Compassionate listening - Managing psychological trauma in refugees
Dr Joanne Gardiner talks about compassionate listening and managing psychological trauma in refugees. Dr Gardiner stresses the importance of good rapport, taking time and addressing patient's concerns. She discusses the important intersection between physical and psychological trauma and the need for GPs to address both aspects. She provides helpful tips on how to sensitively ask about and deal with disclosures of trauma. Dr Gardiner discusses the three different phases of managing trauma and the importance of self-care for GPs working in this area (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
COPD diagnosis and management
Dr Julia Walters discusses COPD diagnosis and management in general practice, including the important roles general practice can play now and in the future (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Investigating chronic lung conditions
Associate Professor Graham Simpson talks about the investigations that are appropriate in general practice for chronic lung conditions (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Flying and lung diseases
Dr Matthew Peters discusses issues around flying and lung diseases, including COPD, asthma and sleep apnoea (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
The role of the sports and exercise medicine physician
David Humphries, MBBS (Hons), FACSP, FFSEM (UK) is a sport and exercise medicine (SEM) physician and Past President, Australasian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP). He talks to Kath O'Connor the role of the SEM physician. Most sports and exercise related injuries and problems in the GP setting are relatively straightforward; GPs can contact a SEM physician for more complex issues. Most have specific areas of expertise, listed in the 'Find a Sports Physician' section of the ACSP website (www.acsp.org.au). (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - January 31, 2010 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
PAP testing in the post HPV vaccine era
Dr Stella Heley talks about the ongoing need for routine PAP screeing in young women, despite the good overall takeup of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in this cohort. The free 'catch up' HPV vaccination program for women under 27 in Australian ended on 31/12/2009. Despite the good uptake of this vaccination program, this cohort of women will continue to require PAP test screening as per the routine schedule and we will continue to see a substantial number of these women with both high and low grade changes on their PAP smears. Many of these women will have been already sexually active prior to vaccination and therefore been...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
IBS or intolerance?
Prof Terry Bolin talks about the relationship between food and irritable bowel symptoms. Prof Bolin highlights that many of the symptoms of IBS are exacerbated by foods and that dietary review has an important role in managing IBS. Prof Bolin describes the effects of different carbohydrates such as lactose and fructose and emphasizes that symptoms are more common with excessive consumption. This podcast and the article provide information to the GP about how to assess and treat dietary components to IBS. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
The laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) for obesity
Wendy Brown discusses the LAGB procedure and the importance of follow up and a multidisciplinary approach to achieve sustained weight loss and manage problems and complications. Sustained weight loss and improved quality of life following a LAGB procedure depends on a multidisciplinary team (including surgeon, GP, nurse, dietician and psychologist) to meet patient needs of band adjustments, ongoing education about food choices and exercise, monitoring for nutritional and device complications and coping with psychological issues. Roles for the GP in the team include monitoring for ‘alert symptoms’ of volume reflux, noct...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Breast cancer diagnosis
Dr Andrew Beattie is a GP in Coffs Harbour who decided to look back at the diagnosis of breast cancer over 20 years in his practice. He discusses why he did this and what he found (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Dengue
Dr Danille Esler talks about what GPs need to know about the clinical and public health ramifications of Dengue. The epidemiology of Dengue fever has changed in recent years and there has been a recent outbreak of the disease in northern Queensland. GPs can find out about recent outbreaks on the websites of the World Health Organisation, Centers for Disease Control and, in the case of outbreaks in Queensland, Queensland Health. Most commonly, Dengue presents as a debilitating illness lasting 7-10 days. The GP role involves exclusion of other illnesses such as malaria, appropriate diagnostic testing, monitoring for the deve...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Animal bites
Dr Claire Dendle talks about what GPs need to know the assessment and management of mammalian bites. In the setting of a mammalian bite, history and examination is directed at assessing whether the bite has damaged underlying structures or is at high risk of infection. Treatment of mammalian bites involves cleaning and irrigation and a decision about the use of antibiotics. Primary wound closure is usually only recommended in selected wounds where cosmesis is an issue. Patients should be provided with detailed instructions and reviewed after 24-48 hours. GPs have an important role in secondary prevention of animal bites. (...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Spider bites
Professor George Braitberg talks about what GPs need to know the assessment and management of spider bites. He discusses problems with spider identification, the importance of toxindrome recognition and the controversy surrounding necrotizing arachnidism in Australia. In addition, he describes the clinical effects and treatment of redback and funnelweb spider envenomation. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Reducing vision loss in chronic eye disease
Anthony Fong discusses how GPs can help maintain vision for patients with chronic eye disease. Anthony focuses on three common conditions – cataract, age related macular degeneration and glaucoma. He details the common risk factors, presentations and management strategies for each of these important conditions along with valuable information about primary and secondary prevention strategies that the GP can use and educate patients about. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - September 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Retinopathy: Screening recommendations
Geoffrey Spurling talks about what GPs need to know about screening patients for retinopathy. Geoffrey highlights that a quarter of Australians with diabetes are not appropriately screened. Geoffrey outlines the factors involved and describes who to screen and how often they require screening. Information about how to screen is also provided to guide GPs. Geoffrey also explains hypertensive retinopathy and points out that although regular monitoring is not recommended there is a role for the GP in management (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - September 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
My hands shake: classification and treatment of tremor
David Williams talks about what GPs need to know about how to assess, investigate and treat patients who present with tremor. In particular, a detailed history and observation is vital to distinguish resting from action tremor and look for other clinical clues to the diagnosis. Investigation should include basic biochemistry in all cases. David discusses the clinical features and management of physiologic, essential, dystonic, parkinsonian, cerebellar, drug induced and psychogenic tremor. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - August 31, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
