Podcasts
Voice of the GP Ep 3 2022: Dr Lilon Bandler
Dr Lilon Bandler
Voice of the GP Episode 3: 25 July 2022. Dr Lilon Bandler is a GP, medical educator and researcher, with a long history of working with and developing education programs for Indigenous medical students and practitioners. Her new enterprise is collaborating with the Wayside Chapel in King's Cross to provide health services for Wayside visitors. 21 mins, 17 secs.
Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to live smoke-free, with Dr Michelle Kennedy and Dr Raglan Maddox
Dr Michelle Kennedy and Dr Raglan Maddox
Vol 217, Issue 2: 18 July 2022. Dr Michelle Kennedy from the University of Newcastle, and Dr Raglan Maddox from ANU are coauthors, codesigners and co-owners of research published in the MJA Supplement, Indigenous-led evidence to inform smoking cessation care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. The Supplement is also accompanied by an editorial here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 28 mins, 19 secs.
Managing obesity in general practice, with Dr Liz Sturgiss and Dr Claire Madigan
Dr Liz Sturgiss and Dr Claire Madigan
Vol 217, Issue 2: 11 July 2022. Dr Liz Sturgiss is a GP, NHMRC investigator and a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. Dr Claire Madigan is a Senior Research Associate with the Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour at Loughborough University in the UK. This podcast accompanies their InSight+ article which can be found here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 14 secs.
Climate, housing, energy and Indigenous health, with Dr Simon Quilty and Mr Norman Jupurrurla
Dr Simon Quilty and Mr Norman Jupurrurla
Vol 217, Issue 1: 4 July 2022. Dr Simon Quilty is a public health physician from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at ANU. Mr Norman Jupurrurla is a Warumungu Elder and Director of the Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation in Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. They talk about climate, housing, energy and their impacts on Indigenous health, to accompany their coauthored Perspective published by the MJA here. The MJA's Indigenous health issue is available her...
Value co-creation and person-centred care, with Dr Tina Janamian
Dr Tina Janamian
Vol 217, Issue 1: 27 June 2022. Dr Tina Janamian is the CEO of Client Focused Evaluation Program Surveys Australia. She discusses achieving person-centred primary health care using a value co-creation approach, to accompany her co-edited Supplement, and co-authored Editorial, published in the MJA. 17 mins, 24 secs.
Voice of the GP Ep 2 2022: Dr Jillann Farmer
Dr Jillann Farmer
Voice of the GP Episode 2: 20 June 2022. Dr Jillann Farmer is a Brisbane-based GP, who also happens to be the former Medical Director of the United Nations. Dr Farmer talks about her experiences managing the UN's response to Ebola, Zika, COVID-19 and the Syrian chemical weapons crisis, as well as her joy at being back in general practice, despite the current challenges of the profession. Accompanying article in InSight+ can be found here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 min...
School programs for prevention of youth suicide, with A/Prof Fiona Shand and Dr Michelle Torok
Associate Professor Fiona Shand and Dr Michelle Torok
Vol 216, Issue 11: 13 June 2022. Associate Professor Fiona Shand and Dr Michelle Torok are with the Black Dog Institute. They discuss school-based youth suicide prevention programs, to accompany their editorial, and research by Grummitt and colleagues, published by the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 30 mins, 18 secs.
Seasonal affective disorder, with Dr Adriana Nevarez Flores and A/Prof Amanda Neil
Dr Adriana Nevarez Flores and A/Prof Amanda Neil
Vol 216, Issue 10: 6 June 2022. Dr Adriana Nevarez Flores and Associate Professor Amanda Neil are with the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. They talk about seasonal affective disorder and whether it should be taken more seriously in Australia, to accompany their coauthored Perspective published by the MJA. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 14 mins, 01 secs.
Japanese encephalitis virus, with Dr David Williams
Dr David Williams
Vol 216, Issue 10: 30 May 2022. Dr David Williams is Group Leader of the Emergency Diseases Laboratory Diagnosis Group at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness at the CSIRO. He talks about Japanese encephalitis virus, to accompany a case study published by other authors at the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14 mins.
Voice of the GP Ep 1 2022: Dr Alisha Dorrigan
Dr Alisha Dorrigan
Voice of the GP Episode 1: 23 May 2022. Dr Alisha Dorrigan is a general practitioner, writer, and medical editor based in Sydney. She talks about what inspires her in general practice and the challenges facing primary care in the current economic and political environment. Dr Dorrigan's latest article for InSight+ can be found here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 17 mins, 35 secs.