Australia's pharmaceutical benefits scheme is being challenged by lobbying from US industry, writes Patricia Ranald. Giant US pharmaceutical and tobacco corporations are setting the agenda at negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPPA) between Australia, the US, New ...

Education and training increasingly has to prepare students for interdisciplinary learning, writes Linda Belardi. The Sunshine Coast's two largest education providers, USC and Sunshine TAFE, have developed a joint training initiative to increase collaboration across the health disciplines. Teressa Schmidt, ...

Survey findings confirm the need for a national policy framework to support educational development, writes Linda Belardi. Cost, release from work and time are the greatest barriers to further education, Australia's first national survey on the education and career pathways ...

Australian academics are making progress training Fijian nurses to be confident and competent in the area of disaster relief and emergency response, writes Kate Leaver. Under the leadership of Professor Kim Usher, the School of Nursing and Midwifery at James ...

As accelerated nursing courses become an important part of modern student education, it is time to take a closer look at this unique cohort, writes Mark Neil. Graduate-entry or accelerated nursing education began in Australia in the mid-1990s to enable ...

A study has revealed a significant rate of urinary problems among young women unrelated to pregnancy or childbirth. By Linda Belardi. Research has found one in eight Australian females under 30 suffer from urinary incontinence, in what is a first ...

Important factors affecting the quality of life of Australian school children with urinary incontinence have been identified, Linda Belardi reports. Children with incontinence from non-Caucasian backgrounds are at higher risk of experiencing severe negative effects on their wellbeing, research has ...

Australian of the Year Simon McKeon has called on the federal government to eradicate polio. Australian of the Year Simon McKeon says it's vital that the federal government back global efforts to eradicate polio. McKeon has told a group of ...

New agency must tackle nursing shortage, says union. The new National Workforce and Productivity Agency will provide a pathway to help address Australia's critical shortage of nurses, the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has said. Minister for Training and Skills, Senator ...

New research shows women fail to adequately understand their own risk of breast cancer. Women with a family history of breast cancer were not accessing services available to them, new research has found. The University of Melbourne study has also ...