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Pomegranate Health

Welcome to Pomegranate Health, a podcast about the culture of medicine. You’ll hear clinicians, academics and advocates grapple with some big questions. How to make difficult clinical and ethical decisions free from cognitive bias. How to improve communication with patients and peers. How to deliver healthcare with efficiency and equity.

Fellows of the RACP can log time spent listening towards their CPD. Basic Physician Trainees will find the Case Report series a useful model for presentation of long-cases at their clinical examinations.

This is also the home of IMJ On-Air, where authors from the College's Internal Medicine Journal present their work. Meanwhile, the Journal Club episodes invite RACP researchers published in other academic journals to showcase their work.

Please add to the discussion in the comments section for each episode and send any feedback or ideas to podcast@racp.edu.au

Latest episodes

Ep17: Better Practice in Paeds

EVOLVE is the RACP’s initiative to minimise clinical practices not supported by the current evidence base. This episode takes a look at the recently published list of low-value practices in general paediatrics and some alternatives that can be adopted.

Ep16: Mind the (Gender) Gap

While more than half of all medical students and trainees are women, they make up only about 30 per cent of registered physicians. On this episode, guests discuss challenges for equity in medicine, and how role-modelling and leadership may offer strategies to support the next generation of women doctors.

Ep15: Methamphetamine – Beyond the Hype

Crystal methamphetamine, or ice, has been sensationalised in the media over the past decade. This episode puts straight some of the facts and figures about ice use, and talks about the damaging stigma of the media narrative.

Ep14: Fever of Unknown Origin

With the evolution of diagnostic technologies, the diverse conditions that underlie pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) are changing. This episode explains how to rationally investigate patients with persistent fevers, and alleviate their anxiety throughout the process.

Ep13: A Fresh Start for Disability Services

As the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rolls out in New South Wales and Victoria, this episode examines the impact it has had for recipients and their carers.

Ep12: Perspectives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

In anticipation of NAIDOC Week, this episode focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health in Australia.

Ep11: Adolescent Health Adds Up

For physicians in Australia and New Zealand, there has been no specific training to meet the needs of adolescents—until now.

Ep10: Evolving Your Practice

Costly or prolonged treatment doesn’t always translate into better outcomes for patients. In response, the College has launched EVOLVE.

Ep9: The Gut Microbiome and IBD

Understanding the gut microbiome offers potential new insight for treating a number of diseases—gastrointestinal and otherwise. But what’s the evidence base? This episode is presented in partnership with the Internal Medicine Journal.

Ep8: Obesity Inside Out

Obesity can seem like what strategists call a 'wicked problem'—a problem with so many parts that it's impossible to solve. But some things are changing.

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