Podcasts
Prescribing opioid agonists, with Dr Pallavi Prathivadi and Dr Liz Sturgiss
Dr Pallavi Prathivadi and Dr Elizabeth Sturgiss
Vol 214, Issue 11: 21 June 2021. Dr Pallavi Prathivadi is a GP and PhD candidate at Monash University. Dr Liz Sturgiss is a GP and Senior Research Fellow, also at Monash University. They talk about the need to encourage more GPs to become opioid agonist prescribers, to accompany their Perspective at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/214/11/when-will-opioid-agonist-therapy-become-normal-part-comprehensive-health-care ... With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 19 mins, 7 secs.
Psychotropics prescribing in aged care, with A/Prof Craig Whitehead
Associate Professor Craig Whitehead
Vol 212, Issue 4: 3 March, 2020. Associate Professor Craig Whitehead is a geriatrician, and Regional Director of Rehabilitation and Aged Care with the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. He discusses his coauthored research on psychotropic prescribing in residential aged care. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 25 mins, 35 secs.
Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors, with Prof Peter Bytzer
Professor Peter Bytzer
Vol 209, Issue 10: 12 November 2018. Professor Peter Bytzer is Head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He discusses the deprescribing of proton pump inhibitors. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14m 4s
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.