Pomegranate Health
A podcast about the culture of medicine.
You'll hear clinicians, researchers and advocates discuss all aspects of professional practice healthcare. This includes clinical judgement, ethics, diagnostic bias, better communication and more equitable health systems.
For a sampler of these diverse themes take a listen to Episode 132 and Episode 135.
If RACP is your CPD home, you can log time spent listening to each episode with the "Add educational activity to MyCPD" button at each episode page.
And if you're a Basic Physician Trainee, the [Case Report] series might help you prepare for your long case clinical exams. For more information on other episode formats click About Pomegranate.
Feel free to leave feedback in the comments section for each episode or send it to us via email at podcast@racp.edu.au.
Latest episodes
Ep138: Amyloid busters- the benefit and the burden
Australia has approved a two amyloid-targeting therapies for incipient Alzheimer’s dementia but both remain unfunded. We put the research outcomes into context and discuss the implications of the burdensome treatment regimen for the health system.
[IMJ On-Air] DKA and insulin infusion protocols
There’s some variability in the way DKA is managed between Australian hospitals and the potential for added cognitive load on health practitioners moving between them. Is there enough evidence to settle on a consistent insulin infusion protocols?
[IMJ On-Air] Microbleeds and Memory
Cerebral microbleeds are a contraindication for novel anti-amyloid therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease. We learn about the aetiology of microbleeds and the contribute to cognitive decline in their own right.
[Case Report] 46yo with psychosis and cold intolerance
A 46 yo man is admitted with a florid experience of psychosis associated with occasional dizziness and an intolerance of cold. Physical examination reveals symptoms consistent with hypothyroidism but what could be the cause?
Ep132: Ten Years of Pomegranate Health
Pomegranate Health marks ten years of podcasting so we delve into the back catalogue to showcase some of the most compelling stories. You’ll also hear how podcast themes are identified from all the domains of medicine of professionalism.
Ep131: The semantics of CPR
In this podcast we discuss some low-value care that has come about from semantic decay in the specificity of the terms “cardiac arrest” and “cardiopulmonary resuscitation”.
Ep130: "The motherhood penalty"
Female representation over to more senior stages of a medical career suffers from a “leaky pipeline”. A major factor in this is the time taken out to raise children but there are practical interventions that can be implemented and biases than need overturning.