Podcasts
Reducing medication errors in discharge summaries
Erica Tong and Dr Gary Yip
Volume 206, Issue 1: 16 January, 2016. Erica Tong, lead clinical pharmacist at the Alfred in Melbourne, and Dr Gary Yip, a general physician, also at the Alfred, discuss their research into reducing medication errors in hospital discharge summaries. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Mass media campaigns and chest pain
Ziad Nehme and Harry Patsamanis
Volume 206, Issue 1: 16 January, 2017. Ziad Nehme, a paramedic and researcher with Ambulance Service Victoria, and Harry Patsamanis from the Heart Foundation talk about their research into the effects of mass media campaigns on ambulance use for chest pain. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as video here.
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.
Dr Liz Sigston on life/work balance
Dr Liz Sigston
Volume 205, Issue 9: 7 November, 2016. Dr Liz Sigston is an ENT surgeon, entrepeneur, CEO, and breast cancer survivor. She talks with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell about balancing a busy medical life, family and outside interests. Available as a video here.
Obesity and women's reproductive health, with Prof Helena Teede
Professor Helena Teede
Volume 205, Issue 8: 17 October, 2016. Professor Helena Teede is Executive Director of the Monash Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre, and a professor of Women's Health at Monash University. She discusses the repercussions of our growing obesity problem for women's fertility, and suggests some prevention solutions. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Biosimilars in IBD, with Dr Greg Moore
Dr Greg Moore
Volume 205, Issue 7: 3 October, 2016. Dr Greg Moore is the head of Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Monash Health in Melbourne. In between endoscopies he talked with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell about biosimilars and a possible safety concern with multi-switching. Available as a video here.
Unintended consequences of No Jab, No Pay, with Dr Georgie Paxton
Dr Georgie Paxton
Volume 205, Issue 7: 3 October 2015. Dr Georgie Paxton is the head of the Immigrant Health Service at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. She talks about the unintended consequences of the No Jab, No Pay legislation for immigrant and refugee families. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Sarcopenia, with Dr David Scott
Dr David Scott
Volume 205, Issue 7: 3 October, 2016. Dr David Scott is an exercise physiologist and research fellow with Monash University's Bone and Muscle Health Research Group. He discusses sarcopenia, it's definition, impact, and treatment, with MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Suicide in aged care residential facilities, with Briony Murphy
Ms Briony Murphy
Volume 205, Issue 6: 19 September, 2016. Briony Murphy is a PhD candidate at Monash University and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. Her research into intentional deaths in aged care facilities led her to change her opinion about voluntary euthanasia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension, with A/Professor David Prior
Associate Professor David Prior
Volume 205, Issue 6: 19 September, 2016. Associate Professor David Prior is deputy director of the Department of Cardiology at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne. He discusses his coauthored narrative review of pulmonary arterial hypertension. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.