Podcasts
Quotas, unaccredited registrars and cultural shift, with Dr Yumiko Kadota
Dr Yumiko Kadota
Vol 214, Issue 7: 19 April 2021. Dr Yumiko Kadota resigned as an unaccredited registrar after months of gruelling hours and exploitative work conditions. She talks about regaining the balance in her life and what changes she sees in the way trainees and registrars are treated. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 26 mins, 3 secs.
Ambulance travel and reperfusion after STEMI, with Dr Elly Redwood and Prof David Brieger
Dr Elly Redwood and Professor David Brieger
Vol 214, Issue 7: 12 April 2021. Dr Elly Redwood is a Basic Physician Trainee at Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services. Professor David Brieger is an interventional cardiologist and Professor of Cardiology at Concord Repatriation General Hospital. They talk about the importance of ambulance transport to hospital in the event of ST-elevated myocardial infarction, to accompany their research letter at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/8/influence-travelling-hospital-ambul...
Prostate cancer treatments, with Prof Henry Woo and Dr Amy Teh
Professor Henry Woo and Dr Amy Teh
Vol 214, Issue 6: 5 April 2021. Dr Henry Woo is Director of Uro-Oncology at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. Dr Amy Teh is a radiation oncologist at Icon Cancer Centre. They discuss the merits and down sides of prostate cancer treatments and why men choose the treatments they do, to accompany their editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/6/clinically-significant-localised-prostate-cancer-deciding-what-will-provide-best. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 21 mins, 11 secs.
Monitoring ICU capacity nationwide, with Dr David Pilcher
Dr David Pilcher
Vol 214, Issue 6: 29 March 2021. Dr David Pilcher is an intensivist at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and Chair of ANZSIC's Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation. He discusses the Critical Health Resources Information System, developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, to accompany his coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/7/national-system-monitoring-intensive-care-unit-demand-and-capacity-critical. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 14 min...
Politics of pandemics, with Bill Bowtell, AO
Bill Bowtell, AO
Vol 214, Issue 6: 22 March 2021: Bill Bowtell, AO, is the executive director of the HIV/AIDS Project at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He talks about the politics of pandemics, and Australia's responses to COVID-19. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 39 mins, 30 secs.
Where to now for Closing the Gap, with Dr Talila Milroy and A/Prof Lilon Bandler
Dr Talila Milroy and Associate Professor Lilon Bandler
Vol 214, Issue 5: 15 March 2021: Dr Talila Milroy is a GP and academic registrar at the University of Western Australia. Associate Professor Lilon Bandler is Senior Research Fellow with the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Network at the University of Melbourne. They talk about Indigenous health, Closing the Gap and Medicare reform, to accompany their editorial at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/5/closing-gap-where-now. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 22 mins, 24...
Aged care, altruism, dignity and respect, with Prof Joseph Ibrahim
Professor Joseph Ibrahim
Vol 214, Issue 5: 8 March 2021: Professor Joseph Ibrahim is the Head of Health Law and Ageing Research Unit at Monash University. He talks about reforming the aged care system, with respect, dignity, altruism and the resident at the centre of the model. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 39 mins, 12 secs.
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer pathology notifications, with Dr Luc te Marvelde and Prof Sue Evans
Dr Luc Te Marvelde and Professor Sue Evans
Vol 214, Issue 4: 1 March 2021. Dr Luc Te Marvelde is the Head of Data Analytics at the Victorian Cancer Registry. Professor Sue Evans is the Director of the Registry. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on cancer pathology notifications and what that might mean for upcoming cancer presentations, to accompany their coauthored research letter at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/6/decline-cancer-pathology-notifications-during-2020-covid-19-related-restrictions. With MJA news and online e...
Challenges to Victoria's mental health reforms, with A/Prof Steven Moylan
Associate Professor Steven Moylan
Vol 214, Issue 4: 22 February 2021. Associate Professor Steven Moylan is Clinical Director of Barwon Health in Geelong. He talks about the challenges to Victoria's mental health reforms, to accompany his MJA Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/6/preparing-ground-mental-health-reform-key-challenges-translating-new-resources. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 40 secs.
How the Medical Research Future Fund distributes grants, with Prof Christopher Maher
Professor Christopher Maher
Vol 214, Issue 3: 15 February 2021. Professor Christopher Maher is the Director of the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney. He discusses the Medical Research Future Fund and how it distributes grants to accompany his coauthored Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/3/comparison-distribution-medical-research-future-fund-grants-disease-burden. With the MJA's news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12 mins, 27 secs.