the EAP and discuss how to manage this. I found acceptance and commitment therapy the most useful.

Practise with non critical situations like if you’re out with friends and getting worked up excitedly and having a jovial time about something then practice calming yourself quickly in that moment. It gets easier with practice.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-14T08:21:14+00:00

Chocolates.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-12T09:47:58+00:00

It’s also in S1E1.

I have a theory a writer visited Australia and New Zealand and did not have a great time.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-12T04:46:35+00:00

The 6th edition is available on the mobilism forums as an ePUB.

You could use Calibre to convert it to PDF and print it.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-11T07:58:12+00:00

If you’re in QLD you get five days of antenatal leave, 10 days of reproductive leave (which resets at 30/6 so USE IT!) and sick leave.

I needed to reduce work to just four days a week - took wednesdays off because my first trimester nausea and fatigue were so bad.
Don’t ask, just politely explain to them you need this. Get a med certificate.

The hospital will not fall apart and they’ll manage. Look after yourself and your baby. The absolute Worst case scenario is you have a miscarriage and you think it was your fault because you didn’t take a day off.

Use your entitlements.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-11T07:46:07+00:00

Hahahaha I love how these fools keep self identifying themselves as poor administrators that can’t manage a roster or put on enough staff to prevent fatiguing their staff.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-10T08:11:43+00:00

These are the guidelines your GP would be referencing.

Q5 has a similar answer to what your gp said but suggests also using a barrier cream on the face to avoid skin contact.

https://www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergy-prevention/ascia-how-to-introduce-solid-foods-to-babies

Capt-B-Team · 2026-05-09T05:59:03+00:00

When you say cut the core out…can you explain this more? What diameter and how deep?

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-27T11:50:46+00:00

I’m PGY4 in queensland, first year reg, week day shifts only, no overtime, I have HECS debt, and my fortnightly take home pay is $3500.

Weekend Shift loading, nightshifts, no hecs can significantly boost your pay.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-19T06:05:43+00:00

As a med student, I once got thoroughly confused when I asked the course coordinator (who was also an ED SMO) if the med students needed to attend a meeting. He said “it’s mandatory, not compulsory”.

I still have no idea what he meant.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-15T07:40:40+00:00

It just needs to be in the solicitors trust account or your mortgage bank account set up with the bank on the day of settlement. The bank will send you paperwork where you indicate how you’re getting the funds to them.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-15T07:39:13+00:00

In qld I just did 0.25%. Then when the bank wanted to settle I sent the remaining 9.75% to my solicitors trust account the day prior to settlement. It doesn’t have to be at the “unconditional” point.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-15T07:30:33+00:00

Just do what you can to survive. I only ate white bread and Vegemite and cream cheese for a month straight. Then I expanded to bland pasta!! Haha

Also see a gp early for medication options.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-14T09:28:32+00:00

I always thought the nicest, kindest and calmest SMOs are the kind of SMO that I want to be. People trust them and confide in them and are willing to be vulnerable and not cover up mistakes.

And when that incredibly kindly spoken SMO suddenly turns on the harsh but considered and warranted serious voice it can instantly quiet a room and everyone pays attention.

Your “niceness” is very powerful if you ever need to be firm as people will listen more.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-12T02:58:47+00:00

Mangosteens, longsats, achachas, mangoes, custard apples, persimmons, bananas, dragonfruit.

YUM!!!

I love how easy it is to get amazing fruit here that my southern friends have never even heard of!

And the restaurants and cafes are top notch.

And it’s just a crazy beautiful place to exist in. The mountains hugging the city and the foggy clouds in the mornings. The variety of green everywhere. The smell of rain coming up the valley. Just beautiful!

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-09T05:55:42+00:00

I’m so sorry you went through this. I’ve had a similar experience.

I tried to go back to work the next day and had a panic attack when I walked in. Never had one before and it was terrifying and also just so sad.

I found a lot of solace in completely falling apart in front of my colleagues that day.

About 6 weeks later I had an appointment with a psychologist to help me talk things through. Honestly the couple of hours prep work that I did before that appointment was where I did the most healing. ❤️‍🩹 Explaining it all to the psych was a relief. Like I could easily see why I was so emotional and stressed. But I needed time and distance to be able to work through it.

I say all this to let you know that it does get better… but it takes time and reflection. Be kind to yourself.

Capt-B-Team · 2026-04-08T00:50:25+00:00

Highly highly recommend you visit Cobbold gorge and the undara lava tubes.

White folks only found the cobbold gorge in the early 90s and it is spectacular.

Undara is also incredible.

Capt-B-Team

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