Post: #1

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/university-dis...z2xbogNtSx

Face-palm. Apparently this chick's name was suppressed because there would be concerns about her career prospects... um, yeah, because as a potential patient in the future I would like know if she is going to crack under pressure while operating on me!

"A medical student who suffers an "extreme" fear of exams has won the right to continue her degree after a tribunal ruled the university discriminated against her because of her mental health disability.

The woman, who has a borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder, had failed to sit written exams and avoided some clinical assessments, particularly in paediatrics and surgery, because of ‘‘extreme anxiety in relation to sitting exams [and] performance assessments’’.

The University of Newcastle declined to grant the woman an extension of time to complete her Bachelor of Medicine after she had only completed three-and-a-half years of course work in an eight-year period, the maximum time allowed.

The Dean of Medicine, Professor Ian Symonds, felt there was a significant risk that she would not be able to safely work as a doctor, even if she ultimately managed to graduate, because of her psychiatric illnesses.

But the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal upheld the woman’s claim that the university discriminated against her on the grounds of disability and directed the university to grant her an 18-month extension."

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/university-dis...z2xbogNtSx

Post: #2

I wonder is she has the same fear of surgery that she does of sitting exams?

Yeah, I want to be that patient... you go girl!!!

Post: #3

and if the chick screws someone up as a result, they should sue smh for not revealing her name.

Post: #4

Wouldn't expect anything else from Australia

Post: #5

ok memo to myself: do not get operated on by a female in Australia. Now that's real discrimination against the great female doctors for ya!!

Post: #6

yes, great idea get her into a profession where she has access to a prescription pad and has a mental illness.

Post: #7

Not sure how it is in Australia, but in the US, I wonder if this judgment would apply to Board exams?

Post: #8

As long as she does not get a license to practice medicine, i think is ok for her to keep on studying.

Post: #9

This kinda reminds me of that scene in the original 300 where the disfigured dude wants to fight but is told he cannot because he doesn't meet the standard the rest of the men do.
In the end they all die but, i imagine that their deaths would've come faster if they had to rely on his inferior capabilities.

Post: #10

have her stand when she takes exams

Post: #11

What do you call the person who graduates last in their class at medical school?

Doctor...

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Post: #13

Feelings wins over safety.

Of course

Post: #14

(04-02-2014 09:12 AM)LaCobra Wrote:  As long as she does not get a license to practice medicine, i think is ok for her to keep on studying.

True, I didn't think about that, this is just for her degree not for her liscense.

Post: #15

Pathetic.

Some of you guys in Oz, should start a FB page warning people about her and the grave risk she would cause to patients as she can't handle stress. If she can't handle the stress of writing exams, then wonder what she would do when faced with a situation where she has a split second to make a decision which could mean life or death to someone.

Unreal!!

Wonder if the outcome would have been the same if this was a guy...

Post: #16

(04-02-2014 04:42 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  Pathetic.

Some of you guys in Oz, should start a FB page warning people about her and the grave risk she would cause to patients as she can't handle stress. If she can't handle the stress of writing exams, then wonder what she would do when faced with a situation where she has a split second to make a decision which could mean life or death to someone.

Unreal!!

Wonder if the outcome would have been the same if this was a guy...

That would be possible if her identity wasn't being hidden.

Post: #17

(04-02-2014 09:12 AM)LaCobra Wrote:  As long as she does not get a license to practice medicine, i think is ok for her to keep on studying.

Unfortunately if she does graduate there may be no way for the medical board (or whoever the admitting body is) to know her history. And as someone else said, if this were a dude I wonder if it would be different.

Post: #18

Borderline AND bipolar??

I'm probably going to end up dating her sometime in the future.