Podcasts
Being Equally Well, with Prof Rosemary Calder AM and Prof James Dunbar
Professor Rosemary Calder AM and Professor James Dunbar
Vol 217, Issue 7: 3 October 2022. Professor Rosemary Calder AM is Professor of Health Policy at the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University. Professor James Dunbar is Honorary Professor in Deakin University's School of Medicine. They discuss the Being Equally Well program for people with serious mental illness, which is the subject of their MJA Supplement and Editorial. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 20 mins, 1 sec.
Voice of the GP Ep 6 2022: Dr Bailey Dunn, John Street Medical
Dr Bailey Dunn
Voice of the GP Episode 6: 26 September 2022. Dr Bailey Dunn is a Canadian who did her medical school and training in Australia, falling in love with Tasmania. She and her husband bought John Street Medical in Kingston, Tasmania just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. She introduced burnout prevention strategies which have saved the sanity and health of her GPs, given her patients more options, and have turned the practice into a financially viable proposition. With MJA news and online editor,...
Life and death decisions, with Dr Lachlan McIver
Dr Lachlan McIver
Vol 217, Issue 6: 13 September 2022. Dr Lachlan McIver is an Australian rural generalist, currently working as the Tropical Diseases and Planetary Health Advisor for Medicines Sans Frontieres in Geneva. His book Life and death decisions, is now available from all good bookstores. If you are interested in working for MSF, visit https://msf.org.au/join-us. If you are a rural generalist interested in making a difference in Pacific Island nations, visit https://rocket-ship.org/rocketship. If you ...
Notifying women about their dense breasts, with Prof Wendie Berg and Ms JoAnn Pushkin
Professor Wendie Berg and Ms JoAnn Pushkin
Vol 217, Issue 5: 5 September 2022. Dr Wendie Berg is Professor of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Ms JoAnn Pushkin is a breast cancer survivor and advocate for breast density notification. Together they founded DenseBreast-info.org, providing resource and educational material for patients and doctors about the importance of breast density for breast cancer risk. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24 mins, 29 secs.
Voice of the GP Ep 5 2022: Clinical Professor Karen Price, President of the RACGP
Dr Karen Price
Voice of the GP Episode 5: 29 August 2022. Dr Karen Price is a GP, and President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University. She talks about her term as President, priorities for general practice reform going forward and her reflections on what the GP theme song should be. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 17 mins, 27 secs.
Voice of the GP Ep 4 2022: Dr Kean-Seng Lim
Dr Kean-Seng Lim
Voice of the GP Episode 4: 22 August 2022. Dr Kean-Seng Lim has been a GP in Mt Druitt in Sydney's outer west for almost three decades. He is dedicated to prevention, and has a passion for delivering high-quality care both face-to-face and via digital technologies. He has just been given the AMA's 2022 Excellence in Health Care award. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 35 mins, 06 secs.
Priorities for the AMA, with Professor Steve Robson
Professor Steve Robson
Vol 217, Issue 4: 15 August 2022. Professor Steve Robson is an ob/gyn, former President of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and has just been elected as the President of the Federal Australian Medical Association. He spoke with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell about his priorities for his upcoming term in office. 25 mins, 43 secs.
Omicron update with Professor Brendan Crabb AC
Professor Brendan Crabb AC
Vol 217, Issue 4: 8 August 2022. Professor Brendan Crabb AC is the Director and CEO of the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He talks about the latest evidence about the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including long COVID, reinfection, rebounding, and the new modelling from the Burnet about the benefits of mask use. National COVID numbers here. State-by-state breakdowns here. Global comparisons here. Burnet Institute COVID-19 hub here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 36 mins, 24 secs.
Addressing gender-based violence, with Prof Kelsey Hegarty
Professor Kelsey Hegarty
Vol 217, Issue 3: 1 August 2022. Professor Kelsey Hegarty is an academic GP and joint Chair of Family Violence Prevention at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women's Hospital. She leads the NHMRC Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence. Her coauthored narrative review is open access and can be found here. Other resources: 1800 RESPECT ... Personal Safety Survey ... InSight+ article by Kelsey Hegarty ... The Choice: Violence or Poverty by Dr Anne Summers AO. With MJA news and onl...