Dr. Sarah Whitburn is the Medical Director of Sexual Health Victoria, Chair of the RACGP Sexual and Reproductive Health Special Interest Group, and a Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health at the University of Melbourne.  Her clinical and advocacy interests span STIs, unplanned pregnancy, genital health, menopause care, and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) training. She is passionate about supporting health professionals to deliver great sexual and reproductive healthcare and enabling equitable access to care for patients.

Connect with the RACGP Sexual and Reproductive Health Special Interest Group:  Join the community (open to all RACGP members) by emailing gpsi@racgp.org.au. The group offers peer case discussion, newsletters, and webinars covering topics including PrEP, sexual pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and more.

Resources

•          MAGIC App — National Cervical Screening Program guidelines (searchable): search "National Cervical Screening Program MAGIC App"

•          Australian STI Management Guidelines — sti.guidelines.org.au 

•          ASHM (Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine) — PrEP and DoxyPEP decision aids: ashm.org.au 

•          FSRH Medical Eligibility Criteria (UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, updated December 2025): fsrh.org 

•          RANZCOG Contraception Guidelines: ranzcog.edu.au 

•          Australasian Menopause Society — clinical resources and find-a-practitioner: menopause.org.au 

•          Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (SRHA) / AusLARC scholarship: srha.org.au 

Timestamps

00:00 — Introduction & acknowledgement of country

01:00 — Guest introduction: Dr. Sarah Whitburn

02:56 — Contraception: Pill Choice, Medical Eligibility Criteria Considerations, PBS Updates

12:18 — The menopausal transition: contraception vs. MHT, managing bleeding on MHT

23:10 — IUD pain management and post operative considerations

30:40 — Progesterone sensitivity and MHT options

33:00 — Monitoring patients on MHT

39:20 — Genitourinary syndrome of menopause and genital skincare

44:57 — Vaginal treatments vs. lubricants — clarifying the difference

45:42 — Libido: a biopsychosocial approach

49:00 — STIs: asymptomatic screening and approaching vaginal discharge

54:39 — Symptomatic STIs and trauma-informed examination

57:18 — Bacterial vaginosis and partner treatment

59:12 — STI prevention: PrEP and DoxyPEP

1:03:21 — Cervical screening: 2025 guideline updates and the MAGIC App

1:06:56 — Trauma-informed care in practice

1:10:51 — Medicare changes: LARC rebates and bulk billing incentives

1:12:58 — Why join the RACGP-SRH special interest group

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Ever found yourself staring at a workers' compensation or insurance form, pen in hand, quietly wondering what on earth you're supposed to write in half these boxes? You're in good company. Most of us learned this stuff the same way, watching someone else do it, nodding along, and then absolutely winging it the moment we were left alone with a patient and a certificate to fill in.

Yes, we know, workers' compensation and insurance sounds about as thrilling as a mandatory compliance training video. But stick with us.  Dr Rob Park sits down with Greg Spinda, specialist personal injury lawyer and, as it turns out, not nearly as terrifying as his credentials suggest, to work through real GP scenarios, tackle those form boxes that have been quietly haunting us, and explore how getting the details right from day one can make an enormous difference to your patients' outcomes. You might just walk away feeling like you finally know what you're doing.

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Emeritus Professor Richard Hays, a well known clinical and academic GP serving rural and regional Australia.  In the 1990s he became the Professor of General Practice and Rural Health at the newly established North Queensland Clinical School (NQCS) which allowed medical students to complete their training in rural and remote Queensland, setting the stage for what would later become the Rural Clinical Schools, introduced by the Federal Government in the early 2000s. Richard was appointed the Foundation Dean of the James Cook University medical school, becoming the first GP to hold such a position in an Australasian medical school. Richard has over 300 peer-reviewed papers, publications and edited works, including the notable "Handbook of Rural Medicine in Australia" and relevant to our topic today "Travels though Historic Medical Education Sites of Europe" available here.

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information contact@thegpshow.com 

Dr Lucy Loveday is a GP in the UK, medical educator/Training Programme Director, Director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow 2021 and  Founder of the Movement & The Mind event.

Associate Professor Simon Rosenbaum is an exercise physiologist and Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney. He is also an honorary fellow at the Black Dog Institute and serves as an elected national director of Exercise and Sports Science Australia.  Simon has published >180 peer-reviewed publications including a textbook and a Lancet Commission.

The Movement & The Mind event is a virtual conference recognising, exploring, and celebrating the connections between mind, body, and planet on Friday June 18 at https://www.movementandthemind.co.uk/

For those interested to learn more about the new postgraduate training in lifestyle medicine at James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry including a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters program please find more at https://thegpshow.com/lmtraining/ . It is going to be great.

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Professor Lorimer Moseley is a clinical scientist investigating pain in humans. After posts at The University of Oxford, UK, and the University of Sydney, Lorimer was appointed Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. He leads the Body in Mind Research Group, based at the University of South Australia which investigates the role of the brain and mind in chronic pain.  He has published over 310 papers, six books for clinicians and patient workbooks, and numerous book chapters/. He is a strategic adviser for PAIN, associate Editor for the Journal of Pain, the European Journal of Pain and the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

FORWARD to 15:15 to get to the interview. The first section is about the history of the treatment and understanding of pain.

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Professor Susan Davis is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow, Professor of Women's Health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Consultant Endocrinologist, President of the International Menopause Society, co-founder of the Jean Hailes Foundation and past President of the Australasian Menopause Society.  Just to name a few!

We discuss:

1. Initiating hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
2. Risks and benefits
3. Ceasing HRT
4. Testosterone for women?  Evidence, indications, pros/cons
5. Bioidentical HRT - what is it? evidence, pros, cons
6. Tailored HRT - to bloods/salvia results - evidence? pros/cons?  
7. Good resources

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Dr Alexander Lehn is a neurologist with special interests in functional neurological disorders, movement disorders and cognitive neurology.  He is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. 

Functional Neurological Disorders account for the second most common presentation to neurological clinics.  They also may overlap and integrate with many other common disorders such as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue.  Their management and understanding exemplify the crucial importance of treating a person as a whole, not just a sum of their parts.

Resources cited:

http://neurosymptoms.org/

https://fndaustralia.com.au/resources/resources/educational-videos.html

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Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and Past President of the World Medical Association.

He is the author of The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015) and Status Syndrome: how your place on the social gradient directly affects your health (Bloomsbury: 2004).  Professor Marmot holds the Harvard Lown Professorship for 2014-2017 and is the recipient of the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health 2015. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from 18 universities.

Professor Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over 40 years. He chairs the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas, set up in 2015 by the World Health Organizations' Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO).  He was Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), which was set up by the World Health Organization in 2005, and produced the report entitled: 'Closing the Gap in a Generation' in August 2008. Professor Marmot served as President of the British Medical Association (BMA) in 2010-2011, and is President of the British Lung Foundation. 

In 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen, for services to epidemiology and the understanding of health inequalities.

Today we discuss his 2015 book The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world, available at Bloomsbury - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-health-gap-9781408857991/

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Dr Petra Skeffington is a clinical psychologist at the Cygnet Clinic in Perth.  She has a PhD from Curtin University and a Masters Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School.  She is the Western Australian State Chair for the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, and Head of Psychology, Exercise Science, Chiropractic and Counselling (PESCC) at Murdoch University in Western Australia. 

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(Replay) Professor Gregory Phillips is the CEO of Abstarr consulting and Professor of First People's Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University.  Gregory is from the Waanyi and Jaru Aboriginal Australian peoples and comes from Cloncurry and Mount Isa. He is a leading change maker, thought leader and medical anthropologist.  He developed an accredited Indigenous health curriculum for all medical schools in Australia and New Zealand, founded the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network, and co-wrote a national Indigenous health workforce strategy. He established the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Ltd in the wake of the federal apology to Indigenous Australians, has advised federal ministers on Indigenous health inequality and was honoured in 2011 with an ADC Australian Leadership Forum Award. 

More info at:

http://abstarr.com/

(Replay) Dr Dean Ornish is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Founder and President of the non-for-profit Preventative Medical Research Institute, Founder of the only USA-medicare lifestyle-based program; the "Reversing Heart Disease" program, he has published extensively over 35 years in major journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and NEJM, he is listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most powerful teachers in the World, and is author of 7 books including his latest book "UnDo It", which he wrote with his wife Anne Ornish.

https://undoitbook.com/

https://www.ornish.com/

In this episode we discuss his new book, how simple lifestyle changes can reverse most chronic diseases and the 4 major components of his lifestyle based program; food, movement, stress management and connection.

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Hello my most excellent listeners!

It is a season break until late May/early June.  I shall be playing some replays in the mean time.  And then I shall be back!

Thank you for listening. 

Take care of yourself in the mean time.

Breath deep.

Sam

Associate Professor Rebecca Burgell is a gastroenterologist who leads the functional bowel disorders clinic at the Alfred Hospital and is the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Service Head, Monash University.  She has a PhD from the University of London in neuro-gastroenterology.

Associate Professor Jane Muir is Head of Translational Nutrition Science in the Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University.  She is a trained dietitian with a PhD in biochemistry and has over 20 years experience in the development of new diet therapies to treat and control diet-related GIT dysfunction, such as the low FODMAP diet. 

Today we discuss irritable bowel syndrome.

For more information check out: http://ibs4gps.com/

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Host Dr Ashlea Broomfield is joined by Dr Peta Wright, Gynaecologist, Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologist, Fertility Specialist and Founder of Vera Wellness.  Peta is the author of Healing Pelvic Pain, published in 2023, a book about transforming the trauma of period pain, endometriosis and chronic pelvic distress. She aims to empower women to ask the right questions, get the right treatment, and make lifestyle changes that bring about release from pain.

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information contact@thegpshow.com 

Dr Kassi Klein is a medical doctor with a special interest working in mental health and founder of Blokes in Mind. She is a Lifestyle Medicine Physician, which includes preventative medicine for anxiety and depression. She is also a yoga teacher, a meditation teacher, an avid surfer, musician and outdoor enthusiast.  You can find more about her here: www.blokesinmind.com.

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Professor Karen Dwyer is a nephrologist and transplant physician with an interest in perioperative medicine.  She is also Deputy Head at the School of Medicine at Deakin University, researcher and marathon runner.

Today we are discussing chronic kidney disease.

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Dr Jon Jureidini is a child psychiatrist at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide where he works with ill and disabled children and their families. He heads the University of Adelaide's: Critical and Ethical Mental Health (CEMH) research group within the Robinson Research Institute, and the Paediatric Mental Health Training Unit. 

Today we discuss his latest book co-authored with Leemon McHenry "The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine", which is available here.

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Dr Bronwyn King is an Australian oncologist and in 2010 founded and became CEO of Tobacco Free Portfolios, a not-for-profit organisation that collaborates with the world's largest financial organisations to drive global change towards tobacco-free finance.  In 2017 Bronwyn was made the Inaugural Distinguished Fellow in a joint initiative between Kings' College London and the University of Melbourne. She also became a "Diplomat of the Global Charter" of the World Federation of Public Health Associations and was made a VicHealth Champion. In 2019 she was awarded an Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to community health and named 2019 Melburnian of the Year.

More info at https://tobaccofreeportfolios.org/

Today we discuss her inspirational work that has led to 85% of investment funds in Australia being Tobacco Free by default and this flowing onto the rest of the world. 

Amazing.

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Dr Glen Davies is a GP in New Zealand, and head of the New Zealand chapter of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine https://www.lifestylemedicine.org.au/.  Those who have been listening will know I have been vocally advocating a change to the models of care in primary care, hospital care and beyond.  Today we are discussing Glen's leadership with his community and their program called "Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Taupo", how it came to be, what it includes, the benefits and lessons learnt.

Past relevant podcasts:

Low carb diets for diabetes: https://thegpshow.libsyn.com/91-low-carb-for-diabetes-part-2-diets-and-pathophysiology-of-dmt2-the-environment-and-ending-the-nutrition-wars 

Fasting as Medicine: https://thegpshow.libsyn.com/115-fasting-as-medicine-with-professor-valter-longo 

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Professor David Muller is an interventional cardiologist at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney with a special interest in structural heart disease, complex coronary stenting, peripheral vascular intervention, valvular heart disease and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and he performs research at the University of New South Wales.

Today we are discussing aortic stenosis, and I do a ~15 minute introduction on the history of surgery - because it is quite amazing how far we have come!

Disclaimer: Professor Muller received no payment for the podcast (nor did I!) however does receive honoraria as a Medical Advisory Board member/consultant to most of the TAVI companies including Medtronic, Abbott and Edwards. Also research funding from the same companies.

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Dr Cathy Kezelman AM is a medical practitioner, GP, mental health consumer advocate and President of the Blue Knot Foundation National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma. She is also the past director of the Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC). In 2015 she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her work in this important area.  She is an author of many publications in research but also the author of a memoir chronicling her journey of recovery from child sexual abuse: Innocence Revisited.

The Blue Knot Foundation provides an excellent resource for health professional training in this area, as well as resources and guidelines for practice. www.blueknot.org.au/

Today we are discussing complex and childhood trauma.

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Dr Petra Skeffington is a clinical psychologist at the Cygnet Clinic in Perth.  She has a PhD from Curtin University and a Masters Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School.  She is the Western Australian State Chair for the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, and Head of Psychology, Exercise Science, Chiropractic and Counselling (PESCC) at Murdoch University in Western Australia. 

Today we are discussing the neurobiology of trauma, specifically from a clinical perspective. 

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Today is a bit different, I am being interviewed by Dr Dana Phang on the Junior Doctor's Corner, which is a great podcast worth checking out at https://www.juniordoctorscorner.com/

Some links from the introduction and please contact me if you are interested at contact@thegpshow.com or www.thegpshow.com 

- Clinical Research Fellow position at the University of the Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute https://www.usc.edu.au/sunshine-coast-mind-neuroscience-thompson-institute 

- Fiji National University Family Medicine postgraduate training position (live in Fiji and train GPs!) https://fnu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home?c=fnu&lang=en-US/eoi/

- The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine virtual conference on December 4-6. https://www.lifestylemedicine.org.au/conference/

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Dr Sophie Genoni is a GP who has a special interest in women's and children's health, as well as preventative medicine. She has completed a Certificate of Women's Health and Certificate of Sexual and Reproductive Health and is an accredited prescriber of medical termination of pregnancy (MTOP). Aside from her clinical work, she has been involved in teaching medical students and was previously on the RACGP WA Faculty Board.

Today we discuss emergency contraception and medical termination of pregnancy.  

I introduce the podcast for 10 minutes on the history and impact of contraception - fascinating stuff!

Please note this podcast discusses sensitive topics.

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Dr Brendan Hanrahan is a General Physician with over two decades of experience in evidence-based medicine. Dr Hanrahan maintains an active general medicine clinic and inpatient practice, specialising in managing complex medical issues and diagnostic challenges. His primary focus and specialized training is in bariatric medicine, with extensive expertise in obesity management, prevention, and associated complications. He also has significant experience investigating and treating unexplained fatigue and dysautonomic conditions including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). He has written a practical book on such called "Tired all the time – treating dysautonomia" available here.

Are you a General Practitioner (GP) seeking a special interest that combines challenging medicine with the satisfaction of improving patients' quality of life?  Due to overwhelming demand, Dr Hanrahan is seeking a motivated GP to join his Auchenflower practice to develop expertise in managing Dysautonomia, particularly POTS and related conditions. More information here.

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information contact@thegpshow.com 

Dr Valter Longo is the Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences and Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California –Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, one of the leading centres for research on ageing and age-related disease. Dr Longo is also the Director of the Longevity and Cancer Program at the IFOM Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, Italy.  The Longo laboratory published key findings on a 5-day periodic dietary intervention called Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), and showed in randomized clinical trials that FMD reduces the risk factors and markers associated with ageing and diseases. Dr Longo's most recent studies focus on the use of FMD interventions to activate stem cell-based regeneration to promote longevity. This program can be purchased on prolonfmd.com and all profits go to charities or research.  Dr Longo has received numerous awards for his work and  In 2018 he was named by "Time Magazine" one of the 50 most influential people in health care for his research on fasting-mimicking diets as a way to improve health and prevent disease. books include the best seller "The Longevity Diet".

Conflict of interest: Professor Longo donates all of the profits from his shares in the L-Nutra company to the Creates Cures Foundation, which is dedicated to helping find low-cost lifestyle therapies for the prevention and treatment of major diseases.

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Shannon Harvey is an Australian journalist and producer in television, radio and online.  She has a Master's degree in Communications and has worked for the ABC and Fairfax before starting her own production company, Elemental Media.  She is a filmmaker (The Connection, My Year of Living Mindfully), author ( My Year of Living Mindfully, The Whole Health Life) and hosts a podcast called the Shannon Harvey podcast where she interviews experts around the world on the impact of the mind and mindfulness in health.

https://www.shannonharvey.com/

Today we are discussing a number of things, her experience as a patient diagnosed with significant autoimmune disease, her journey into filmmaking in the areas of mindfulness, the connection between mind and body, and general reflections of healthcare and our direction.

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Dr Jon Jureidini is a child psychiatrist at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide where he works with ill and disabled children and their families. He heads the University of Adelaide's: Critical and Ethical Mental Health (CEMH) research group within the Robinson Research Institute, and the Paediatric Mental Health Training Unit.  His latest book "The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine" is available here.

Today we are discussing how to improve our communication with adolescents in a range of situations.  

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Professor Felice Jacka is Director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University. She is also founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR) and immediate past president of the Australian Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders. Professor Jacka's current research focuses closely on the links between diet, gut health, and mental and brain health.  Professor Jacka has published >160 peer-reviewed scientific papers, the majority in high-impact journals in the mental health field including the American Journal of Psychiatry and Lancet Psychiatry. She is listed in the top ten most highly-cited researchers in mood disorders in Australia (Scopus).  She has also written a book for the public called 'Brain Changer' through Pan Macmillan press in Australia (available internationally through Amazon).

And today we are discussing her latest book for children: There's a Zoo in my Poo.  See our first episode #16 "Food and Mood" for more info not covered in this episode = https://thegpshow.com/podcastvault/

What. A. Legend.

As per my intro today = Felice is giving away a free signed copy of her new book for my listeners, so please contact me via thegpshow.com.  Also, I have free tickets to giveaway for the upcoming September GPCE conference in Brisbane valued at $998, which I am speaking at.  So if you would like some free tickets please contact me via thegpshow.com

If you want to try out the new "Quick Intervention for Change" (QIC) health coaching assessment tool, we are looking for 10 GPs to trial this with just a few patients and give us feedback via a survey. 

Finally, if you want the opportunity to be a local health leader in your community and provide evidence-based modern lifestyle medicine content, we are rolling out the LIFT program to local councils and "NEED YOU!". High-quality online LM program, provided free to the public via local councils, with thousands already participating. Check out LIFT here https://www.theliftproject.global/ and contact me if you are interested via thegpshow.com

If you are keen to do some lifestyle medicine training and become a member, please check out www.lifestylemedicine.org.au

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Dr Kate Gregorevic is a geriatrician and internal medicine physician. She has also completed a PhD looking at the impact of positive psychosocial factors in the development of frailty in older adults.  Lifestyle medicine is a core feature of Kate's clinical practice, and nutrition, exercise and sleep are integral to developing plans to optimise her patients' health. Her approach goes beyond physical, by working with people to identify their own priorities and values. She has been published in academic journals and has regular articles in the print and radio media.  Kate is also the director of Project Three Six Twelve, https://www.projectthreesixtwelve.com/ an online wellbeing and exercise program giving women over 40 the tools they need to improve strength and vitality. Kate lives in Melbourne with her husband and three children. She is a National Board Member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine www.lifestylemedicine.org.au 

Today we discuss her first and new book "Staying Alive" on healthy ageing, which can be found at pretty much every bookstore!

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Dr Ewen Mcphee has been a rural family doctor and GP obstetrician in Emerald, Central Queensland since 1989.  Ewen is President of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), past President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and a Senior Fellow for JCU GP Training.

Today we discuss general practice and rural general practice, the pros, the cons, getting doctors into the country, and the future of GP.

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Professor Morgan is a Gumilaroi man from Walgett western NSW. He is a highly respected and acknowledged Aboriginal educator/researcher who has worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally in the field of Aboriginal knowledge and learning for over forty years. Professor Morgan is currently Chair of the Board of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Education and Research (BATSIER) and also serves, as Conjoint Professor with the Wollotuka Institute with the University of Newcastle (UON).  He is the inaugural Chair of the Council of the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), and a national board member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Today we have a general yarn around cultural healing and transformation, so all people can be respected, empowered and collectively contribute to a better world.

For further conversations on this topic, please listen to episode #89 with Professor Gregory Phillips on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander knowledge for the modern world @ https://thegpshow.com/podcastvault/

Further reading:

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Lets-Talk...mythbusting-PDF.pdf

http://www.shareourpride.org.au/sections/beyond-the-myths/index.html

https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2016/12/07/heres-truth-about-free-ride-some-australians-think-indigenous-peoples-get

https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/questions-and-answers-about-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-peoples

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Professor Lorimer Moseley is a clinical scientist investigating pain in humans. After posts at The University of Oxford, UK, and the University of Sydney, Lorimer was appointed Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. He leads the Body in Mind Research Group, based at the University of South Australia which investigates the role of the brain and mind in chronic pain.  He has published over 310 papers, six books for clinicians and patient workbooks, and numerous book chapters/. He is a strategic adviser for PAIN, associate Editor for the Journal of Pain, the European Journal of Pain and the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

FORWARD to 20:30 minutes if you want to avoid my introduction about the history of the treatment and understanding of pain.

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Dr Anne Swain PhD, APD, AN, is the head dietitian at the Allergy Unit, Department of Immunology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales.  Today we are discussing food intolerances.

• What are food intolerances?
• What symptoms do they cause and how? 
• How are they caused/triggered? Where do they come from?
• How are they diagnosed? 
• How are they managed? Can we become "tolerant" again?
• Resources

Elimination Diet Handbook from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital: https://www.slhd.nsw.gov.au/rpa/allergy/resources/foodintol/handbook.html

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Professor David Brieger is an interventional cardiologist and head of the coronary care and coronary interventions at Concord Hospital and Professor of Cardiology, University of Sydney. His particular clinical interests include coronary disease and atrial fibrillation.  He is the lead author of the 2018 National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Australian Clinical Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation 2018.

https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/conditions/atrial-fibrillation-for-professionals

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Host Dr Rob Park sits down with Dr Chris Soo — a GP with a special interest in ADHD to explore a topic that is both highly important and topical right now, with Queensland moving to allow GPs to diagnose and prescribe ADHD medications for adults from Dec 1 2025, and other states expected to follow. 

This is a light-hearted but deeply practical conversation that cuts through the noise: how ADHD really presents in day-to-day general practice, what to watch out for, how to start treatment safely, and why this emerging model of care is about to become core business for Australian GPs. If you want to stay ahead of the changes and feel confident supporting this rapidly growing patient group, this is an easy, engaging and very relevant listen.

• Australian ADHD Clinical Practice Guideline (AADPA)
  Australia's comprehensive, evidence-based guideline covering assessment, diagnosis, and management across the lifespan.
  https://adhdguideline.aadpa.com.au/
• CADDRA – Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines
  Includes excellent "red flag" lists for probable ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults.
  https://www.caddra.ca/practice-guidelines/
• NICE ADHD Guideline (UK)
  Clear diagnostic and treatment recommendations, helpful for cross-checking international standards.
  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87

• ADPA Clinician Prescribing Guide (Australia)
  A practical prescribing manual for clinicians (paid). A lower-cost GP "continuing prescriber guide" is being released soon.
  https://aadpa.com.au/

• RACGP Specific Interests: ADHD, ASD & Neurodiversity
  RACGP's special interest group providing education, discussion forums, and peer support.
  https://www.racgp.org.au/the-racgp/faculties/specific-interests/groups/adhd-asd-and-neurodiversity
• ADHD & Neurodevelopmental GPs – Australia & New Zealand (Facebook Group)
  A clinician-only "safe space" Chris recommends for practical questions and peer support.
  (Private group — search the exact name on Facebook to request access.)

• The ADHD Doctor (Dr Chris Soo)
  Chris's website for clinical information, referral, and updates.
  https://www.theadhddoctor.com.au/

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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information contact@thegpshow.com 

Dr Rupy is a medical doctor specialised in General Practice, does a bit of Emergency Medicine and is a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle change as medicine.  He set up the https://thedoctorskitchen.com/ out of a passion to inspire everybody about the beauty of food and the medicinal effects of eating well. He creates delicious recipes and brings attention to the clinical research behind the ingredients.  He is the author of two books, regular presenter on TV and radio, and is creating the UK's first 'Culinary Medicine' course, accredited by the Royal College of General Practice.

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Dr Louise Tulloh is a Sports and Exercise Physician and President of the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) https://www.acsep.org.au/.

Today we discuss this field of medicine and training, and also some myths and facts around common problems; anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries and lower back pain.

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Dr Alexander Lehn is a neurologist with special interests in functional neurological disorders, movement disorders and cognitive neurology.  He is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. 

Functional Neurological Disorders account for the second most common presentation to neurological clinics.  They also may overlap and integrate with many other common disorders such as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue.  Their management and understanding exemplify the crucial importance of treating a person as a whole, not just a sum of their parts.

Resources cited:

http://neurosymptoms.org/

https://fndaustralia.com.au/resources/resources/educational-videos.html

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Dr Sandro Demaio is a medical doctor, CEO of VicHealth and globally-renowned public health expert.  He is a Medical Officer for the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development at the World Health Organization. He is also the author of the Doctor's Diet and co-hosts the ABC television show Ask the Doctor.  In his pro bono work, Dr Demaio co-founded NCDFREE, a global social movement against chronic disease which reached more than 2.5 million people in its first 18 months.

Natalie Molino is the Executive Director of the Sandro Demaio Foundation with a Masters of Public Health and Bachelor of Biomedicine from the University of Melbourne.  She started in this area by working for Norway's leading health and climate start-up, EAT. During this time, she worked with leading UN organisations, independent policy institutions and the Governments of Norway and Sweden to realign food system priorities for people and planet.  The Sandro Demaio Foundation was established in early 2018. Together with their team, they are using their expertise and experience in public and global health to change the way we think about food and chronic disease.

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Today I talk about a crucially important topic: taking care of yourselves.  This is perhaps more important now than ever before.  As health professionals we are almost conditioned to put other peoples health before our own, and whilst we must continue to care for others to the best of our abilities, we must also care for ourselves.  For without us in this current scenario, no one will be well.

Resources for all areas of lifestyle from food, movement, sleep, stress management, mental health, wellbeing are available on my website http://thegpshow.com/.

I hope this is of use to you.

Today is just me covering an overview of COVID19.  I certainly did not expect episode 100 to be about a new viral pandemic!  But there you have it.  Part 2 will be about self-care in these challenging times.

Today I am covering:

- COVID19 overview: Case fatality rate, symptoms, risk factors, spread, potential treatments

- Public health control: Testing options, Isolation impact

- Private Practice changes

- Community presence and support as health professionals

- Resources are available at http://thegpshow.com/

Stay well friends.

Dr Eli Dabscheck is a respiratory and sleep physician, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.  He holds an adjunct position at Monash University and is the Deputy Chair of the current Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Guidelines Committee.

Today we are discussing the latest COPD-X guidelines, with a focus on the "COP"; confirming the diagnosis, optimising function and preventing deterioration.  

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Dr Petra Skeffington is a clinical psychologist at the Cygnet Clinic in Perth.  She has a PhD from Curtin University and a Masters Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School.  She is the Western Australian State Chair for the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, and Head of Psychology, Exercise Science, Chiropractic and Counselling (PESCC) at Murdoch University in Western Australia. 

Today we are discussing trauma and PTSD.  Please note this episode includes content of trauma and may be triggering for some people.

Dr Petra is speaking at the upcoming APS Clinical Psychologists Conference "Complexity in Practice" in Brisbane May 15-17. 

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Joel Salatin has been called "America's best farmer" by Time magazine.  He is a self-described Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer (his words, not mine!).  He runs Polyface Farms and has helped develop the movement of regenerative agriculture, written 12 books, done multiple TED and TEDMED talks, featured in Michael Pollan's bestselling book The Omnivores Dilemma and multiple award-winning documentaries like Food Inc, and he is the Editor of The Stockman Grass Farmer.

Today we talk about the symbiotic connection between the land, soil, animals and our health. 

More info at www.polyfacefarms.com

Joel Salatin's TED talk (one of them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z75A_JMBx4

A different regenerative agriculture method called agroforestry by Ernst Gotsch that is not dependent on animals (this is a beautiful short film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPNRu4ZPvE&vl=en

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Dr Frank Meumann is a GP with 40 years' experience and a senior medical educator with General Practice Training Tasmania. He received the 2010 GPET Medical Educator of the Year award for excellence in GP registrar training, and he is the past president of the Balint Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Today we cover an important but often overlooked topic - health professionals reconnecting and supporting each to manage the often difficult natures of our/their jobs, improving doctor-patient relationships and enhancing self-reflection and communication skills.  this seems particularly relevant to the current bushfire and drought crisis in Australia.  One well-established format is Balint Groups, and more can be found here; https://www.balintaustralianewzealand.org/

Book mentioned in the podcast = "Skills for Communicating with Patients, 3rd Edition", Jonathan Silverman, Suzanne Kurtz, Juliet Draper

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Replay from July 2023, host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Professor Mark Bellgrove, the Director of Research at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University.  Professor Bellgrove leads a multidisciplinary team studying the biological basis of attention and cognitive control.   In 2016 Professor Bellgrove founded the Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA), an interdisciplinary group devoted to advancing evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in Australia.  In 2023 he led the development of the Australian evidence-based clinical practice guideline for ADHD.  

Interview starts at ~6:15.  

Resources:

• ADHD guideline and factsheets- https://adhdguideline.aadpa.com.au/
• ADHD consumer companion - https://adhdguideline.aadpa.com.au/consumer-companion/
• ADHD Australia https://www.adhdaustralia.org.au/
• Tools = page 79, free ones include the Swanson, Nolan and Pelham (SNAP) scale for children, and for adults the WHO Adult ADHD Self Report Scale is free
• VIA Character Strengths Survey & Character Reports - https://www.viacharacter.org/ 
• ADHD coaches = https://adhdcoachesaustralasia.online/
• Tuning into kids:= https://tuningintokids.org.au/courses/tuning-in-to-kids-online/
• Triple P – Positive Parenting Program https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au/triple-p/

Relevant past episodes:

1. Dr Arne Rubenstein Rites of Passage podcast and programs https://ritesofpassageinstitute.org/
2. Dr Jon Jureidini communicating with adolescents and using a genogram podcast
3. Dr Angela Loucks Alexander Auditory Processing Disorder podcast
4. Dr Cathy Franklin and Professor Tony Attwood Autism Spectrum Disorder podcast and another

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Study and learn lifestyle medicine:  Interested in whole of person clinical practice, research and careers that addresses the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master in lifestyle medicine.

Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission

The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  

Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information contact@thegpshow.com 

Dr Guy Leschziner is a consultant neurologist at London Bridge Hospital, the Cromwell Hospital and within the Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He is the clinical lead for the Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's Hospital, one of Europe's largest sleep units. He has presented a three-part series on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service on the brain and sleep - "Mysteries of Sleep" and filmed "The Secrets of Sleep" for Channel 4 Television. 

Today we discuss his most excellent recent book "The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep".

Website - http://www.guyleschziner.com

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Professor Amanda Barnard is a GP, member of the National Asthma Council Board and Chair of the Australian Asthma Handbook guideline committee, Australia's national guidelines for asthma management.  She is interim head of the School of Rural Medicine, a Charles Sturt University and Western Sydney University joint program in medicine.  She has written and researched widely and is currently a member of the General Practice Advisory Group for the Lung Foundation Australia. An awarded teacher and educator, Amanda currently serves on a number of state and national bodies with education, training, rural workforce and health system briefs.

Australian Asthma Handbook = www.asthmahandbook.org.au

"How-to use" inhalers educational videos = https://www.nationalasthma.org.au/living-with-asthma/how-to-videos

Contents:

1. Review and management of wheezing and asthma in children from 0-12 years
2. Definitions of good vs poor control
3. How often to review
4. Reducing medications
5. General principles of asthma management
6. Referring and resources

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Dr Greg Rowles is a General Practitioner from Riddells Creek in rural Victoria, and a member of an Expert Group which developed and reviewed Version 16 of the Antibiotic Guidelines.

Today we discuss:

• Antibiotic stewardship and practical GP considerations in antibiotic prescribing including shared decision making, penicillin hypersensitivity, paediatric recommendations etc
• Ear nose throat: Acute otitis media and tonsillitis update
• Respiratory: Community-acquired pneumonia update
• Genitourinary: UTI and STI update
• GIT: Diverticulitis and parasite update
• Dermatology: Cellulitis, bite wounds, diabetic foot infection

And tangential questions in-between!

Conflict of interest: Dr Rowles is obviously associated with the Therapeutic Guidelines.  However, there are no conflicts of interest for myself/The GP Show podcast.   I did NOT receive any financial payment for this episode.  

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