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Pomegranate Health

A podcast about the culture of medicine.

You'll hear clinicians, researchers and advocates discuss improvements healthcare. Topics cover clinical judgement, ethics, diagnostic bias, better communication and more equitable health systems. For a sampler of these diverse themes 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 clinical exams.

Please leave feedback in the comments section for each episode or send an email to podcast@racp.edu.au.

Latest episodes

[Journal Club] Thrombolysis up to 24hr after ischaemic stroke

Thrombolysis can buy valuable time for patients who experience acute ischaemic stroke but two thirds of them present outside the recommended window. A recently published study shows that tenecteplase improves outcomes in selected patients even if administered up to 24 hours from onset of a large vessel occlusion.

[Case Report] 48yo with diarrhoea and lymphadenopathy

A man presenting with a 3-month history of diarrhoea has a complex range of accompanying symptoms and investigative results.

[Guest Lecture] Fighting hepatitis C in prisons and the community

NSW is on track to meet the state and federal targets for the elimination of hepatitis C. But an adaptable approach to surveillance and intervention is required, particularly in correctional settings which have high rates of transmission.

Ep115: One day as a nuclear medicine registrar

In this “reality audio” podcast we get a taste of the daily tasks and responsibilities of an advanced trainee in nuclear medicine. There is a broad mix of cases and professional collaborations.

[IMJ On-Air] Understanding readmissions better

Today’s IMJ paper describes the validation and of a prognostic algorithm for predicting the likelihood of 30 day readmissions, and how this can be implemented to improve practice.

[Case Report] 58yo with acute myeloid leukaemia and diplopia

This podcast follows the case of a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia who developed neurological symptoms after initiating chaemotherapy.

Ep112: The resilient workplace

This podcast challenges some established notions about workplace mental distress and how to treat it. It also shifts the conception of health as something not just dependent on the presence or absence of disease.

[CPD On Demand] Advance Your CPD Through Effective Supervision

From 2024, supervising has been recognised as a Category 2 CPD activity. This short and insightful episode focuses on recent updates to the 2024 MyCPD Framework, highlighting the recognition of supervisory activities as a critical element of Category 2 Reviewing Performance.

[Case Report] 32yo with abdominal pain two years after pancreas-kidney transplant

A fascinating case discussed by Trainees and consultants to demonstrate a structured approach to diagnostic reasoning and case presentation.

Ep109: Cultivating a rural workforce

The density of physicians to population plummets as soon as you leave the major cities. Addressing this requires targeted recruitment and a more flexible training strategy that motivates doctors to reap the rewards of rural medicine.