Podcasts
Fit-for-purpose medical workforce, with Prof Roger Strasser
Professpr Roger Strasser
Vol 208, Issue 5: 19 March 2018. Professor Roger Strasser is Dean and CEO of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. He discusses the things that need to be done to ensure Australia has a fit-for-purpose medical workforce in 2025. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Time to rethink GP training, with A/Prof Susan Wearne
Associate Professor Susan Wearne
Vol 208, Issue 4: 5 March 2018. Associate Professor Susan Wearne is a GP and academic at the Australian National University. She discusses the need to rethink the way in which we train GPs. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Mental illness and homelessness, with Prof Olav Nielssen
Professor Olav Nielssen
Vol 208, Issue 4: 5 March 2018. Professor Olav Nielssen is a professor of Psychiatry at Macquarie University. He discusses the mental health characteristics of homeless people in inner Sydney. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Tobacco retail accessibility, with Dr Shannon Melody
Dr Shannon Melody
Vol 208, Issue 4: 5 March 2018. Dr Shannon Melody is a Public Health Medicine Registrar at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. She discusses tobacco retail accessibility and its public health implications. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Ethics approval for multicentre studies, with Dr Robyn Clay-Williams
Dr Robyn Clay-Williams
Vol 208, Issue 4: 5 March 2018. Dr Robyn Clay-Williams is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie University. She discusses the bureaucratic nightmare of gaining ethics approval for multicentre research studies. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Early closing laws and alcohol-related injuries, with A/Prof Diana Egerton-Warburton
Associate Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton
Vol 208, Issue 4: 26 February 2018. Associate Professor Diana Egerton-Warburton is the Director of Emergency Medicine Research at Monash Health in Melbourne. She discusses the effect Sydney's early closing laws have had on alcohol-related presentations to emergency departments. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Delayed cord clamping, with A/Prof Graeme Polglase
Associate Professor Graeme Polglase
Vol 208, Issue 4: 26 February 2018. Associate Professor Graeme Polglase, from the Hudson Institute's Ritchie Centre, discusses the pros and cons of delayed cord clamping in newborns, both at term and pre-term. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Medicinal cannabis, part 1, with A/Prof Adrian Reynolds
Associate Professor Adrian Reynolds
Vol 208, Issue 3: 19 February 2018. Clinical Associate Professor Adrian Reynolds is the clinical director of the Tasmanian Alcohol and Drug Service, and the president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' Chapter of Addiction Medicine. He discusses the challenges presented by medicinal cannabis for prescribing doctors. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Medicinal cannabis, part 2, with Dr John Lawson
Dr John Lawson
Vol 208, Issue 3: 19 February 2018. Dr John Lawson is a paediatric neurologist at the Sydney Children's Hospital. He discusses the evidence base for the use of cannabidiol as a treatment for paediatric epilepsy. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.
Codeine dependence, with Dr Suzanne Nielsen
Dr Suzanne Nielsen
Vol 208, Issue 3: 12 February 2018. Dr Suzanne Nielsen is a Senior Research Fellow with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of NSW. She discusses ways of identifying and treating codeine dependence. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.