Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series
Perioperative Medicine Short Course is conducted by Monash University (Central Clinical School - Alfred Hospital), in conjunction with the Alfred Hospital and Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. As part of our drive to improve and promote perioperative medicine education we are launching our PeriopMed podcast series.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Measuring Surgical Outcomes
It is important to audit surgical outcomes if we are going to provide high quality health care. Professor Paul Myles discusses a novel outcome measure, days at home 30 days after surgery, and why a r…
00:16:31 |
Fri 10 May 2019
Pregabalin in perspective
Pregabalin is an analgesic agent which has attracted some adverse publicity recently. Prof David Scott discusses the appropriate use of this non-opioid analgesic agent.
00:10:07 |
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Measurement of Exercise Tolerance for Surgery study and patient centred outcomes
Dr Mark Shulman is a member of the METS study investigation team whose work was published in the Lancet in 2018. Additionally he is the primary author of a recently published substudy addressing pr…
00:29:56 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Postoperative Oxygen and Surgical Site Infection
In 2016, the WHO made a strong recommendation that certain patients should have 80% oxygen administered in the immediate postoperative period for 2-6 hours to decrease the risk of surgical site infec…
00:17:01 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
Leading Cultural Change
Air Vice-Marshal Tracy Smart is the Commander of Joint Health Command and the Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Force. She is the highest ranking uniformed medical officer in the Australian D…
00:21:36 |
Wed 17 Oct 2018
Acute Severe Burns
Burns can be a confronting and challenging clinical problem which present significant issues for the perioperative practitioner. In this episode, Dr Simon Hendel speaks with Dr Heather Cleland, consu…
00:22:39 |
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Doctors Wellbeing
Interview with Dr Kym Jenkins, president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Discussion about the mental health of the medical professional. Recent medial coverage, wha…
00:19:54 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Massive Transfusions
Massive transfusions are not confined to major teaching hospitals or to trauma centres – they can occur in many other settings. In this podcast, Dr Simon Hendel discusses the use of massive transfusi…
00:21:03 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Perioperative Fasting
Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is a rare but serious complication of anaesthesia. Fasting prior to surgery to minimise the risk of aspiration has been an accepted necessity of preoperative …
00:15:31 |
Mon 28 May 2018
The RELIEF trial with Prof Paul Myles
Dr Jonathan Nicholson interviews principal investigator Professor Paul Myles on the results of the RELIEF trial - a large randomised controlled trial looking at liberal vs. restrictive fluid therapy …
00:25:48 |
Thu 10 May 2018
Perioperative Changes In Cognitive Function
In an ageing population, the percentage of patients undergoing surgery aged over 65 years is increasing. Dr Margot Lodge, Geriatrician, discusses the importance of understanding the changes in cognit…
00:17:35 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Cognitive Aids – The Emergency Manual
Dr Brendan Flanagan is a specialist anaesthetist with a special interest in crisis management and human factors. Brendan played a pioneering role in the introduction of healthcare simulation in Austr…
00:17:46 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
The Opioid Epidemic - a Perioperative Perspective
Dr Kerry McLaughlin is a pain specialist at The Alfred Hospital and has been closely following the global opioid epidemic. She discusses the local situation and whether the prescribing of opioids by…
00:13:03 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
Can Perioperative teams impact on Post-Operative complications?
Dr Jonathan Nicholson is a the coordinator of Perioperative Medicine Short Course in Perioperative Medicine, Monash University. Using the experience of the perioperative ward round at the Alfred Hosp…
00:16:27 |
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Anaemia and Iron Deficiency in the Perioperative Setting
Toby Richards, Professor of Surgery at University College London discusses anaemia and iron deficiency in the perioperative period. He explains how a good understanding of this subject can enhance pa…
00:24:47 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning is a voluntary process that safeguards the patients right to express future preferences and wishes about their healthcare for a time when they are no longer able to independentl…
00:14:47 |
Thu 22 Feb 2018
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