Professor Tony Atwood is considered a world expert on Asperger's Syndrome.  He is a clinical psychologist with honours, masters and a PhD from University College London.  He is also Adjunct Professor at Griffith University and author of many excellent books on this topic. 

We discuss:

- Features of Asperger's Syndrome

- How to work with carers, friends and family members

- Management principles 

- Lifestyle factors 

- Further Resources

Associate Professor Peta-Ann Teague is a GP, A/Prof at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University and Director of Generalist Medical Training.

We discuss cognitive bias, the importance in being aware of these so we can develop our professional selves, their role in clinical practice, the differing categories and how we can manage them.

Further reading:

https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/cognitive-dispositions-to-respond/

Associate Professor Peta-Ann Teague is a GP, A/Prof at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at James Cook University and Director of Generalist Medical Training.

We discuss cognitive bias, the importance in being aware of these so we can develop our professional selves, their role in clinical practice, the differing categories and how we can manage them.

This episode is only relevant really to RACGP registrars and their respective supervisors who are teaching them so sorry to everyone else! But it is a source of significant anxiety (and requests to me to do an episode on) so I have covered it.

I shall cover the RACGP criteria of an excellent candidate (public info), the common mistakes I see registrars make and break down each area in more detail i.e. history, examination, investigations, differentials and management, and finally some further resources

Good luck everyone, but remember - your training is about learning to be a great GP, not just passing exams!

This episode is only relevant really to RACGP registrars and their respective supervisors who are teaching them so sorry to everyone else!  But it is a source of significant anxiety (and requests to me to do an episode on) so I have covered it.

I shall cover the RACGP criteria of an excellent candidate (public info), the common mistakes I see registrars make and break down each area in more detail i.e. history, examination, investigations, differentials and management, and finally some further resources

Finally I am doing a specific child health topic after multiple attempts!

Today I am joined by Dr Anthony Morosini Paediatrician in both the public and private sector. He has an interest in evaluating growth so we had a nice discussion about some of the general principles, history, examination, investigations, management and variants of pathological and non-pathological growth patterns.

As always - enjoy!

Finally I am doing a specific child health topic after multiple attempts!

Today I am joined by Dr Anthony Morosini Paediatrician in both the public and private sector.  He has an interest in evaluating growth so we had a nice discussion about some of the general principles, history, examination, investigations, management and variants of pathological and non-pathological growth patterns.

As always - enjoy!

Today I am joined for an online chat by GP and medicolegal advisor for MDO Avant Dr Peter Walker. Areas we discuss include:

1. What are the most common reasons for doctors seeking medicolegal advice?
2. What are the common reasons patients and colleagues complain?
3. What is the "complaint" process and possible outcomes?
4. How can you reduce your medicolegal risk?

Today I am joined for an online chat by GP and medicolegal advisor for MDO Avant Dr Peter Walker.  Areas we discuss include:  

What are the most common reasons for doctors seeking medicolegal advice? 

What are the common reasons patients and colleagues complain?

What is the “complaint” process and possible outcomes? 

How can you reduce your medicolegal risk?

Just me today. Ironically I have to postpone an interview with a paediatrician due to my son being sick.

So instead I am covering some of the topics people have asked me about including acne management and because I love a bit of medical history, I am talking about the interesting history of anaesthesia. Finally I was stimulated by a recent RACGP AFP article to talk about the importance of assessing lifestyle history in detail to personalise and optimise lifestyle therapy.

References:

1. Kurt Gabauer, Acne in Adolescents, RACGP AFP, 2017
2. Emmy Graber, Treatment of Acne Vulgaris, UpToDate, 2017
3. Dover et al, Light-based, adjunctive and other therapies for acne vulgaris, UpToDate, 2017
4. Amanda Oakley, Acne management, Dermnet NZ, 2014
5. Titus et al, Diagnosis and Treatment of Acne, AAFP (USA), 2012
6. Lifestyle as Medicine RACGP AFP - https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/april/lifestyle-as-medicine-%E2%80%93-past-precepts-for-present-problems/
7. Lifestyle risk factors and corresponding levels of clinical advice and counselling in GP https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2017/october/lifestyle-risk-factors-and-corresponding-levels-of-clinical-advice/#13
8. Denney-Wilson E, Fanaian M, Wan Q, Vagholkar S, Schütze H, Harris M. Lifestyle risk factors in general practice – Routine assessment and management. Aust Fam Physician 2010