On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

James talks to Associate Professor Neil McGill about the management of acute monoarthritis on the wards.

Summary Writer:  Elie Matar

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Neil McGill

About Neil McGill

Dr McGill is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Sydney and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He runs a busy general rheumatology practice and has a keen interest in teaching. He has had a long term interest in crystal-induced arthritis, stimulated initially by working with Professor Paul Dieppe in Bristol. Neil was the inaugural Chair of the Synovial Fluid Quality Assurance Program (within the RCPA Quality Assurance Program) in 1997 and he has continued in that role subsequently. He has contributed to many original publications and has written reviews in peer-reviewed journals in the field of crystal-induced arthritis.

James talks to Dr Isuru Nammuni about an approach to the diabetic foot in this podcast. You'll learn how to manage a patient with a foot ulcer during an after hours shift.

Summary Writer:  Brandon Lau

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Isuru Nammuni

About Dr Isuru Nammuni

Dr Isuru Nammuni is a Vascular and Endovascular surgeon at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has clinical expertise in the medical and surgical management of vascular disease with a special interest in minimally invasive endovascular surgery, having completed overseas training and fellowships in Cambridge and Germany. He has academic appointments at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University and is heavily involved in clinical research and teaching.

James talks to Dr Jenny Liu about discharge planning tips on the wards.

About Dr Jenny Liu

Jenny is currently a resident medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a medical graduate from the University of New South Wales. Jenny has strong interests in translational research having completed a PhD in oncology. She is also passionate about medical education and an advocate for patient flow and discharge planning in the hospital system.

In Part 3 of our podcast series about anticoagulation, James talks to Dr Ed Abadir about the use of new oral anticoagulants, DOACs or NOACs, as alternatives to warfarin and heparin on the wards.

In Part 1 we discussed warfarin and in Part 2 we talked about heparin. To catch up on those podcasts, please visit Anticoagulation 1: Warfarin and Anticoagulation 2: Heparin.

Script Writer:  Laura Glenn

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Ed Abadir

About Dr Ed Abadir

Edward Abadir is currently a Haematology registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney prior to internship and completed his residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Ed completed his Basic Physicians Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 2013.

In Part 2 of our podcast series about anticoagulation, James talks to Dr Ed Abadir about the use of heparin on the wards.

In Part 1 we discussed warfarin. To catch up on that podcast, please visit Anticoagulation 1: Warfarin.

Summary Writer:  George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Ed Abadir

About Dr Ed Abadir

Edward Abadir is currently a Haematology registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney prior to internship and completed his residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Ed completed his Basic Physicians Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 2013.

James talks to Dr Ed Abadir about the management of warfarin.

Summary Writer:  Jessica Tong

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Ed Abadir

About Dr Ed Abadir

Edward Abadir is currently a Haematology registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney prior to internship and completed his residency at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Ed completed his Basic Physicians Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 2013.

Jenny Han and Nathan Trist talk about JMO survival tips and tricks. Learn how to adjust to internship, its challenges, rewards, and some handy tips and tricks on surviving those first years as a junior doctor.

Summary Writer:  George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewees: Jenny Han and Nathan Trist

About Dr Jenny Han

Jenny Han is a University of New South Wales graduate with an interest in all things related to neurology since she was a medical student.

About Dr Nathan Trist

Nathan Trist studied physiotherapy before deciding to return to the University of Sydney to complete his medical degree. He took a year off from his medical studies in 2012 to play rugby for NSW, at which time he also completed a Master of Philosophy (Medicine) at the University of Sydney. Nathan plans to pursue a career in critical care medicine and is currently the RMOA Sports Coordinator at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

James talks to Dr David Yeo about the management of post-operative drains on the wards. Post-operative drains are generally used either to remove fluid or to characterise fluid. They can initially be confusing for junior doctors to distinguish from other types of tubes used.

Summary:  George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  David Yeo

About Dr David Yeo

David Yeo completed his medical training at the University of Sydney after which he was an intern, resident and registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He completed four years of post-fellowship training. The first was at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in upper gastrointestinal and liver transplantation surgery followed by two years in Melbourne at the Austin Hospital where he worked as the Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant fellow. He then travelled to the United Kingdom and completed a year of hepatobiliary and liver transplantation at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds. He now works as a consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and Transplant surgeon at Royal Prince Alfred, the Mater and Strathfield Private Hospitals in Sydney.

James talks to Professor Kate Conigrave about alcohol withdrawal on the wards.

Script Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Summary Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Kate Conigrave

About Kate Conigrave

Kate Conigrave is an addiction medicine specialist and public health physician. She works as a senior staff specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. There, she is involved in both inpatient and outpatient treatment for alcohol or drug use disorders.

Kate is also a conjoint Professor at the University of Sydney and has acted as an editor of two clinical texts “Addiction Medicine”, published by Oxford University Press and “The Handbook for Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Work”, published by the University of Sydney. She has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has received the Senior Scientist Award of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.

James discusses the assessment of junior doctors, with a podcast aimed at term supervisors about the new national intern assessment form.

James is a Senior Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Chair of the NSW Prevocational Training Council and Chair of the Preinternship (PRINT) committee at the University of Sydney. He previously held the position of Director of Prevocational Education and Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for 6 years.

He was awarded the Geoff Marel award in 2013 for outstanding contribution to the education and training of junior doctors in New South Wales.  This was followed by a nomination for the Australian Medical Educator of the year in 2013 at the National Prevocational Conference.  James has also completed a Masters of Medical Education at the University of Sydney.

At Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, he is the Chair of the Medical handover committee and was a member of the Local Health Districts Handover Committee.  James received a quality health award for his clinical lead in developing an electronic medical handover.  He was the clinical lead in the hospitals recent National Standards and Accreditation survey for Standard 6:  Clinical Handover.  James has a strong interest in patient safety with membership on the hospital Patient Care Committee and participation on local and district Root Cause Analysis investigation.

He has also spoken at local and national education conferences on the topics of assessment, clinical handover and junior doctor burnout.