Podcast Episodes

Ep158: Iron infusions and fracture risk. A safety signal for ferric carboxymaltose

Episode 158

One in twenty Australian women of reproductive age are treated with intravenous iron supplementation, almost exclusively with ferric carboxymaltose. …

5 hours ago

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Ep157: AI models for discharge letters and clinical coding

Episode 157

In part 1 of this series we talked about the efficiency gains from use of ambient scribes observed in some hospital settings. In this episode we disc…

1 week, 2 days ago

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Ep156: AI scribes in hospital

Episode 156

The burden of clinical documentation is one of the top reasons given for job dissatisfaction in medicine. Physicians typically give up an hour of per…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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[Contagious Conversations] H5N1 avian flu hits our shores

Episode 155

The avian flu H5N1 known as 2.3.4.4b has been tearing around the globe since 2021 causing significant mortality in sea birds and mammals. The Austral…

1 month ago

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Ep154: Delabelling penicillin allergy FAST

Episode 154

Allergies to first-line antibiotics complicate care, and use of broad-spectrum alternatives is associated with prolonged hospital stays and increased…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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REWIND<< Medical fitness to drive

Episode 153

This popular episode was first published in 2019. Australia and NZ are made up of sprawling cities and far-flung towns and driving is often viewed as…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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[Contagious Conversations] Approaching HIV elimination

Episode 152

This is the second episode of in the series, [Contagious Conversations] from the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. Expert guests in this …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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[RACP LIFT] What you need to know about metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

Episode 151

This episode is a teaser for RACP LIFT 2026, a series of in-person events to promote Learning, Innovation and Forward Thinking. Coming up on the 1st …

3 months ago

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REWIND<< Drug Interactions and deprescribing

Episode 150

Adverse drug events cause 5-15% of admissions to hospital and drug-drug interactions make up about a fifth of these. Most common are pharmacodynamic …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Ep149: Could it be syphilis?

Episode 149

Syphilis is often thought of as a disease from the historic literature, but in August last year, it was declared a Communicable Disease Incident of N…

4 months ago

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