Podcast Episodes

Ep21: Genomics for the Generalist – Part 2

Episode 21

This is a two-part series looking at how modern genomics is changing clinical practice, and how a physician can hope to keep up with the pace of disc…

9 years, 4 months ago

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Ep20: Genomics for the Generalist – Part 1

Episode 20

This is a two-part series looking at how modern genomics is changing clinical practice, and how a physician can hope to keep up with the pace of disc…

9 years, 4 months ago

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Ep19: Health, Disease and Death in the Early Colony

Episode 19

This episode goes back 200 years to tales of the early Sydney colony. The lectures featured on the program were first recorded at the 'Our Healthy He…

9 years, 5 months ago

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[Guest Lecture] Integrating Health and Social Care

Episode 18

Sir Harry Burns and Dr Ruth Hussey OBE are public health physicians involved in 'whole-of-system change' in Britain's health and social care. They we…

9 years, 6 months ago

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Ep17: Better Practice in Paeds

Episode 17

Almost three quarters of physicians surveyed in the U.S. admit to ordering at least one unnecessary test, procedure or treatment every week. In Austr…

9 years, 7 months ago

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Ep16: Mind the (Gender) Gap

Episode 16

While more than half of all medical students and trainees are women, they make up only about 30 per cent of registered physicians. When it comes to c…

9 years, 8 months ago

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Ep15: Methamphetamine – Beyond the Hype

Episode 15

Crystal methamphetamine, or ice, has been sensationalised in the media over the past decade. While raising awareness of the drug, such reporting has …

9 years, 9 months ago

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Ep14: Fever of Unknown Origin

Episode 14

Pyrexia, or fever of unknown origin (PUO) is a syndrome that challenges the diagnostic skills of every physician. It is defined by frequent fevers ov…

9 years, 10 months ago

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Ep13: A Fresh Start for Disability Services

Episode 13

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is designed to provide better care for the 460,000 Australians who have significant and permanent dis…

9 years, 11 months ago

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Ep12: Perspectives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Episode 12

Life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a decade lower than that of the non-Indigenous population. Addressing this dispar…

10 years ago

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