Going Viral

In this episode:

Medical student experience during COVID-19

New roles and opportunities

Supporting the frontline - actions and issues

Services available for medical students

Protection and safe guards

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: Daniel Zou, President - Australian Medical Students'​ Association (AMSA), Medical Student, The University of Melbourne

Total time: 17 mins

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In this Episode:

Is reducing the lock-down a really good idea?

What about the risk of a second wave?

Post infection immunity

Will international travel resume soon?

Flu season and vaccine considerations

 

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: A/Prof Sanjaya Senanayake, Infectious Diseases Physician; Medical School, ANU

Total time: 27 mins

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In this Episode:

Children and COVID-19 risk - they are not immune!

Household spread

Child care centres

The herd immunity myth is back

Failure of the Swedish experiment

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute

Total time: 18 mins

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In this Episode:

Are children super-spreaders, asymptomatic shedders?

Transmission at school and home - what do we know?

Febrile child - should I suspect COVID-19?

Childcare considerations

Flu co-infection and vaccination

Newborns and vertical transmission

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: A/Prof Nigel Crawford, Paediatrician, Director, Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community (SAEFVIC), Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Head of Immunisation Services Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Paediatric Department, The University of Melbourne

Total time: 29 mins

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In this Episode:

Important new data on aerosol transmission - implications for PPE and infection control

The second wave of illness

Was it travel bans or lock-down that flattened the curve?

Using school kids for herd immunity?

Post-infection immunity

Health worker risks

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute

Total time: 22 mins

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In this Episode:

We are flattening the curve, now what?

Are the current blood tests reliable?

Mutation to a less severe form

Is immunity possible?

What is serum treatment?

Thoughts about vaccine timeline

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guest: Prof Robert Booy, Infectious Diseases Specialist; Senior Professorial Fellow, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

Total time: 16 mins

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In this Episode:

PPE evidence and practice

Infection control advice

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Dr Bernard Hudson, Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician

Total time: 11 mins

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In this Episode:

Concerns for GPs over this period

Need for the aged care sector and vulnerable patients

Stress management strategies and techniques

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Prof Leanne Rowe, GP and Past RACGP Chairman

Total time: 25 mins

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In this Episode:

Coping with life during lockdown

Helping kids cope with the covid crisis

Conversation and counselling strategies

Preventing family conflict

Drug and alcohol issues

Domestic violence

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Andrew Fuller,Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist

Total time: 26 mins

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In this Episode:

Nursing home challenges

How to help the elderly who are still at home but require assistance

Social distancing vs psychosocial care

Important vaccinations

Host: Dr Harry Nespolon, GP and RACGP President

Guests: Associate Professor Michael Woodward, Geriatrician, Director of Aged Care Research, Head of Memory, Austin Health

Total time: 29 mins

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