Prevention of malaria in travellers
Malaria is more than an inconvenience for Australian travellers; it is a serious disease that kills and injures millions of people each year. Dr Trish Batchelor talks with Steve Trumble about appropriate prevention and prophylaxis (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - April 30, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
How GPs can help patients adjusting to illness and other major life events
GPs occupy a unique position in being able to help people who are going through major life events. Professor David Clarke talks about the various coping strategies people use, and how we can help them cope more effectively. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Pharmacological treatment for depression and anxiety in general practice
Medication has no place in the management of mild depression, and only a limited role in moderate depression. Severe depression usually requires drug treatment and Dr Steve Ellen discusses some golden rules for prescribing (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Cognitive behaviour therapy in general practice
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is revolutionising the way GPs treat patients with anxiety and depression. Dr Sarah Edelman talks about what types of CBT work best in the general practice setting. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Somatising disorders
Dr Louise Stone looks at what’s going on with some of our most challenging patients: those who somatise their problems. Are we helping by proving to them that there's "nothing wrong" when there clearly is? (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - March 31, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Ovarian cancer
is difficult to diagnose and hence it is often not detected before it is well advanced. Associate Professor Margaret Davey talks about some of the patient factors that should raise a GP's index of suspicion (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Update on Pap tests
The launch of Australia's new vaccine for preventing certain strains of Human Papilloma Virus holds great promise in reducing the incidence of cervical cancer. But do we run the risk of missing tumors by slackening off on cervical cytology screening? Dr Stella Heley provides an update on Pap tests in this brave new world. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Routine clinical breast and pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women
Why do we do routine clinical breast and pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women? Is there any evidence that it increases the detection of breast or gynaecological malignancies? Associate Professor Jill Thistlethwaite and Dr Rebecca Stewart used an RACGP Silagy Scholarship to find out. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Postmenopausal bleeding
is always a cause for concern. An obvious, benign cause could be obscuring a carcinoma. Gynaecological oncologist Dr Alison Brand talks to Steve Trumble about how GPs should respond (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - February 28, 2007 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
The modern approach to getting back-injured workers back to work
The management of acute low back pain is quite a challenging problem in general practice, especially when it is work-related and there are other issues at play. Dr John Low is an occupational physician from Subiaco, WA. He discusses the modern approach to getting back-injured workers back to work. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Morale in the workplace
Dr Peter Cotton is an organisational psychologist who believes that the "morale" in a workplace - and in the workers - plays a very significant part in determining health outcomes. In this interview he explains how two workers confronted with the same injury may respond differently depending on their emotional resilience. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Getting the at-risk patient back to work.
A S.T.R.A.T.E.G.Y. for getting the at-risk patient back to work. Dr Berny Trifiletti shares her acronym for helping injured workers get back on the job. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Work related upper limb disorders
are common, expensive and difficult to treat. Rheumatologist and occupational physician Dr Michael Shanahan talks to Steve Trumble about effective management approaches, and answers the question: "where has all the RSI gone?". (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - November 30, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Endometriosis
is a difficult condition to diagnose clinically; it also has major consequences for women in terms of pain, disablement and possible infertility. Dr David O'Callaghan gives Steve Trumble an update. (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 31, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
Palliation of symptoms other than pain
Dr Jane Fischer talks about palliation of symptoms other than pain (including dyspnoea, nausea, constipation, and depression) in people with cancer and other diseases (Source: Australian Family Physician audio)
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - September 30, 2006 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
