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Welcome to the first homepage edition of i2P for 2012.
In many ways it has been a slow start to the New Year because of having to deal with the “leftovers” from 2011.
One of those items for i2P was that a third-party provider to the site did not advise of a code change to the security section in our subscribe panel, creating a range of frustrated subscribers not able to get on board.
We apologise to all those potential subscribers who were unable to register with us in the second half of 2011, but if you try once more you should have no problem.

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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) in Victoria wants extra government funding made available over the next four years so that retired doctors can be encouraged to re-enter the public hospital system to teach medical graduates wanting to specialise as surgeons, cardiologists, and obstetricians. It's the type of idea that could be paralleled in pharmacy except for the fact that professional practice has not developed or specialised to any extent. Still, it's an idea that could be worked on, retaining senior pharmacists in respectful work in a teaching and mentoring position, plus developing paid professional services at the same time.

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Very little thought has been directed to the productive employment of our senior pharmacists, yet they represent a valued resource, particularly when channelled into productive projects that are meaningful.

On the doctor side, the AMA believes that as 557 medical graduates have just started as interns, that many will be unable to continue studying in areas such as neurosurgery and gynaecology because there are insufficient postgraduate training places.

The Victorian government has been asked to pay 70 retirees each year to work part-time in public hospitals as mentors to young doctors. Each retiree doctor would work an average of two four-hour shifts a week to accommodate 150 extra training places needed to address the specialist shortfall.

Dr Kevin Macdonald, the chairman of AMA Victoria’s retired doctors group, told The Age newspaper: “I’ve had quite a number of doctors say to me that you sort of fall into a vacuum after you retire. These are people who have been at the top of their profession for a very long time. For them to suddenly wander off into the wild blue yonder, it’s pretty daunting”.

I wonder where all those senior pharmacists go when they drift off into the sunset?
Given that there will be a future skills shortage (even though pharmacy is set for a pharmacist surplus over the next few years), someone somewhere within pharmacy leadership should be making decisions for the benefit of the profession.

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