Pomegranate Health

the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
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Pomegranate Health Podcast

Pomegranate Health is an award-winning podcast about the culture of medicine, from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. We ask how doctors make difficult clinical and ethical decisions, how doctor-patient communication can be improved, and how healthcare delivery can be made more equitable. This is also the home of [IMJ On-Air], a podcast to accompany the RACP's Internal Medicine Journal.  Interviews with authors are conducted by specialist section editors. Find out more at the website www.racp.edu.au/podcast and get in touch via the address podcast@racp.edu.au

  1. Ep115: One day as a nuclear medicine registrar

    9 SEPT

    Ep115: One day as a nuclear medicine registrar

    Dr Karan Singh loves his job as a registrar in nuclear medicine but he thinks there isn’t enough exposure to the specialty during medical school and basic training. In this podcast we spend a day in his department at Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney and get a taste of the many different referrals that come his way; a bone scan for a young man experiencing leg spasms after recovering from a car crash; myocardial perfusion imaging for an elderly gentleman with coronary artery disease; staging fo...

    44 min
  2. [IMJ On-Air] Understanding readmissions better

    22 AUG

    [IMJ On-Air] Understanding readmissions better

    The LACE index is a prognostic algorithm for predicting the likelihood that a newly discharged patient will come back into hospital within 30 days because of complications. Today’s IMJ paper describes a validation of the LACE index in a regional Victorian setting. Identifying patients who are at risk could allow for better targeted care at the first admission, reducing harm to patients and inefficient use of healthcare resources. The researchers also tested a novel classification t...

    31 min
  3. [Case Report] 58yo with acute myeloid leukaemia and diplopia

    9 AUG

    [Case Report] 58yo with acute myeloid leukaemia and diplopia

    This podcast follows the case of a 58 year old man who presented to the haematology department at Flinders Medical Centre with intravascular coagulation and leukocytosis. He was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and treated on standard cytarabine and daunorubicin combination therapy. Nine days after initiation, the patient developed painless diplopia and ptosis, and the story is picked up with a referral to the neurology department. GuestsAssociate Professor Stephen Bacchi (Lyell Mc...

    25 min
  4. Ep112: The resilient workplace

    31 JULY

    Ep112: The resilient workplace

    The RACP Congress in May this year was opened by a fascinating lecture on mental health in the medical workforce, which has been trimmed down for audio. Professor Neil Greenberg is an occupational psychiatrist with more than 23 years in the UK Armed Forces. His extensive research within defence and health settings has informed a very pragmatic understanding of the impact of trauma and relationships in the workplace. Professor Greenberg overturns some entrenched beliefs we have about the prese...

    43 min
  5. [CPD On Demand] Advance Your CPD Through Effective Supervision

    16 JULY

    [CPD On Demand] Advance Your CPD Through Effective Supervision

    From 2024, supervising has been recognised as a Category 2 CPD activity. This short and insightful episode focuses on recent updates to the 2024 MyCPD Framework, highlighting the recognition of supervisory activities as a critical element of Category 2 Reviewing Performance CPD. Please join Professor Martin Veysey, a renowned expert in supervision and medical education, and Associate Professor Kudzai Kanhutu, College Dean, as they delve into the practicalities and strategic benefits of i...

    16 min
  6. [Case Report] 32yo with abdominal pain two years after pancreas-kidney transplant

    3 JULY

    [Case Report] 32yo with abdominal pain two years after pancreas-kidney transplant

    This case report has been developed by Trainees, to assist their peers with preparation of long-case presentations. It is not a fully-vetted Education resource but a “passion project” from editors of the Pomegranate Health podcasts. The case is that of a 32-year-old woman presenting with constant and dull abdominal pain that had been sudden in onset. The pain is accompanied by nausea and vomiting but bowel habits were unchanged. The patient has a history of type 1 diabetes and a simulta...

    21 min
  7. Ep109: Cultivating a rural workforce

    11 JUNE

    Ep109: Cultivating a rural workforce

    Australia is a big continent and sparsely populated continent. 28 percent of Australians live in areas classified regional, rural or remote and their access to health services is much more limited. It’s estimated that between 2009 and 2011 there were 19,000 excess deaths in regional and remote areas as compared to the major cities. No doubt, socioeconomic disadvantage is factor in that mortality gap, but inequitable access to healthcare is also a major driver. In this podcast we focus sp...

    46 min
  8. [Case Report] 68yo with cardiometabolic risk factors and transient monocular vision loss

    15 MAY

    [Case Report] 68yo with cardiometabolic risk factors and transient monocular vision loss

    Pomegranate [Case Report] is a Q&A style podcast developed by trainees, for trainees. In our debut episode, we hear about w a who man presented to the emergency department reporting sudden onset vision loss in his right eye lasting several hours. He was 68 year old with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Three differential diagnoses being considered were optic neuropathy, vitreoretinal disease, or corneal oedema following from potential uveitis. In this podcast consultant ophthalmolog...

    32 min
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About

Pomegranate Health is an award-winning podcast about the culture of medicine, from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. We ask how doctors make difficult clinical and ethical decisions, how doctor-patient communication can be improved, and how healthcare delivery can be made more equitable. This is also the home of [IMJ On-Air], a podcast to accompany the RACP's Internal Medicine Journal.  Interviews with authors are conducted by specialist section editors. Find out more at the website www.racp.edu.au/podcast and get in touch via the address podcast@racp.edu.au

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  • Creator
    the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
  • Episodes
    115
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Pomegranate Health
  • Show Website
    Pomegranate Health

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