GPSA Podcast

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Clinical Yarning - Dr Karen Nicholls

2024-12-0346:42

This podcast outlines the components of clinical yarning and discusses other components of communication and how to utilize them during a consultation.

Empowering Neurodivergent Registrars - Dr Katie Williamson

2024-12-0242:14

This podcast explores how to identify neurodiversity in registrars, whether formally diagnosed or not, and develop strategies to support them to thrive intheir role.

Effective use of HealthPathways in clinical practice and GP training - Dr Lucinda Whiteley, Dr Justine Lancaster, Dr Martina Gleeson and Dr Aaron Kennedy

2024-11-2541:49

This podcast explores why HealthPathways is recommended as a key training tool as well as point of care guidance for GPs. HealthPathways is an online manual used by clinicians to help make assessment, management, and specialist request decisions for over 600 conditions. Click here to access HealthPathways in your local area

Ten Tips for becoming a Time Lord - Dr Andrew Knight and Dr Tony Lembke

2024-11-1949:04

Have you noticed that some doctors rarely run late and yet seem to meet their patients’ needs. This podcast explores and shares tips for bending the space time continuum… GPSA Teaching Plan Time Management

Registrar contracts and payroll tips

2024-10-1021:33

GPSA's admin update for AGPT training in 2025

Part 2 Behaviour change approaches for smoking cessation in general practice - Dr Eileen Cole & Dr Sacha Filia

2024-09-2453:02

This podcast uses the topic of smoking cessation to explore the current understanding of motivational interviewing. It focuses on practical strategies for teaching registrars about approaches for providing brief advice to all patients who smoke.

Getting the low-down about The National Terms and Conditions for the Employment of Registrars

2024-09-2045:15

This podcast presented by GPSA Chair Dr Srishti Dutta, CEO Carla Taylor and COO Leonie Chamberlain outlines the changes for 2025 in the new NTCER. View the slides with notes here

Maximising the educational value of the ECTV - Dr Murray Ludington and Dr Simon Morgan

2024-08-2925:55

This podcast aims to support the GP supervisor to maximise the educational utility of the ECTV. It explores the process and content of the teaching visit and discusses where the supervisor can add greater educational value. Resources https://gpsa.org.au/external-clinical-teaching-visits-ectvs/

How to give feedback the DR STABLE Way - Dr Kati Davies

2024-08-1839:08

This podcast delves into the practical elements of formative feedback in general practice and provides actionable strategies for implementation. It briefly explores communication, hierarchy, trust, vulnerability and relativity concepts in the feedback space. It introduces the novel mnemonic 'DR STABLE', around which feedback can be structured. Article GPSA Feedback Guide GPSA Resource How to give effective feedback

Part 1 - Behaviour change approaches for smoking cessation in general practice - Dr Eileen Cole and Dr Sacha Filia

2024-08-1449:59

Training in Poorly Resourced Environments - Dr Pat Giddings

2024-06-2645:31

This podcast showcases that despite significant challenges for registrars and their families, high-quality training in poorly resourced environments is achievable. Case studies from regional, rural and remote areas, as well as Aboriginal Medical Service settings, illustrates practical examples of applying technology and face-to-face forums to support this group effectively. Remote Supervision Guidelines ACRRM RACGP

How can GP supervisors better facilitate reflective practice in their registrars? - A/Prof Søren Prins

2024-06-1839:54

In this podcast we discuss experiences from Denmark on how to enhance reflection in registrars, including the presentation of a simple and feasible assessment method called Global Assessment of Reflection Ability (GAR) (Lillevang et al. BMC Medical Education (2020) 20:352). Resources: How to enhance and assess reflection in specialist training: a mixed method validation study of a new tool for global assessment of reflection ability Global Assessment Tool of Reflective Ability

Managing Uncertainty - Dr Gerard Ingham

2024-05-1432:57

This podcast broadly describes how the special skill of managing uncertainty in general practice is best learnt and taught. Click here to view the resources mentioned

Problem Case Discussion - As Easy As PQRST - Dr Simon Morgan

2024-05-0730:23

This podcast broadly describes the scope of problem case discussion (PCD) as an assessment and teaching tool in GP training. It focuses on the PQRST framework as a tool for PCD, to help you maximise the educational value of this common teaching method. Click here to view the resources mentioned.

The Not So Simple Consultation - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Jess Wrigley

2024-04-2346:11

This podcast covers some of the seemingly straightforward but potentially high-risk presentations, including the driving medical and 6 week baby check. It will take a particular focus on early registrars' unknown unknown learning needs, with tips and discussion on how to guide them to address these presentations thoroughly and safely. Click here to access the webinar resources.

Helping Your Registrar Manage Challenging Patients - Part 2 - Dr Tim Chappell and Dr Simon Morgan

2024-04-0442:30

This podcast part 2 explores the factors contributing to challenging patient behaviour and introduce a framework to ‘classify’ the challenging patient. It also introduces generic ways in which the supervisor can support their registrar. View resources here https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center/folder/f91541c6-bc13-4a14-b29c-39cc6d79a293

Helping Your Registrar Manage Challenging Patients - Part 1 - Dr Tim Chappell and Dr Simon Morgan

2024-03-2237:37

This podcast explores the factors contributing to challenging patient behaviour and introduce a framework to ‘classify’ the challenging patient. It also introduces generic ways in which the supervisor can support their registrar.

Supporting Your Registrar To Practice Evidence Based Medicine - Dr Skye Boughen and Dr Justin Coleman

2024-03-1540:41

Supervisors play an important role in helping registrars to apply EBM skills in practice. This podcast explores key principles and challenges of EBM, what registrars need to learn, and suggest practical strategies for supporting your registrar to apply EBM skills in your practice. Access the webinar resources here

Teaching and Learning Priorities in the First Weeks of General Practice - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Jess Wrigley

2024-02-2036:17

This podcast is the third in the mini-series aimed to help supervisors support new GP registrars at the start of their community training. It will address some of the priority learning needs of GP registrars and how supervisors can best support them. If you would like to access the resources mentioned in the podcast and discuss this topic further please click here https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center GPSA research project on the best practice learning environment We are trialling a benchmarking and quality improvement tool to support training practices to meet best practice standards in vocational training. Your experiences and expectations in GP training are needed to help us test and refine this tool to ensure that it is feasible and appropriate for use in the general practice context. We are seeking feedback on our tool from anyone involved in GP training. Click here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CJQQ62G

Clinical supervision – keeping your registrar safe and supported - Dr Gerard Ingham and Dr Simon Morgan

2024-02-2043:34

This podcast is a 'how to' primer for GP supervisors on some of the key elements of clinical supervision - direct observation, random case analysis, and case discussion. View resources https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center/folder/ec35d61f-1916-4fd3-b107-0700aad4c882

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