The Safe Practice Podcast

Sep 04 2024 21 ep. 21 mins
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A podcast all about safe practice, hosted by a doctor who analyses medical mishaps for a living. Listen along for tips, tricks, and traps to avoid...all in the name of incident avoidance and patient safety. **All content and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests, and do not represent the views of any organisation with which they are affiliated.**

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E21 - Q&A with the TGA: the Perils and Pitfalls of Advertising Therapeutic Goods

Sep 04 2024 44 mins  
In this must-listen episode, I sit down with Professor Tony Lawler, Deputy Secretary of the Australian Federal Government’s Health Products Regulation Group—home to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). We dive into the essential obligations that every Australian health professional needs to know when it comes to discussing, representing, and advertising therapeutic goods

E20 - Burnout - Beyond the Rhetoric

Aug 03 2024 46 mins  
Health practitioner burnout - it's the triple-edged sword that injures practitioners, patients, and the health system. In this episode, psychologist Dr Shaun Prentice joins me to discuss burnout: What causes it (the answer may surprise you!) How to prevent it. How to manage it. Along the way we address the hard questions including "At what point does burnout signal

E19 - After Axillary Node Clearance, Is It Safe to Instrument That Arm?

Mar 19 2024 22 mins  
It has long been accepted that in patients who have undergone axillary lymph node dissection/clearance, the ipsilateral arm must not be used again for any sort of medical instrumentation. This frequently results in overuse of the other arm (and sometimes the feet and other creative sites) for vascular access. The outcome was often impracticality, discomfort, distress, and occasiona

E18 - Acknowledging Our Limits - The Registrar Perspective

Feb 25 2024 29 mins  
The ability to acknowledge our limits is a foundational pillar of safe clinical practice, at all levels of experience and training. I began exploring this subject in Episode 12, and continued it in Episode 15 where I interviewed JMO Dr Jade Bevan to get a JMO perspective. In this episode, I am joined by surgical registrar and fellow medical podcast host Dr Anne Atkins to further

E17 - A Commonly-Missed ENT Emergency

Feb 07 2024 33 mins  
ENT surgeon Dr Marco Raftopulos joins me to discuss sudden sensorineural hearing loss: an otologic diagnosis that, if missed, results in a 70% chance of irreversible deafness. The good news is that if it is diagnosed and treated promptly, there is a 70% chance of recovery. This episode covers symptoms, assessment and emergency management, through the lens of a highly alarming cas

E16 - Young-Onset Bowel Cancer - Diagnostic Pitfalls to Avoid.

Jan 24 2024 30 mins  
Bowel cancer is increasing at an alarming rate in young people, and is currently the biggest cancer killer of young Australians aged 25-44. In this episode, I sit down with colorectal surgeon and Bowel Cancer Australia spokesperson Dr Penelope De Lacavalerie to discuss some diagnostic pitfalls to avoid when it comes to the investigation and referral of suspicious bowel symptoms,

E15 - Asking for Help: the Junior Doctor Perspective.

Jan 15 2024 22 mins  
As clinicians, we all know that it's important to ask for help early when we reach the limits of our scope. But what does that look like practically, when you are a junior doctor? To answer this question, I interview Resident Medical Officer Dr Jade Bevan for her insights. We discuss the principles and realities of acknowledging our limits and asking for help through the len

S1E14 - Nuances and Uncommon Pitfalls in Reproductive Genetic Carrier Screening

Dec 29 2023 38 mins  
As of 1 Nov 2023, Medicare rebates came into effect for reproductive genetic carrier screening. In this episode, I interview one of the clinical brains behind Mackenzie's Mission - Clinical Geneticist and Genetic Pathologist Professor Edwin Kirk. We discuss the clinical nuances of RGCS, and also shed light on some uncommon pitfalls and ways to address them. A must-listen ep

S1E13 - Patient-Centred Care

Dec 11 2023 18 mins  
Our job as clinicians is to make a difference to patients, so it follows that our patients should be given every opportunity to voice what makes a difference to them. We call care that aligns with this concept "patient-centred", but really it is just good sense and basic courtesy. This is possibly my most important episode yet. Please comment and share if it resonates wi

S1E12 - Acknowledging Our Limits

Nov 25 2023 13 mins  
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." - Alexander Pope. In this episode, I explore the hardly-groundbreaking, but crucially important practice of acknowledging one's limits. Health care is a team sport. The cavalry is there to be called. No clinician can be an island - at least not a safe one. ** All content and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host a