On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

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.

Script Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Summary Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Kate Conigrave

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

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 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.

Script Writer:: Laura Glenn
Summary Writer:: Laura Glenn
Laura Glenn
Editor:: Laura Glenn
Laura Glenn
James Edwards
Interviewee:: Laura Glenn
Laura Glenn
James Edwards
James Edwards
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.

Script Writer:: Duncan Campbell
Summary Writer:: Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell
Editor:: Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell
James Edwards
Interviewee:: Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell
James Edwards
James Edwards
Dr James Edwards, who usually hosts the onthewards podcasts, talks about the new national intern assessment form and provides an overview on the importance of ongoing learning and development for junior doctors.

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.

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.

Dr James Edwards, who usually hosts the onthewards podcasts, talks about the new national intern assessment form and provides an overview on the importance of ongoing learning and development for junior doctors.

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.

Script Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Summary Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Mark Dennis

James talks to Dr Mark Dennis about management of heart failure on the wards.

Dr Mark Dennis is a current second year cardiology advance trainee at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has a strong interest in acute cardiology, cardiovascular imaging, critical care medicine as well as general clinical medicine. He is the lead author of the text Mechanisms of Clinical signs, of which the second edition is due out this year and is currently completing research into the use of ECMO and its use in cardiac arrests, facilitated PCI and its anticoagulation amongst other projects.

Script Writer:: Duncan Campbell
Summary Writer:: Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell
Editor:: Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell
James Edwards
Interviewee:  David Anderson

James talks to Dr David Anderson about end of life care on the wards.

David in an intensive care medicine fellow at RPA Hospital. His interests include end of life care, medical education and prehospital care.  In addition to intensive care medicine he has spent time training in anaesthesia, retrieval medicine and palliative medicine and before qualifying as a doctor he worked as a paramedic.

James talks to Dr David Anderson about end of life care on the wards.

Script Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Summary Writer:  Duncan Campbell

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  David Anderson

David in an intensive care medicine fellow at RPA Hospital. His interests include end of life care, medical education and pre-hospital care. In addition to intensive care medicine he has spent time training in anaesthesia, retrieval medicine and palliative medicine and before qualifying as a doctor he worked as a paramedic.