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The Tea Room
by The Medical Republic
From the journalists at The Medical Republic, here's what's happening in health and medicine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Should women be warned on breast density?
There’s been a swell of advocacy lately around breast density, which increases cancer risk while reducing the sensitivity of mammograms. The FDA in the US has recently mandated that women be notified by mammogram providers if they have dense breasts, giving them the opportunity to arrange...
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Long covid pathways keep GPs close in SA
South Australia’s long covid clinic loves GPs and keeps them close. Dr Angela Molga is a clinical pharmacologist and geriatrician at the long covid clinic at Royal Adelaide Hospital. “We engage the GPs very early on, from the moment we receive the referrals. The patients are kept updated on the...
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Putting the ally into allied health
What do you get when you cross advice from a health economist with that from a leading physiotherapist? Increased revenue and a better patient experience, say our guests on today’s episode of The Tea Room. Scott Willis is president of the Australian Physiotherapists Association and a proud Palawa...
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Capitalism, but not as we know it
Professor Rob Moodie describes himself as “an eternal optimist”. He needs to be. A long and distinguished career in public health has seen Professor Moodie tackle the “big four” industries – alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and fossil fuel – and these days he’s added a fifth to the list, gambling....
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Mini masterclass - treating LGBTQI+ patients
Medical school equips doctors to do many things. Managing LGBTQI+ patients probably isn’t one of them. Dr Asiel Adan Sanchez is a GP and clinical tutor at the university of Melbourne. He knows first-hand how clinical environments can be off putting for people who are queer, trans and gender...
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The bush medicine secret to better business
Struggling to hang on to doctor staff? This episode offers more than a few gems of wisdom from the most unlikely location. Today, The Tea Room travels to Crystal Brook, a rural town 200 kilometres north of Adelaide. There we meet Dr Richard McKinnon co- owner of Crystal Brook Medical Practice – a...
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The man who built the TGA
When Professor John Skerritt first joined the Department of Health he was tasked with setting up a joint regulatory framework between Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. “But then the government changed, and it was no, no, we don’t want to do that,” he told TMR in an exclusive podcast. Instead,...
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The future of cholesterol control
Treatment options are expanding rapidly for high cholesterol patients, says today's guest on The Tea Room. Professor Steve Nicholls, director of the new Victorian Heart Hospital, shares the latest in clinical trials and reveals a possible heart disease vaccine. “There's an approach now, in…
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Weight loss wonder, payroll tax and the CTE class action
It’s only March and politics already has a full dance card for GPs to foxtrot around. Luckily for The Tea Room, political reporter Holly Payne steps in today to lead us through the top stories of the year so far. First up, Holly spills the tea on her investigations into Ozempic and the marketing...
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Obesity won’t be solved by health policy alone
Professor Louise Baur wants obesity taken out of the health portfolio and put in the laps of PM Anthony Albanese and his Cabinet colleagues. “Sometimes I think the best approach would be to take [obesity] out of the responsibility of the Minister of Health and put it squarely in the Prime…
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: busting the myths
It’s widespread and often misdiagnosed, but fetal alcohol spectrum disorder has finally been included in the MBS. This is a good thing, according to our guest Nirosha Boaden, a senior mental health specialist who is doing her PhD on FASD. International prevalence studies indicate that up to one…
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Following in the footsteps of giants
Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo is a Canberra GP and a transgender woman. She is now principal of the practice she joined in 1996 when it was owned by the legendary Dr Peter Rowland. Dr Rowland was one of the first out gay doctors in the country. He founded the practice in the early 1980s when the…
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GPs key to trans suicide prevention
World Pride is in full swing in Sydney and it’s an opportunity to highlight the importance of positive experiences of healthcare for the LGBTQI+ community. Those positive experiences are badly needed as research shows that bad healthcare experiences can be a risk factor for suicidality, but good...
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Supporting GPs caring for deprived patients
GPs who work with patients who are experiencing deprivation and poverty are intimately acquainted with the inverse care law -- the availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served. Dr Liz Sturgiss, a GP and senior research fellow at Monash...
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The growing link between POTS and long covid
Could water, salt and activewear help a long covid patient? In The Tea Room today we chat with Marie Claire Seeley, PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide and clinical nurse at the Adelaide postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) clinic.…
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HPV screening debrief: how it stacks up
Cervical cancer rates are lower but participation in HVP screening needs a boost. This week on The Tea Room Professor Annabelle Farnsworth spills the tea on how the new national cervical screening program is going, five years on. Professor Farnsworth said that the new program is seeing cancer…
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When peaceful death is up to a doctor
Sometimes the only decision is in what way will a patient stop living. In this second part of The Tea Room’s special on voluntary assisted dying (VAD) we cover conscientious objection, patient choice and the personal impact of administering pharmacy that ends a life. Our first guest is Dr David...
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Safeguards for doctors assisting end-of-life patients
By the end of this month, voluntary assisted dying will be a lawful choice for eligible patients across Australia. However, for many GPs, this end-of-life option is surrounded with complexity and conundrums. In a two-part series The Tea Room explores the legislation, support network and personal...
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A faraway land where general practice works
A land of fable and fairytale and a primary care system where general practice is ‘the best job in the world’. If you’ve ever dreamed of moving to Scandinavia today’s Tea Room might push you over the edge. Danish GPs earn more, are very highly regarded and get 10 paid days a year to research and...
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Long covid #8 - brain fog, hair loss and new treatment options for 2023
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How to get more grants through better science communications
If you’re a researcher who cringes at social media or public speaking this episode is just for you. This week’s The Tea Room is a special episode for anyone engaged in medical research. We discover straightforward strategies for enhancing your profile and how to boost your odds at getting grants....
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Long covid #7 - political round up
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Rheuma Masterclass for GPs
GPs treating patients with rheumatological disease have a lot to manage but there’s new fact sheets and pathways to help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Latest cancer news and views
Australia is advancing a national Cancer Plan and Mariella Attard, editor of Oncology Republic’s editor, tells us how GPs will be affected. Marielle says a key driver of the Australian Cancer Plan is equity. “Cancer stats have been really good for Australians across the board. It’s reduced by 16%...
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Long covid #6 - What we now know
If the stress doesn’t kill you it might cause long covid. Given the stress many GPs are currently experiencing, this episode might make you want to don your mask again. Associate Professor Anthony Byrne heads up St Vincent’s long covid clinic in Sydney. He spills the tea on what the clinic is up…
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The golden ratio for making money
There are much better ways to run a clinic and health economist Tracey Johnson has crunched the numbers for you. It can be hard graft running a business but there are smarter ways to ramp up financial and professional rewards. Tracey Johnson in CEO at Inala Primary Care. She’s spent years as a...
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What keeps practice owners up at night
GP practice owners are business people as well as clinicians – this budget week, we hear about some of the issues that concern them most. GP practice owners are a bit like ducks, says Dr Jared Dart, a director of the Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA), a GP practice owner and the...
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Rort-gate and other politics this month
It’s a massive week for health politics and The Tea Room is heading into the fray talking with Dr Chris Irwin who sat on a conference panel with Dr Margaret Faux and Dr Karen Price on Tuesday. Dr Irwin shares what was going on for him while he was on the stage at Wild Health Summit, as ideas for...
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Long covid #5: Treating long covid at your local practice
GP opens a long covid clinic at his family medical centre to meet the “crying need” for treatment. An early career GP, Dr James Zhang, saw the huge demand for long covid clinics so he decided to start one himself. As our guest on The Tea Room this week Dr Zhang explains how the clinic operates;...
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(Data) sharing is caring
Interoperability – or data sharing – is the lynchpin for all meaningful health reform in Australia. Why is this so? Michelle O’Brien explains all. She’s one of Australia’s most respected voices in digital health and joins us this week for a cuppa in The Tea Room. [[Acast embed code]] Michelle…
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Doctors detect slavery and prevent forced marriage
Modern day slavery has many guises. Forced marriage, debt bondage in a suburban family restaurant, domestic and sexual slavery are but a few. According to Professor Jennifer Burn, this week’s guest, we’re kidding ourselves if we think this is not happening in Australia. “It was estimated there…
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Long covid #4: What are the chances?
As if post-covid syndrome weren’t confusing enough, its prediction data is all over the shop. Risk predictions for long covid have been as nebulous as the disease itself, leaving GPs in a predicament when counselling patients over boosters. In this long covid special we hear from Nature…
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New women's hospital challenges the status quo
Australia’s first women’s only, trauma-informed mental health facility has opened in a regional town south of Sydney. In The Tea Room this week Dr Karen Williams, medical director of the Ramsey Clinic Thirroul, talks about the why the hospital is needed. Women who have PTSD are too often…
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Dr Karen Price - Reflections on a turbulent presidential term
For Adjunct Professor Karen Price, the changes wreaked by covid on her watch as RACGP president have been complex. “We encountered the effects of ideology and some pernicious politics in health, but we also found the heart of humanity,” she says. “We found it beautiful, we found it tragic, we…
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How to recruit the perfect GP
When you’re desperate to recruit, your criteria can come down to “a pulse and a medical degree”, says our guest in the Tea Room today, Dr Todd Cameron. Yes, there are many analogies between recruitment and dating, and in this episode we mention most of them. Dr Cameron, of Scale My Clinic, knows...
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Dr Chris Ogonowski
Dr Chris Ogonowski, the seventh and final candidate for RACGP president to join us in The Tea Room, brings an interesting CV to the table. He’s been a doctor for 11 years, six of those in general practice, but he’s also worked in law and briefly in investment banking. The Sydney-based GP is…
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Dr Julian Fidge
When Dr Julian Fidge speaks about pharmacist prescribing, he does so from a position of authority – for more than 10 years, he worked as a community pharmacist. “Pharmacists have a very sound set of skills, but they’re just not trained to be doing things like diagnosing and treating UTIs,” he…
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Assoc Prof Charlotte Hespe
Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe believes that to understand the mess general practice is in currently, it’s helpful to look backwards. The Sydney-based GP is also chair of the RACGP NSW / ACT faculty, and head of general practice and primary care research at the University of Notre Dame....
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Dr Kate Wylie
Dr Kate Wylie makes no bones about the issue at the heart of her campaign for the RACGP top job. “Climate change is the greatest health problem of our time,” she says. “As health practitioners, climate change is our challenge and we need to acknowledge it, face it and prepare. Every problem we…
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Dr Nicole Higgins
Dr Nicole Higgins’ commitment to GPs’ wellbeing stems from how she runs her own practice in Mackay, Queensland, as well as from her experience as chair of GPSA. “One of the things I was able to do at GPSA was build the organisation and secure its future – and I want to do the same for RACGP on...
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Long covid #3: Getting a grasp on post-covid syndrome
In this episode of our Tea Room long covid series we summarise the latest long covid research presented at last week’s Australasian covid-19 conference. Professor Anthony Kelleher, director of the Kirby Institute, is seeking the cause of long covid. What his team has found is persistent immune...
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The good news and the bad news for pregnant GPs
Does your medical career have to suffer to ensure you have a healthy baby? This week in The Tea Room we hear new insights on the old dilemma that female physicians face. Professor Nancy Baxter of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health has been researching the topic. Her findings…
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Meet the RACGP candidates: Dr Brad Murphy
“If we resource First Nations Health well, if we do this really well,” Dr Brad Murphy told The Tea Room, “‘closing the gap’ means we actually drive the health care of a whole nation.” It’s a bold vision, and it’s what he would have his eyes set on if elected next president of the RACGP. Dr…
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Meet the candidates for RACGP president
Dr Chris Irwin, a skin cancer specialist and president of the Australian Society of General Practice, describes himself as “a coalface GP”. “I’m someone who wants nothing more than to sit in his consult room, spend time with his patients and just do good for them,” he tells The Tea Room. But he…
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Meet the deputy health minister
‘Once a nurse, always a nurse’ is the attitude that Labor’s Ged Kearney is bringing to her role as Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care. This week, Ms Kearney joined The Tea Room to chat nursing, aged care, worker advocacy and refugee healthcare. The area that she’s most keen to sink her...
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5 ways to boost your clinic profits
What could you do differently to grow your clinic’s financial viability? It’s a question The Tea Room asks this week. We chat with two former clinic owners who have found how to do business better and with more satisfaction and greater income. Dr Todd Cameron owned medical practices that became...
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Dare we ask what's happening in politics?
Keeping your finger on the pulse of politics is annoyingly hard so we’ve distilled the latest stories in a quick Tea Room chat with political reporter Francis Wilkins. Francis gives a round-up of where the new federal government is at and says that the honeymoon period won’t last. He also...
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A missing piece of the chronic pain puzzle
An important factor has been missing in the assessment of pain, according to our guest this week on The Tea Room. Dr Manasi Murthy Mittinty practices at the Pain Management Research Institute at the Royal North Shore Hospital. In this episode she shares what she’s recently learned about pain.…
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When's the post-pandemic party?
Is the pandemic really behind us or have politics and mainstream media simply moved on to newer news? Despite the drop in popularity of covid stories, our guest in The Tea Room today makes it abundantly clear that it’s not time to pop the champagne just yet. Bianca Nogrady is president of the...
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Without data, healthcare is a game of chance
Dr David Dembo says that data is full of signals that can help transform healthcare. That data might be a fluctuating heart rate, or the fact a teenager is listening to Barry Manilow – it all has a story to tell, we just need to listen. A former GP, Dr Dembo now heads up Health Catalyst Australia...
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