Podcasts
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.
New technique in stem cell harvesting, with Prof Susie Nilsson
Professor Susie Nilsson
Volume 205, Issue 6: 19 September, 2016. Professor Susie Nilsson is a senior research scientist at the CSIRO, and a group leader at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute. She discusses a new technique her team has developed which may make stem cell donation easier. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
Suicide in the health professions, with Dr Allison Milner
Dr Allison Milner
Volume 205, Issue 6: 19 September 2016. Dr Allison Milner is a senior research fellow at Deakin University's Centre for Population Health Research, and is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Health Equity. She discusses her research on the elevated rates of suicide among health professionals. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.