On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

James talks to Bridget Johnson about palliative care and helping people with a life-limiting illness to live their life as fully and comfortably as possible. This is done by identifying and treating symptoms that may be physical, emotional, spiritual, or social.

Summary Writer:  Emily Nash

Editor:  Bridget Johnson

Interviewee:  Bridget Johnson

About Bridget Johnson

Bridget Johnson is a Palliative Care physician who enjoys working in a teaching hospital and palliative care unit in Sydney. Bridget completed her Bachelor of Medicine in 2003 at the University of Newcastle and was a physician trainee at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She completed her advanced training in 2013 and since then has worked as a palliative care staff specialist.

Summary Writer:  Nicholas Malouf

Editor: Shafqat Inam

Interviewee: Shafqat Inam

James talks to Dr Shafqat Inam about thrombocytopaenia.

Shafqat Inam is currently a Haematology registrar at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals, and Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney. He studied medicine at the University of New South Wales and completed his junior medical officer and basic physician training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Shafqat has a particular interest in research and medical education.

James talks to Dr Shafqat Inam about thrombocytopaenia, or low platelet count, in this podcast.

Summary Writer:  Nicholas Malouf

Editor:  Shafqat Inam

Interviewee:  Shafqat Inam

About Dr Shafqat Inam

Shafqat Inam is currently a Haematology registrar at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals, and Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney. He studied medicine at the University of New South Wales and completed his junior medical officer and basic physician training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Shafqat has a particular interest in research and medical education.

Summary Writers:  Linda Wu, Emily Nash

Editor:  Joanne Rimington, Tim Suharto, Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee: Joanne Rimington

James talks to Joanne Rimington about prescribing opioids.

Joanne works as a senior pharmacist for education and training, South East Sydney Local Health District.  She previously worked as a clinical pharmacist at Prince of Wales Hospital. Joanne’s main areas of interest are improving inter-professional education opportunities, strategies to improve management of high risk medicines including narcotics, as well as improving knowledge and understanding by patients of their own medicines to enhance medication safety.

James talks to Joanne Rimington about prescribing opioids. Safe opioid dosing may be challenging for junior doctors. Errors when prescribing opioids can be severe & even life-threatening.

Summary Writers:  Linda Wu, Emily Nash

Editor:  Joanne Rimington, Tim Suharto, Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee:  Joanne Rimington

About Joanne Rimington

Joanne works as a senior pharmacist for education and training, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. She previously worked as a clinical pharmacist at Prince of Wales Hospital. Joanne’s main areas of interest are improving inter-professional education opportunities, strategies to improve management of high-risk medicines including narcotics, as well as improving knowledge and understanding by patients of their own medicines to enhance medication safety.

Summary Writer:  Emily Nash

Editor:  Amanda Walker, Bruce Way

Interviewee:  Amanda Walker

James talks to Associate Professor Amanda Walker about National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards, also known as the National Standards and are a framework for ensuring that all health services across the country provide a consistent standard of safe and quality health care.

Amanda Walker is a Specialist in Palliative Medicine and is also working as a Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.  She has worked at the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission developing programs addressing Diagnostic Error and End of Life Care, and has worked as a clinician, educator and administrator in South Western Sydney.

James talks to Associate Professor Amanda Walker about the NSQHS Standards, the National Safety & Quality Health Service Standards, also known as the National Standards. The NSQHS Standards are a framework for ensuring that all health services across the country provide a consistent standard of safe and quality healthcare.

About Amanda Walker

Amanda Walker is a Specialist in Palliative Medicine and is also working as a Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. She has worked at the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission developing programs addressing Diagnostic Error and End of Life Care and she has worked as a clinician, educator, and administrator in South Western Sydney.

Summary Writer:  Elizabeth Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Amanda Walker

James talks to Associate Professor Amanda Walker about self-care.

Amanda is a Specialist in Palliative Medicine and is also working as a Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. She has worked at the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission developing programs addressing  Diagnostic Error and End of Life Care, and has worked as a clinician, educator and administrator in South Western Sydney.

James talks to Associate Professor Amanda Walker about self-care. Mental illness is very common, particularly in junior doctors. However, it tends to be surrounded by stigma. In this podcast, we'll discuss some tips and tricks for using self care as a way to caring for yourself as a junior doctor.

Summary Writer:  Elizabeth Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Amanda Walker

About Amanda Walker

Amanda Walker is a Specialist in Palliative Medicine. She is also working as a Senior Clinical Advisor at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. Furthermore, Amanda has worked at the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission developing programs addressing diagnostic errors and end of life care. She has previously worked as a clinician, educator, and administrator in South Western Sydney.

Summary Writer:  Sam Orton

Editor: Jon Gatward

Interviewee: Jon Gatward

James talks to Dr Jon Gatward about tracheostomies.

Jon is a dual trained Anaesthetist / Intensivist from the UK but now works full time as an Intensive Care Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. He has special interests in medical education, simulation and airway management. He runs the in-situ simulation program at Royal North Shore ICU, where he is also the education coordinator.

Jon heads up the RNSH tracheostomy team, a group of inter-professional clinicians who care for patients with tracheostomy and laryngectomy.  He also runs an airway course (the Critical Care Airway Management Course) in Sydney twice a year.  He is also interested in patient safety and quality, and a member of the Intensive Care Services Network Best Practice Working Group at the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation.  He is loving being a new Dad to baby Thomas.