Podcasts
Endoscopic bariatric therapies for obesity, with Dr Adrian Sartoretto
Dr Adrian Sartoretto
Vol 215, Issue 3: 2 August 2021. Dr Adrian Sartoretto is a gastroenterologist and bariatric endoscopist with the BMI Clinic in Sydney. He talks about bariatric endoscopies and where they fit in the range of therapies for obesity. This podcast accompanies his coathored narrative review published by the MJA at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/4/endoscopic-bariatric-therapies-obesity-review ... with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19mins, 2secs.
Communicating to patients and the public about COVID-19 vaccine safety, with Prof Julie Leask
Professor Julie Leask
Vol 215, Issue 3: 26 July 2021. Professor Julie Leask is a social scientist with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sydney, and is affiliated with the School of Public Health and Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity. She is visiting professorial fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. Professor Leask talks about public health messaging and how people make decisions about vaccines. Associated MJA article at https...
Sudden cardiac death in athletes, with Dr Jessica Orchard
Dr Jessica Orchard
Vol 215, Issue 3: 26 July 2021. Dr Jessica Orchard is a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney. She talks about sudden cardiac death in athletes -- how we screen for it, prepare for it, treat it and, hopefully, prevent it. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 17mins, 13secs.
Pyschotropics and dementia: effect of changing GP, with Heidi Welberry and Prof Henry Brodaty
Ms Heidi Welberry and Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty
Vol 215, Issue 2: 19 July 2021. Ms Heidi Welberry is from the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty is Director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. They discuss the association between changing GP and an increase in prescribing of antipsychotics for people with dementia entering a residential aged care facility, to accompany their research at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/...
Prevalence of PSA testing in asymptomatic men, with Mr Guilherme Franco and Dr Rae-Anne Hardie
Guilherme Franco and Dr Rae-Anne Hardie
Vol 215, Issue 2: 12 July 2021. Guilherme Franco is a biostatistician, and Dr Rae-Anne Hardie is a Research Fellow at Macquarie University's Australian Institute of Health Innovation. They discuss prostate-specific antigen testing of asymptomatic men in Australia, to accompany their research at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/5/prostate-specific-antigen-testing-asymptomatic-men-australia-observational-study ... With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 13 mins, 21 secs.
Maldistribution of Australia's rural medical workforce, with Prof Jennifer May and Prof Anthony Scott
Professor Jennifer May and Professor Anthony Scott
Vol 215, Issue 1: 5 July 2021. Professor Jennifer May is Director of the Department of Rural Health at the University of Newcastle. Professor Anthony Scott is a health economist at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. They discuss the many layers and stakeholders involved in solving the problems of Australia's maldistributed rural medical workforce to accompany their editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/1/road-less-travelled-supporting-physicians-pr...
Self-collection cervical screening, with A/Prof Julia Brotherton and Claire Zammit
Associate Professor Julia Brotherton and Claire Zammit
Vol 215, Issue 1: 28 June 2021. Associate Professor Julia Brotherton is Medical Director of the VCS Foundation. Claire Zammit is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Melbourne. They talk about self-collection cervical screening and how to improve uptake by both practitioners and patients, to accompany their research at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/8/self-collection-cervical-screening-renewed-national-cervical-screening-program. With MJA news and...
Health Promoting Schools, with Prof Susan Sawyer, Dr Monika Raniti and Dr Ruth Aston
Professor Susan Sawyer, Dr Monika Raniti, Dr Ruth Aston
Vol 214, Issue 11: 21 June 2021. Professor Susan Sawyer is Director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Dr Monika Raniti is a Senior Research Officer at the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Dr Ruth Aston is a Lecturer at the Centre for Program Evaluation at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. They discuss the Health Promoting Schools program. With MJA news and online editor, C...
Prescribing opioid agonists, with Dr Pallavi Prathivadi and Dr Liz Sturgiss
Dr Pallavi Prathivadi and Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss
Vol 214, Issue 11: 21 June 2021. Dr Pallavi Prathivadi is a GP and PhD candidate at Monash University. Dr Liz Sturgiss is a GP and Senior Research Fellow, also at Monash University. They talk about the need to encourage more GPs to become opioid agonist prescribers, to accompany their Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/11/when-will-opioid-agonist-therapy-become-normal-part-comprehensive-health-care ... With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 7 secs.
Hepatitis B screening for all Australian adults, with Prof Ben Cowie
Professor Ben Cowie
Vol 214, Issue 11: 14 June 2021. Professor Ben Cowie is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis. He talks about why he and his colleagues at the Doherty Institute believe universal screening for hepatitis B should be introduced for all Australian adults, to accompany their Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/3/time-universal-hepatitis-b-screening-australian-adults ... With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12 mins, 34 secs.