Australian Family Physician podcasts
Download audio recordings of interviews with AFP authors.
AFP Audio June 2009
Dr Ruth McNair discusses what GPs need to know about lesbian and bisexual women's sexual health.
Dr Catriona Bradshaw talks about what GPs need to know about Bacterial Vaginosis.
AFP Audio May 2009
Professor Michael Berk discusses the relationship between sleep and depression and the clinical implications.
AFP Audio April 2009
Dr Lyndal Trevena, author of ‘Cancer Screening – pros, cons, choice, and the patient’ in the April edition of AFP discusses some of the principles and controversies in cancer screening.
Dr Linda Foreman talks with Carolyn O'Shea about the bowel cancer screening, including the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. She discusses the role of the GP in the program and also reminds us to consider patients who may not be in the program.
Dr Nancy Huang, National Manager – Clinical Programs, Heart Foundation, talks with Carolyn O'Shea about the article “Heart health: CHD management gaps in general practice.” She discusses the concept of assessing absolute risk for all people over 45 years of age, and also the 3 key management gaps identified in CHD management relevant to general practice.
AFP Audio March 2009
Darren Russell, Director of Sexual Health, Cairns Sexual health Service, discusses health issues of the newly single man with Dr Jenni Parsons.
Kay Wilhelm, Conjoint Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, discusses the differences in presentations of depression between men and women with Dr Jenni Parsons.
David Forbes, Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Post traumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne, discusses the assessment and management of post traumatic stress syndrome with Dr Jenni Parsons.
AFP Audio January/February 2009
Jane Tracy, Education Director, centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria, discusses successful communication in consultations with patients with intellectual disabilities with Dr Jenni Parsons.
Romano Fois, lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, discusses benefits and risks of compounded medicines with Dr Jenni Parsons.
Edith Weisberg, Director of Research, Sydney Centre for Reproductive Health Research, Family planning New South Wales, discusses research into young women’s attitudes to and uptake of HPV vaccination with Dr Jenni Parsons.
AFP Audio December 2008
Dr Tricia Nagel talks about the successful use of a brief goal setting intervention in remote indigenous communities.
Dr Aleeta Fejo talks about being an indigenous doctor, efforts to increase the number of indigenous doctors in Australia, and helping out Santa for disadvantaged indigenous children.
AFP Audio November 2008
Dr Michael Harrison discusses pathology testing in the tired patient with Dr Kathryn O'Connor.
GP Dr Louise Stone discusses assessment and management of osteoarthritis in General Practice with Dr Kathryn O'Connor.
GP Dr Andrew Knight talks to Dr Kathryn O'Connor about his approach to assessment and management of case study "Serge" who presents saying "I've been bleeding from the bowels".
AFP Audio October 2008
Nick Collins, a GP from Leumeah, New South Wales, discusses planning for pandemic flu and the checklists from his article in October AFP, ‘Plan your pandemic- a guide for GPs’ with Dr Jenni Parsons.
AFP Audio September 2008
Dr Steven Rudolphy discusses straight forward ways for the busy GP to improve asthma management.
Associate Professor Geoffrey Mitchell talks about the role of the GP at different stages in a patient's cancer journey.
Dr Cate Howell discusses how to identify those most at risk of relapse and recurrence and how to work with patients to improve that risk and develop a relapse prevention plan.
AFP Audio August 2008
Mr Sean Mackay discusses surgical causes of upper abdominal pain and some of the investigations that can help to make the diagnosis of a surgical cause.
Associate Professor Paul Pavli talks to AFP audio about the importance of a good history and examination in rationally selecting investigations to assist in assessing upper abdominal pain.
Alison Fogarty and Grant Blashki talk about the GreenClinic project and what effect it had on the practices involved.
Don Henry, ACF Executive Director, talks about the importance of projects such as the GreenClinic project.
AFP Audio July 2008
Dr Jaycen Cruikshank discusses the assessment and management of ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and bradycardia.
Dr Kathryn Browning Carmo discusses the role of the GP in managing the neonate before transfer to a tertiary centre.
AFP Audio June 2008
Dr Jill Sewell discusses the underlying causes, assessment and management of school refusal.
Dr Michael Harari discusses practical tips to gain a child's confidence in medical consultations.
Anne Fraser, clinical psychologist from the State child Development Centre in Western Australia discusses oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
AFP Audio May 2008
Professor Stephen O'Leary discusses technological advances in treatment of hearing impairment including digital technology in hearing aids, cochlear implantation and the bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA).
Professor Robert Berkowitz discusses the management of ear, nose and throat problems in children.
Christopher Brown discusses the management of chronic rhinosinusitis in adults.
AFP Audio April 2008
Dr Marnie Robinson discusses paediatric allergy, including allergy tests, and the latest in allergy prevention recommendations.
Associate Professor Jo Douglass outlines issues for GPs and patients in diagnosing and managing food allergy in adults.
Kate Hodge talks about an INR program and evaluation to assist in a rural region.
Dr Meredith Makeham, author of the series of articles in AFP on the Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study, discusses the TAPS study and some of the findings relating to errors, harm and avoidance of errors.
AFP Audio March 2008
Dr Patricia Neumann discusses physiotherapy for urinary incontinence
In two interviews, Dr Karen McKertich discusses assessment of urinary incontinence in women, and procedural and surgical treatments.
AFP Audio August 2007
In two podcasts Melissa Kang discusses successful communication with young people about their sexuality and sexual risks, and the changing patterns in youth sexual activity and some basic principles of safe sexual behaviour.
Dr Graham Fleming talks about practical approaches to adolescent mental health.
Professor Kate Steinbeck outlines the GP's role in advocating for overweight and obese adolescents and helping them reach realistic goals.
AFP Audio July 2007
Dr Geoff Toogood discusses cardiac pacemakers.
Over three audio interviews Dr Peter Kistler talks about the management of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation.
AFP Audio June 2007
Victorian registrar Dr Emily Walsh explains how she survived her first training term, and felt like a real doctor at last.
AFP Audio May 2007
Dr Trish Batchelor talks with Steve Trumble about appropriate malaria prevention and prophylaxis.
Dr Tony Gherardin discusses the approach to the intending traveler.
Dr Sonny Lau explains how GPs can help intending travellers who are on a tight budget to invest wisely in the right vaccines.
AFP Audio April 2007
Dr Louise Stone looks at what's going on with some of our most challenging patients: those who somatise their problems.
Dr Sarah Edelman talks about what types of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy work best in the general practice setting.
Dr Steve Ellen discusses some golden rules for prescribing for the management of depression.
Professor David Clarke talks about helping people who are going through major life events.
AFP Audio March 2007
Gynaecological oncologist Dr Alison Brand talks to Steve Trumble about how GPs should respond to postmenopausal bleeding.
Associate Professor Jill Thistlethwaite and Dr Rebecca Stewart used an RACGP Silagy Scholarship to find out why we do routine clinical breast and pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women.
Dr Stella Heley provides an update on Pap tests in relation to the HPV vaccine.
Associate Professor Margaret Davey talks about some of the patient factors that should raise a GP's index of suspicion for ovarian cancer.
AFP Audio December 2006
Dr Michael Shanahan talks to Steve Trumble about effective management approaches to work related upper limb disorders.
Dr Berny Trifiletti shares her strategy for helping injured workers get back on the job.
Dr Peter Cotton explains how two workers confronted with the same injury may respond differently depending on their emotional resilience.
Dr John Low discusses the modern approach to getting back-injured workers back to work.
AFP Audio November 2006
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.
AFP Audio October 2006
Dr Jane Fischer talks about palliation of symptoms other than pain (including dyspnoea, nausea, constipation, and depression) in people with cancer and other diseases.
Professor Patsy Yates discusses three of the most challenging areas of palliative care: when children are dying, when older people need decisions made, and when an Indigenous Australian is in need of palliation.
Special AFP Audio
President of the RCGP Dr Roger Neighbour recently visited the RACGP after delivering a keynote address at the General Practice Education and Training Convention in Hobart.
AFP Audio August 2006
Rick Kausman talks about successful strategies for helping people be their most healthy weight.
AFP Audio July 2006
The choice of dressings when managing skin ulcers is important, but not more so than making a proper assessment of the patient. Associate Professor Keryln Carville discusses the use of the T.I.M.E. acronym to help choose the right approach.
Leg ulcers are a common and time consuming problem in general practice. Poorly managed, they can result in unnecessary amputation or even death. One of Australia's leading wound management consultants discusses the basic approach to assessment and management.
Children can be challenging customers at the best of times and no more so than when you are trying to repair their wounds. Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Dr Ronan O'Sullivan, discusses practical approaches.
Dr Malcolm Moore is a GP in Albury NSW who has worked in Nepal teaching local doctors the art and science of general practice. He talks about what Australian GPs can do to assist developing countries facing medical workforce problems.
AFP Audio June 2006
Dr Chris Pearce discusses the impact that both computers and evidence-based medicine are having on our ability to practise in a patient centred manner.
Dr Jonathan Cohen presents a timely update on the pharmacotherapy of glycaemic control and other factors that modify cardiovascular risk for people with type 2 diabetes.
Dr Rajna Ogrin, a podiatrist in a high risk foot clinic on careful foot assessment for people with diabetes.
Associate Professor Fergus Cameron from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne discusses the challenges teenagers with diabetes face and how to approach their complex health needs.
