Aerospace Medicine

Dr David Newman joins the podcast to discuss his career in aerospace medicine, which has ranged from clinical practice, to military flying to research and more.

Medical oncology

Navigating a path through a career in medicine can be challenging. In this episode of the Careers in Health podcast, Dr Emma Beardsley shares her journey to specialisation.  Emma describes a day in the life of a medical oncologist, what training looks like, and the highs and lows of her specialty.

Methodology mondays

Professor Marion Campbell is a world renowned statistician, trialist and methodologist.   In this podcast, she describes her career working in clinical research, how research has changed during her career, and the launch of a collaboration with Osler known as Methodology Monday

Surgical assisting

There are a diverse array of pathways in medicine, with dozens of specialties and subspecialties available. However, the tried and trusted college training path does not suit everyone. Joining me today are Virginia Cotta and Fiona Robertson, who for their own reasons chose a different direction, …

Clinician Educator Incubator program

Clinical medicine has always been taught with a strong emphasis on the master-apprentice model.  This relies heavily on clinical educators, many of whom give their time freely. However, many do so without any formal instruction in education and training. Our guest on this podcast is Dr Chris Nick…

CPD Homes with Anne Tonkin

CPD Homes will be introduced to Australian-registered doctors in 2024, but what are they for, and what do they mean for you? Chair of the Medical Board of Australia, Dr Anne Tonkin, joins Todd to talk about what lies ahead.

Oesophageal manometry

Mechanical ventilation is indeed a lifesaving intervention.  However, it is clear that positive pressure ventilation itself has the potential to cause harm.  Novel approaches to ventilation aim to minimise this risk, and one such strategy is the incorporation of oesophageal pressure monitoring. …

Weaning induced pulmonary oedema (WIPO)

If you’ve worked in ICU for very long, you’ll recognise the scenario where a patient who is weaning from mechanical ventilation goes into pulmonary oedema.  This syndrome is referred to as weaning induced pulmonary oedema, or WIPO. Dr Rui Shi currently works as an intensivist in the surgical ICU o…

TAME

The ultimate outcome for patients who are resuscitated from cardiac arrest depends heavily on the neurological damage that results from a low flow state.  Prevention of further damage during this phase is one of the core goals of post resuscitation care. In recent years, a multitude of research pa…

Excessive treatment

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES conference in Paris. In recent years, concerns have been raised that patients may be receiving excessive treatment at the end of their lives, with a cost to patients, their families and the health system in general But how is it identified, and what c…