Podcasts
Dr Karen Price, President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Dr Karen Price
Vol 215, Issue 5: 26 August 2021. Dr Karen Price is the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She talks about COVID-19 and the special burden on GPs, new CPD requirements, self-reflection, and the future of general practice. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 21 mins, 53 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.
Pathology overtesting by GP registrars, with Prof Parker Magin
Professor Parker Magin
Volume 207, Issue 2: 17 July 2017. Professor Parker Magin is professor of General Practice at the University of Newcastle. His latest research has found that GP registrars order pathology tests at an increasing rate as they progress through their training. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Dr Bastian Seidel, president of the RACGP
Dr Bastian Seidel
Volume 205, Issue 9: 14 November, 2016. Dr Bastian Seidel is the new president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He discusses Health Care Homes, CPD reform and other hot topics in general practice with MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Rethinking dengue fever in the GP setting
Dr Alex Tai
Volume 204, Issue 7: 18 April 2016. Dr Alex Tai is an infectious diseases registrar at University Hospital in Geelong. He discusses his coauthored short report on a case of dengue fever with warning signs that highlighted the importance of diagnosis and management. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Dr Frank Jones, RACGP
Dr Frank Jones
20 July: Dr Frank Jones is the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He speaks about the College's new campaign -- "The good GP never stops learning" -- and why it is important for the special skills of the GP to be recognised. He also talks about rural practice, the Border Force Act, funding models and more. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell. Also available as a video here.
MJA Centenary Series 16
Dr Michael Crampton
Dr Michael Crampton, a GP from Sydney's west, has just been named the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' GP of the Year. He speaks with the MJA's engagement editor, Cate Swannell, about his career and passions.
MJA Centenary Series 14
Dr Liz Marles
Dr Liz Marles, the outgoing President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, talks with engagement editor Cate Swannell about the issues that have dominated general practice during her 2-year term in the presidency and what the future holds for general practice.
MJA Centenary Series 6
Dr Brian Morton AM MBBS FRACGP
Dr Brian Morton AM, chair of the Australian Medical Association's council of General Practice, is our special guest for the next in our series of Centenary Year podcasts. Coinciding with our general practice issue, Dr Morton will discuss copayments, workloads and Family Doctor Week.