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NPS MedicineWise Podcasts
Independent, not-for-profit and evidence-based, NPS MedicineWise provides practical tools and information about medicines, health conditions and medical tests to help individuals and health professionals make better health decisions.
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116 episoodiEpisode 51: Quit smoking. What makes a difference?
Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death. Prioritising the conversations, providing support and using Quitline can make all the differe...
Episode 50: Mental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
In this episode, Dr Caroline West speaks with GP Registrar Dr Rebecca Davison, Nurse Jamie Maney and Sarah about ways to build engagement with young p...
Episode 49: All about the skin
In this episode Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP speaks with Dr Li-Chuen Wong, member of the Australasian College of Dermatologists and is the...
Podcast 48: Chronic Kidney Disease: A consumer perspective on navigating a new diagnosis
Dr Kate Annear, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise speaks with Dan and Jody who have a lived experience with chronic kidney disease. They discus...
Episode 47: TGA access to unapproved therapeutic goods
Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise talks to Dr Jess Tidemann about the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and how...
Episode 46: The safe use of opioids in acute pain
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise Medical Advisor Dr Kate Annear speaks with Prof Pamela Macintyre – a pain medicine specialist – about the safe use o...
Episode 45: COVID antivirals update
Dr Caroline West, medical adviser and GP, NPS MedicineWise talks to Professor Sarah Hilmer and Associate Professor Charlotte Hespe about the use of or...
Episode 44: Making a difference engaging with young people on their mental health
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Nicola Holmes, an experienced GP who specialises in the mental healt...
Episode 43: Hippocratic Oath and problem with modern medicine
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Professor Rachelle Buchbinder and Professor Ian Harris and discuss the...
Episode 42: Exploring digital interventions for mental health
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Michael Millard, director of the clinical research unit for anxiety...
Episode 41: Burnout and boundary setting
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Associate Professor Lisa Lampe about burn out and the high cost for hea...
Episode 40: Mental health and young people: two personal stories
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Nic Juniper and Rebecca Langman, two young people with lived experience
Episode 39: COVID treatment update: Answers to what HPs are asking
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Prof Sarah Hilmer and Prof Josh Davis, members of the National COVID-19...
New oral antiviral covid medications: What HPs need to know
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks to Dr Kate Annear, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor and Associate Professor...
Podcast Episode 37: Fostering shared decision-making in primary care
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Karen Price, RACGP President on how being involved with shared decis...
Podcast 36: Approaching difficult conversations with patients about opioid use
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West speaks with Dr Richard O’Regan, an addiction medicine consultant with the Royal Per...
Podcast 35: Changing the conversation: 5 questions for patients and health professionals
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West interviews Debra Letica and Ricky Spencer talk about how about Choosing Wisely and...
Episode 34: Important but not always front of mind – anticholinergic burden
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West talks to our other medical adviser Dr Kate Annear about the cumulative effects of a...
Episode 33: Talking to parents about the COVID vaccine
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise medical advisor Dr Caroline West interviews Professor Julie Leask to discuss the COVID 19 vaccination and it’s avail...
Episode 32: Champix / Varenicline recall
In this episode, NPS MedicineWise educational visitor and pharmacist Kara Joyce interviews NPS MedicineWise medical advisor and GP Dr Anna Samecki to...
Episode 31: Medicines safety, health literacy and the National Medicines Policy in a pandemic world
In this episode NPS MedicineWise CEO Adj A/Prof Steve Morris is joined by Professor Andrew McLachlan, Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy at the Unive...
Episode 30: New survey results shine a light on health literacy in Australia
In this episode about health literacy, NPS MedicineWise CEO Adj A/Prof Steve Morris is joined by health consumer advocate Debra Letica and CEO of the...
Episode 29: Nicotine scheduling changes – Special episode #2
In this second special edition of the NPS MedicineWise podcast about upcoming scheduling changes to nicotine vaping products, medical adviser and GP D...
Episode 28: Nicotine scheduling changes – Special episode #1
In this special edition of the NPS MedicineWise podcast about upcoming scheduling changes to nicotine vaping products, CEO Adj A/Prof Steve Morris tal...
Episode 27: Trust as a barrier and facilitator in choosing wisely
In this episode NPS MedicineWise medical adviser and GP Dr Jill Thistlethwaite interviews Dr Robyn Lindner, also from NPS MedicineWise and Executive S...
Episode 26 – Opioids special #3: Tolerance, dependence and overdose
In this special edition of the NPS MedicineWise podcast, NPS MedicineWise medical adviser and GP Dr Jill Thistlethwaite talks with Dr Hester Wilson, a...
Episode 25: How do we move towards truly consumer-centred health care?
In this episode NPS MedicineWise CEO Steve Morris interviews Leanne Wells, CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) following the recent C...
Episode 24: Non - Pharmacological Management Options For Chronic Non - Cancer Pain
In this special edition of the NPS MedicineWise podcast, Dr Jill Thistlethwaite talks with Dr Tania Gardner, senior physiotherapist with St Vincent's...
Episode 23: Update on COVID-19 vaccines – February 2021
In this episode, recorded on 17 February 2021, NPS MedicineWise CEO Adj A/Prof Steve Morris is joined by the head of the Therapeutic Goods Administrat...
Episode 22: A lived experience of dementia and changed behaviours
In this episode Dr Anna Samecki talks with Theresa Flavin, who has been living with dementia for many years. Theresa gives a powerful insight into how...
Episode 21: Quality use of medicines in an exceptional year - a 2020 wrap up
After the closing address at the National Medicines Symposium 2020, Steve Morris chats with Prof Andrew McLachlan – Head of School and Dean of Pharma...
Episode 20: Medicines for COVID-19 – where did we land?
In this episode NPS MedicineWise CEO Adj A/Prof Steve Morris catches up with Executive Director of the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce A...
Episode 19: Tapering opioids in partnership with patients with chronic non-cancer pain
In this special edition of the NPS MedicineWise podcast, Dr Jill Thistlethwaite talks with Associate Professor Michael Vagg, pain physician and Dean o...
Episode 18: Dementia and changed behaviours: a person-centred approach
In this episode Dr Anna Samecki talks with accredited pharmacist Kara Joyce, who has been overseeing the new NPS MedicineWise program on Dementia and...
Episode 17: Supporting clinicians to provide safe and quality health care
In this episode Steve Morris interviews Dr Robert Herkes, Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care an...
Episode 16: Mental Health For Health Professionals
In this episode Dr Anna Samecki talks with Melissa Black, a clinical psychologist from the Black Dog Institute. They discuss why it’s important for he...
Episode 15: Cancer testing during the pandemic
In the early phase of the pandemic, cancer testing rates fell significantly. In this episode Steve Morris speaks with Professor Dororthy Keefe, CEO of...
Episode 14: Managing diabetes during COVID-19
In this episode Steve Morris talks to Greg Johnson, CEO of Diabetes Australia, about the biggest challenges facing people with diabetes during the COV...
Episode 13: Talking about medicines in culturally and linguistically diverse communities
In this episode NPS MedicineWise medical adviser and GP Dr Anna Samecki talks with Veronica Nou, a community pharmacist working in western Sydney and...
Episode 12: An insight into the national COVID-19 response
In this episode NPS MedicineWise CEO Steve Morris is joined by Professor Michael Kidd AM, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Australian Government Departme...