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MedEd StuffNNonsense

by @MedEdStuffNN

Two doctors, an OBGYN in Melbourne and an anaesthetist in Wollongong, Australia originally from NZ discussing Medical Education Twitter news 280/560*second podcast real stuff & #medtwitter #MedEd offbeat #StuffnNonsense | Own tweets & musings |@GongGasGirl @inquisitiveGyn | producer @hypoxicchicken Our home is at the Cnr end of 🌈 & yellow brick rdwww.mededstuffnnonsense.com

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Episodes

  1. Ep 63 Aussie COVID19 Vaccination starts. Bring it on.

    Australian CoVID19 vaccination starts bringing GongGasGirl to tears that the reality of the beginning of the end is here. Bring it on.

  2. Ep 62 We're Back .....2021

    It's been a long while ...since September 2020 to be exact and to our one or two listening thank you...we're back. 2021 Bring it on.

  3. Ep 61 The PPE (Poo Plume Episode)

    Tanya and Bec are distressed to learn about what happens to virus particles found in poo when the toilet is flushed. The search for the toilet aerosol expert has begun...

  4. Ep 60 Dial For Cervix

    Bec and Tanya discuss problems with intergenerational differences... and Pam still hasn't seen Dirty Dancing yet!

  5. Ep 59 Bye Bye Box

    The perspex box hits the headlines again but this time we might be saying goodbye to it for good. Tanya and Bec review the new FDA advice

  6. state of disaster but we're all in this together

    Tanya calls Bec to check in on Melbourne where a state of disaster has been declared, one level up from a state of emergency.

  7. Ep 57 Rename The Masks

    From the hilarity of bra-masks in January, the reality that they might be a good idea and now the revelation that the design of N95 masks comes from a bra cup design - Tanya and Bec start a campaign to get the inventor recognised.

  8. Ep 56 MedBikini

    Bec and Tanya unpick the MedBikini movement and the paper that sparked it all off

  9. Ep 55 Poking And Prodding

    No it's not a black eye, just mascara, although Tanya's poking and prodding of the twitterati could certainly cause that!

  10. Ep 54 How To Communicate Science

    Tanya and Bec are joined by Michelle Gallaher to talk about her work communicating science to the masses

  11. Ep 53 the airway

    GongGasGirl talks inquisitiveGyn through intubating a manikin

  12. Ep 52 Preparing For The Worst

    Bec and Tanya discuss the COVID situation in Australia and how even routine clinical work seems to be changing for the better.

  13. Ep 51 The Perspex Podium

    Laura, Bec and Tanya discuss intubation boxes and what to do with them after the COVID crisis

  14. Ep 50 What Would Hippocrates Say Now?

    Bec and Tanya are joined by Laura Duggan to talk about fit testing and first doing no harm by health professionals looking after themselves.

  15. Ep 49 Transitions

    We all seem to be doing different things and doing things differently in the last few weeks. Tanya and Bec reflect on these changes and the news (and possibly future)from friends, family and colleagues overseas.

  16. Ep 48 The COVID Coffee Plan

    Bec has a stern word with Tanya about her phone calling habits

  17. Ep 47 IWD2020

    Bec and Tanya celebrate International Women's Day in Sydney, but how to greet each other?

  18. Ep 46 Not Happy Jen

    Tanya and Bec discuss the furore after a doctor in Melbourne gets attacked by the health minister for going to work sick with Coronavirus

  19. Ep 45 Prone Complications

    Bec and Tanya are joined by Neurosurgeon, PhD candidate, Nobel Laureate, sister to Dr Sheona Mitchell and friend of the team, Dr Ruth Mitchell to talk about complications related to prone positioning during surgery. For Dr Sheona Mitchell’s description of her magnificent Halloween costume see our...

  20. Ep 44 The Easy Mix

    Tanya has the perfect day at the office. Butterflies, Cyndi Lauper and the MH cart - what could be better?!

  21. Ep 43 Monkey Business

    Baboons loose in the middle of Sydney? Is this a joke? Apparently not, the Hazzard is real.

  22. Ep 42 The Crown

    Bec and Tanya get up to speed on the Coronavirus COVID 19

  23. Ep 41 when the lights go out

    Bec and Tanya talk about power outages in the operating theatre. What are the challenges now where electronic records, anaesthesia delivery and communications are all affected? Episode dedicated to @maffygirl and team who thankfully work in a fabulous environment & advanced hospital. Power went…

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  24. Ep40 Bushfires and the new normal

    Tanya and Bec discuss the effects of the Australian bushfires

  25. Ep 39 New Year from London and Thailand

    Ep 39 New Year from London and Thailand by @MedEdStuffNN

  26. Episode 38 GongGasGirl met Santa IRL - no really!

    More serious nonsense stuff and more elf on the shelf and joy. Plus GongGasGirl still believes in Santa because like her eldest said "some people don't believe in Santa but that's just because they haven't met him." AND GongGasGirl has actually met Santa IRL in Lapland so you know he's real!!

  27. Episode 37Joy to the world and pew pew lasers!

    Bring us joy or bring us nothing. The first of two festive episodes sort of about nonsense and sort of pretty serious because we just can't take the serious stuff anymore. Twitter please give us joy in baby Yoda, pew pew and MaccaDoc or just don't bother. Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, Happy...

  28. Episode 36 live from Giant Steps 19

    Tanya calls in to chat to Nisha and Bec live in Melbourne at Safer Care Victoria Giant Steps who've listened to Christine Nixon, Bronwyn King and Lyn Swinburne.

  29. Episode 35 Pubeslippers And The Scariest Halloween Costume

    Bec and Tanya are joined by Canadian OBGYN Sheona Mitchell. A halloween costume becomes a talking point and teaching aid.

  30. Episode 34 It's almost Christmas (after halloween) and we're sorry to the chicken.

    Tanya has just read @amateuradam Adam Kay's new book "T'was the night before christmas" just in time for christmas which is only 8 weeks away ...... but who's counting! US!! On we go rambling and spewing forth MedEd Stuff n Nonsense including Bec's similar experience to Adam of working many...

  31. Episodes 32 & 33 JAMA No good reason article and good reason for responsibility double episode.

    Tanya outlines this weeks JAMA Surgery article and commentary on No Good Reason about long sleeved sterile gowns for everyone in the operating theatre. The study showed no benefit but significant waste and cost. Interesting intersection with the good reason why hospitals and health corporations...

  32. Episode 30 ..... yup, we're back!

    Well after a month hiatus we're back. Tanya survived her multiple flights with 3 children to Europe and back. Managed to get her coffee situation sorted plus find some pastries and sunshine. She also managed to squeeze in a trip to London sans children for an emergency bridal wardrobe issue a la...

  33. Episode 31 intrathecal morphine and itch

    Tanya watched the Women's Grand Round presented by pain team CNC Sarah Grant and anaesthetist Dr Nam Le on intrathecal morphine from 1000km away and comments on her observations plus management of itch.

  34. Episode 29 Tanya Flies Away

    Before GongGasGirl flies away to Croatia solo parenting for 30 odd hours on a plane with 3 children she thought she'd check in. Tanya is spinning out of control having left all the packing to the last minute but in true #medtwitter fashion has googled a check list .... that involves a drone and…

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  35. Episodes 27 & 28 MDANZ19 stuff episode with Dr Charlotte Durand & Rachel Lewin in spirit....😳

    Dr Charlotte Durand @char_durand and Rachel Lewin @MedEdUnicorn join Tanya and Bec to discuss Bec speaking to the medical deans of Australia and New Zealand about disruption and medical education in a digital age and social media. There was so much to unpack we've once again broken our...

  36. Episode 26 - the orthopedic textbook twitter storm

    @Orthopodreg Dr Simon Fleming joins Bec and Tanya for a special edition live from #BOAA in Liverpool to discuss the orthopaedic textbook twitter storm, progress the power of the people and the response by the orthopaedic community and Cambridge University Press.

  37. Episode 25 broken systems, broken people

    Dr Nisha Khott joins Bec and Tanya to discuss the ABC 4corners expose on health inequities in rural, regional and remote healthcare in Australia. Some very serious and heartbreaking stuff.

  38. Ep24 Nisha joins a revolution!

    Dr Nisha Khott joins Bec and Tanya after joining the compassion revolution, meeting Gill Hicks and Helen Clark all in the space of 24 hours. What do you get when a NZ, Aussie and Indian walk into a podcast ...... ???? A lot of the word arsehole 😏authentic much!

  39. Episode 23 MedEd millennial reporting in from Vienna #AMEE2019

    @GongGasGirl phones in from Australia in bed in her pyjamas joining powerhouse millennial @MedEdUnicorn Rachel Lewin and @inquisitiveGyn in Vienna at #AMEE2019. They discuss the zombie, ostrich head in the sand view that Dr Google, social media, online information isn't as rigorous as textbooks…

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  40. Ep22 It’s bloody cold nonsense & Tanyasplaining 🙄

    Some absolute utter nonsense for the weekend. @GongGasGirl Tanyasplaining live tweeting to @inquisitiveGyn before she goes to Vienna for #amee2019 Plus fangirling of @Dr_Polarbird, we’re bloody cold IRL & even colder thinking about her on gorgeous Macca.

  41. Ep 20&21 Attractiveness & endometriosis WTAF 🤬!!

    ‪We break our 280sec each rule for an extra looooooong double episode for a pretty important stuff serious topic that is being spoken about by the healthcare and general communities worldwide 7 years later! Our #MedEd #stuffnnonsense take on this paper on attractiveness & #endometriosis WTAF,...

  42. Ep19 Deja vu of the deja vu of the deja vu

    Tanya tells the Harvard Business Review to 'shut their cake hole'. 1 week after the #BarbieChallenge and coinciding with the 6 month anniversary of The Lancet issue on #WomenInMedicine issue. When can we move on to a systems wide approach to gender and unconscious bias and away from telling women...

  43. Ep 18 The MedEdSNN Wedding Issue

    Dr Laura Duggan joins Bec and Tanya from Vancouver, Canada where it's the night before! Tanya’s only ever time in Vancouver was for a wedding. So of course the three end up chatting about planning a wedding as a doctor with 48hrs notice when you’re oncall the night before your own wedding and…

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  44. EP17 Hippocrates Would Be On Twitter

    Dr Laura Duggan joins Bec and Tanya from Vancouver, Canada where it's the night before! @drlauraduggan anaesthesia airway researcher, previous paediatric emergency doctor, current member Anaesthesia editorial board, Emcrit contributor, outdoor and # MedEd enthusiast and Canadian Royal College...

  45. EP16 Churrotalk

    Minh joins Bec and Tanya from Far North Queensland to talk about the world of Med-Food-Twitter. What's the deal with the Churros Minh? ...and why are you forcing junior doctors to become experts in the medium of fried chicken, Tanya?

  46. Ep 15 Kudos RACGP. A masterclass in admitting you're wrong and saying "we know we can do better"

    Here's our follow up to an intense few weeks on gender matters and how to reflect and say you're wrong. Within less than one business day RACGP show us how it's done. Comprehensive statement including an apology, protection of the wellbeing of the speakers and that they listened to the feedback…

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  47. Ep 14 GroundHog Day - the deja vu RACGP keynote manel with special guest Minh Le Cong

    Ep 14 GroundHog Day - the deja vu RACGP keynote manel with special guest Minh Le Cong by @MedEdStuffNN

  48. Eps 12 & 13 anzahpe19 #MedEdDangerousIdeas symposium wrap up

    A feature length double episode @GongGasGirl still in Wollongong checks in on @inquisitiveGyn and her #MedEd friends A/Prof Anne Powell and Dr Elke Hendrich in Canberra after they ran a symposium on #MedEdDangerousIdeas at #anzahpe19. The teams #MedEdDangerousIdeas are Disruptive communities of...

  49. Ep 11 Dirty Dancing the sequel

    What happens when the 'chicks go to the flicks'? ...we get a sequel to Pam's Swayze deficiency...

  50. Ep 10 The female non-inferiority trial & a lesson in humility

    GongGasGirl and inquisitiveGyn discuss a controversial study looking at gender in tracheal intubation, the role of editorial boards in shepherding research and protecting authors, standards and ethics and a Master Class in humility, role modeling and leadership from the senior author of the paper...

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Two doctors, an OBGYN in Melbourne and an anaesthetist in Wollongong, Australia originally from NZ discussing Medical Education Twitter news 280/560*second podcast real stuff & #medtwitter #MedEd offbeat #StuffnNonsense | Own tweets & musings |@GongGasGirl @inquisitiveGyn | producer @hypoxicchicken Our home is at the Cnr end of 🌈 & yellow brick rdwww.mededstuffnnonsense.com

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