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Testing, Testing 1,2,3 Podcast

The Check-Up podcast by Medcast presents a 3-part series to support GPs to use pathology tests more effectively, and reduce the harms of non-rational test ordering.

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Clinical opal – Is it coeliac disease?
Clinical opal – Is it coeliac disease?
Dr Simon Morgan

Amanda is a 26 year old speech pathologist who presents to you with longstanding gastrointestinal symptoms.

Australian males and the loneliness epidemic
Australian males and the loneliness epidemic
A/Prof Tim Moss

One in four Australian adults are lonely, but rates are highest in young men; particularly those who live alone.

Clinical Opal - Investigating Injuries in Children
Clinical Opal - Investigating Injuries in Children
Grace Larson

Billy is 8 weeks old, he was born NVD and is up to date with his immunisations. He has been vomiting for the last 3 weeks and is very irritable with a high pitched cry.

CPD has changed from 2023 - what does this mean for you?
CPD has changed from 2023 - what does this mean for you?
A/Prof Stephen Barnett

New CPD, Medcast Plus and Me! What the CPD changes mean, and how Medcast Plus makes it easy to meet your requirements.

Clinical Opal - Investigating Erectile Dysfunction
Clinical Opal - Investigating Erectile Dysfunction
Dr Simon Morgan

Patrick is a 62 year old university lecturer who presents to you with erectile dysfunction.

Clinical Opal - Male body dysmorphic disorder
Clinical Opal - Male body dysmorphic disorder
A/Prof Tim Moss

John is a 24-year-old male who works as a personal trainer at a local gym.

Dementia In Practice
Dementia In Practice
Dementia Training Australia

When most people hear the word “dementia”, the first thing they think of is “memory loss”. And while dementia does cause memory loss, it is so much more than a memory problem.

Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’
Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’
Dr Simon Morgan

Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.

Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Dr Simon Morgan

It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.