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MJATHE MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
N U M B E R 3 • 1 A U G U S T 2 0 1 1
CareersC1
Editor: Sophie McNamara • [email protected] • (02) 9562 6666
continued on page C3
In this issueC1 Working as a cardiologist
C4 Professor Ian Hamilton-Craig: Cardiologist
C6 Outsourcing for profi ts, not problems
C2, C11 - C13 LocumsC8 - C10 Specialist AppointmentsC10 GP OpportunitiesC14 Medical Equipment/ConferencesC15 Real Estate
A CAREER as a cardiologist offers a
diverse range of work opportunities,
from procedural work such as implanting
pacemakers to academic research on
controlling lipids.
“Cardiology is a lot of fun and it offers a
variety of experiences”, says Dr Christian
Mussap, a cardiology staff specialist at
Liverpool Hospital in Sydney and conjoint
senior lecturer at the University of NSW.
“The average cardiologist has a mix of
clinical and procedural skills. You can
really go from doing clinical work in a suit
and tie, then change into your scrubs and
insert a stent or pacemaker.”
Cardiology registrar Dr Rosana Hage-Ali
chose to pursue a career as a cardiologist
because she believes the specialty offers a
“happy medium” between procedural and
physician work.
“You see the immediate reward and
result of some procedures, combined
with the chronic disease management and
continuity of care.”
Dr Rajesh Puranik, clinical senior
lecturer at the University of Sydney, agrees
that the versatility of cardiology is what
makes it most attractive as a career choice.
Dr Puranik, like many cardiologists, takes
a “mix and match” approach to his career.
He estimates that he spends 50% of his
working life on cardiac imaging, 30% as a
clinical cardiologist and 20% in academia.
He says his research on the use of
magnetic resonance imaging in children
with congenital heart defects has been one
of the most rewarding parts of his career.
“The reward is in being able to address
the issues of this complicated patient group
in a way that exposes them to less radiation
and invasive procedures, but provides
high-resolution imaging”, he says.
“Cardiology is a lot more than just
plumbing; it’s more than simply sticking
a stent into a blocked artery”, adds Dr
Puranik.
Dr Mussap, who works as an
interventional cardiologist, says that
cardiologists benefi t from taking a broad
approach to thinking about cardiovascular
disease.
“The patient is more than just a beating
heart. Often there are other comorbidities
that impact on their heart problem.”
He says that, as such, broad physician
skills are essential to a successful career as a
cardiologist.
“My view is that to be a good
cardiologist, fi rst and foremost, you have
to be a good physician. Some people lose
sight of that because of the increasing
subspecialisation, but it’s very important
to have a comprehensive understanding
of internal medicine, and an interest in
keeping up to date with the general fi eld of
medicine.”
Cardiovascular disease is the leading
cause of death in Western countries, so
demand for cardiology services is high.
Cardiologists comprise the largest specialty
group within the Royal Australasian
College of Physicians.
“There’s always work. As a senior mentor
used to say to me, ‘cardiologists don’t
starve’”, says Dr Mussap.
Nonetheless, Dr Mussap says certain
cardiology roles can be diffi cult to secure,
such as academic positions with links to
The heart of medicine
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major teaching hospitals or tertiary
referral centres. Most Australian
cardiologists work in private
practice, mainly in urban settings.
Dr Mussap says one of the things
he fi nds most satisfying about
his career as an interventional
cardiologist is the continuity of
care, particularly when he is able to
follow-up acute care patients years
later.
“I had a patient come in recently
who I’d fi rst seen two years ago
when he presented at 2 am with
an acute infarct, and I’d inserted a
stent. Last week, he told me that
he’d jumped out of a plane, which
he’d always wanted to do … I got
a lot of satisfaction from seeing
him enjoying life and enjoying his
family.”
“Being a cardiologist is very
rewarding, it’s a great career.”
Working as a clinical cardiologist
often involves after-hours or on-call
work, which many cardiologists
cite as one of the challenges of the
specialty, especially for doctors with
primary child care responsibilities.
However, Dr Hage-Ali, who is
in her second year of advanced
training with Austin Health in
Melbourne, says she is pleased
to notice that the consultants she
works with all have non-medical
areas of interest.
“They’re not just one-
dimensional, they’ve all got a work–
life balance, and I think that makes
them even better cardiologists.”
Training as a cardiologistAfter completing a medical degree
and at least one postgraduate
year, junior doctors considering
cardiology as a career fi rst need
to secure a training position
as a medical registrar in a
hospital accredited by the Royal
Australasian College of Physicians.
Basic training consists of 36
months or full-time equivalent,
after which registrars undertake
a rigorous clinical and written
physician exam. Upon completion
of this exam, doctors can
commence their advanced training
in cardiology, which includes 3
years of core cardiology training.
Learning objectives comprise
everything from performing
echocardiography to using clinical
imaging. Registrar Dr Rosana Hage-
Ali describes the training program
as “challenging but enjoyable”.
Dr Mussap says being admitted
into the training program can
be competitive. “Cardiology is
a popular specialty, with good
reason”, he says.
More information is available from
the Cardiac Society of Australia
and New Zealand
(www.csanz.edu.au).
By Sophie McNamara
continued from page C1
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Cardiologist Professor Ian Hamilton-Craig has worked extensively as a clinician and researcher during a career spanning close to 40 years. After graduating with a medical degree from the University of Adelaide, he completed a PhD focusing on lipid metabolism and thrombosis at McMaster University in Canada. He has been involved with several major cardiology research projects, including the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) study. He is currently clinical lead in internal medicine at Gold Coast Hospital, and Professor of Preventive Cardiology and Internal Medicine at Griffi th University, Gold Coast, Queensland.
Case Study: Cardiologist
MJA Careers profi les interesting and important jobs and the people who do them
“My research career really started in fi fth year medicine, when I
had to write a research review during an obstetrics and gynaecology
term. I chose to investigate Pap smears, and I thought the whole
process was really interesting as the area was not as black and
white as I had believed. I liked writing, I liked looking up the
literature and enjoyed the intellectual challenge. I’ve always been an
inquisitive person — so I have the personality that likes that sort of
exercise.
I was then awarded a Heart Foundation vacation scholarship, looking at platelet function in multiple sclerosis. We didn’t publish
anything, so it turned out to be a waste of time in that sense. But I
learned a lot about working in a team, and
about lab techniques. I also learned that
hard work doesn’t necessarily pay off! That
was an important lesson.
Some years later, my supervisor was
appointed Professor at the brand new
McMaster University Medical School
in Hamilton, Canada, where I was offered a PhD project on
atherosclerosis. At the time a lot of people advised me against this
choice. Cholesterol research in those days was considered somewhat
of a medical backwater, and not necessarily a wise career move for a
young medico.
Fortunately for me, it turned out to be quite the opposite.
Cholesterol has become one of the really important words in
medical terminology. It’s part of everyday parlance, as seen on many
labels at supermarkets. We now know what a vital role it has in
cardiology research and clinical practice. I happened to be a young
man at the right time in the right place … with just enough insight
into the topic to realise its potential signifi cance.
Some spectacular work has been done on cholesterol, including
several Nobel prizewinning projects, and I am happy to have been
a small part of the large international research community involved
in this work. One of my research highlights was being involved with
statin and lipid trials for over 10 years from the mid 1980s. Some
research involved patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH),
which became an area of clinical and research focus for me.
I have also enjoyed working as a clinician over the years. When I fi nished my PhD in Canada, I was missing clinical work.
After working in Oxford and completing physician training in
Melbourne, my wife and I moved back to Adelaide, and stayed
there for the next 20 years. I was appointed as a senior lecturer
in medicine at the University of Adelaide and continued to
do clinical research based on lipids and thrombosis. A natural
progression, with these interests, was to move to cardiology. So,
for a year, I spent my weekdays in Melbourne as a fellow in the
cardiology department of the Alfred Hospital and my weekends
in Adelaide. I later practised as a cardiologist in Adelaide.
My work on FH has been one of the most interesting parts of my career. I’ve been part of Australia-wide networks,
such as the Australian Atherosclerosis Society’s FH group, the
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand’s Cardiovascular
Genetics Council, and national chairman of
MEDPED [Make Early Diagnosis to Prevent
Early Death], part of an international group
working to improve FH management. With
the FH work, I have seen people over a long
time period, and dealt with whole families,
sometimes three generations of a family. It’s
been fun and very satisfying.
My current role at Griffi th University mainly involves
teaching medical students. I’m involved in various research
projects, mainly to do with genetic lipid disorders. I also work
at Gold Coast Hospital, where I do a cardiology outpatient
clinic and direct the lipid clinic. I attend cardiology department
meetings, such as journal club and case presentations. The
work has an intellectual component as well as a clinical
component, a duality that I really enjoy.
With constantly improving medication and ever growing
scientifi c knowledge, working in preventive cardiology has
been a great career. I believe we are only just beginning to see
the benefi ts of treatments put in place two decades ago, but we
still have a long way to go, such as starting preventive strategies
earlier in life than we are at the present. Major advances in drug
and device therapies and imaging technology are just around
the corner, and cardiovascular medicine will be a great area for
young medical graduates for decades ahead, both for clinical
and research work.
My advice for young medical graduates is to be open to new
ideas and opportunities, and to take every opportunity to gain
experience in research. As Louis Pasteur said, ‘Chance favours
the prepared mind’.”As told to Sophie McNamara
I happened to be a young man at the right time in the
right place …
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Money and Practice MJA Careers looks at issues that affect the bottom line
DESPITE occasional horror stories
about the perils of outsourcing by
medical practices, it is now an essential
part of day-to-day operations for many
doctors, practices, hospitals and health
organisations.
Transcribing, information technology
(IT) and bookkeeping/accountancy are the
activities most likely to be outsourced by
medical businesses.
Avoiding potential fraud or serious
errors, or breaches of privacy and
confi dentiality, should be at the top of
the agenda — well above saving money
and effi ciency — when a medical practice
decides to outsource work to contractors.
Legal advisers, practice managers and
reputable outsourcing fi rms say doctors
will get the most benefi t from outsourcing
if they have regular and thorough checking
procedures (see Box 1). Without these
procedures, the risks include patient
records being inadvertently posted on the
internet and hacking of computer systems.
Ms Marina Fulcher, past president of the
Australian Association of Practice Managers
(AAPM) and a practice management
consultant, says outsourcing is essential
in medicine because it provides expertise
and effi ciency that would be prohibitively
expensive if in-house staff had to be
employed.
She cites the example of IT, which
has become an essential part of medical
practice. “Support for IT is the most
prevalent outsourced activity because
practices need people with particular
expertise”, says Ms Fulcher, who manages
a dermatology practice in Sydney with fi ve
dermatologists, four receptionists and fi ve
nurses.
IT fi rms are normally contracted
to provide remote support, regular
maintenance and checks, and backup
facilities.
Although most practices have staff
members who have some IT knowledge
there is always the problem of “a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing” if staff
start “fi ddling” with IT systems, Ms Fulcher
says.
“IT systems today can be quite complex
and, with more e-health activities coming
online, having access to an IT professional
is now so important”, she says.
The outsourcing of transcribing has also
rapidly ballooned with increasing use of the
internet, but with it comes the dangers of
losing control of information being handled
by third parties.
Ms Fulcher says some practices can be a
bit naive when using medical transcription
services. Confi dentiality agreements are
an absolute must when outsourcing any
information involving patients.
Professor Danuta Mendelson, of the
School of Law at Deakin University, says
transferring fi les via the internet, in either
dictated audio or transcribed form, raises a
security threat, heightened by the number
of subcontractors in the chain.
In an article published in the Journal of Law and Medicine (2004; 12: 8-13),
Professor Mendelson said that with data
fl owing via a number of transfers, there was
an increased prospect of access to that fi le
by hackers.
“This risk is amplifi ed in cases where
low-paid workers are used, since such
conditions must inevitably increase the
chances that the computers in question
are not protected by appropriate and
costly security measures such as fi rewalls”,
Professor Mendelson wrote.
She recounted one case in which
a company charged 18 cents a line
for transcription services and then
subcontracted to workers in Pakistan
who were paid just three cents a line. In a
dispute over payments, one of the Pakistani
workers threatened to post medical records
on the internet.
Ozescribe, an Australian transcription
service, has introduced measures to ensure
it has secure platforms that comply with
state and federal privacy and security
regulations.
Ms Lyndie Arkell, director of Ozescribe,
advises doctors to check if a company is
compliant with these regulations before
contracting its services.
Ms Arkell says medical transcriptionists
working for her company must sign a
confi dentiality contract that is legally
enforceable, and they must have Australian
qualifi cations. Although Ozescribe may
use an individual transcriptionist based
overseas, Ms Arkell says they reside in
countries such as the United Kingdom,
Canada, the United States or New Zealand,
as these countries have comparable privacy
acts that can be enforced.
“Many Asian or (Indian) subcontinental
countries do not have enforceable privacy
acts”, she says.
Ms Arkell says it is becoming
increasingly diffi cult for doctors and
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hospitals to fi nd qualifi ed staff to transcribe
accurate reports — another reason why
outsourcing was in demand. “The average
age of a medical transcriptionist is 55 years”,
she says.
Ms Arkell’s company has set up a training
company, which she says offers the only
recognised training course for medical
transcriptionists. “Our website, ozetrainer.
com.au, offers a [certifi cate] in medical
transcription and almost all of the graduates
want to work from home. It is no longer
cost-effective for transcription to be done
in-house”, she says (see Box 2).
She says her company also has a quality
assurance program, guaranteeing 99.5%
accuracy.
Ms Fulcher says fi nding a reputable and
reliable contractor can be challenging,
with references from colleagues and other
practices the most reliable method. As
a member of the AAPM, she often has
the opportunity to discuss and compare
different companies.
“There are so many stories of practices that have had a bad experience … asking
around can stop you wasting time and
money with a bad company”, Ms Fulcher
says.
When seeking outsourcing services, she
advises getting proposals from at least two
or three potential contractors and to insist
on references.
Professor Mendelson says that while
it is reasonable for medical and health
professionals and organisations to take
advantage of cost effi ciencies with medical
transcription services, especially to fulfi l
obligations to keep legible medical records,
they should be wary of the potential for
liability.
“Every effort should be taken to ensure
subcontractors are subject to laws similar to
… obligations applicable in Australia, and
that enforceable and binding transcription
contracts are obtained which contain
explicit clauses dealing with confi dentiality,
security measures and further
subcontracting”, Professor Mendelson said.
She says, from a legal perspective, it
would be wise to properly inform patients
of the full extent of the transcription
subcontracting process in place, and to
obtain consent before proceeding.
By Kath Ryan
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C7BOX 1: Outsourcing rules
Check the bona fi des of any individual or company providing outsourced services
Clearly defi ne your needs and expectations
Have a written contract outlining those needs and expectations
Ensure the contractor understands and implements privacy regulations
Ensure the contractor uses encryption and other security measures
Insist that the outsourcing company seeks your approval before they subcontract any work
Be wary of contractors who subcontract overseas, especially in countries that do not have the same privacy and confi dentiality laws
Constantly track and check the work done by contractors
Check availability of services, eg, IT support should be available at all times
Word of mouth is the best way to fi nd reliable and effi cient contractors
MS Lyndie Arkell, director of Ozescribe, provided the following cost comparison of outsourced transcription services versus an in-house typist.The typical annual costs for an in-house employed typist include: Salary $38 947 Super $3505 Workers compensation $506 Payroll tax $1908 Annual and long service leave $524 Total $45 390 Total annual working days available per employee 219 Cost per working day $207.26 Average number of lines per day 500 Cost per line 41.45 cents
BOX 2: Comparing the cost (A line is defi ned as 65 characters, including spaces.)(Note: 500 lines per day is a typical key performance indicator required of hospital department typists. No allowance is made in this example for technology and administration costs for employees such as computers, software licences, IT support, staff amenities, offi ce space, etc.) Ozescribe charges 28 cents per line.This includes all technology fees and access to a web-based secure platform, with iPhone and iPad facilities to dictate and sign off transcriptions and electronically send copies to the specialist and the GP. Payment is based solely on lines typed.
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Contact: Dr Maxine Percival – 02 6752 2644 or email enquiry to [email protected]
Gundagai Medical Centrerequires a VR GP with FRACGP or FACRRM F/T or P/T.
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