On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

James talks to Dr Jon Gatward about tracheostomies.

Summary Writer:  Sam Orton

Editor: Jon Gatward

Interviewee: Jon Gatward

About Dr Jon Gatward

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.

Summary Writer:  Sam Orton

Editor:  Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee: Oliver Flower

James talks to Dr Oliver Flower about a task that many junior doctors may find daunting - making an ICU consult.

Oliver Flower is a staff specialist in Intensive Care Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.

He is a believer in the power of the big crit care community and a believer in Cadogan’s FOAMed ethos. Oli runs the educational and networking crit care website Intensive Care Network.

James talks to Dr Oliver Flower about the ICU consult. This particular consult is a task that many junior doctors may find daunting.

For example, the ICU consult requires recognition of the sick patient, formulation of an issues list within a complicated and acute scenario, and communication of management priorities to the ICU team. In this podcast, we'll run you through an example case for how to go through the consult.

Summary Writer:  Sam Orton

Editor:  Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee:  Oliver Flower

About Dr Oliver Flower

Oliver Flower, known as Oli, is a staff specialist in Intensive Care Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.

He is a believer in the power of the big crit care community in addition to Cadogan’s FOAMed ethos. Moreover, he runs the educational and networking crit care website Intensive Care Network.

As an undergraduate in the UK he attained a 1st class BMedSci from Nottingham University, from where he subsequently received his MBBS. In Australia, he has worked in a variety of critical care areas in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. He completed his intensive care training and was awarded the Don Harrison medal for exam performance in 2009. During a fellowship year concentrating on neuro-intensive care he worked in acute spinal medicine at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and at Queen Square Intensive Care in London. Furthermore, he has a particular interest in e-learning initiatives. For example, he created the websites www.neuro-icu.com, www.rnshicu.org, Oli Flower's ICU Podcasts, and the College of Intensive Care Medicine's online journal club. Oli is a co-creator for www.intensivecarenetwork.com and a guest lecturer for www.lifeinthefastlane.com.

Summary Writer:  Hayden Alicajic

Editor:  Tim Suharto

Interviewee:  Tim Suharto

James talks to Dr Tim Suharto about postoperative airway concerns.

Tim is a specialist anaesthetist and one of the supervisors of training at Nepean Hospital.  He is involved in the anaesthetic education program and leads the Group for Anaesthetic Simulation (GAS), which delivers in-situ crisis scenarios involving critical care doctors and nurses. Tim is an instructor for the Nepean Difficult Airway course as well as the Nepean Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) workshop. He is a strong advocate for innovation in medical education and developing links between sub-specialties in medicine to enhance understanding and collaboration.

Tim’s clinical work encompasses both public and private practice with regular sessions in acute pain medicine, anaesthesia for orthopaedics, ENT, neurosurgery and interventional radiological procedures.

James talks to Dr Tim Suharto about postoperative airway concerns.

Summary Writer:  Hayden Alicajic

Editor:  Tim Suharto

Interviewee:  Tim Suharto

Tim is a specialist anaesthetist and one of the supervisors of training at Nepean Hospital. He is involved in the anaesthetic education program and leads the Group for Anaesthetic Simulation (GAS), which delivers in-situ crisis scenarios involving critical care doctors and nurses. Tim is an instructor for the Nepean Difficult Airway course as well as the Nepean Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) workshop. He is a strong advocate for innovation in medical education and developing links between sub-specialties in medicine to enhance understanding and collaboration.

Tim’s clinical work encompasses both public and private practice with regular sessions in acute pain medicine, anaesthesia for orthopaedics, ENT, neurosurgery and interventional radiological procedures.

Summary Writer:  Elizabeth Campbell

Editor:  Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee: Nick Evans

James talks to Professor Nick Evans about an approach to vomiting in the neonate.

Nick Evans has been a Staff specialist in Neonatal Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at University of Sydney since 1991. His research interests have been varied including the use of ultrasound in an acute care setting, the haemodynamic causes of brain injury in preterm babies and prevention of brain injury from severe jaundice in term babies.

James talks to Professor Nick Evans about an approach to vomiting in the neonate.

Summary Writer:  Elizabeth Campbell

Editor:  Nhi Nguyen

Interviewee: Nick Evans

About Professor Nick Evans

Nick Evans has been a Staff specialist in Neonatal Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor at University of Sydney since 1991. His research interests have been varied including the use of ultrasound in an acute care setting, the haemodynamic causes of brain injury in preterm babies and prevention of brain injury from severe jaundice in term babies.

Summary Writer:: Elizabeth Campbell
Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Tim Shaw

James talks to Professor Tim Shaw about eHeath, the challenges of implementing technologies into the health system and how junior doctors can get involved in the field.

Tim Shaw is the inaugural Professor of eHealth and Director of Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is an internationally recognised leader in the impact of technology on healthcare and translation of evidence into practice and policy.

He leads implementation science across two Translational Cancer Research Centres, which combines the full spectrum of his translational research experience from basic research through to application of evidence into practice.

Tim began his career as a biomedical research scientist. He then took non-academic leadership roles in developing a number of substantial professional health education and quality improvement programs in Australia and internationally, ultimately setting up the successful Centre for Innovation in Professional Health Education and Research at the University of Sydney. He spent 12 months as an invited Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (2008–09), before becoming the Director, Workforce Education and Development Group, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (2009-2014).

James talks to Professor Tim Shaw about eHealth, the challenges of implementing technologies into the health system and how junior doctors can get involved in technology and healthcare.

Summary Writer:  Elizabeth Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Tim Shaw

About Tim Shaw

Tim Shaw is the inaugural Professor of eHealth and Director of Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is an internationally recognised leader in the impact of technology on healthcare and translation of evidence into practice and policy.

He leads implementation science across two Translational Cancer Research Centres, which combines the full spectrum of his translational research experience from basic research through to application of evidence into practice.

Tim began his career as a biomedical research scientist. He then took non-academic leadership roles in developing a number of substantial professional health education and quality improvement programs in Australia and internationally, ultimately setting up the successful Centre for Innovation in Professional Health Education and Research at the University of Sydney. He spent 12 months as an invited Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (2008–09), before becoming the Director, Workforce Education and Development Group, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (2009-2014).

Summary Writer:  Hayden Alicajic

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Tim Suharto

James talks to Dr Tim Suharto about Acute pain management, in the second of a two part podcast series.

Tim is a specialist anaesthetist and one of the supervisors of training at Nepean Hospital.  He is involved in the anaesthetic education program and leads the Group for Anaesthetic Simulation (GAS), which delivers in-situ crisis scenarios involving critical care doctors and nurses. Tim is an instructor for the Nepean Difficult Airway course as well as the Nepean Can’t Intubate Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) workshop. He is a strong advocate for innovation in medical education and developing links between sub-specialties in medicine to enhance understanding and collaboration.

Tim’s clinical work encompasses both public and private practice with regular sessions in acute pain medicine, anaesthesia for orthopaedics, ENT, neurosurgery and interventional radiological procedures.