https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/alcohol_gp_sceptics_final.mp3 (43 mins) GP team Liz Sturgiss and Justin Coleman bring the GP Sceptics podcast back to life, and this time it’s all about alcohol…but not in a good way. Liz leads a Monash University project called REACH — for you, that’s “Reducing alcohol-related harm in General Pra…

https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/pod-13-quinn_final.mp3 Few ever talk about it, but it’s not just doctors who are courted by the medical industry. Nurses are also frequently targeted when it comes to promoting pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Barely anyone except Quinn Grundy talks about it, in fact, so Liz Sturgiss and Justi…

By Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pod12_final.mp3 What keeps a doctor resilient, when dealing with a high-pressure job helping patients who are distressed and traumatised? How can doctors balance empathy with self-care? Does easing a patient’s burden imply carrying it for them? Dr Genevieve Yates teaches the art of …

Unexplained, by Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/pod11_timo_completel1.mp3 Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are physical symptoms not sufficiently explained by an underlying medical condition after adequate examination and investigation, over a period of time (usually defined in months, rather than weeks). GPs fac…

Mice-level research, by Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/pod10_senior_full-edit.mp3 We invite Dr Tim Senior to reflect on being a GP for disadvantaged groups. He discusses General Practitioners at the Deep End, an initiative involving 100 general practices serving the most socio-economically deprived populations in Sc…

Justin’s lycra legs, by Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/pod9-final.mp3 Justin dons his finest lycra and tackles Dr George Crisp, WA chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia. How do health gains in the doctor’s surgery stack up against environmental and population-based interventions? Could the nanny state be go…

‘Carrots & Sticks’ by Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/pod8-marketing_final.mp3 Doctors try to ‘sell’ behaviour change to patients, who are often reluctant to ‘buy’ the message. What tricks can we learn from the modern experts at selling? Justin and Liz bite the bitter bullet and enter the strange world of marketing. …

by Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/pod7_final.mp3 Just when you thought GP Sceptics put the E in evidence-based medicine, we pull the rug from underneath your trusting feet. Western Australian GP Casey Parker, of Broome Docs fame, joins our twosome to become the ‘third nerd’ – a role which fits him like a cardigan an…

By Kat Ritchie https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/pod-6-final-standard-qual.mp3 Liz shines when discussing her pet PhD topic – managing obesity in general practice. Nicely timed for Christmas. Which medications safely make us thinner, now amphetamines and tobacco have lost favour? And, if media images keep depicting Headless Fattie…

Ten thousand miles away…Australia’s closest lyme-carrying tick https://drjustincoleman.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/pod5-final-1.mp3 To coincide with today’s Senate inquiry on how to catch Lyme Disease in Australia (short version – you can’t), Justin and Liz interview infectious disease expert Prof Frank Bowden, from Australian National University. …