Podcasts
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.
Continuity of care in general practice, with Prof Mark Harris
Professor Mark Harris
Vol 216, Issue 9: 16 May 2022. Professor Mark Harris is Scientia Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity at UNSW Sydney. He talks about continuity of care in general practice to accompany his coauthored editorial, and Reed et al research, published by the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 15 mins, 33 secs.
Saving private health, with Dr Rachel David
Dr Rachel David
Vol 216, Issue 9: 16 May 2022. Dr Rachel David is CEO if Private Healthcare Australia, the peak representative body for private health insurance. She discusses the big issues in the private health sector and some possible solutions. This podcast accompanies a news article published in InSight+. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 25 mins, 42 secs.
Fixing public health in Australia, with Adj Prof Terry Slevin
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin
Vol 216, Issue 9: 9 May 2022. Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin is Chief Executive Officer of the Public Health Association of Australia. He talks about the big three issues plagueing the public health system, and offers some solutions. To read more on this topic, read our InSight+ article. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24 mins, 19 secs.
Fixing Australian primary care, with Prof Claire Jackson
Professor Claire Jackson
Vol 216, Issue 8: 2 May 2022. Professor Claire Jackson is a GP, and Director of the Centre for Health System Reform and Integration at the University of Queensland. She discusses the big problems facing general practice, and possible solutions, to accompany her MJA Perspective. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 39 secs.
TrialHub: access to clinical trials for regional and rural Australians, with Anne Woollett
Anne Woollett
Vol 216, Issue 8: 2 May 2022. Anne Woollett is the Director of TrialHub, a partnership between Alfred Health in Melbourne and hospitals in outer metro, regional and rural hospitals across Victoria, to give greater access to clinical trials for non-urban Australians. To accompany her InSight+ op-ed. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 38 secs.
COVID profits, vaccine mandates, oligopolies, and us, with Prof Martin Hensher
Professor Martin Hensher
Vol 216, Issue 8: 25 April 2022. Professor Martin Hensher is the Henry Baldwin Professorial Research Fellow in Health System Sustainability at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research. He talks about the economics and COVID-19 vaccines and the opportunities Australia has to lead the region in vaccine development and manufacture, to accompany his coauthored Perspective published in the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 23 mins, 50 secs.
The changing landscape of lung cancer in Australia, with Prof Fraser Brims
Professor Fraser Brims
Vol 216, Issue 7: 18 April 2022. Professor Fraser Brims is a consultant respiratory physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Director of Early Years Clinical Skills at Curtin University Medical School. He discusses progress with lung cancer prognosis and management, to accompany his coauthored Perspective published in the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 51 secs.
Rural retention following rural clinical school experience, with Dr Alexa Seal and A/Prof Matthew McGrail
Dr Alexa Seal and Associate Professor Matthew McGrail
Vol 216, Issue 7: 11 April 2022. Dr Alexa Seal is a Research Fellow at University of Notre Dame Australia's Rural Clinical School at Wagga Wagga. Associate Professor Matthew McGrail is Head of Rural Training Hubs Research in the Rural Clinical Schools Program at the University of Queensland. Their coauthored research is published by the MJA, where it is open access. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24mins, 23 secs.