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Trumix.com listings available of Australian Family Physician Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Interview: Managing acute arrythmias Dr Jaycen Cruikshank discusses the assessment and management of ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and bradycardia with Dr Kathryn O'Connor. Accurate ECG interpretation is vital and faxing an ECG to a cardiologist or tertiary emergency department can help. The unconscious patient will require rescuscitation as per the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines and the conscious patient requires IV access, oxygen, continuous cardiac monitoring and def ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Initial management of cardiac arrhythmias Diagnosis of acute arrhythmias requires recognition and interpretation of important electrocardiogram (ECG) findings, and knowledge of Australian resuscitation guidelines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Neonatal care before transfer Dr Kathryn Browning Carmo discusses the role of the GP in managing the neonate before transfer to a tertiary centre with Dr Kathryn O'Connor. Early phone contact with the local Neonatal Emergency Transport Service provides GPs with much needed support and allows initiation of retrieval. Priorities include keeping the infant warm, assessment and management of airway, breathing and circulation, basic investigations and fluid and antibiotic therapy as necessary. It is vital to prepare the fami ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Stabilising the newborn for transfer - Basic principles Rural general practitioners involved in obstetric service delivery may have occasion to support the sick or premature newborn requiring transfer. This should be achievable for short periods of time in most rural hospitals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Does this child have oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)? Anne Fraser, clinical psychologist from the State child Development Centre in Western Australia discusses oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) with Dr Jenni Parsons. The discussion centres around distinguishing ODD from normal preschool or adolescent behaviour, associations with other behavioural and psychological problems and management strategies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Oppositional defiant disorder Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is defined as a repetitive and persistent pattern of opposition, defiant, disobedient and disruptive behaviours toward authority figures persisting for at least 6 months. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: School refusal Dr Jill Sewell discusses the underlying causes, assessment and management of school refusal with Dr Jenni Parsons. School refusal is a heterogeneous and multifactorial problem that may relate to separation anxiety, anxiety-depression, learning difficulties, bullying, family dysfunction or the child needing to 'protect' a parent in situations of family violence or parental mental health problems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: School refusal School refusal occurs in 1–5% of all school children and has major social, emotional and educational implications for the child. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Consultations with children Dr Michael Harari discusses practical tips to gain a child's confidence in medical consultations with Dr Jenni Parsons. The judicious use of silliness, without acting the fool, can set a child at ease and facilitate assessment, history taking and examination. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Gaining children's confidence - The judicious use of silliness Engaging children in a clinical setting is kind to the child and their family, and is a useful clinical tool. Each of us will have our own way of getting through a child's fears and defences. Tomfoolery, distraction and imaginary play can lead to a rewarding clinical interaction. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRC) Christopher Brown, consultant ENT surgeon, Melbourne Nasal and Sinus Clinic, discusses the management of chronic rhinosinusitis in adults with Dr Jenni Parsons. The discussion focuses on the practicalities of assessment, optimising medical management and surgical options for patients who have failed medical management. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Chronic rhinosinusitis - 'It's my sinus doc!' Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common condition in the community, with significant morbidity and financial implications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: ENT problems in children Professor Robert Berkowitz discusses the management of ear, nose and throat problems in children with Dr Jenni Parsons. The focus is on when to refer to an otolaryngologist for recurrent otitis media, adenotonsillar disease, suppurative complications of common infections and nasal injuries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: When to refer a child to an otolaryngologist This article provides a general approach in determining when to refer a child to an otolaryngologist. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Treating hearing impairment 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). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Hearing impairment - Technological advances and insights The treatment of hearing impairment is rapidly evolving. Despite this, a significant number of adults with hearing impairment receive inadequate treatment or rehabilitation, resulting in functional impairment and social isolation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Lessons from the TAPS study - errors relating to medical records The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) Study collected 648 anonymous reports about threats to patient safety from a representative random sample of Australian general practitioners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Lessons from the TAPS study - errors relating to medical records The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) Study collected 648 anonymous reports about threats to patient safety from a representative random sample of Australian general practitioners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Physiotherapy for urinary incontinence International guidelines recommend treatment for urinary incontinence by a health professional such as a pelvic floor or continence physiotherapist with specialised training in the management of pelvic floor disorders. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Maintaining an INR in the therapeutic range Maintaining an INR in the therapeutic range is an important area of patient management and safety. Kate Hodge talks about a program and evaluation to assist in a rural region. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Coordinated anticoagulation management in a rural setting Oral anticoagulation management is difficult in rural settings because of reduced patient access to pathology testing and medical management. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Coordinated anticoagulation management in a rural setting Oral anticoagulation management is difficult in rural settings because of reduced patient access to pathology testing and medical management. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Physiotherapy for urinary incontinence. Dr Patricia Neumann discusses physiotherapy for urinary incontinence Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Issues in diagnosing and managing food allergy in adults Associate Professor Jo Douglass outlines issues for GPs and patients in diagnosing and managing food allergy in adults. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Food allergy in adults There is a marked increase in the prevalence of food allergies. Food allergy can cause fatal anaphylaxis and the victims are most often adolescents and young adults. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Food allergy in adults There is a marked increase in the prevalence of food allergies. Food allergy can cause fatal anaphylaxis and the victims are most often adolescents and young adults. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Paediatric allergy tests and allergy prevention recommendations Dr Marnie Robinson talk to AFP audio about 2 of the April theme articles on Allergy. She discusses paediatric allergy, including allergy tests, and the latest in allergy prevention recommendations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Allergy prevention - Current recommendations and new insights The prevalence of allergic disease has increased considerably in recent decades and Australia has one of the highest rates of allergic disease in the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Allergy testing and referral in children Allergic diseases (asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and food allergy) are the commonest chronic diseases of childhood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Allergy prevention - Current recommendations and new insights The prevalence of allergic disease has increased considerably in recent decades and Australia has one of the highest rates of allergic disease in the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Allergy testing and referral in children Allergic diseases (asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis and food allergy) are the commonest chronic diseases of childhood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Surgical treatments for urinary incontinence in women Dr Karen McKertich discusses procedural and surgical treatments for urinary incontinence in women. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Urinary incontinence - Procedural and surgical treatments for women A range of surgical treatment options is available for women suffering from stress and urge urinary incontinence refractory to conservative and medical management. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Assessment of urinary incontinence in women Dr Karen McKertich discusses assessment of urinary incontinence in women. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Urinary incontinence - Assessment in women: stress, urge or both? The aims of assessing urinary incontinence in women are to define the diagnosis, exclude other pathology and guide management. Treatment can be initiated when urinary incontinence is categorised as stress, urge or mixed incontinence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overweight and obese adolescents Overweight and obese adolescents face significant problems with their physical and emotional health. Professor Kate Steinbeck outlines the GP’s role in advocating for these kids and helping them reach realistic goals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cardiac pacemakers Cardiac pacemakers have come a long way in the 50 years since the first model needed its batteries changed after 3 hours. Dr Geoff Toogood discusses the indications for cardiac pacing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Management of cardiac arrhythmias: pharmacological treatment of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias Dr Peter Kistler talks with Steve Trumble in the first of three podcasts on the management of cardiac arrhythmias. This interview focuses on his article in the pharmacological treatment of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation is becoming increasingly common, especially in older people. In this podcast, Dr Peter Kistler discusses the control of rate and rhythm in atrial fibrillation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Management of arrhythmias: cardiac catheters In the final of his three podcasts, Dr Peter Kistler looks at the use of cardiac catheters in the management of arrhythmias. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Youth sexual activity Dr Melissa Kang has a special interest in the sexual health of young people. In this interview, she observes changing patterns in youth sexual activity and some basic principles of safe sexual behaviour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adolescent sex, contraception and health In this podcast, Melissa Kang attempts to enlighten Steve Trumble on successful communication with young people about their sexuality and sexual risks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The mental health of adolescents - Assessment and management Dr Graham Fleming is a GP in rural South Australia who saw a problem with youth suicide in his area and went ahead and fixed it. He talks about practical approaches to adolescent mental health. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Adolescent overweight and obesity - How best to manage in the general practice setting The prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to increase in adolescents. Community level management is necessary as specialist services are limited. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Sex, contraception and health Young Australian people aged 12–25 years are sexually active at a younger age and have more sexual partners compared to previous generations. Pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates are high in this age group. Sexual violence, discrimination against same sex attracted youth, and associated health risk behaviours such as alcohol and drug use are also important sexual health issues for adolescents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: The mental health of adolescents - Assessment and management About 15% of the adolescent population suffers a mental health problem. Although a large percentage of these adolescents present to their general practitioner at least once a year, often their mental health problems are not presented or are somatised. Unfortunately, without intervention many of these mental health problems progress into adulthood where they are often more difficult to solve. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Pacemaker therapies in cardiology Since the first cardiac pacemaker was inserted in 1958 vast changes have occurred in both the technology of the devices and their indications. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Pharmacologic management of tachycardia Cardiac arrhythmias may present with palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness and syncope. Diagnosis may be complicated by an inability to document the arrhythmia particularly when symptoms are infrequent and short lived. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Management of atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation affects a significant proportion of the Australian population, affecting approximately 5% of people over 65 years of age. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Catheter ablation techniques in managing arrhythmias Pharmacological management of arrythmias is not curative, is sometimes difficult, and may be associated with significant morbidity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surviving training Your first day in general practice can be a mixture of excitement and terror. Victorian registrar Dr Emily Walsh explains how she survived her first training term, and felt like a real doctor at last. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: How to survive as a basic term registrar After trying a couple of other disciplines in medicine I have finally found the career that suits me. If you, like me, are interested in most things, enjoy meeting people and can’t stand the smell of the average hospital ward, then general practice may really appeal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prevention of malaria in travellers Malaria is more than an inconvenience for Australian travellers; it is a serious disease that kills and injures millions of people each year. Dr Trish Batchelor talks with Steve Trumble about appropriate prevention and prophylaxis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The pre-travel consultation Dr Tony Gherardin discusses the approach to the intending traveler. What do they need to know and what does their GP need to tell them? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Travel vaccination Many Australian travellers baulk at the idea of paying for vaccines before they set off on their great adventures. But, as Dr Sonny Lau explains to Steve Trumble, GPs can help even those on a tight budget to invest wisely in the right vaccines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Prevention of malaria in travellers Malaria remains endemic in over 100 countries worldwide. Travellers to these countries may be at risk of contracting disease. Assessing risk on an individual basis can be challenging. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: The pre-travel consultation - An overview Australians are great travellers and the need for travel health advice can be a common presentation in general practice. General practitioners should be an important source of accurate and up-to-date information and provide appropriate travel medicine services. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Travel vaccination Immunisation is very cost effective. It provides high level immunity against a range of general and travel specific pathogens. There are more vaccines available as research and development of vaccines progresses. Some vaccines require multiple doses to induce long lasting protective immunity, and some will only induce protective immunity for a limited period of time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Somatising disorders - Untangling the pathology Somatising disorders are a common, complex and disabling cluster of disorders. Research suggests that general practitioners find this group of patients challenging. The disorders are complicated by the fact that doctors play a role in both their aetiology and maintenance. The interaction between the illness worry of the patient and the disease worry of the doctor can lead to escalating disability and the risk of iatrogenic disease. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Managing anxious patients - Cognitive behaviour therapy in general practice It is well established that some individuals have an inherent disposition toward experiencing anxiety more readily than others. These individuals are prone to high levels of autonomic arousal, exaggerated threat perception and dysfunctional coping strategies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Depression and anxiety - Pharmacological treatment in general practice Depression and anxiety are common presentations in general practice and medications are one of the key treatment strategies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Adjusting to illness and other major life events - How can GPs help? General practitioners often see patients who are struggling with a change in their life circumstances. When this change involves illness, the GP is well placed to provide support and practical assistance. However, research in this area has tended to concentrate on the patient who is overwhelmed and unable to cope, focusing on the negative consequences of anxiety and depression. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Somatising disorders Dr Louise Stone looks at what's going on with some of our most challenging patients: those who somatise their problems. Are we helping by proving to them that there's "nothing wrong" when there clearly is? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cognitive behaviour therapy in general practice Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is revolutionising the way GPs treat patients with anxiety and depression. Dr Sarah Edelman talks about what types of CBT work best in the general practice setting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pharmacological treatment for depression and anxiety in general practice Medication has no place in the management of mild depression, and only a limited role in moderate depression. Severe depression usually requires drug treatment and Dr Steve Ellen discusses some golden rules for prescribing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How GPs can help patients adjusting to illness and other major life events GPs occupy a unique position in being able to help people who are going through major life events. Professor David Clarke talks about the various coping strategies people use, and how we can help them cope more effectively. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: The woman with postmenopausal bleeding Postmenopausal bleeding is a common complaint from women seen in general practice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Clinical breast examination for asymptomatic women - Exploring the evidence Clinical breast examination (CBE) is often offered as a component of the well woman check or carried out at the request of an asymptomatic woman. In these cases the examination is a screening procedure, as opposed to a diagnostic CBE in a symptomatic woman. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Postmenopausal bleeding Postmenopausal bleeding is always a cause for concern. An obvious, benign cause could be obscuring a carcinoma. Gynaecological oncologist Dr Alison Brand talks to Steve Trumble about how GPs should respond. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Routine clinical breast and pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women Why do we do routine clinical breast and pelvic examinations in asymptomatic women? Is there any evidence that it increases the detection of breast or gynaecological malignancies? Associate Professor Jill Thistlethwaite and Dr Rebecca Stewart used an RACGP Silagy Scholarship to find out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Update on Pap tests The launch of Australia's new vaccine for preventing certain strains of Human Papilloma Virus holds great promise in reducing the incidence of cervical cancer. But do we run the risk of missing tumors by slackening off on cervical cytology screening? Dr Stella Heley provides an update on Pap tests in this brave new world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and hence it is often not detected before it is well advanced. Associate Professor Margaret Davey talks about some of the patient factors that should raise a GP's index of suspicion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Pap test update 2006 was an eventful year in the area of screening to prevent cervical cancer. New screening guidelines were introduced nationally in July, and in November the Australian Government agreed to fund one of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, Gardasil, under the National Immunisation Program. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Ovarian cancer - Diagnosis and management Epithelial ovarian cancer presents most often as late stage disease due to a lack of effective screening tests and vagueness of symptoms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Work related upper limb disorders Work related upper limb disorders are common, expensive and difficult to treat. Rheumatologist and occupational physician Dr Michael Shanahan talks to Steve Trumble about effective management approaches, and answers the question: 'where has all the RSI gone?'. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting the at-risk patient back to work. A S.T.R.A.T.E.G.Y. for getting the at-risk patient back to work. Dr Berny Trifiletti shares her acronym for helping injured workers get back on the job. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morale in the workplace. Dr Peter Cotton is an organisational psychologist who believes that the "morale" in a workplace - and in the workers - plays a very significant part in determining health outcomes. In this interview he explains how two workers confronted with the same injury may respond differently depending on their emotional resilience. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The modern approach to getting back-injured workers back to work. The management of acute low back pain is quite a challenging problem in general practice, especially when it is work-related and there are other issues at play. Dr John Low is an occupational physician from Subiaco, WA. He discusses the modern approach to getting back-injured workers back to work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Work related upper limb disorders Work related upper limb disorders (WRULDs) are among the most common workers' compensation claims. Their management is a challenge for medical practitioners for a range of reasons. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Getting the at risk patient back to work - A strategy Achieving best outcomes in occupational injury management requires an emphasis upon identifying and managing those factors which – in addition to the medical condition – lead to progression to chronicity. The most studied common musculoskeletal workplace injury is low back pain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Occupational wellbeing - Management of injured workers with psychosocial barriers Although most injured workers return to work with minimal intervention, approximately 20% show levels of distress and disability beyond that expected for the injury. The level of morale in a workplace seems to play a major role in this. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Back injuries - Getting injured workers back to work Back problems are the seventh most common reason for seeking care in general practice in Australia. Despite medical advances, chronic disability from back pain is a major contributor to the burden of disease in society today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Endometriosis 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Endometriosis - An update Endometriosis is one of the major causes of pelvic pain and subfertility in women. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Palliation of symptoms other than pain Dr Jane Fischer talks about palliation of symptoms other than pain (including dyspnoea, nausea, constipation, and depression) in people with cancer and other diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The three of the most challenging areas of palliative care 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Palliating symptoms other than pain Symptoms other than pain are a heavy burden for patients with either malignant or progressive nonmalignant disease and significantly reduce quality of life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Palliative care for specific populations Ensuring access for all Australians to high quality palliative care requires an understanding of special considerations for specific populations, including children, older persons, and Indigenous Australians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Healthy weight Rick Kausman talks about successful strategies for helping people be their most healthy weight Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Medical workforce problems confronted by developing countries. While we do have medical workforce problems in Australia, they are nothing compared to those confronted by developing countries. 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 countries such as Nepal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website General practice in the United Kingdom Dr Roger Neighbour, visiting President of the RCGP, talks with Steve Trumble about general practice in the United Kingdom and how it differs from Australia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Practical wisdom. Dr Roger Neighbour, visiting President of the RCGP, talks with Steve Trumble about one of the skills that lies at the core of being a general practitioner: "phronesis", or practical wisdom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wound repair in children. 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 to the wounded child. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leg ulcers - Causes and management. 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Which dressing should I use? - It all depends on the 'TIMEING'. The choice of dressings when managing skin ulcers is important, but not more so than making a proper assessment of the patient, their ulcer and the environment in which they exist. Associate Professor Keryln Carville discusses the use of the T.I.M.E. acronym to help choose the right approach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: If not dieting, now what? Helping patients to achieve and maintain their most healthy weight is a common challenge. Giving a 'one size fits all' set of instructions to patients who are over their most healthy weight does not help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Opportunities and challenges for GPs in the developing world Australia has a well developed system of general practice and can be proud of the quality of its generalists. In many developing countries however, the idea of a trained generalist is not well understood. The global situation creates many opportunities and challenges for Australian general practitioners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Wound repair in children Minor injuries in children are extremely common in the general practice setting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Leg ulcers - Causes and management A leg ulcer is not a disease but the manifestation of an underlying problem that requires a clear diagnosis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Which dressing should I use? - It all depends on the 'TIMEING' Wound management is more than the application of a dressing. It requires a comprehensive and informed approach to the assessment of the patient, their wound and their healing environment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Computers can't listen. General practice is all about listening to our patients as they tell us the story of their health. Dr Chris Pearce discusses the impact that both computers and evidence-based medicine are having on our ability to practise in this patient centred manner. If we lose the patient's narrative, do we lose the plot? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes - The pharmacotherapy of glycaemic control and risk factor modification. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Foot assessment in patients with diabetes. Careful foot assessment is an important part of GPs' comprehensive care of people with diabetes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teenagers with diabetes. Adolescence is a difficult time for most teenagers, but when you have a chronic illness such as diabetes it can be really tough. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Teenagers with diabetes - management challenges During adolescence major hormonal, neuro-maturational, emotional and psychosocial changes occur within a relatively short time interval. The additional burden of living with a chronic disease such as type 1 diabetes can further add to the potential for instability. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Foot assessment in patients with diabetes Diabetes has long been associated with increased risk of foot ulceration and lower extremity amputation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Type 2 diabetes - The pharmacotherapy of glycaemic control and risk factor modification Patients with diabetes have a high cardiovascular risk. In addition to achieving good glycaemic control, cardiovascular risk reduction is a vital component of management. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Article: Computers can’t listen - Algorithmic logic meets patient centredness The doctor-patient relationship is crucial to the practice of medicine and yet the rise of science in the 19th and 20th centuries shifted doctors’ focus away from the patient toward another entity: the disease. Slowly, the medical profession is rediscovering the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Interview: Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study findings Dr Meredith Makeham author of the series of articles in AFP on the Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) srudy discusses the TAPS study and some of the findings relating to errors, harm and avoidance of errors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website