Podcasts
Where a career as a doctor can take you, with Dr Anna Samecki
Dr Anna Samecki
Today we discuss non-clinical careers in medicine and where a career as a doctor can take you. My special guest is Dr Anna Samecki, the medical education and publications lead for Boehringer Ingelheim. With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 19 mins.
Clinicians leading change management, with Prof Sabe Sabesan
Professor Sabe Sabesan
Vol 216, Issue 3: 14 February 2022. Professor Sabe Sabesan is Senior Medical Oncologist at the Townsville Cancer Centre and Clinical Dean at Townsville University Hospital. He discusses a framework for guiding clinicians through leading change management using clinician levers and collaboration. To accompany his coauthored MJA Perspective The art and science of clinicians leading change. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 21 mins, 13 secs.
Quotas, unaccredited registrars and cultural shift, with Dr Yumiko Kadota
Dr Yumiko Kadota
Vol 214, Issue 7: 19 April 2021. Dr Yumiko Kadota resigned as an unaccredited registrar after months of gruelling hours and exploitative work conditions. She talks about regaining the balance in her life and what changes she sees in the way trainees and registrars are treated. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 26 mins, 3 secs.
Australian aged care is understaffed, with Prof Kathy Eagar
Professor Kathy Eagar
Vol 212, Issue 10: 1 June, 2020. Professor Kathy Eagar is the Director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute at the University of Wollongong. She talks about understaffing in Australian residential aged care facilities. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell. 28 mins, 31 secs
Decline in general practice, with A/Prof Denese Playford and Prof Jennifer May
Associate Professor Denese Playford and Professor Jennifer May
Vol 212, Issue 7: 13 April, 2020. Associate Professor Denese Playford is with the University of WA's Rural Clinical School. Professor Jennifer May is Director of the University of Newcastle's Department of Rural Health, based in Tamworth, NSW. They discuss the decline in the numbers of medical graduates registering as GPs. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 24 mins, 49 secs.
Advancing women in medical leadership, with Prof Helena Teede, Dr Liz Sigston, A/Prof Jacqui Boyle and Dr Anju Joham
Professor Helena Teede, Dr Liz Sigston, Associate Professor Jacqueline Boyle, Dr Anju Joham
Vol 211, Issue 4: 12 August 2019. Four leading medical women talk about mentoring women into more leadership roles in medicine. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 36 minutes, 58 seconds.
Peer-led mentoring, with Dr Sonia Chanchlani
Dr Sonia Chanchlani
Vol 209, Issue 9: 22 October 2018. Dr Sonia Chanchlani was Acting Director of Clinical Training at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital before her recent move back to Canada. She discusses a peer-led mentoring program designed to help interns navigate the health system. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 9m 5s
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.
Dr Joanna Flynn, chair of the Medical Board of Australia
Dr Joanna Flynn
Volume 206, Issue 1: 16 January 2017. Dr Joanna Flynn, chair of the MBA, talks about reforms to CPD requirements and plans to identify poorly performing doctors more effectively. 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.