About Pomegranate
Pomegranate Health was launched in May 2015 to discuss all domains of medical expertise, as described in the the Professional Practice Framework. Within each episode page you will find a complete transcript embedded with links to all the academic literature that has been cited.
The RACP’s podcast producer operates with feedback from an editorial group of physicians across specialties and career stages. You’re welcome to email your own story ideas or feedback on episodes to podcast@racp.edu.au.
In addition to the regular documentary style podcasts, the Case Report series provides a useful model for presentation of long-cases at the BPT clinical examinations. These are developed by Trainees and New Fellows to assist peer learning.
The IMJ On-Air on air series features authors from the College's Internal Medicine Journal interviewed by section editors of the journal.
Similarly, the Journal Club episodes will be guided by an expert co-host asking RACP researchers about their findings published in other academic journals.
Occasionally, we will also share lectures presented by College members where the tone and audio quality make for good listening.
Pomegranate Health has grown into one of the College’s most popular resources for members. The average episode is downloaded around 6,000 times within a year of publication and exceeds 10,000 downloads by five years. It is among the top 7 percent most popular podcasts available on the Buzzsprout platform, which is fairly representative of the industry as a whole.
Approximately 70 percent of listeners are located in Australia and 9 percent in Aotearoa New Zealand. The remaining 21 percent are split evenly between the traditional anglosphere and the rest of the world.
Pomegranate Health is a great place to build collegiality across the RACP, and to showcase the great work of College members to the rest of the medical community. We also hope that members of the public who tune in might also gain a greater sense of trust in our medics after hearing what goes on “under the hood” of the health system.
Why a pomegranate?
The fruit has featured on the coat of arms of the Royal College of Physicians of London since 1546. It is an ancient symbol of sanctity, fertility, and regeneration in all the major religions. Listen here for the unlikely tale of how it made its way from ancient myth onto this podcast by way of Henry VIII.
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