What does it take to be the director of neurosurgery at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne? At 45 Wirginia Maixner is one the youngest heads of neurosurgery in Australia. Read about her life, family and career in The Age's article titled "Queen of the cutting edge".

"Doctors may be more at risk of health problems than the general population because of sedentary lifestyles and inevitable stressors associated with medical practice. Annual preventive health checks are recommended for healthy Australians, but rarely undertaken by doctors themselves. Many doctors have become more aware of the need to refrain from self diagnosis and self treatment.  Others have requested more individual support at certain stages of their careers, including during their transition from medical student to doctor in training, throughout registrar training or while adjusting to a new environment as an international medical graduate. However, only 25% of medical practitioners have their own GP. The current medical workplace shortage deters many doctors from taking time out of their busy practices to seek health care."
- Medical Consulting Victoria

Are you a doctor or medical student seeking medical help for your own health and wellbeing? Speak up! The following organisations offer confidential health and medical services directed to assisting doctors in physical or psychological distress.

The Sexual Health Society of Victoria has launched the 7th Edition of the National Management Guidelines for Sexually Transmissible Infections.

The Guidelines have been medically edited by Dr David Bradford and have authors from all around Australia - with Sexual Health Physicians from every state contributing. This edition of the Guidelines has been endorsed by AChSHM as well as RACGP, ASHM, ASHHNA, and the Victorian Department of Human Services.

Women still report discrimination on gender grounds in medicine. The old “they’re letting women into medicine!” is still alive and well - female students report hearing this over and over again in spite of Victorian medical courses being 50-70% female.