ASFH Experience with the Femtosecond Laser – part 1
Guest: Gerard Sutton, MBBS MD FRANZCO
Sydney Medical School Foundation
Professor of Corneal and Refractive Surgery
Save Sight Institute, Sydney University
Vision Eye Institute
Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - June 16, 2012 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Aggressive behaviour - Prevention and management in the general practice environment
Associate Professor Moira Sim, head of the school of medical sciences, director of the systems and intervention research centre for health at Edith Cowan University, clinical associate professor at the university of western Australia and a practising GP talks about the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour in general practice. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2011 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Risky drinking among young Australians - causes, effects and implications for GPs
Amy Pennay talks about the importance of acknowledging the social, cultural and economic drivers of risky drinking in young people and outlines a comprehensive strategy for addressing risky drinking in youg people by general practitioners (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - July 31, 2011 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: January 07, 2011
Highlights from the Jan 8 issue, including cancer survival data from Europe, Canada, and Australia. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - January 7, 2011 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
ASFH A Drinking Problem
Guest: Ivan Goldberg, MBBS (Syd), FRANZCO, FRACS
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Head, Glaucoma Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital
Director, Eye Associates
Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - January 1, 2011 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Opioid dependence – Management in general practice
Dr Matthew Frei discusses the management of opioid dependence using opioid pharmacotherapy, as part of a comprehensive chronic illness management strategy. Dr Frei discusses the risks and benefits of opioid pharmacotherapy and how it works. He also discusses how to assess and manage appropriate opioid-dependent patients, including the different opioid pharmacotherapy formulations available in Australia. He goes on to discuss other possible treatment options, including drug withdrawal. Finally, Dr Frei explains how GPs can become a trained opioid prescriber and how to get more information. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - July 31, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Going the Other Way
Guest: Professor Ian McAllister
Director of Clinical Services
Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Centre for (incorporating Lions Eye Institute)
The University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - July 17, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
ASFH: Post-Operative Endophthalmitis: a population-based study
Paper Discussed: Ng JQ, Morlet N, Pearman JW, et al. Management and outcomes of postoperative endophthalmitis since the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study: the Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia (EPSWA)'s fifth report. Ophthalmology, July 2005, 112(7) p1199-206 Guest: Jonathon Q. Ng, MBBS, BA Research Associate School of Population Health The University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - May 21, 2010 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Using interpreter services
Associate Professor Christine Phillips talks about how GPs and practices can most effectively use interpreter services. Associate Professor Phillips outlines the excellent free interpreting services available in Australia and how and when to efficiently access these services. She provides excellent tips for clinicians working with interpreters, particularly around controlling the consultation and making use of the interpreting time to enhance the consultation. She dispels several common myths about interpreter use and talks about what to do when things don’t go well. As all GPs and primary care clinicians will need to us...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Spider bites
Professor George Braitberg talks about what GPs need to know the assessment and management of spider bites. He discusses problems with spider identification, the importance of toxindrome recognition and the controversy surrounding necrotizing arachnidism in Australia. In addition, he describes the clinical effects and treatment of redback and funnelweb spider envenomation. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Retinopathy: Screening recommendations
Geoffrey Spurling talks about what GPs need to know about screening patients for retinopathy. Geoffrey highlights that a quarter of Australians with diabetes are not appropriately screened. Geoffrey outlines the factors involved and describes who to screen and how often they require screening. Information about how to screen is also provided to guide GPs. Geoffrey also explains hypertensive retinopathy and points out that although regular monitoring is not recommended there is a role for the GP in management (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - September 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Diabetic Retinopathy and Phacoemulsification
Guest: Jie Jin Wang, MMed PhD
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor
Clinical Ophthalmology & Eye Health
Western Clinical School
Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research
The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - August 2, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
TB... what's new, what's not?
Dr Anna Ralph discusses whats new in diagnosis and management of the very old disease of TB. Despite lower incidence of TB in Australia compared to other places in the world, TB remains a significant problem in a number of at risk groups including migrants from sub Saharan Africa, India, Vietnam, the Phillipines, China and Indonesia; patients with HIV; and Indigenous Australians. While newer diagnostic tests (interferon gamma release assays) are available, they have some limitations and in Australia sputum microscopic examination and cuture remains the main method of diagnosis in symptomatic individuals. Developments in ph...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - July 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
" Flextronics " -- The Discovery Files
Researchers at Cornell University and the University of Melbourne, Australia, are fabricating organic semiconducting materials from a gentle solvent called Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - April 8, 2009 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Obscured By Smoke
Guest: Tien Y. Wong, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Melbourne
Centre for Eye Research Australia
Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - March 2, 2009 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
