Art of Medicine

Dr Forbes McGain is an anaesthetist and intensive care physician who created the PVC Recovery in Hospitals Program (now in over 55 healthcare facilities across the world) because he was concerned about the amount of plastic hospital items being thrown away. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health (Planetary Health Platform). We chat to him about healthcare’s contribution to climate change and why doctors are well placed to be pioneers for healthcare sustainability.

Is being a doctor akin to acting a role? In this episode we chat to Dr Renee Lim, a doctor and actor who has acted in the TV series Please Like Me and East West 101, and Dr Paul Dwyer, who studies the role of performance and theatre in being a doctor.

The Art of Medicine is a podcast series which explores how different disciplines can inform and enhance our understanding and practice of medicine. In our inaugural episode, we are talking to Dr Ranjana Srivastava about the interplay between writing and medicine. Ranjana is a medical oncologist based in Melbourne. She is also a prolific author, writing for the New England Journal of Medicine, The Guardian, and having written 5 books, including her latest book which was released earlier this month- What It Takes To Be A Doctor; An Insider’s Guide. She is a Fulbright Scholar and the recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution to patient-doctor interaction.