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Life in medicine is often seen as a glamorous one. However there are often stories behind these people that are less so.

David


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    #62 - LiM - The Boys of Summer.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 71:18


    Paul is a recent registrar that I have had the pleasure of working with over the recent years. Once again, I got to listen to what the next generation of doctors and surgeons think about their work, training dn what life might look like in the future. 

    #62 - LiM - Family life and Training?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 61:15


    Patrick Elias is a orthopaedic registrar that has recently been accepted onto the training programme for orthopaedics. He discussed the challenges of having a young family and balancing that with a busy medical life. 

    #61 - LiM - What the best training programme could look like.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 60:58


    Nick Paltoglou has been a trainee registrar at our hospital and this was chance to look back on the good the bad and what could be better. We talked about the challenges that can be seen during training. 

    #60 - LiM - Rural Medicine and Dad Jokes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 63:06


    The podcast guests today Ben, Muqi and Nick. These are three people that I've worked with regularly over the last 12 months and beyond. It's very much a light-hearted podcast and I hope you enjoy it.

    #59 - LiM - Are we in a simulation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 67:16


    Ben Lyons is a Orthopaedic nurse at a major Melbourne trauma centre. He has a wealth of of experience and has a great attitude towards his word and life in general.

    #58 - LiM - Surgery after the pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 58:18


    Jarrad Stevens is an othopaedic surgeon. We talked about medicine, the military and some of the challenges that daily life offers us. 

    #57 - LiM - Growing herbs and knowing history.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 57:02


    Luis Prado is the CMO for Epworth healthcare. He has been in the role for some years now. However, as always with these conversations we quickly left medicine and talked about gardening, history and military history. We did touch on COVID but not as much as one would think. 

    #56 -LiM - Fellowship downunder?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 54:25


    Alex Meldrum is a Canadian trained fellow who has come to Australia to gain experience in trauma care. He has done so during a difficult time but has still managed to get the most out of the experience and he should be commended on this. We talked about a lot of things but focused on what he likes to do when not working. 

    #55 - LiM - Education interrupted

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 62:26


    John Daffy is an infectious disease physician.  He has been working in this are for over 2 decades. Being from a rural back ground he has very pragmatic approach to medicine. More interesting is the back story about how he took time off from medical school to focus on running and his interest in horse training. In recent months he has been on other podcasts including "You cannot be serious" . In this podcast he discusses the importance of getting the vaccine to an audience who may be more reluctant to get the vaccine. 

    #54 - LiM - All things evidence based.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 67:50


    Richard Page is an Orthopaedic surgeon based in Geelong. He has a primary area of interest in upper limb pathology and takes on the challenge of research better than most. 

    #53 - LIM - Is that operation really needed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 64:50


    Ian Harris appears on the podcast for the second time. This time it is discuss the issues that affect medicine and surgery and utility of some interventions. This is in the lead up to a new book that he has coming out called  - Hippocrasy, How doctors are betraying their oath.

    #52 - LIM - Collaboration with other specialties.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 57:02


    Phillip Antippa is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the but has a particular interest in thoracic surgery. He has developed techniques for plating rib fractures and he discusses the learning curve associated with this procedure. Like always it is hard to avoid how COVID affects our life these days. Out of medicine he has a keen interest in music and we talk about how this interest has grown over time. 

    #51 -LiM - How does a dial phone work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 55:17


    David Bainbridge is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been a keen teacher of medical students and junior doctors over several decades. He has always felt that teaching is critical to the ongoing care of the community. Like always this conversation could have gone on further and longer but it is  a balance between content and time . With any luck he will return to the podcast at some point in the future. 

    #50 - LIM - Knife in the fast lane.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 70:59


    Bill Ribbans is an orthopaedic surgeon, based in the UK. He as recently stopped operating but continues to work clinically with patients and athletes. He as long career of caring for people with sports injuries and comes with a wealth of wisdom. He has recently written a book called "Knife in the fast lane. A Surgeon's Perspective from the Sharp End of Sport" exploring the effects of sports and associated injuries on athletes of all levels.  Some of the proceeds of the book are donated to prostate cancer research in the UK. This comes from a personal point of view which he does cover in the book as well. 

    #49 - LIM - Adult learning during a pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 44:36


    Johnny Rayner is a first year orthopaedic trainee who has appeared on Life in Medicine before. This episode is an effort to follow hip during his training  and hopefully will continue to do so over the coming years. 

    #48 - LIM - Can we or should we educate medical students via the web?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 52:12


    Peter Morley is an ICU physician who also has a keen interest in teaching helping educate medical students. He is the director of medical governance  and also the director of medical education at his teaching hospital. 

    #47 - LIM - Know when you are wrong.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 54:53


    Xavier Griffin is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who lives in London. He is currently living through a lockdown that has extended for some months. Despite this he has kept up his optimism and making the most of it. He has been a very active contributor to the scientific literature and takes a keen interest in orthopaedic research.  

    #46 - LiM - Do surgeons need a coach?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 55:44


    Martin Richardson is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has increasingly become interested int eh idea of surgical coaching over recent years. This has developed after he joined the Australian Defence force. He does take this opportunity to offer up a workshop that is coming up for Australian Surgeons who may want to take up the idea of surgical coaching. The link for this course i listed below:https://surgicalcoaching.zohobackstage.com/SurgicalCoachTrainingforAustralianSurgeon.

    #45 - LiM - Law and Medicine, together?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 50:58


    David Slattery is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has also embarked on a medicolegal career from a relatively early age and stage in his career. He has done this his practice partner and together they have created something that is hard to do. We talked about legal work and the business side of things.

    #44 - LiM - Medicine in Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 56:28


    Professor Wayne Derman is Sports Medicine Doctor from Cape Town, South Africa. He is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has had a career that has seen work with a sports medical programme, national sports teams and also work with the first African who went into space.

    #43 - LIM - The long commute.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 56:47


    Alison Taylor is an Orthopaedic surgeon who dedicated herself to foot and ankle surgery. Over the course of her career she has dedicated herself to her family, teaching and various administrative roles. She continues to do with a good balance between work and personal life.

    #42- LiM - Crocodiles and Orthopaedics.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 57:29


    Chris Morrey is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Cairns. He has recently taken on the role of one the AOA vice presidents and will thus be the AOA President in a few years time. He has great enthusiasm for work in regional and rural areas of Australia and this episode follow on with the recent theme of talking to doctors who work in these areas.

    #41 - LiM - Ilizarov frames and General Orthopaedics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 65:39


    Anita Boecksteiner is an Orthopaedic surgeon who has balanced the issues of sub-specialisation and general orthopaedics in a major city. She has taken on the challenges of complex orthopaedic problems in the format of using ilizarov frames and has spent time at the home of the these frames in Russia.

    #40 - LiM - Life in the UK, Lockdown 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 47:46


    Ruban Ambikaipalan is recently graduated orthopaedic surgeon who is currently undertaking a fellowship in the UK. Unfortunately the timing has meant that his fellowship is during the pandemic in the UK which has altered his the experience he was hoping for. However he is upbeat about it.

    #39 - LiM - I take Vitamin D too!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 55:52


    Jit Balakumar is a Melbourne based Orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in pelvic work. However we discussed things like the Pandemic and also how diversity of opinion in these times is so important. The pandemic has lead to some good things leading people to take stock of what is good in our lives during these difficult times.

    #38 - LiM - Driving a Combine Harvester.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 65:01


    Richard Kjar is a orthopaedic surgeon based in rural Victoria. I have known Richard for nearly 20 years and I am always amazed at how he can balance a healthy outdoor life with a busy orthopaedic practice.

    #37 - LiM - Setting up a new practice.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 65:32


    James Churchill is a orthopaedic surgeon who has recently set up a practice in regional Victoria. He discusses some of the challenges associated with that. He also talked about the returning to Australia during a lockdown and having to quarantine for two weeks in a hotel.

    #36 - LiM - Finding a Mentor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 58:25


    Marinis Pipiris is a Orthopaedic surgeon who I have known now, for about 25 years. He has moved from one challenge to another throughout his career. We talk about COVID and its effects on the community and move onto other things like the roles of mentors.

    #35 - LiM - Can a crisis make you stronger?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 62:01


    Professor Brett McDermott is an Australian medical graduate who trained in Psychiatry. He has an appointment at the James Cook University but, he holds other academic appointments: By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University; Adjunct Professor at QUT; Professorial Fellow at Mater Research. From 2006-2016 he was a Board Director of beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative.Research interests include mental health systems of care with a specific focus on individuals presenting with depression, PTSD and eating disorders.

    #34 - LiM - Thursday Island

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 58:15


    I welcome Assoc Prof Ruth Stewart, currently residing on Thursday Island, and who has recently been appointed National Rural Health Commissioner. She has spent a life working in regional and remote areas of Australia. She now spends time careing for people in these areas and also trying to improve the availability of healthcare.https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/National-Rural-Health-Commissioner

    #33 - LiM - Life in the Outback

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 79:30


    Annabelle Brayley is nurse by training but in the later part of her career she has become an author. She wrote "Bush Doctors" and has also been the author of other books about a medical life in the outback and rural areas. She has written on previous guests from this podcast including Paul Duff.

    #32 - LiM - "I am too busy to exercise"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 79:48


    James Cattermole is the first guest I have had on the podcast who does not directly work in the healthcare sector. He does have keen interest in exercise and fitness. He also has experience in start up and entrepreneurship. It is interesting to get a different perspective on these things from someone outside of medicine.

    #31 - LiM - Does the Tasmanian Tiger still exist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 65:48


    Nick Marson has been my registrar over the last 6 months before he moved back to Tassie for ongoing training (including 2 weeks quarantine). Nick has been a enthusiastic, engaged and a generally good person to work with. It is always good when a consultant learns from a registrar as much as they learn from consultant.

    #30 - LiM - Why are robots better?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 77:16


    Harvinder appears on this podcast for the second time and there is a good discussion about teaching, Robots and other issues.

    #29 - LiM - Diet, Diabetes and Orthopaedic Surgery.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 80:43


    Gary Fettke is well known Orthopaedic Surgeon from Tasmania who has taken up an interest in how diet can help improve the health of his patients. He talks about how the education of doctors in regard to diet and nutrition can be improved in order to help with preventive medical care.

    #28 - LIM - A medical practice in the snow!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 42:43


    Paul Duff is a very experienced GP who has set up a practice in Rural Australia and in the snow fields of Australia. He has a keen interest in maintaining his knowledge in order to offer the best care for patients that he treats at the snow.

    #27 - LiM - Medicine in Antarctica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 42:21


    Liz McCleod is a paediatric surgeon who has managed to find a good balance between work in major hospital and also work in adventurous environments that most other doctors would only dream. It was also interesting to hear her take on what it is like to be a patient.

    #26 - LiM - Médecins Sans Frontières

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 59:19


    Greg Keane is an Australian trained Psychiatrist. He now works full time for MSF and is based in Paris. This episode is a little late to publication as I was not sure how to address the internet drop outs that we had. The recordings are not perfect but the stories are certainly interesting.

    #25 - LiM - Orthopaedics and Entrepreneurship

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 47:45


    Axel Sylvan is a entrepreneur who has left clinical medicine in order to pursue the challenge of creating a start up in medicine. He has developed with his business partner an App that patients can use to help guide them though the journey of a surgical procedure.

    #24 - LiM - What does a sports doctor do when sport stops?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 61:13


    Liam West is a Sports medical registrar and has managed to find a way use his medical skills to his and societies benefit.

    #23 - LiM - Online learning for medical teaching.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 64:31


    Sue Liew is a spinal surgeon who has has dedicated her work toward both patient care and medical teaching. She is well known for her excellent teaching and also her administrative roles.

    #22 - LiM - Orthopaedics in New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 73:24


    Paulo is a orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in treating patients with cerebral palsy. He has very pragmatic way of looking at life. He has now worked in 3 countries and with that he brings his unique way of approaching problems.

    #21 - LiM - Aged care in a pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 48:14


    Hugh Cattermole is the first guest on the podcast who is an administrator. He works for a company that provides a variety of care needs including aged care. He has had to help co-ordinate the locking down of nursing homes in order to protect the clients in those centres. This has been distressing for family and friends but is being done in order to protect the health of those people.

    #20 - LiM - Limb reconstruction and mentorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 45:50


    Leo Donnan is a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon who has specialised in limb deformity corrections. He has also created a well known limb reconstruction fellowship that attracts people from all over the world. He touches on the role of a good mentor and how important they are in difficult times. During the time of the COVID 19 the role of mentors and friends seems even more important.

    #19 - LiM - Advice for junior surgical trainees.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 40:58


    Rudy Ambikaipalan is a Junior consultant on a busy orthopaedic unit. There is no doubt that he will quickly become a senior consultant. He offers insight to how he approached the training programme and how he would do it differently if he were were to have his time over. I think this episode is of particular interest to junior trainees as given he recent graduation there is some insight that is very helpful.

    #18 - LiM - Mindfulness in a crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 57:54


    Tony Dunin is orthopaedic surgeon who has fostered an interest in mindfulness over the last decade or even more. He comes at this from a very personal point of view and now feels that he can help people with what he learned. I agree with him. We talk about some things that people may be able to do during the next few months to help themselves.

    #17 - LiM - Ultra marathons in Wagga Wagga

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 44:33


    Simon has been a good friend of mine ever since we meet when he came to Australia in 2009 to do a fellowship. Since then, he and his family have emigrated to Australia and set up home in Wagga Wagga where is now the head of unit. He has interests in ultra marathons amongst other things and has taken on an rural and Australian way of life with great enthusiasm.

    #16 - LiM - The challenges of surgical training

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 66:56


    Michael is a current orthopaedic trainee. He works hard and has a family. He has committed to his training and undertaken its challenges. It was great to listen to his description of these challenges and how he approached them. He enjoys time outside medicine too including tinkering in his shed, something he has always done.

    #15 - LiM - Renal transplants and work in Pakistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 44:38


    Amanda is well known and respected General Surgeon who now likes to concentrate on renal transplants. She is one of 4 surgeons in her unit that now does up to 120 transplants per year. She has also done work in Asia with various foreign aid efforts.

    #14 - LiM Unaccreditied Trainee and Computer Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 38:23


    Ilya has been a junior doctor at the hospital that I work at. He has progressed though a unit from medical student level to now being a registrar. It has been interesting to watch a junior doctor develop and grow.

    #13 - LiM - Orthopaedic surgeon and a love of sport.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 66:12


    Jason Harvey is a hand surgeon. He has fostered over the course of a decade a practice that is well balanced toward public and private sector work. He has a strong interest in the training of registrars as they will be the next generation. Outside of medicine he enjoys sport of various types and still spends time playing sport with friends and his family.

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