GPs in a Pod – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Dr Tanusha speaks with Dr Brynn Wainstein and Dr Mahila Namasivayam, who are paediatric allergists and immunologists at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, and board members of Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia.

Resources

ASCIA - patient and clinician focussed information and guidelines on a range of allergic and immunological disorders. 

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia - helpful resource for GPs to help support patients and families living with allergy including with navigating eating out, childcare, school, travel, part time work in fast food restaurants etc.

Nip allergies in the bub - particularly useful for food allergy prevention and eczema. 

250K - teenage and young adult focussed advice. 

In this episode, Dr Tanusha speaks with Peta Gimpel about changes to the Immunisation Schedule, and her role as a Nurse Practitioner at the Queensland Specialist Immunisation Service at Children's Health Queensland.

The Queensland Paediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Program has expanded from 1 December 2024. This expanded program provides free Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) immunisation to eligible Queensland infants, young children and pregnant women.

Resources

• Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation

• Empowering Immunisation Conversations

In this episode, Dr Tanusha Ramaloo speaks with Dr Wendy Burton, a GP from Brisbane with a special interest in maternity and health equity. In addition to her city practice, she is now providing medical services to the Goondiwindi community and encouraging other GPs to consider offering rural and remote care as well.

Dr Burton has also produced the website maternity-matters.com.au within information and resources for patients and GPs.

In this episode, Dr Tanusha speaks with Anja Nikolic, who is the CEO of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH).

Learn more about the Australasian Institute of Digital Health and how digital health can benefit GPs and their patients.

In this episode, Dr Tanusha speaks with Dr Kim Nolan, who is a leading GP in the region and Maternity GPLO at Metro South Health.

Learn more about the Preconception and prenatal genetic screening guideline, and how to keep up with clinical updates in obstetrics as busy GPs.

In this episode, Tanusha speaks with leading West Moreton Paediatrician Dr Ian Shellshear. Dr Shellshear has over 40 years of experience in paediatrics and is passionate about behaviour management for children and young people.

In 2021, the PHN hosted a five-part webinar series with Dr Shellshear. Watch here: Lunch with Dr Ian Shellshear Education Series.

In this episode, Tanusha speaks with Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia CEO Maria Said AM about food allergy and supporting food allergy prevention.

Nip Allergies in the Bub aims to provide parents and health professionals with information about how to feed babies the common allergy causing foods and how to manage eczema, based on current evidence, to support food allergy prevention.

Warning: This podcast contains themes of domestic and family violence which may be triggering for survivors or sensitive listeners.

In this episode, Tanusha speaks with Hannah from the Centre for Women & Co about the role of GPs in supporting domestic violence survivors and identifying referral pathways.

The Domestic Violence Action Centre (DVAC) provides service supports listed on the DVAC Services Page in the Darling Downs and West Moreton regions.

In this episode, Tanusha is joined by Jo and Jake to talk all things My Health Record.

My Health Record is a secure online summary of key patient health information. Healthcare providers can access the system to view and add information.

In this episode, Dr Caroline Harvey returns to talk to Tanusha about self-collection cervical screening and HPV, with an in-depth discussion on the management algorithm. 

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