Join our usual co-hosts Dr Ashlea Broomfield, A/Prof Charlotte Hespe and Dr Rebekah Hoffman. Today Ash will be discussing how she found her niche in general practice and is following her passion in a slightly different direction.Door Just a GP

Dr Emily Amos joins hosts Dr Ashlea Broomfield, A/Prof Charlotte Hespe and Dr Rebekah Hoffman. Emily is a GP, meditation and yoga teacher and joins this episode to discuss her journey on setting up her own business. Resources: Dr Emily Amos Mindfulness and Self Care - https://www.dremilyamos.com/Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/en-auThe hea…

Dr Mary Beth Macisaac joins Ashlea and Charlotte in this episode to discuss her work with the Royal Flying Doctors Service as well as her recent research that was funded by the Avant Foundation around quality and quality improvement in general Resources: HealthPathways - https://sydney.communityhealthpathways.org/LoginFiles/Logon.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f…

Dr Ai-Vee Chua joins Rebekah and Charlotte in this episode to discuss leadership during COVID in the rural and remote areas of Australia. Resources: Handbook of Non-Drug Interventions (HANDI) guidelines https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/clinical-guidelines/handiGPSA educational resources to assist supervisors in their rolehttps://gpsuperv…

Dr Johanna Lynch joins this episode to discuss with Ash and Charlotte her research and book titled ‘A Whole Person Approach to Wellbeing: Building Sense of Safety’.Resources: ‘A Whole Person Approach to Wellbeing Building Sense of Safety book https://www.drjohannalynch.com/Sense of safety during covid by Dr Johanna Lynch - https://www.racgp.org.au/…

Dr Pamela Douglas, GP, researcher and founder of Possums joins hosts Ash and Charlotte to talk about values based actions from a medical and personal perspective and how that plays out in work and life.ResourcesPossums: possumsonline.com/Pre-emptive Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Theoretical Foundations and Clinical Translation: https:/…

A/Prof Charlotte Hespe sits in the interviewee chair in this episode to discuss her PhD in how quality improvement processes can be implemented in the real world of general practice with usual host Dr Rebekah Hoffman and special co-host Dr Jess Tidemann. Resources: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) score https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8jTTIsJ7…

Dr Kean Seng Lim joins Just a GP hosts Charlotte, Ash and Bek to discuss value versus volume and the asymmetry of benefit. Resource: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition (PEN) Nutrition: https://www.pennutrition.com/index.aspxNSW Health value based healthcare: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/value/pages/default.aspxMoving medicine: https://australia.…

Just a GP hosts Bek and Charlotte are joined by Dr Martina Gleeson who joins this episode to discuss her leadership in transgender health.Resources:ASCIA Guidelines - Acute management of anaphylaxis https://www.allergy.org.au/hp/papers/acute-management-of-anaphylaxis-guidelinesTransHub https://www.transhub.org.au/…

Dr Louise Delaney joins Just a GP hosts, Charlotte, Ashlea and Bek to discuss HealthPathways; how she got there, her leadership in HealthPathways and what it has meant to make these decisions.Door Just a GP

Just a GP hosts Ash and Charlotte are joined by Dr Michael Clements, the RACGP Rural Faculty Chair who joins this episode to discuss what he is doing in that space and his vision for the faculty. Resources Practice to Practice: https://www.racgp.org.au/the-racgp/faculties/rural/practice-to-practiceHOPE IT Platform: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/sta…

Join the conversation as Dr Annabel Kain shares the plans for her practice with Charlotte. Annabel is an owner of an inner city Sydney practice that has around 6,000 active patients, 5 full time equivalent doctors, 1 full time equivalent practice nurse, 2 full time equivalent receptionists and a practice manager.…

Kean-Seng Lim joins Charlotte to discuss the ideas for how COVID vaccination clinics will run in his practice. Kean-Seng works in a general practice in Mount Druitt with around 3,500 active patients and 4 full time equivalent doctors.Door Just a GP

In this next episode of COVID vaccination clinics Dr Colin Pearce joins Charlotte to discuss the plans for his practice. Colin works in a rather large general practice in Newcastle which is owned by IPN. They own 3 practices which cover a mixed demographic; these practices are in Charlestown, Redhead and Windale. Over the 3 sites there are around 2…

One of our usual Just a GP hosts, Dr Bek Hoffman joins this episode to discuss with Charlotte her PhD research on how we juggle the role of being a GP along with other priorities that we all have.Resources:Junior doctors, burnout and wellbeing: Understanding the experience of burnout in general practice registrars and hospital equivalentshttps://ww…

In this episode of Just a GP Ash, Bek and Charlotte are joined by 2020 GP of the year, Dr Duncan Mackinnon. Duncan joins this episode to discuss his leadership in 2020 which led him to be awarded GP of the year award.Door Just a GP

In the third instalment of COVID vaccination clinics Just a GP co-host and Practice Owner Dr Rebekah Hoffman shares the current plans for her practice.Bek is a practice owner of a general practice in the Sutherland Shire with 10,000 active patients, 12 GPs, 3 nurses, 3 reception staff and allied health staff on site.…

Dr Andrew Bonney joins A/Prof Charlotte Hespe to share the planning thoughts of his practice for the COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Andrew is 1 of 3 practice owners of a general practice in a town of around 3,000 people on the South Coast of NSW. The practice has 2 registrars, 2 practice nurses and 3 reception staff.…

Just a GP is running a short, brief series with GPs willing to share their planning thoughts around COVID-19 vaccine clinics. In this first episode we are joined by Dr Michelle Redford. Michelle works in a suburban general practice in Newcastle with approximately 12,000 active patients, 16 doctors and around 3.5 practice nurses.…

In this episode of Just a GP Ash, Bek and Charlotte are joined by Dr Pamela Douglas, who is not just a GP, but also the founder of Possums and a researcher. Pam joins this episode to talk about finding a passion in medicine, research and development and what it means to create a paradigm shift within the medical field and bringing our own mental he…

Dr Todd Cameron joins Ash, Bek and Charlotte to talk about starting or buying into your own general practice. In this episode we discuss the layers of business ownership and how you can enhance financial health through patient avatars.Door Just a GP

Professor Danielle Mazza joins Bek and Charlotte to discuss her leadership in improving women’s sexual health and her research in health services and how we can deliver better care for women in the areas of preconception care, contraception and abortion.ResourcesMS2Step: https://www.ms2step.com.au/SPHERE CRE: https://www.spherecre.org/Black dog Ins…

The GP Living Library has been created to broaden the range of GPs who are asked to represent our healthcare community, enabling deeper understandings and greater diversity in health events Australia-wide. Dr Louise Stone joins this episode to discuss the GP Living Library: why it was created, what it can be used for and how you can access and/or b…

Ash and Charlotte do a deep dive with Chris around burnout on resilience vs the system, exploring niche creative interests and does money really matter?Resources:Link to Australian store version of King Tides Cursehttps://www.amazon.com.au/Tides-Curse-Knights-Noble-Metal-ebook/dp/B089STF8Q1 ACT Mindfully https://www.actmindfully.com.au/…

Dr Marisa Magiros joins Charlotte and Bek to discuss leading and mentoring as a GP educator.Resources:Creative Careers in Medicine https://creativecareersinmedicine.com/https://www.facebook.com/CreativeCareersInMed/8 Ways to Build Collaborative Teams (article)https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18159790/Brene Brown – Dare to Lead (book)Brene Brown – Da…

Dr Kean Seng Lim joins Charlotte, Ash and Bek to discuss how we can use IT to improve patient care. Drinks meterhttps://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/getting-help/Pages/drinks-meter-app.aspxQuit smoking app https://apps.apple.com/au/app/my-quitbuddy/id527485761COVID-19 Critical intelligence unit https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/critical-inte…

Dr Karen Price joins Charlotte, Bek and Ashlea to discuss the way you can be a leader amongst social media platforms. ‘Professionalism and the quality framework’ by Joanna Flynn https://www.racgp.org.au/afpbackissues/2007/200701/20070129flynn.pdfRACGP website – coronavirus (COVID-19) information for GPshttps://www.racgp.org.au/coronavirusPublic Hea…

Charlotte and Bek talk with Dr Pallavi Prathavadi, academic general practitioner and RACGP Fellow who is currently undertaking her PhD at the Department of General Practice, Monash University. Throughout this episode Pallavi shares her stories of her career thus far and reveals her passion for research and why juggling a career in both academic and…

Isabel Hanson joins Charlotte, Bek and Ashlea to discuss how to lead through joy through social connections and talks about her personal endeavours doing that through signing. Ten Percent Happier Meditation https://www.tenpercent.com/The Kindness Pandemic https://www.thekindnesspandemic.org/https://www.facebook.com/groups/515507852491119/Youngster.…

Since policy changes to social distancing were implemented the number of daily cases has been dropping. General practice has evolved and undergone significant changes to the delivery of care for patients during this time. This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte discuss what the flattening of the curve means for General Practice. This episode was recorded …

When dealing with the media, it isn’t always as smooth as it sounds and there can be relatively large unintended consequences. RACGP President Dr Harry Nespolon joins Ash and Charlotte on this episode to discuss strategies and provide his top tips when dealing with the media in times of crisis.Door Just a GP

This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte discuss how the RACGP is helping doctors in training during the COVID pandemic.This episode was recorded on Friday 27 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.…

This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte discuss how to bring mindful moments into a day. When life is so busy how do you find time to put time aside for yourself or create space where there isn’t any? Ash, Bek and Charlotte provide mindful strategies to implement in times like these. This episode was recorded on Friday 27 March 2020. As information on COV…

This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte provide an update for NSW&ACT and discuss what RACGP NSW&ACT is currently doing.This episode was recorded on Friday 27 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.…

On this episode Kean-Seng Lim joins Ash, Bek and Charlotte to discuss where telehealth fits in the broader scheme of general practice and what the utility of it is. This episode sheds light on why telehealth can't be a complete substitute for care long term but why it is considered an essential part of holistic care.This episode was recorded on Wed…

On this episode Dr Amandeep Hansra joins Bek and Charlotte to discuss how to effectively convert your systems and your practice over to telehealth.This episode was recorded on Tuesday 24 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.Please …

In this special COVID-19 episode, Just a GP discuss with Dr Wally Jamal how GP's can use telehealth to adapt to the covid pandemic.This episode was recorded on Tuesday 17 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.…

On this episode Dr Harry Nespolon joins Ash, Bek and Charlotte to discuss how to lead the way during the pandemic.This episode was recorded on Tuesday 17 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.…

This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte discuss how to talk to children about COVID-19 and school closures. This episode was recorded on Tuesday 17 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.Resources: https://d2p3kdr0nr4o3z.cloudfront.net/cont…

This week Ash, Bek and Charlotte remind us to practice self-care during this anxious time.Door Just a GP

This week Ash and Bek discuss with Charlotte how to prepare for flu vaccinations during the coronavirus pandemic.This episode was recorded on Tuesday 17 March 2020. As information on COVID-19 changes daily, please note that some of the advice in this podcast may no longer be current by the time of listening.…

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Charlotte, Bek and Ash meet with Emily at GP19 to discuss what could one day be the FRACGP assessments of the futureResources:Breastfeeding educationhttps://education.possumsonline.com/Voluntary Assisted Dying information:https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/hospitals-and-health-services/patient-care/end-of-life-care/voluntary-assisted-dying/medical-prac…

This episode - Bek & Ashlea discuss with Dr Rita McMorrow- What it's like to be an Academic GP Registrar- Challenges for GPs in research- Opportunities for GPs in research- The current landscape of research in GP Resources:Prevent Allergieshttps://preventallergies.org.au/FPNSW Factsheets:https://www.fpnsw.org.au/factsheetsInbox Zen:https://www.amaz…

Charlotte Bek and Ash quiz 'That Lady Doctor' on her writing inspiration and implications of her 'hard impact' articles.Book recommendations:"Utopia for Realists" Rutger Bregmanhttps://www.amazon.com.au/Utopia-Realists-How-Can-There/dp/1408893215/ref=asc_df_1408893215/?tag=googleshopdsk-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=341773624021&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=…