Real Clinicians Real Chats

Kit and Alex discuss the question and common thought we have as clinicians “do we have enough skills to assess and manage some of our patients?” Themes that emerge include: The practitioner’s experience of feeling a lack of worth in session and how this influences our interactions. How thoughts questioning our worth and knowledge can reduce staying in the present when treating, the value of being...

In true Real Clinician Real Chat styles, Alex and Kit reflect on the year in episode 13, drawing on their 2023 intention to cultivate a space for emergent discussions.  Alex introduces the concept of success and they explore what that looks and feels like, given they both navigated big professional changes during the year as sole practitioner businesses.  The discussion includes themes such as: -...

This episode, Kit and Alex are joined by John Contreras, a Melbourne based physiotherapist who has been working in the field for over 20 years.  John, as well as working as a patient centered clinician, has been busy cultivating a social club for allied health practitioners to connect and have discussions about topics other than anatomy and differential diagnoses. He is passionate about creating s...

Alex and Kit both show up to episode 11 somewhat tired, flat, and irritable, yet instead of delaying the podcast for another day, they decide to explore what is currently present for each of them, allowing the emergent dialogue itself to be a nourishing experience.  We are becoming more aware of the research that shows our experiences as practitioners providing care influences the intersubjective...

This episode we welcome our second guest into our podcast home, Emily McIver. Em is a new graduate physiotherapist who is currently working in private practice on the Sunshine Coast after finishing study in Melbourne last year.  We explore reflective practice, in particular creating space for ourselves to learn that nourish us and differ from the learning environments at university. Em shares her...

Kit and Alex reflect on their first experience of having a guest in their podcast home, appreciating the value of inviting real clinicians on rather than subject experts.  Kit shares her recent change in clinic life with taking on a new lease for her biz. She speaks about how the transition is bringing up deeper layers around fear, doubt and self-worth and how she’s noticing how those parts are si...

In this episode Kit and Alex host their inaugural guest, Bernadette Meade, who is a podiatrist working in Warrnambool in south-western Victoria.  Bringing awareness and attention to the everyday clinician’s experience is an important part of the evolution of healthcare and rather than have ‘experts’ in the field on as guests, Kit and Alex wanted to honour their intention of real chats with real cl...

This episode, Kit and Alex do some meta reflection, and explore how we engage in reflective processes within clinical settings with patients.  Kit explores an organic reflection with one of her clients that allowed new understandings to be unearthed and insights made.  Alex speaks to the framework of behaviour change and how we can miss important contextual information about the patient and their...

We're back for another month and in this episode Kit and Alex reflect on how we learn as health care professionals. Discussing experiences from undergrad courses, through to present day conferences, they talk about how the environment and teaching approaches can impact what and how we learn, whether we ask questions and shapes who we become as professionals. Alex talks about a recent conference th...

We’re back … with less of our own agenda.  In our first episode of this year (hello April) we reflect on our podcast approach, how it was not quite what we intended, and how that can be somewhat similar to clinical practice.  We explore: * Wanting to deliver value to listeners by starting a podcast based around free flowing discussion, yet noticing that going into the discussion with preformed ide...

Typically clinical practice has focused more on analytical cognitive process. What can be deduced using external observation and analytical reasoning to solve a process. Embodiment refers to another form of bodily knowledge that is about knowing intuitively and represents a less used resource and process in clinical practice. Alex has traditionally used and been trained in more analytical cognitiv...

So you've followed the advice of 'meeting the patient where they are'. But what do you do from there? Too often we hear practitioners following this advice, understanding the current patient's situation, health literacy and goals, but then try and take them on a journey that makes to them, not their patient... defeating the purpose of the exercise! In this months episode, Alex and Kit discuss this...

In this episode Alex and Kit discuss the concept of the therapeutic relationship. Challenging and expanding on common definitions and understanding they discuss: - How the dominant approach in healthcare has led to the dehumanisation of practitioners and patients, removing what can make care so much more powerful - connecting with another human! - A relationship built on social connection, listeni...

Welcome to our first episode, where we talk about who we are, what we're doing and the change we want to produce in the world of musculoskeletal medicine and the management of pain and injury, through broadcasting our conversations. You can follow us: @realcliniciansrealchats on Facebook and Instagram You can follow Alex: @therehabpodiatrist on Facebook, Instagram  @therehabpod on Twitter You can...