The Medical Republic

Gazing into the crystal ball seems like a pretty foolish pastime right now – but what we can do is collect data. Epidemiologist and friend of the podcast Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz talks us through what variables we can and should be tracking to make more accurate predictions about the future of this pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you probably all know by now, we’ve been running a live blog on our website to bring you breaking news about the pandemic. Every news outlet is doing this now, but no one else is running a blog specifically for GPs! For this episode of The Medical Republic podcast, we're joined by Bianca Nogrady, a science and medical freelancer who has been working full-time on the blog. Hosted on Acast. See a...

The National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce was formed just four weeks ago to sift through that evidence and provide “living” guidelines for clinicians, which are being updated weekly – how on earth do they keep on top of it all? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With some very average research gaining global traction, and the leader of the free world proposing we inject disinfectant to fight COVID-19, we need proper science to sort the sheep from the goats. The AustralaSian Covid-19 Trial (ASCOT) aims to enrol more than 2000 patients across Australian and New Zealand hospitals to test whether two much-hyped drugs – hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonav...

One of the questions on everybody’s minds right now is: what will general practice look like after the COVID-19 pandemic? Today, I’m joined by Dr Edwin Kruys, a Queensland GP, who wrote a blog on this topic for NewsGP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As you probably all know by now, we’ve been running a live blog on our website to bring you breaking news about the pandemic. Every news outlet is doing this now, but no one else is running a blog specifically for GPs! For this episode of The Medical Republic podcast, we're joined by Bianca Nogrady, a science and medical freelancer who has been working full-time on the blog. Hosted on Acast. See a...

When cases of coronavirus start to decline, the public might abandon public health advice for old habits. How do we keep the threat of COVID-19 in the public conscience? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've invited our live blog reporter Bianca Nogrady and TMR publisher Jeremy Knibbs on the show to bring you the latest updates on how COVID-19 is affecting general practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Medical Republic sits down with the ABC's chief COVID-19 reporter, Dr Norman Swan, to talk about the importance of government transparency and how he is handling recent criticism of his reporting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The transition to telehealth has been more than a little bumpy. In this episode, Dr Nathan Pinskier, a Melbourne GP and an e-health expert, describes some of the complications that come with rolling out telehealth in the midst of a global pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has come off the back of a hellish summer of bushfires and floods in Australia, and the mental health of many Australians is, understandably, under strain. Everyone will be feeling a bit anxious right now - and that’s totally normal. But some people will be feeling it worse than others - and some people may need help. Today I’m interviewing Dr Jodie Lowinger, a clinica...

Telehealth just became the number one priority for every GP clinic in the country due to the COVID-19 crisis. But it's daunting to get telehealth up and running in just a few days when you’ve never so much as heard of a VPN before, you don’t even have a headset and you’ve lost your skype login details. Don’t stress, we’ve produced a quick and dirty guide to telehealth. Listen in! This podcast was...

This episode we talk to a GP practice that is rapidly fighting to keep its doors open in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which has dried up its cash flow and left staff vulnerable Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patients often rely on doctors for accurate information about end-of-life law, but surveys show that doctors aren’t always up to speed on this topic. Ben White, a professor in the faculty of law at QUT, explains why the law matters in navigating this difficult area of medicine. Resources: End of Life Law in Australia – a website to help explain end of life law: https://end-of-life.qut.edu.au/ End...

GPs are gearing up for an inundation of COVID-19 patients, but there’s a lot of confusion out there about what needs to be done. In this episode, we talk with a Sydney-based GP and a hospital radiographer about what’s happening at the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. The situation is evolving quickly – this podcast was recorded on 11 March. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

How can prison be improving people’s health when the services are so limited? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’ve probably been hearing a lot of common sense advice about coronavirus, such as ‘wash your hands properly’, ‘don’t take a train and sneeze everywhere’, ‘wear a mask if you’re ill’, ‘call the GP instead of visiting in person’, ‘self-isolate at home’ and definitely ‘don’t touch your face’. But what does self-solation actually look like? And what happens if your patients live with family or live...

A burns and general surgeon, Dr Carl Lisec, shares his top tips for managing minor burn injuries in general practice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As governments struggle to contain the unfolding pandemic, you might think we have little to learn about public health from 100 years ago. But as the 1918-19 flu pandemic was causing havoc around the world, Australia put up a surprisingly strong and sophisticated fight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Human language is hard for AI to wrap its circuit boards around at the best of times. But the typos, abbreviations, spelling mistakes, redundancy and messy structure of clinical notes makes it the worst-case scenario for text mining. Lots of research teams are trying to solve this problem – but it’s proving much more difficult than anyone expected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

We sit down with a virologist to answer some of the most pressing questions surrounding the unfolding SARS-CoV-2 or 'coronavirus' pandemic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Australian Defence Force is turning to ACRRM to train their next generation of soldier-doctors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Receiving a notification is one of the most stressful events that can happen in a doctor's career – but it's become so common, it's just another cost of doing business. Dr Anne Tonkin, the chair of the Medical Board, makes an appearance on The Medical Republic podcast this week to soothe some of the concerns and fears that doctors have about the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

A new type of GP clinic is trying to appeal to young men with a hipster/man cave vibe and an entirely virtual service. But should GPs be concerned about these text-based clinics? What gap are they trying to fill in the market? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new year, and the start of a new decade! This week we’re catching up with two of the leaders in macular degeneration treatment in Australia – the CEO of the Macular Disease Foundation Australia Dee Hopkins and a clinical ophthalmologist Professor Paul Mitchell. They’ve got some important messages about how GPs can help prevent blindness and vision loss in older people. Hosted on Acast...