On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

James talks to Ian Caterson about obesity. A topic not often addressed on the wards, yet an extremely common condition. Around 30% of Australians are obese and another 35% are overweight. In hospital, we generally deal with the complications, e.g. diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnoea, arthritis, and many others.

Summary Writer: George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Ian Caterson

About Ian Caterson

Professor Ian Caterson is currently Foundation Director of the Boden Institute of Obesity Nutrition Exercise and Eating Disorders and Boden Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney. He has held the latter position since 1997. Prior to that he was Senior Staff Specialist and Director of Clinical Endocrinology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Ian has been president of both the Australian Diabetes Society and the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity and is president-elect of the World Obesity Federation.

He is a recognised expert on obesity, its causes, prevention and management. Ian is on the Clinical Care group of World Obesity, chairs the Expert Obesity Committee for the Australian National Preventive Health Agency, and is on the Prevention and Community Health Committee of the NHMRC of Australia.

Summary Writer: George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Stacey Jankelowitz

Associate Professor Stacey Jankelowitz discusses a common occurrence on the wards, Seizures.

Associate Professor Stacey Jankelowitz is a Staff Specialist neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Stacey has clinical and research interests in stroke and peripheral nerve and muscle disease.

Associate Professor Stacey Jankelowitz discusses seizures, a common occurrence on the wards.

Summary Writer: George McClintock

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Stacey Jankelowitz

About Stacey Jankelowitz

Associate Professor Stacey Jankelowitz is a Staff Specialist neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Stacey has clinical and research interests in stroke and peripheral nerve and muscle disease.

Summary writer:: Jessica Tidswell
Editor:: Jessica Tidswell
Bruce Way
Interviewee: Kerrie Jones, Jess Tidswell

Dr Nathan Trist, Senior Resident Medical Officer, talks to Dr Kerrie Jones, Emergency Medicine Consultant and Dr Jess Tidswell, Emergency Medicine Registrar, from the Royal Darwin Hospital on Indigenous Health in the Top End and the social and communication challenges associated with indigenous health.

Kerrie Jones is a Senior Emergency Medicine specialist with postgraduate qualifications in advanced paediatric emergency medicine, family planning, counselling, and humanitarian aid. She is a senior lecturer at Flinders Medical School, and has served as Director of Emergency Medicine training at Royal Darwin Hospital. As Clinical Dean of the Northern Territory medical program, Kerrie is committed to providing better healthcare to rural and Aboriginal communities.

Jess Tidswell is an Emergency Registrar, currently working in the Top End, at Royal Darwin Hospital's Emergency department. She started her training in her home town of Adelaide, at the University of Adelaide, completing her undergraduate degree in 2012. Jess then interned at the the Royal Adelaide Hospital, before heading north to work in the Northern Territory. For the past few years Jess has worked in a variety of areas of the Royal Darwin Hospital and the Top End, including remote communities. She committed to Emergency training last year and plans to continue her training in the Top End, where she finds the work fascinating, the people diverse and the lifestyle enjoyable.

Nathan Trist is Senior Resident Medical Officer with an interest in indigenous and remote health.

Dr Nathan Trist talks to Dr Kerrie Jones and Dr Jessica Tidswell from the Royal Darwin Hospital. Learn more about indigenous health in the top end and the social and communication challenges associated with indigenous health in this podcast.

Summary writer:  Jessica Tidswell

Editor:  Bruce Way

Interviewer:  Nathan Trist

Interviewee:  Kerrie Jones, Jessica Tidswell

About Dr Kerrie Jones

Kerrie Jones is a Senior Emergency Medicine specialist with postgraduate qualifications in advanced paediatric emergency medicine, family planning, counselling, and humanitarian aid. She is a senior lecturer at Flinders Medical School, and has served as Director of Emergency Medicine training at Royal Darwin Hospital. As Clinical Dean of the Northern Territory medical program, Kerrie is committed to providing better healthcare to rural and Aboriginal communities.

About Dr Jessica Tidswell

Jess Tidswell is an Emergency Registrar, currently working in the Top End, at Royal Darwin Hospital's Emergency Department. She started her training in her home town of Adelaide, at the University of Adelaide, completing her undergraduate degree in 2012. Jess then interned at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, before heading north to work in the Northern Territory. For the past few years Jess has worked in a variety of areas of the Royal Darwin Hospital and the Top End, including remote communities. She committed to Emergency training last year and plans to continue her training in the Top End, where she finds the work fascinating, the people diverse and the lifestyle enjoyable.

About Dr Nathan Trist

Nathan Trist is Senior Resident Medical Officer with an interest in indigenous and remote health.

Interviewees: Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes and Dr Anthony Llewellyn

Journal club podcast - the validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings

Different Selection Techniques: from Graphology to Integrity

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a bi-weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed. Our three co-hosts (Dr. Jason Frank, Dr. Linda Snell and Dr. Jonathan Sherbino) do the work for you, bringing you you the main points of a medical education article in just 20 minutes.

Dr Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes and Dr Anthony Llewellyn discuss the journal paper "The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings"  by Frank L. Schmidt and John E. Hunter.

Dr. Jason R. Frank is a clinician-educator focussing on all aspects of health professions training.

He is the Director, Specialty Education, Strategy and Standards in the Office of Specialty Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as Vice-Chair, Education and the Director of Educational Research Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa. An associate professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine he was cross-appointed to the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa and the Department of Graduate Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Born in rural northern Canada, Jason Frank obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. His Masters of Education is from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

He is known for his work on all aspects of medical education, particularly the CanMEDS Project since 1994, and in competency-based medical education. He is the recipient of the 2013 Council Award Honouring Outstanding Physicians from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and was made an honorary Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2015 for his contributions to surgical education.

Dr. Marie-Louise Stokes was appointed as the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ (RACP) Director of Education in 2011. Marie-Louise has overall responsibility for education policy, trainee education program development, assessment, accreditation of training settings and supervisor learning. Current strategic projects include curriculum renewal, selection into training, capacity to train, supervisor support, accreditation of training settings and exam quality improvement.

Prior to joining the RACP, Marie-Louise worked in a number of senior roles in postgraduate medical education and training within the NSW Health system. Previous roles included Medical Advisor and Manager in the Medical Education Training and Workforce Unit of the NSW Health Department, Medical Advisor for the NSW Medical Training and Education Council and Senior Medical Officer at the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training.

She is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Dr. Anthony Llewellyn was born on Mouheneenner land in Hobart, Tasmania and pays his respect to the traditional owners of lands he lives and works on and elders past and present. His two most important roles in life are proud husband and proud father of two boys.

He held the position of Medical Director of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) from September 2012 – September 2016.  Anthony's background is as a Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Manager with 20 years’ experience as a medical practitioner in public healt...

The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings

Different Selection Techniques: from Graphology to Integrity

Dr Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes and Dr Anthony Llewellyn discuss the journal paper "The validity and utility of selection methods in personnel psychology: practical and theoretical implications of 85 years of research findings" by Frank L. Schmidt and John E. Hunter.

Interviewees:  Dr Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes, and Dr Anthony Llewellyn

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a bi-weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed. Our three co-hosts (Dr Jason Frank, Dr Linda Snell and Dr Jonathan Sherbino) do the work for you, bringing you you the main points of a medical education article in just 20 minutes.

About Dr Jason R. Frank

Dr Jason R. Frank is a clinician-educator focussing on all aspects of health professions training.

He is the Director, Specialty Education, Strategy and Standards in the Office of Specialty Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as Vice-Chair, Education and the Director of Educational Research Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa. An associate professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine he was cross-appointed to the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa and the Department of Graduate Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Born in rural northern Canada, Jason Frank obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. His Masters of Education is from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

He is known for his work on all aspects of medical education, particularly the CanMEDS Project since 1994, and in competency-based medical education. He is the recipient of the 2013 Council Award Honouring Outstanding Physicians from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and was made an honorary Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2015 for his contributions to surgical education.

About Dr Marie-Louise Stokes

Dr Marie-Louise Stokes was appointed as the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ (RACP) Director of Education in 2011. Marie-Louise has overall responsibility for education policy, trainee education program development, assessment, accreditation of training settings and supervisor learning. Current strategic projects include curriculum renewal, selection into training, capacity to train, supervisor support, accreditation of training settings, and exam quality improvement.

Prior to joining the RACP, Marie-Louise worked in a number of senior roles in postgraduate medical education and training within the NSW Health system. Previous roles included Medical Advisor and Manager in the Medical Education Training and Workforce Unit of the NSW Health Department, Medical Advisor for the NSW Medical Training and Education Council and Senior Medical Officer at the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training.

She is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

About Dr Anthony Llewellyn

Dr Anthony Llewellyn was born on Mouheneenner land in Hobart, Tasmania and pays his respect to the traditional owners of lands he lives and works on and elders past and present. His two most important roles in life are proud husband and proud father of two boys.

He held the position of Medical Director of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) from September 2012 – September 2016.  Anthony's background is as a Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Manager with 20 years’ ...

Summary Writer:  Antonia Clarke

Editor:  Bruce way

Interviewee: Shafqat Inam

James talks to Dr Shafqat Inam, Haematology Advanced Trainee, about an approach to haematological problems in obstetric patients.

Shafqat Inam is currently a Haematology Registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital, 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. He has a particular interest in research and medical education.

James talks to Dr Shafqat Inam, Haematology Advanced Trainee, about an approach to haematological problems in obstetric patients.

Summary Writer:  Antonia Clarke

Editor:  Bruce Way

Interviewee:  Shafqat Inam

About Dr Shafqat Inam

Shafqat Inam is currently a Haematology Registrar at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital, 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. He has a particular interest in research and medical education.

Interviewees: Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes and Dr Anthony Llewellyn

Competent for unsupervised practice: use of paediatric residency training milestones to assess readiness

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a bi-weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed. Our three co-hosts (Dr. Jason Frank, Dr. Linda Snell and Dr. Jonathan Sherbino) do the work for you, bringing you you the main points of a medical education article in just 20 minutes.

Dr Jason Frank, Dr Marie-Louise Stokes and Dr Anthony Llewellyn discuss the journal paper "competent for unsupervised practice: use of paediatric residency training milestones to assess readiness"  by

Su-Ting T. Li, MD, MPH, Daniel J. Tancredi, PhD, Alan Schwartz, PhD, Ann P. Guillot, MD, Ann E. Burke, MD, R. Franklin Trimm, MD, Susan Guralnick, MD, John D. Mahan, MD, and Kimberly A. Gifford, MD, for the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) Longitudinal Educational Assessment Research Network (LEARN) Validity of Resident Self-Assessment Group

Dr. Jason R. Frank is a clinician-educator focussing on all aspects of health professions training.

He is the Director, Specialty Education, Strategy and Standards in the Office of Specialty Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as Vice-Chair, Education and the Director of Educational Research Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa. An associate professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine he was cross-appointed to the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa and the Department of Graduate Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Born in rural northern Canada, Jason Frank obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. His Masters of Education is from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

He is known for his work on all aspects of medical education, particularly the CanMEDS Project since 1994, and in competency-based medical education. He is the recipient of the 2013 Council Award Honouring Outstanding Physicians from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and was made an honorary Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2015 for his contributions to surgical education.

Dr. Marie-Louise Stokes was appointed as the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ (RACP) Director of Education in 2011. Marie-Louise has overall responsibility for education policy, trainee education program development, assessment, accreditation of training settings and supervisor learning. Current strategic projects include curriculum renewal, selection into training, capacity to train, supervisor support, accreditation of training settings and exam quality improvement.

Prior to joining the RACP, Marie-Louise worked in a number of senior roles in postgraduate medical education and training within the NSW Health system. Previous roles included Medical Advisor and Manager in the Medical Education Training and Workforce Unit of the NSW Health Department, Medical Advisor for the NSW Medical Training and Education Council and Senior Medical Officer at the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training.

She is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine within the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Dr. Anthony Llewellyn was born on Mouheneenner land in Hobart, Tasmania and pays his respect to the traditional owners of lands he lives and works on and elders past and present. His two most important roles in life are proud husband and proud father of two boys.

He commenced as the Medical Director of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) in September ...