Ever wondered what the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) actually does — or what it’s like to carry the hopes (and frustrations) of 40,000 GPs on your shoulders? In this episode, GP and President of the RACGP Dr Michael Wright pulls back the curtain on college politics, policy negotiations, and the daily juggle between bureaucracy and real-world general practice. Hosted by Dr Rob Park and Dr Sam Manger, the conversation is sharp, honest, and refreshingly human — no spin, no fluff.

Dr Wright doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff: Medicare reform, GP burnout, the future of the profession, and how to keep general practice both sustainable and satisfying. It’s a rare peek inside the mind of the college’s leader — why he took the job, what keeps him up at night, and what gives him hope. If you're a GP who’s ever muttered “what is the college even doing?”, this one’s for you.

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In a time when lettuce costs are skyrocketing and healthcare access is slipping out of reach for  many, how can GPs continue to deliver excellent care with dwindling resources? In this compelling conversation, Dr. Rob Park speaks with Dr. Edmund Poliness — medical director of Wathaurong Aboriginal Medical Service and GP at The Living Room in Melbourne — about how to do more with less.

Ed takes us inside the world of homeless healthcare, where the clinical gold standard often meets real-world constraints. From adapting chronic disease management to improvising physio with peer supports and printouts, this episode is packed with creative, practical ways to stretch your care further. You’ll also hear about the importance of team-based care, warm handovers, and building trust with patients who face complex social and health barriers — all while staying grounded, compassionate, and resourceful.

Whether you work in a city clinic or a regional practice, this episode is a must-listen for any GP navigating cost pressures and rising patient need. It’s an inspiring look at how thoughtful medicine, community partnerships, and a little bit of creativity can still go a long way — even on a tight budget!

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission

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How do you explain a blood test, a referral, or even shared decision-making when the entire healthcare system is foreign to your patient? In this deeply thoughtful and practical episode, Dr. Linny Phuong, paediatric infectious diseases physician and founder of the award-winning Water Well Project, joins Dr. Rob Park to explore how we as clinicians can better connect with patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Drawing on personal stories, community experience, and years of frontline advocacy setting up and running The Water Well project, Linny shares how a simple, respectful conversation can build trust, shift health outcomes, and empower patients—especially those navigating an unfamiliar system.

From chaotic first health sessions in church foyers to calm insights about interpreters, symbols, and the power of pausing, this episode is packed with memorable lessons and practical tips for any GP. Whether it's making sense of preventative health, navigating language barriers, or just knowing when a nod doesn’t mean understanding, Linny offers real tools to make your consultations more inclusive, compassionate, and effective. If you've ever had a moment where something felt "lost in translation," this one’s for you.

https://www.thewaterwellproject.org/

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Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Johanna Lynch, an Australian General Practitioner who has spent the last 15 years working as a psychotherapist with adult survivors of childhood trauma and neglect. She founded a transdisciplinary trauma-informed clinic in Brisbane named Integrate Place which operated from 2009-2013 offering psychology, social work, trauma-informed yoga, art therapy and mental health nurse support. In 2019 she completed a PhD, in whole person approaches to distress, championing the sophisticated craft of generalist approaches to distress – integrating social science and biomedicine. This PhD, entitled Sense of Safety: a whole person approach to distress in primary care sought to integrate trauma-informed care into primary care.  Dr Johanna Lynch works as a Senior Lecturer at The University of Queensland, teaching medical students about trauma-informed whole person care. She is an advisor to BlueKnot foundation, trains rural GPs as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine and The Royal College of General Practitioners.

Her website and Sense of Safety for Practitioners Course is available at https://www.drjohannalynch.com/ and you can use the code “PODCASTGIFT” to receive 5% off.

Other resources mentioned: 

Australian Childhood Foundation 

Number Story

BlueKnot 

Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association 

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Host Dr. Rob Park joins forces with the ever-curious Dr. Geoffrey Spurling to unpack the most important updates from the recent Therapeutic Guideline on Antibiotics. Think doxycycline for kids (yes, really), a new first-line antibiotic for UTIs (if they’re even needed?!), and why you might need to start counting impetigo sores. Therapeutic Guidelines is that trusty clinical bible you scroll through when faced with an unusually infected body part, a suspicious rash, or a patient seemingly allergic to everything. But did you know they’ve just updated many of their guidelines? And that quite a few of these changes quietly flip long-held dogmas on their heads?

It’s nerdy, necessary, and surprisingly fascinating. With real-world relevance and refreshingly honest reflections (like how hard it is to dose a toddler—or remember anything after 20 years in practice), this episode will sharpen your prescribing, challenge your assumptions, and teach you how to grade diarrhoea in ways you never knew you needed.

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In his inaugural episode, host Dr Rob Park is joined by Dr Michael Bonning, GP, past NSW AMA President, media spokesperson and advocate to explore how we can answer difficult questions in the media with clarity, confidence, and care. From TikTok trends to political hot potatoes, today’s patients are more curious—and sometimes more confused by the volume of information—than ever. With warmth and wisdom, Dr. Bonning shares practical strategies for staying on message, building trust, and turning confusion into connection. Whether it’s a patient worried about vaccines or a journalist chasing a soundbite, this is a masterclass in calm, evidence-based communication—straight from someone who’s done it all.

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Interested in clinical practice and research that address the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master in Lifestyle Medicine including social prescribing, health coaching and implementation science.

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Dr Tim Senior has worked as a GP at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in Campbelltown, South-West Sydney for the last 18 years. Prior to this he has worked in Central Australia, the Torres Strait and the UK, each time in low-income communities. Tim combines his clinical work with work as the Medical Advisor for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and has been heavily involved in the development of guidelines and resources for all GPs working with First Nations Australians. He established two specific interest groups within the RACGP, one on poverty, and one on environmental impacts in general practice. In 2023 he completed his Churchill Fellowship on how to investigate how to provide high quality primary care to disadvantaged communities in Australia. 

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YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission

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Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore is a Brazilian-born, Canadian-raised, Australian-made keynote speaker, scientist, space nutritionist and entrepreneur.   An alumna of the University of Toronto, she earned an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, followed by a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics and a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is also a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.  Dr Flavia completed the Space Studies Program at the International Space University, bringing a unique perspective to space nutrition.  She is the founder and CEO of FOODiQ Global, which leads game-changing research, communication and education that provides strategic and meaningful impact on people’s health.  She is also the co-founder of Food is Cool, where nutrition in schools is done differently.

Dr Flav website

FOODiQ Global

Food is Cool

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Dr Zac Seidler is a clinical psychologist, researcher and leading men’s mental health expert. He currently holds dual roles as Global Director of Men’s Health Research at Movember and Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Through his research and PhD, Zac has advocated for a change in the way we think about treating men’s distress. As part of his research, he has uniquely focused on creating mental health services that account for masculinity. This has evolved into a fully funded project, Men in Mind, the world’s first training program for mental health clinicians, to help them better understand and respond to men’s distress and suicidality.

Movember's Men in Mind Training

Movember's What is Therapy? Short videos

Movember's Healthcare Practitioner Insights Survey

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Webinar: 12 February 7:00pm AEDT - How to safely stop antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs with Dr Mark Horowitz and Dr Sam Manger 

YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission

Interested in addressing the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master in Lifestyle Medicine including social prescribing, health coaching and implementation science.

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Professor Shantha Rajaratnam is Professor of Sleep and Circadian Medicine and Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. He is Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation and Chair of the Monash Sleep Network.  He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Sleep Health Foundation resources

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Interested in addressing the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master in Lifestyle Medicine including social prescribing, health coaching and implementation science.

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