Indigenous doctors
Dr Aleeta Fejo talks about being an indigenous doctor, efforts to increase the number of indigenous doctors in Australia, and helping out Santa for disadvantaged indigenous children (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Aches and Pains and Osteoarthritis
GP Dr Louise Stone discusses assessment and management of osteoarthritis in General Practice with Dr Kathryn O'Connor. Patient history is important; especially duration and severity of pain. Alternative diagnoses should be considered and excluded. Education and patient self management are vital as the management of osteoarthritis happens mainly outside the consulting room. Treatment modalities include exercise, weight loss, topical and oral medications, appliances. Referral to a surgeon may be required to allow the patient to gather information about future treatment options. Oraganisations such as Arthritis Australia can ...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Fractals and the Retina
Guest: Dr Gerald Liew MBBS MMedRegistrarWestmead HospitalUniversity of SydneySydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - October 16, 2008 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Improving asthma care
Dr Steven Rudolphy discusses straight forward ways for the busy GP to improve asthma management with Dr Jenni Parsons. Although asthma mortality rates in Australia have declined, our 'report card' in asthma management still has basic areas that need improvement, such as medication use and smoking cessation. He also talks about tricky areas - making sure of the diagnosis, differentiating asthma from COPD and wheezing in infants. The National Asthma Council's Asthma Managment Handbook is an excellent GP resource (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - August 31, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Does this child have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)?
Anne Fraser, clinical psychologist from the State child Development Centre in Western Australia discusses oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) with Dr Jenni Parsons. The discussion centres around distinguishing ODD from normal preschool or adolescent behaviour, associations with other behavioural and psychological problems and management strategies (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - May 31, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study findings
Dr Meredith Makeham author of the series of articles in AFP on the Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study discusses the TAPS study and some of the findings relating to errors, harm and avoidance of errors (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2008 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Seclusion
In this telephone interview, Dr Stephen Elsom talks from Australia on the topical issue of seclusion as an intervention for containing uncontrolled, disturbed behaviour of psychiatric patients. He discusses the research evidence regarding the use of seclusion and current thinking surrounding this practice. He also talks about methods that can be helpful to reduce the rate of seclusion used as an intervention. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - January 8, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Dropping the Lens
Guest: Alex P. Hunyor, MB BS FRANZCO FRACSClinical Senior LecturerRetinal Therapeutics Research UnitUniversity of SydneyVitreoretinal SurgeonRetina UnitSydney Eye HospitalSydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - October 15, 2007 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
ASFH The ARIC Study
Guest: Tien Y. Wong, MD, MPH, PhDProfessor of Ophthalmology University of Melbourne Centre for Eye Research Australia Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - September 2, 2007 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: August 24, 2007
Whether calcium and vitamin D supplements help prevent bone fractures in older people remains a controversial issue. Benjamin Tang from the University of Western Sydney, Australia, discusses a comprehensive meta-analysis which suggests that such supplements do have a beneficial effect in reducing the risk of osteoporotic fractures among people over 50 years. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - August 24, 2007 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The mental health of adolescents - Assessment and management
Dr Graham Fleming is a GP in rural South Australia who saw a problem with youth suicide in his area and went ahead and fixed it. He talks about practical approaches to adolescent mental health. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - July 31, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Assessing Therapy for BRVO
Guest: Tien Y. Wong, MD, MPH, PhDProfessor of Ophthalmology University of Melbourne Centre for Eye Research Australia Melbourne, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - June 10, 2007 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
Update on Pap tests
The launch of Australia's new vaccine for preventing certain strains of Human Papilloma Virus holds great promise in reducing the incidence of cervical cancer. But do we run the risk of missing tumors by slackening off on cervical cytology screening? Dr Stella Heley provides an update on Pap tests in this brave new world. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
ASFH Fool Me Once...
Guest: Michael Hennessy, BMedSc, MBBS Qld, MBiomedE UNSW, FRANZCOStaff Specialist OphthalmologistDepartment of OphthalmologyUniversity of New South Wales at the Prince of Wales HospitalUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Source: As Seen From Here)
Source: As Seen From Here - February 4, 2007 Category: Opthalmology Authors: JYoungMD at gmail.com Source Type: podcasts
