Podcasts

Earning CPD by listening to Healthed podcasts is simple. Each episode is eligible for Educational Activities CPD. 

A/Prof James Trauer

How resources are being diverted to COVID-19, and how they have been affecting Tuberculosis resources, knowing when to suspect and diagnose active Tuberculosis and how to manage the patient

Prof Leigh Delbridge

How clarifying the Bethesda grading system of thyroid biopsy results can help to minimise unnecessary thyroid biopsies and thyroid surgery, and a handy structured approach and explanation of the newer ultrasound classification system

Prof Kristine Macartney

The bivalent vaccines, the new variant alert for Ba.2.75 and Ba.4.6, and herd immunity predictions and implications

Prof Brendon Yee

How is Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) diagnosed, what other conditions need to be excluded, when should you treat RLS and what with, and when should you refer

Dr Anup Desai

How to interpret a sleep study more effectively, why you should not skip the sleep physician's conclusions, and how to understand the graphs and hypnograms

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
Dr Raewyn Teirney

When to investigate heavy/painful periods in teenagers, the differences between a good and not-so-useful pelvic ultrasound, the signs and symptoms that heavy/painful bleeding requires further investigation, and the medical management options for heavy menstrual bleeding

Prof Paul Griffin

Despite a panoramic study suggesting a lower effect, Lagevrio has a useful impact on hospitalisations, deaths and shorter recovery time. Additionally COVID trials becoming more difficult to run because so many people have either been vaccinated and / or exposed

Dr Jerome Melon

Those experiencing severe symptoms have a range of non-mesh surgical options, and all these options must be offered to the patients who need to intensify their treatment

Prof Nancy Baxter

The elimination of isolation periods and mask mandates, and an update on the vaccination landscape, including recently approved jabs, the bivalent vaccine, and vaccination for children

Prof Creswell Eastman AO

The importance of maintaining thyroid health during pregnancy, when to do thyroid function testing during pregnancy, and the risks of postpartum thyroiditis developing in women known to have thyroid antibodies

Dr Anup Desai

A structured approach to assessing sleep disorders in primary care, and how taking a good sleep history is crucial

Expert/s: Dr Anup Desai
Prof Bruce Robinson

How do you manage a single or multiple hot or cold nodules in the thyroid, which test should you do and when and when to refer and to whom?