Life in Medicine
Episodes
65 episodes
#66 - LiM - Philosophy and surgery.
Rondhir Jithoo is a neurosurgeon who has such a wide range in his career it is hard to summarise briefly. I first met Rondhir about 20 years ago and I am amazed what he has done during that time.
#65 - LiM - Less stress with infection
Andrew Fravel is a recent orthopaedic graduate with a strong interest in joint replacement infection. More importantly he calm and balanced approach to his work life balance.
#64 - LiM - Seat filling at the Logies.
Chris Stokes is an registrar that has recently completed his final exam. He offers insights to life beyond training.
#63 - LiM - The Boys of Summer.
Paul is a recent registrar that I have had the pleasure of working with over the recent years. Once again, I got to listen to what the next generation of doctors and surgeons think about their work, training dn what life might look like in the ...
#62 - LiM - Family life and Training?
Patrick Elias is a orthopaedic registrar that has recently been accepted onto the training programme for orthopaedics. He discussed the challenges of having a young family and balancing that with a busy medical life.
#61 - LiM - What the best training programme could look like.
Nick Paltoglou has been a trainee registrar at our hospital and this was chance to look back on the good the bad and what could be better. We talked about the challenges that can be seen during training.
#60 - LiM - Rural Medicine and Dad Jokes
The podcast guests today Ben, Muqi and Nick. These are three people that I've worked with regularly over the last 12 months and beyond. It's very much a light-hearted podcast and I hope you enjoy it.
#59 - LiM - Are we in a simulation?
Ben Lyons is a Orthopaedic nurse at a major Melbourne trauma centre. He has a wealth of of experience and has a great attitude towards his word and life in general.
#58 - LiM - Surgery after the pandemic
Jarrad Stevens is an othopaedic surgeon. We talked about medicine, the military and some of the challenges that daily life offers us.
#57 - LiM - Growing herbs and knowing history.
Luis Prado is the CMO for Epworth healthcare. He has been in the role for some years now. However, as always with these conversations we quickly left medicine and talked about gardening, history and military history. We did touch on COVID but n...
#56 -LiM - Fellowship downunder?
Alex Meldrum is a Canadian trained fellow who has come to Australia to gain experience in trauma care. He has done so during a difficult time but has still managed to get the most out of the experience and he should be commended on this. We tal...
#55 - LiM - Education interrupted
John Daffy is an infectious disease physician. He has been working in this are for over 2 decades. Being from a rural back ground he has very pragmatic approach to medicine. More interesting is the back story about how he took ti...
#54 - LiM - All things evidence based.
Richard Page is an Orthopaedic surgeon based in Geelong. He has a primary area of interest in upper limb pathology and takes on the challenge of research better than most.
#53 - LIM - Is that operation really needed?
Ian Harris appears on the podcast for the second time. This time it is discuss the issues that affect medicine and surgery and utility of some interventions. This is in the lead up to a new book that he has coming out called - Hippocrasy,...
#52 - LIM - Collaboration with other specialties.
Phillip Antippa is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the but has a particular interest in thoracic surgery. He has developed techniques for plating rib fractures and he discusses the learning curve associated with this procedure. Like always it is ha...
#51 -LiM - How does a dial phone work?
David Bainbridge is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been a keen teacher of medical students and junior doctors over several decades. He has always felt that teaching is critical to the ongoing care of the community. Like always this con...
#50 - LIM - Knife in the fast lane.
Bill Ribbans is an orthopaedic surgeon, based in the UK. He as recently stopped operating but continues to work clinically with patients and athletes. He as long career of caring for people with sports injuries and comes with a wealth of wisdom...
#49 - LIM - Adult learning during a pandemic
Johnny Rayner is a first year orthopaedic trainee who has appeared on Life in Medicine before. This episode is an effort to follow hip during his training and hopefully will continue to do so over the coming years.
#48 - LIM - Can we or should we educate medical students via the web?
Peter Morley is an ICU physician who also has a keen interest in teaching helping educate medical students. He is the director of medical governance and also the director of medical education at his teaching hospital.
#47 - LIM - Know when you are wrong.
Xavier Griffin is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who lives in London. He is currently living through a lockdown that has extended for some months. Despite this he has kept up his optimism and making the most of it. He has been a very active co...
#46 - LiM - Do surgeons need a coach?
Martin Richardson is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has increasingly become interested int eh idea of surgical coaching over recent years. This has developed after he joined the Australian Defence force. He does take this opportunity to of...
#45 - LiM - Law and Medicine, together?
David Slattery is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has also embarked on a medicolegal career from a relatively early age and stage in his career. He has done this his practice partner and together they have created something that is hard to do. We ta...
#44 - LiM - Medicine in Space
Professor Wayne Derman is Sports Medicine Doctor from Cape Town, South Africa. He is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has ha...
#43 - LIM - The long commute.
Alison Taylor is an Orthopaedic surgeon who dedicated herself to foot and ankle surgery. Over the course of her career she has dedicated herself to her family, teaching and various administrative roles. She continues to do with a good balance b...
#42- LiM - Crocodiles and Orthopaedics.
Chris Morrey is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Cairns. He has recently taken on the role of one the AOA vice presidents and will thus be the AOA President in a few years time. He has great enthusiasm for work in regional and rural areas of Aus...