Life in Medicine
Have you ever had one of those conversations that you kind of did not want to end? Conversations, planned or impromptu , can take you places you never thought. In medicine, this happens commonly. In meetings, at conferences and in the corridors one is leaving work. Find out what makes people "tick" both in medical life and also out of it.
Episodes
62 episodes
#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 ...
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1:11:18
#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.
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1:01:15
#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.
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Episode 61
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1:00:58
#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.
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Episode 60
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1:03:06
#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.
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Episode 59
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1:07:16
#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.
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Episode 58
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58:18
#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...
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Episode 57
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57:02
#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...
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Episode 56
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54:25
#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...
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Episode 55
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1:02:26
#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.
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Episode 54
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1:07:50
#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,...
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Episode 53
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1:04:50
#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...
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Episode 52
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57:02
#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...
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Episode 51
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55:17
#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...
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Episode 50
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1:10:59
#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.
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Episode 49
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44:36
#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.
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Episode 48
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52:12
#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...
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Episode 47
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54:53
#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...
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Episode 46
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55:44
#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...
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Episode 45
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50:58
#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...
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Episode 44
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56:28
#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...
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Episode 43
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56:47
#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...
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Episode 42
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57:29
#41 - LiM - Ilizarov frames and General Orthopaedics
Anita Boecksteiner is an Orthopaedic surgeon who has balanced the issues of sub-specialisation and general orthopaedics in a major city. She has taken on the challenges of complex orthopaedic problems in the format of using ilizarov frames and ...
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Episode 41
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1:05:39
#40 - LiM - Life in the UK, Lockdown 2.0
Ruban Ambikaipalan is recently graduated orthopaedic surgeon who is currently undertaking a fellowship in the UK. Unfortunately the timing has meant that his fellowship is during the pandemic in the UK which has altered his the experience he wa...
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Episode 40
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47:46
#39 - LiM - I take Vitamin D too!
Jit Balakumar is a Melbourne based Orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in pelvic work. However we discussed things like the Pandemic and also how diversity of opinion in these times is so important. The pandemic has lead to some good things lea...
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Episode 39
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55:52