Part 2: Shared Learning in Healthcare: Case discussions in podcasts help junior doctors.
Junior doctors are accessing expert education and insight at their own convenience thanks to a podcast launched by Western Sydney Health (WSLHD).
Named JMO On Call, the educational series is the brainchild of resident medical officer Dr Taren Bettler and is designed to tackle the most common and more difficult cases young doctors will face in their first few years on the job.
“I remember how scary it is to be on call after hours for the first time. You feel like you have no idea what you’re doing,” Dr Bettler said.
“Education is such an important part of our role, but due to COVID-19 there were many restrictions on getting together for teaching last year. Podcasts are one way we kept learning from a distance.
“The episodes are conversational and easy to listen to; we don’t want it to be a lecture. They’re not scripted but they are structured based on real cases.
“It’s a mix of medical and surgical cases – we want the best of both worlds that’s helpful for everyone to know, not niche content.”
Seven episodes of JMO On Call are currently available, featuring experts from across WSLHD covering the technical details of topics including high and low blood sugar, delirium and neck lumps.
As a surgeon, Dr Sandler uses podcasts to keep up with the latest cases to ensure he knows what his medical colleagues are talking about. Among the guests so far is head and neck surgeon Dr Gideon Sandler, who considered a career in medical media before choosing surgery instead.
“Teaching is part and parcel of being a surgeon. The media seed was already sown for me and now it has germinated,” Dr Sandler said.
“There were no podcasts when I was at medical school, but I found them a good use of my time when I was studying for my fellowship. The advent of podcasts has increased the sharing of knowledge and allows me to stay up to date with fields I haven’t worked in for more than 10 years.”
Now in her second year at Westmead Hospital, Dr Bettler said she was grateful for all the support she had received in her career so far.
JMO On Call can be heard here
https://open.spotify.com/show/4cXIxxu3dJPUKlLvSecop1
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Shared experiences in written blogs help early career nurses.
When Emerging Nurse Leader, Lucy Osborn MACN started her career in nursing, she knew the importance of continuing development and learning.
In 2017 she started to write “The Scrubs That Fit” blog series for the Australian College of Nursing blog NurseClick. Lucy first started to write to keep a journal of her experiences, and an opportunity to improve her writing skills. To date, over 50 articles have been written in all areas of interest for new nurses.
As students and early career nurses Carina Fernandes and Hayley Pollock both found the writing invaluable for their transition. Hayley comments, “I don’t feel alone in what I’m experiencing and there are helpful tips in being a student as well as transitioning to being a graduate. It answers the questions I don’t always feel I can ask face to face”.
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AHJ S1E4: Augmented Reality Learning – Inside MS
Augmented learning now has application seeing the changes in a patient’s brain with Multiple Sclerosis through MRI data. Australian Health Journal met the people behind the augmented reality visor technology that will soon be used to teach trainee doctors the transitional phases of MS.
The technology has been developed by Novartis and in collaboration with the Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre, located within the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre and Hatch Australia, a creative design team based in Sydney. To date the technology has been well received by neurology health care specialists attending conferences in Melbourne and in Berlin, Germany. We caught with a demo for all other healthcare professionals at the recent ARCS Conference.
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Awareness campaigns and HCP Toolkits for thyroid health
In 2021, the Australian Thyroid Foundation released analysis to show, well over 1 million Australian are living with an undiagnosed thyroid disorder, including thyroid cancer, lower IQs, lifelong disability, and a causal or possible contributory factor – in the development of other neurological disorders such as ADHD and autism. Some of the challenges for diagnosis and treatment can be addressed by producing material for health care practitioners during patient presentations.
‘Recent statistics show well over 1 million Australians are living with an undiagnosed thyroid disorder, awareness and testing can prevent unwarranted outcomes for mothers and their babies’ says ATF CEO Beverley Garside OAM
The Australian Thyroid Foundation has lodged a Pre-Budget Submission for the Federal Budget 2024-25 to counter increasing misinformation on social media creating dietary deficiencies such as an increasing number of young women, who are planning pregnancy or already pregnant opting for plant based milks such almond, soy or oat milk coffee as an alternative to standard cow’s milk, which is a source of iodine and alternate milks do not include.
