The GP Show

Ever wondered what the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) actually does — or what it's like to carry the hopes (and frustrations) of 40,000 GPs on your shoulders? In this episode, GP and President of the RACGP Dr Michael Wright pulls back the curtain on college politics, policy negotiations, and the daily juggle between bureaucracy and real-world general pra...

In a time when lettuce costs are skyrocketing and healthcare access is slipping out of reach for  many, how can GPs continue to deliver excellent care with dwindling resources? In this compelling conversation, Dr. Rob Park speaks with Dr. Edmund Poliness — medical director of Wathaurong Aboriginal Medical Service and GP at The Living Room in Melbourne — about how to do more with less. Ed takes us...

How do you explain a blood test, a referral, or even shared decision-making when the entire healthcare system is foreign to your patient? In this deeply thoughtful and practical episode, Dr. Linny Phuong, paediatric infectious diseases physician and founder of the award-winning Water Well Project, joins Dr. Rob Park to explore how we as clinicians can better connect with patients from culturally a...

Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Johanna Lynch, an Australian General Practitioner who has spent the last 15 years working as a psychotherapist with adult survivors of childhood trauma and neglect. She founded a transdisciplinary trauma-informed clinic in Brisbane named Integrate Place which operated from 2009-2013 offering psychology, social work, trauma-informed yoga, art therapy and mental he...

Host Dr. Rob Park joins forces with the ever-curious Dr. Geoffrey Spurling to unpack the most important updates from the recent Therapeutic Guideline on Antibiotics. Think doxycycline for kids (yes, really), a new first-line antibiotic for UTIs (if they're even needed?!), and why you might need to start counting impetigo sores. Therapeutic Guidelines is that trusty clinical bible you scroll throug...

In his inaugural episode, host Dr Rob Park is joined by Dr Michael Bonning, GP, past NSW AMA President, media spokesperson and advocate to explore how we can answer difficult questions in the media with clarity, confidence, and care. From TikTok trends to political hot potatoes, today's patients are more curious—and sometimes more confused by the volume of information—than ever. With warmth and wi...

Dr Tim Senior has worked as a GP at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in Campbelltown, South-West Sydney for the last 18 years. Prior to this he has worked in Central Australia, the Torres Strait and the UK, each time in low-income communities. Tim combines his clinical work with work as the Medical Advisor for the Royal Australian College of Gener...

Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore is a Brazilian-born, Canadian-raised, Australian-made keynote speaker, scientist, space nutritionist and entrepreneur.    An alumna of the University of Toronto, she earned an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, followed by a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics and a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is also a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyl...

Dr Zac Seidler is a clinical psychologist, researcher and leading men's mental health expert. He currently holds dual roles as Global Director of Men's Health Research at Movember and Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Through his research and PhD, Zac has advocated for a change in the way we think about treating men's distress. As part of his research, he has uniqu...

Professor Shantha Rajaratnam is Professor of Sleep and Circadian Medicine and Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. He is Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation and Chair of the Monash Sleep Network.   He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Sleep Health Foundation resources ... YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chro...

Professor Michael Berk is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and is Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health.   He is Past President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and heads major research initiatives including the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for the Development of Innovative Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders (CREDIT) and the Ment...

Professor Susan Davis is Director of the Monash University Women's Health Research Program, NHMRC Leadership 3 Investigator and Head of the Women's Endocrine Clinic at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.   Susan is an internationally recognised expert on sex hormones and ageing, including menopause and its health sequelae. Susan is a past President of the International Menopause Society and the Australasi...

Dr Rachel David is the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, the private health insurance industry's peak representative body that currently has 22 registered health funds throughout Australia and collectively represents 98% of people covered by private health insurance. Dr David was a medical adviser to the Federal Minister for Health between 1996 and 2000, and subsequently held senior positions w...

Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist, split between UK and Australia, working in London as a Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS and an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He has completed a PhD in the neurobiology of depression and the pharmacology of antidepressants at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London and for thi...

Dr Emma Tippett MBBS FRACP, PhD completed her medical degree in 2012 and underwent specialist Infectious Disease Physician training in Melbourne and completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute.  Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been immersed in all facets of COVID-19 and established one of the first long COVID telehealth clinics in Victoria in 2020 called Clinic Nineteen .  In addition, s...

Tracey Johnson is the CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable general practice in Queensland's most disadvantaged suburban location and co-founder of Cubiko, a practice dashboard software solution.   The IPC model was named as one of four which should be adopted nationally under the 10 Year Health Reform Process and embraces multi-disciplinary care, social prescribing, shared medical appointments,...

Dr  Ahmed Kazmi is a UK trained Dermatologist and GP currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He loves all dermatology but has a special interest in hair and scalp disorders, transgender medicine and skin of colour dermatology. He is a keen medical educationalist and enjoys empowering his GP colleagues with dermatology knowledge and skills. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of UWA...

Emma Stirling is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and award-winning nutrition communicator.  She is also a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academic Lead for the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Upskill in culinary nutrition through Australian Catholic University courses: Gr...

Professor Judy Lowthian leads a multidisciplinary research team as Head of Research and Principal Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke, a national not-for-profit aged and community care provider. She is an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland's Faculty of Health and Associate Professor with Monash University's School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. Her early professional career was...

Dr Alana Gall is a proud Truwulway woman, a Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal) from the north-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). Alana is passionate about Indigenous peoples' holistic health and wellbeing globally. She has a background with degrees in nutritional medicine, Master of Research and a PhD. Alana is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern...

Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician w ith qualifications from two Australian Universities and a Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Diplomat of Behavioral Sleep Medicine from the US Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine,  serves on the Advanced Training Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians   and is the C hair of the Clinical Committee on the Board o...

Dr Anju Joham is an Endocrinologist, Senior Research Fellow and Doctoral Coordinator at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. Dr Jillian Tay is also an Endocrinologist and Research Fellow at  the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. They are both lead authors of the  International evidence-based guideline for the assess...

Professor Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab.  Professor Rucklidge has been researching the interface of nutrition and mental health for 20 years and has published over 150 empirical papers.   Julia is also the recipient...

Dr Louise Tulloh, sports physician, has been practicing sport and exercise medicine for over 20 years and is currently working at North Sydney Sports Medicine .   Louise is the immediate Past-President of the Australasian College of Sport & Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), and has worked with multiple national sports teams and sporting events. ... Interested in studying clinical and academic lifestyle...

Dr Judy Lovas has a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and a background in psychology, tertiary education, massage therapy, research and clinical practice.   Judy's interest in health science and her passion for high quality education brought her to create  Art & Science of Relaxation in 2010.     University of Sydney   Psychoneuroimmunology-based Relaxation Therapy  onli...