Podcasts
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.
Brace for major COVID-19 outbreak, with Prof Nick Talley
Laureate Professor Nick Talley AC
Vol 214, Issue 10: 3 June 2021. Laureate Professor Nick Talley AC is Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Journal of Australia. He says Australia's vaccine rollout is a race, and we must prepare for a major outbreak. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 20mins, 48 secs.
Dust-related lung diseases, with A/Prof Deborah Yates
Associate Professor Deborah Yates
Vol 214, Issue 10: 31 May 2021. Associate Professor Deborah Yates, from the UNSW Sydney, is a respiratory physician and senior staff specialist at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney. She discusses the resurgence of dust-related pneumoconioses, and the release of new recommendations for early intervention and management, to accompany her coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/1/dust-diseases-modern-australia-discussion-new-tsanz-position-statement. With MJA news and online...
Importance of clear triage protocols, with Dr Eliana Close
Dr Eliana Close
Vol 214, Issue 10: 24 May 2021. Dr Eliana Close is a lawyer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at the Queensland University of Technology. She talks about the ethical and legal need for clear triage protocols to support clinicians when making difficult resource allocation decisions during pandemics and disasters to accompany her coauthored Ethics and Law article at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/215/2/transparent-triage-policies-during-covid...
The crisis in Australian emergency departments, with Dr Simon Judkins
Dr Simon Judkins
Vol 214, Issue 10: 7 June 2021. Dr Simon Judkins is an emergency physician and the Immediate Past President of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. He discusses the worsening crises of access blocking and overcrowding in Australia's emergency departments. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14 mins, 4 secs.
Coronary artery calcium scoring, with Prof Garry Jennings
Professor Garry Jennings
Vol 214, Issue 9: 17 May 2021. Professor Garry Jennings is Chief Medical Advisor to the National Heart Foundation of Australia. He talks about coronary artery calcium scoring, and a new position statement providing guidance to clinicians about its use, to accompany his coauthored Position Statement at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/9/national-heart-foundation-australia-position-statement-coronary-artery-calcium. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12 mins, 34 secs.
Changing trends in general practice ownership, with Dr Caroline de Moel-Mandel
Dr Caroline de Moel-Mandel
Vol 214, Issue 9: 10 May 2021. Dr Caroline de Moel-Mandel is a GP and lecturer at La Trobe University in Melbourne. She discusses the changing trends in GP ownership models and how that might effect the quality of patient care, to accompany her coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/9/impact-practice-size-and-ownership-general-practice-care-australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 15 mins, 3 secs.
Health for all by 2030, with Dr Sandro Demaio
Dr Sandro Demaio
Vol 214, Issue 8: 3 May 2021. Dr Sandro Demaio is CEO of VicHealth. He discusses pathways to a stronger, more equitable health care system for all Australians by 2030, to accompany VicHealth's MJA Supplement and his own MJA editorial, at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/8/health-all-2030-within-our-grasp-we-must-act-now. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 29 mins, 0 secs.
Dying and regretful outcomes, with Melissa Reader and Prof Ken Hillman
Melissa Reader and Professor Ken HIllman
Vol 214, Issue 8: 26 April 2021. Melissa Reader is the CEO of the Violet Initiative. Professor Ken Hillman is Professor of Intensive Care at the University of NSW, and is on the Clinical Committee of the Violet Initiative. They talk about the last stage of life and eliminating "regretful outcomes". With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 25 mins, 27 secs.