On The Wards: On The Pods Medical Podcast for Doctors

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Jonathan Brett

James talks to Dr Jonathan Brett from Drug Heath Services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Jonathan Brett is an advanced trainee in clinical pharmacology and addiction medicine. He is on the editorial board of the Australian Prescriber and was on the editorial board of the Theraputic Guidelines committee for Toxicology and Wilderness Medicine. Jonathan also sits on the Population Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee of NSW. He has an inteterest in opioid biology and the quality use of opioids.

James talks to Dr Jonathan Brett from Drug Health Services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital about opioid dependence and the management of the opioid-dependent patient on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Jonathan Brett

About Jonathan Brett

Jonathan Brett is an advanced trainee in clinical pharmacology and addiction medicine. He is on the editorial board of the Australian Prescriber and was on the editorial board of the Theraputic Guidelines committee for Toxicology and Wilderness Medicine. Jonathan also sits on the Population Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee of NSW. He has an interest in opioid biology and the quality use of opioids.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Lauren Troy

James talks to Dr Lauren Troy, Respiratory Physician, about a common presentation of breathlessness.

Lauren Troy is a Respiratory Physician, working as a Staff Specialist in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.  She is currently undertaking a PhD in exercise and sleep physiology in interstitial lung disease.  Lauren has a strong interest in training and education, with involvement in teaching programs for general practitioners, junior medical officers, basic physician trainees and respiratory advanced trainees.  Lauren has been a communications tutor with The Sydney Medical School since 2008, and holds a Clinical Associate Lecturer position with the University of Sydney.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Rajesh Puranik

It's probably the first condition we all learn about at medical school but how exactly should we manage a case of chest pain?

James talks to Rajesh Puranik about how to approach a patient with chest pain after hours on the wards.

Rajesh Puranik is a Consultant Cardiologist and consultant in cardiac MRI at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and Children's Hospital Westmead. He is also a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, leading a research group interested in investigating heart disease in young individuals and those at high absolute risk.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: David Anderson

James chats with David Anderson, Advanced ICU Trainee about a patient who has a high temperature and whose blood pressure is dropping alarmingly.

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.

In this podcast, James talks to Dr Lauren Troy about post-operative shortness of breath.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  Lauren Troy

About Dr Lauren Troy

Lauren Troy is a Respiratory Physician, working as a Staff Specialist in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She is currently undertaking a PhD in exercise and sleep physiology in interstitial lung disease. Lauren has a strong interest in training and education, with involvement in teaching programs for general practitioners, junior medical officers, basic physician trainees and respiratory advanced trainees. She has been a communications tutor with The Sydney Medical School since 2008, and holds a Clinical Associate Lecturer position with the University of Sydney.

It's probably the first condition we all learn about at medical school, but how exactly should we manage a case of chest pain?

James talks to Rajesh Puranik about how to approach a patient with chest pain after hours on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: Rajesh Puranik

About Dr Rajesh Puranik

Rajesh Puranik is a Consultant Cardiologist and consultant in cardiac MRI at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Children's Hospital Westmead. He is also a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, leading a research group interested in investigating heart disease in young individuals and those at high absolute risk.

James chats with David Anderson, Advanced ICU Trainee about a patient who has a high temperature and whose blood pressure is dropping alarmingly. What is the approach to sepsis on the wards?

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: David Anderson

About 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.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee: John Saunders

James chats with Dr John Saunders, Renal Physician about some of the common issues with high blood pressure on the wards.

James chats with Dr John Saunders, Renal Physician about some of the common issues with hypertension, or high blood pressure, on the wards.

Editor:  James Edwards

Interviewee:  John Saunders