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AMSA Ampoule
by Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA)
The podcast where we discuss the things you don’t cover in med school!Ampoule is hosted by the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA); the peak representative body for Australia's 17,000+ up and coming doctors. Our podcasts will give you access to unparalleled, driven guests, upskill you in areas med school doesn't cover and will make you a more confident advocate about the areas you care about.
Episodes
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Healthcare on the Frontlines - Ukraine
In today's episode, we mark the 6 month anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine by speaking to Elise West, the Executive Officer of the Medical Association for Prevention of War. We discuss the impact of this war on the healthcare system in Ukraine, as well as Elise's career in medical activism....
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Welcome to the 2022 Season of Ampoule!
Hi there from Niveditha and Divay! We will be your hosts for the 2022 season of the AMSA Ampoule. Get ready for another year of in-depth conversations with new and exciting guests. Look forward to monthly episodes starting soon!
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Living authentically with chronic illnesses
In this episode, Jess Gregory talks about her experiences with medicine, discusses how young doctors are leading the culture of collaborative care and highlights the importance of supporting medical students and junior doctors with chronic illnesses. ~~~~~~~ Jess is a 27 year old Australian…
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Surgery, Music and Performance Enhancers
Joining us today, we have Mr Phillip Antippa who is the director of the Lung Tumour Stream and director of Melbourne-based doctor's orchestra, Corpus Medicorum. In this episode we explore questions on the relationships between music and surgery, the use of performance enhancer in music and…
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Parenthood and Medicine featuring Dr Sarah Syed and Rami Dawood
Have you ever thought about starting a family while in medicine? 😃 AMSA AMPOULE is here to share with you an exciting interview with Dr Sarah Syed (Geriatrics physician trainee) and Rami Dawood (final year student doctor). They are a beautiful couple, both in medicine, who have recently had a…
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Opioids and Big Pharma ft. David Juurlink
Dr David Juurlink is a Canadian pharmacologist, toxicologist and internal medicine doctor. He is known for researching adverse effects caused by drug interactions, as well as an entertaining but informative presence on twitter. Notably, David has been publicly critical of regular prescribing of...
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Donating Life ft. Liam Virtue
In this episode, Liam is kind enough to share his story with bone marrow donation and leukaemia. Liam is currently running a fundraiser for the leukaemia foundation and he speaks to me about some the great stuff they did for him and his family. Their publications taught lil' Liam what leukaemia…
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Travis Lines ft. Policy
Travis lines is a soon to be graduated MD/MPH student and our very own National Policy Officer for 2020. Travis is easily spotted in public, wearing at least one akubra and donning a pair of RMs at all times. Some say he even wears them swimming. This episode serves as a great introduction to all...
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Living Life as a Quadriplegic Doctor ft. Dinesh Palipana
Dinesh Palipana OAM is an Australian doctor, legal professional and disability advocate. During medical school Dinesh was involved in a car accident and suffered a spinal cord injury and quadriplegia. That didn’t stop him though - Dinesh went on to finish medical school and became the first...
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Leaving Medicine for Writing ft. Nick Earls
Nick Earls writes long, short and medium-sized fiction, so far tallying 27 books for adults, teenagers and children. In addition to being a prolific Brisbane author, he is a University of Queensland Medical School Alumni and worked as a GP for 10 years. After leaving medicine for writing, Nick…
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Mellissa Naidoo: Self care for doctors and learning how to say no to opportunities
In the final episode of the Mel2.0 podcast series we have double the Mel! Our team member Mel sits down with Dr. Mellissa Naidoo who in this episode discusses how her career in medicine evolved from being a budding paediatrician, to then discovering a passion for medical leadership and advocacy,...
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Armando Hasudungan: Visualising Medicine
Dr. Armando Faigl, or as you may know him, Armando Hasudungan from Armando Hasudungan Medicine and Biology Videos, is a successful online educator and doctor currently undertaking his Basic Physician Training. Since 2011, Armando has amassed a cult-like following of over 1.5 million subscribers…
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Kieran Kennedy and Janet Lowndes: Biting Back - Eating Disorders
Eating disorders can be terribly debilitating conditions that isolate people with them in shame and secrecy. But they are also very much at the intersection of various aspects of society, from the medical field, to cultural trends. Join our guests Dr Kieran Kennedy and Ms Janet Lowndes with M2.0...
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Renee Lim: Learning to be Graceful Under Pressure- Approaching Culture and Mental Health Improvement
Dr. Renee Lim is an incredible woman who wears many hats, as a doctor, educator and performer. In this episode, Renee sat down with our Academic Officer, Liss, to discuss her most recent project, Grace Under Pressure. This verbatim project explored the juxtaposition that is the expectations put…
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Chris Edwards: The Art Within Medicine
In this episode, our team member Angela sat down with Christopher Edwards, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and self-taught sculptor. Join us as we explore Christopher's belief that some exposure to art and the humanities is of great benefit to the practice of medicine and surgery, as they...
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Mimi Zilliacus, Angela Stratton, Ian Wilson, Dan Wilson, Louise Manning & Sarah Lim: Victorian Rural Generalist Program
In this episode, our team member Caitlin sat down with an expert panel, including Mimi Zilliacus from the Victorian Rural Generalist Program (VRGP), along with rural generalists and VRGP clinical leads Dr. Angela Stratton and Dr. Ian Wilson and three lovely rural generalists in training Dr. Sarah...
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David Griffin: COVID-19 in Australia
Dr. David Griffin currently works as an Infectious Diseases Fellow at the Alfred Hospital, where he is actively involved in the COVID-19 response. David is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland, where he was awarded the Karl Kessler Memorial Prize for Infectious Diseases. After…
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Peter Brukner: Running ahead- Life as an exercise and sport physician
In this episode our team member Melinda sat down with Dr. Peter Brukner, a world renowned specialist sports and exercise physician who played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia. We spoke about his experiences working with various sporting teams…
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Bradley Frew: Life rafts and life saving- From sea to GP
Dr. Bradley Frew is a General Practitioner in Hastings, Victoria and a medical educator for the Monash University Peninsula Clinical School. He served as a Medical Officer in the Royal Australian Navy for several years following the undergraduate sponsorship scheme. In this episode, Brad sat down...
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Charlie Corke: The importance of a good death
A/ Prof. Charlie Corke is one of Australia’s leading Intensive Care Specialists and the past President of the College of Intensive Care of Australia and New Zealand. Charlie is passionate about Advanced Care Planning and lectures widely on medical communication and end-of-life decision making. In...
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Kris Rallah-Baker: On The Shoulders Of Giants
Dr. Kris Rallah-Baker, Australia's first Indigenous Ophthalmologist and current President of AIDA, furniture maker and all around lovely man, had a very insightful chat with AIDA student member and M2.0 Academic Officer Meg about being a modern Indigenous Australian in today's healthcare sector,...
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Munjed Al Muderis: The Power of Positive Thinking- From Detention to Innovation
Prof. Munjed Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve. He is also an Ambassador for the Australian Red Cross, human rights activist and a refugee. Munjed was kind enough to sit down with Liss, one of our M2.0 Academic...
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Amy Neilson: Disaster Zones and Medicine
Amy Neilson is an Australian-trained Rural Generalist and Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine who works in Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine. In this episode, she sat down with our team member Angela to discuss what it is like to work in complex situations around the world…
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Glen Hulley: Child exploitation
Glen Hulley is the Founder and CEO of Project Karma a not-for-profit charity with the mission “to fight child sexual exploitation – whenever, by whoever and wherever it occurs”. Glen previously spent 13 years in the Victorian police force in both uniformed and covert capacities before an…
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Lydia Johns-Putra: How to Succeed at Sustainable Volunteering, Mentoring and Failure
Dr Lydia Johns Putra is a Ballarat-based Urologist who is passionate about gender equity, global health, social justice, education and mentoring. Lydia participates regularly in sustainable volunteering and has firsthand experience in responding to environmental health crises, being involved in…
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Marcia Langton: Mind the Gap
Distinguished Redmond Barry Professor Marcia Langton AO is an anthropologist, educator, author, prominent advocate and revered community leader. A singular woman in the world of modern Indigenous Australian advocacy, and author of the 1990 royal commission into Indigenous deaths in custody which...
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Alyce Wilson: Being a Medical Foodie- Diet, Doctors and Disease
Food is a central component of culture, family, health – humanity. So surely we can use it better to tackle the diseases which burden our world so greatly. As our understanding of nutrition, chronic diseases, the microbiome, metabolism and the obesogenic environment grows, we are implored to ask:...
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Adam Dunn, Hilda Bastian & Kieran Kennedy: Misinformation in Health
“Fake news” is a term that we have all heard about in recent years. The health field is not exempt from misinformation either. But how do myths like “vaccines cause autism” arise and spread, and what can be done about them? Join Adam, Hilda & Kieran as we explore all these and more, and consider...
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Jason Clymo: Visibility of Disability
Jason Clymo was a medical student before acquiring a spinal cord injury which changed his life. Once recovered, he spun himself into the world of modelling, creation and advocacy, increasing awareness of paraplegia in the advertising world and mainstream media. In this episode of Ampoule, Jason…
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Michelle Lim & Elisabeth Lambert: The Toxicity of Loneliness
Botulinum toxin, depression, central adiposity, arsenic, loneliness. What on Earth could these 5 things have in common? They are all potential toxins for human beings. Young Australians are lonely, married Australians are lonely, 50% of Australians feel lonely at least one day a week and…
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Tony Fernando: The Power of Compassion
Dr. Tony Fernando is an Auckland-based psychiatrist and sleep specialist finishing his PhD in compassion within medicine. In this episode, he joins Jasmin for a conversation about the transformative power of compassion, to others and to oneself. They discuss potential barriers to compassionate...
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Lydia Osmers: Jumping Hurdles- From Medicine to MS and Beyond
Dr. Lydia Osmers is a retired medical practitioner who is an Ambassador for Multiple Sclerosis Limited (MS). As a third-year medical student at Monash University, she began to experience reduced vision and impaired mobility, and was subsequently diagnosed with MS. Lydia was kind enough to sit…
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Pascale Guitera: Secrets of a skin cancer researcher
A/Prof. Pascale Guitera is a Franco-Australian dermatologist specialising in skin cancer. She is director of the Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and faculty member of the Melanoma Institute Australia, in addition to holding an academic position at the University…
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Amanda McLoughlin: What to do with an English Degree
When Amanda McLoughlin graduated university with an English Literature degree, she wasn't 100% sure what her long term goals were. Like we all do, she took a variety of jobs that weren't entirely related to her passion, but hey, they paid the bills (and her student loans). In her spare time, she...
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Harry Eeman: Doctors with disabilities
Dr. Harry Eeman, a rehabilitation medicine physician and chronic pain specialist, sat down with our Academic team member Angi to discuss his unique experience as a patient with GBS. Harry was a young medical student when he was struck down by a severe form of Gillian-Barré Syndrome whilst...
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Susan Liew: The Road to the Top of the Hill
Susan Liew, the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Alfred and VMO spine surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, as well as Chair of Professional Conduct and Standards for the Australian Orthopaedic Association sat down with one of our Academic Officers Meg Kent, to talk through...
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Dr. Art Nahill and Dr. Nic Szecket: Grey's vs Gray's
Art Nahill and Nic Szecket, Auckland-based internal medicine physicians and co-hosts of the clinical reasoning podcast IMreasoning, join us for a conversation about expectations versus reality in medicine, debunking myths and discussing a new perspective to clinical practice.
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Welcome to Ampoule!
A warm welcome to the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) Ampoule podcast; the podcast built by med students for med students. We have such an exciting journey planned for you with extraordinary leaders, pioneers and students. Episodes will be filled with helpful upskilling advice and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The podcast where we discuss the things you don’t cover in med school!Ampoule is hosted by the Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA); the peak representative body for Australia's 17,000+ up and coming doctors. Our podcasts will give you access to unparalleled, driven guests, upskill you in areas med school doesn't cover and will make you a more confident advocate about the areas you care about.
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