Podcasts
MJA Centenary Series 5
Professor Richard Smith FMedSci FRCPE FRCGP
Professor Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJ, is our special guest for the latest in our Centenary series of podcasts. Professor Smith, fresh from hosting the MJA's Centenary Symposium and Dinner, speaks about the future of medical journals.
MJA Centenary Series 4
Dr Lilon Bandler MBBS FRACGP MHPol
In this episode Cate is joined by Dr Lilon Bandler, senior lecturer in Indigenous health education at the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine and the Office of Medical Education at the University of Sydney’s School of Medicine. Their conversation canvasses building the number of Indigenous Doctors, the pressure to perform on Indigenous Students and how the role of Indigenous Health Workers is changing. They also discuss the focus of Indigenous Health issues in helping close the gap,...
MJA Centenary Series 3
Professor Michael Ashby MD FRCR FRACP FAChPM FFPMANZCA
The third podcast in our Centenary Year series features Professor Michael Ashby, director of palliative care at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) and Southern Tasmania Area Heath Service. He holds a conjoint position as professor of palliative care, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Tasmania, and chairs the Clinical Ethics Committee at RHH. Professor Ashby talks about the need for more open debate about death and dying and the ways doctors can facilitate a "good death". Their conv...
MJA Centenary Series 2
Professor David Cooper AO BSc (Med) MBBS (Syd), MD, DSc (UNSW), FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP, FAA
The second podcast in our Centenary Year series features Professor David Cooper, Director of the Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society at the University of New South Wales. Professor Cooper was there when Harvard Medical School researchers discovered the cell surface markers of T cells in 1983. He established the HIV/AIDS ward at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and has been at the forefront of HIV research ever since. Cate Swannell and Professor Cooper reflect on the histor...
MJA Centenary Series 1
Professor Stephen Leeder AO MD FRACP
Cate Swannell, Staff Journalist at the MJA, sits down with Professor Stephen Leeder AO, MD, FRACP. Their wide ranging conversation canvasses the future of medical journals, public health policy and his expectations for the Abbott Government.