The Medical Journal of Australia

Today we are discussing the experiences of Australian and New Zealand doctors who have received disciplinary notifications or have been investigated by the regulator due to alleged mental health impairment. 

My special guest is Dr Owen Bradfield, the Chief Medical Officer for the Medical Indemnity Protection Society, which sponsored this podcast.

Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252722000838 

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 32 mins.

Today we are discussing the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce, featured in the latest MJA supplement published on Monday 16 October 2023.  
 
My special guests are the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT) deputy chair, Professor Jaquelyne Hughes, and NIKTT National Community Engagement Coordinator, Ms Kelli Owen. 

Read the supplement: https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2023/219/8/supplement

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 26 mins

Today we are discussing the new cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk guidelines and calculator. 

My special guests are Professor Garry Jennings AO, the Chief Medical Advisor of the Heart Foundation, and Professor Mark Nelson, chair of the Discipline of General Practice at University of Tasmania. 

Learn more: https://www.cvdcheck.org.au/

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 14 mins.

Today we are discussing improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. 

My special guest is Professor Fiona Stanley, a prominent epidemiologist, public health researcher and former Australian of the Year. 

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 21 mins.

Today we are discussing new research into breast cancer and rare cancers. 

My special guests are Professor Peter Baade, a biostatistician and the senior manager, of descriptive epidemiology and Dr Kou Kou, the senior research officer (epidemiology), both at Cancer Council Queensland. 

Read their breast cancer research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/mja2.52091

Read about their rare cancer research in InSight+: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/30/rare-cancers-result-in-unique-challenges/

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 15 mins.

Today we are discussing improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander outcomes and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

My special guest is Professor Ian Anderson who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Tasmania.

He trained as a medical doctor and was the first Indigenous Australian to be appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor of an Australian university. 

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 23 mins.

Today we are discussing a recent study looking at lower urgency care in the emergency department, and the suitability of general practice care as an alternative. 

 My special guest is Associate Professor James Mallows, who is director of emergency medicine research at Nepean Hospital and is also a senior emergency physician there. 

 Read his research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/mja2.52034

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 18 mins.

Today we are discussing the mental health of young Australians and what can be done to change the health system. 

My special guest is Professor Pat McGorry, a psychiatrist and executive director of Orygen. He was named Australian of the Year in 2010. 

Read his research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.5694/mja2.52047

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 16 mins.

Today we are discussing improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. 

My special guest is Professor James Ward, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland.

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 15 mins.

Today we are discussing organ donation after voluntary assisted dying. 

My special guests are Associate Professor Neera Bhatia in the faculty of business and law at Deakin University and Associate Professor James Tibballs, a retired intensive care physician. 

Read their research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.52016

With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 15 mins.