Dr Anne Malatt
Anne has been a doctor for over 30 years and an eye surgeon for 25 years. She loves her work, her patients, teaching and writing, for she loves people and life. Anne feels great joy in being able to share her lived experience and wisdom, that other people may learn and grow too.
Women of Medicine – can we change the world?
I recently attended the inaugural conference of Australian Women of Medicine, in Melbourne on 26 November 2017. It was a wonderful day, and I trust it will be the...
Medical education – stop fragmenting it further and restore it to...
THERE has recently been a move to bring medical education under a centralised umbrella.(1) With this comes a move to increase the powers of the Australian Health Practitioner Registration...
The secret to sleep – go to bed early – when...
Before you dismiss this article on sleep as irrelevant to or not possible for you, just give it a go. I used to be a terrible insomniac, and have...
Sexual Abuse in Surgery
The sexual abuse of women is once again in the news as the behaviour of a Hollywood producer is brought into the light. But are we shining that same...
Taking a break
We tend to think of taking a break as something that happens later…at morning tea, lunchtime, in the evenings, on the weekends, during our holidays. A break is often...
Mandatory Reporting: it’s part of the problem, not the answer
Mandatory reporting, or forcing doctors to report to the relevant authorities if one of their colleagues comes to them for help and is deemed to be impaired, was overtly...
The Power of Appreciation
When I was younger, I excelled at school. I would come home after exams with 100% and when I would tell my father, he would grunt, at best. But...
Why women make great surgeons
“The ideal surgeon should have the eye of an eagle,
the heart of a lion and
the hands of a woman.”
15th century English proverb
Women now make up 51% of western medical...
Walking…our way back home
I love to walk. Walking brings me out of my head and into my body and just a few minutes of walking with myself can completely change the way...
Why do we say that we practise medicine?
When we talk about being doctors, we don’t say that we do medicine or that we are medicine; we say that we practise medicine. What do we mean by...
