On Being a Company Doctor

Dr James Crompton discusses the challenges and rewards of working as a company doctor.
I am a company doctor, working in a practice in a highly industrialised area of Melbourne with tourism, service, tertiary and manufacturing all booming on my doorstep. The patients I care for are all from the local industry. When they develop a medical condition or sustain an injury whilst engaged in their work, I am engaged by the company. I specialise in dealing with musculoskeletal injuries and the vagaries of occupational rehabilitatio...