The Good GP

The Good GP interviews Professor Julie Leask, current winner of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence, on the psychology and societal behaviour of pandemics, and what we as GPs can do to improve this. This episode was recorded on Wednesday 18 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the...

In this special COVID-19 episode, the Good GP interviews Professor Paul Effler, Senior Medical Advisor, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, on the current COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast covers: - Flattening the curve and what Australia can learn from other countries - The current implications and recommendations for recovered cases (particularly for recovered GPs) and...

In this special COVID-19 episode, The GoodGP interviews RACGP GP in Training Faculty Chair, Dr Krystyna De Lange on the effects of COVID-19 on GPs in training. This episode was recorded on Sunday 15 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.

In this special COVID-19 episode, the Good GP interviews Dr Todd Cameron about how GPs can use telehealth to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic. This podcast does not have details about the recent MBS Item numbers; that will be addressed in a future epiode. This episode was recorded on Saturday 14 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podc...

In this episode, the Good GP interviews Dr Nicole White, specialist GP with an interest in paediatrics on ADHD in the primary care setting. Dr White has a special interest in children’s health, general family medicine and women’s health and runs medical practice gp4kids in Brisbane. This episode explores ADHD, how the disorder is perceived and the types of patients that present. We also cover the...

In this episode, the Good GP speaks with Dr Scott Allison about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescribing for HIV prevention. This episode explores what is PrEP, identifying patients that could be considered for PrEP and taking a non-judgmental history. Dr Allison explains the testing required, assessing the suitability of a patient and the practicalities for prescribing. Ongoing monitoring and...

In this episode, WA Health experts Professor Paul Effler and Dr David Spiers discuss the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and the current situation as at 4 February 2020. In this podcast, the GoodGP explores the background on the coronavirus and the theories about how a virus such as this can start in the human population. The podcast also covers: • infectivity, transmissibility and severity • what w...

In this episode, new Fellow Dr Innes Chester speaks to The Good GP about pets and vets. Prior to becoming a GP, Dr Chester trained as a veterinarian. Dr Chester explains the health benefits of owning a pet and uncovers the risks and things to consider if your patients are thinking about getting a pet. With the suicide rate of veterinarians being four times higher than the rate of the general popul...

In this episode, new Fellow Dr Innes Chester speaks to The Good GP about GP training and the ‘hacks’ for new GP registrars. The 2019 WAGPET Registrar of the Year, Dr Chester provides her tips on how to make life easier as a GP registrar, how to manage worry and how to best prepare for the exams. We also explore the useful learning resources available and what supervisors can do to support registra...

In this episode, the Good GP interviews Dr Anand Deva on breast implants. Dr Deva is the Director of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University and co-director of the Surgical Infection Research Group. In this episode we look at the history of implants, the frequency of the procedures, the risks involved and the recommendations for patient fol...

In this episode, live from GP19 the RACGP National Conference, The Good GP’s Dr Krystyna de Lange interviews Dr Sama Balasubramanian, a GP working in sexual health and working towards his qualification as a sexual health physician (AChSHM) as well as his Masters in Psychosexual Therapy about low libido. In this episode, we look at what low libido actually means, how to approach the consultation an...

In this live episode, live from GP19 the RACGP National Conference, Dr Sean Stevens and Dr Krystyna de Lange interview fellow Good GP Dr Tim Koh on how to give injections. With the increased number of patients coming in to get injections such as the flu vaccine, we explore the importance of making injections a better experience for patients. In this episode, the Good GP also looks at what works an...

In this episode, live from GP19 the RACGP National Conference, the Good GP interviews Dr Gill Cowen on concussion. Dr Cowen is a GP and Sports Medicine Physician. Gill is also Chair of the RACGP Sports and Exercise Medicine Specific Interest Group. In this episode, we explore who gets concussion, how to assess for concussion, and what to look for. The importance of managing concussion and the time...

In this episode, Dr Tim Koh interviews Professor Donna Mak on ‘changing the world through teaching general practice’. Professor Mak explores the importance of GPs teaching, the benefits of teaching general practice and how this can help change the health care system. This podcast also looks at the different ways GPs can teach general practice.

In this episode, The GoodGP interviews Dr Karen Detering, sleep and respiratory physician, clinical ethicist and Medical Director of Advance Care Planning Australia. Dr Detering discusses the increased interest from the Australian Government in advance care planning, as well as the prevalence and the resistance from patients. This podcast also explores how to minimise the paperwork involved, how t...

In the second episode with Dr Krystyna de Lange, the Good GP discusses the management of irritable infants. In this episode, Dr de Lange explains: - the historical treatments in irritable infancy - how colic and reflux fit into the picture of managing an irritable infant - feeding issues and food intolerances/allergies, and - the recommended approach to managing irritable infants. Dr Krystyna de L...

In this episode, the Good GP interviews Dr Krystyna de Lange, General Practitioner with a special interest in maternal and infant medicine on the assessment of irritable infants. Dr de Lange covers the definition of the crying or unsettled baby, the prevalence and variability across cultures and assessing the irritable infant. We also explore the factors that may cause an irritable infant and the...

In this episode, The Good GP interviews Dr Donna Mak on Syphilis, including the three current outbreaks in Australia and in particular WA. Dr Donna Mak is a sessional GP at the M Clinic, Associate Professor and Domain Chair, Population and Preventive Health, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame, and Public Health Physician, Communicable Disease Control, Department of Health, Western Au...

In this episode, Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts discusses Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) with the GoodGP. Professor Watts is Director and Head of the Metabolic Research Centre and Lipid Disorders Clinic at Royal Perth Hospital and Chair of The FH Australasia Network. Professor Gerald Watts explains to the GoodGP what FH is, the number of cases in Australia (including the number of undiagnosed...

The President of the College of Family Physicians Singapore, Adjunct Professor Tan Tze Lee, joins The GoodGP to discuss general practice in Singapore. In this episode, Adj Prof Tze Lee explains the differences and similarities of general practice in Australia and Singapore including, how the health system works, access to general practice, the cost of visiting a GP, and the cultural and demographi...

Prof Jon Emery, Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne, discusses the early detection of Lung Cancer. In this episode, Prof Emery explains the diagnostic challenges, the demographic changes and high risk patients, lung cancer screening and improving lung cancer detection as a GP.

In this episode we welcome Glen Turner who is the Health and Wellbeing Lead for Parkrun Australia. Glen discusses the history behind Parkrun and the associated health and wellbeing benefits and how this can be used for social prescribing in general practice.

In this Migraine episode, Neurologist Dr Peter Silbert discusses migraine treatment and prevention.

In this episode of The GoodGP, Neurologist Dr Peter Silbert discusses migraine diagnosis and prevention. Dr Silbert explains how to differentiate migraines from other headaches, what symptoms to identify and the top three symptoms that can help GPs diagnose a migraine. This episode also covers the: - cause of migraines - investigations GPs should and should not be doing - types of migraines - impa...

In this episode, we are joined once again by Adjunct Professor Paul Effler, medical coordinator, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, WA Department of Health to discuss influenza vaccinations. Paul explores the key messages for GPs as we head into flu season including the importance of vaccinations in children under five and in pregnant women. This episode also covers: - the benefits of vacci...