Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series

Cultural Safety in Healthcare

What does it take for every patient to feel safe, respected and heard when they walk into a clinic or hospital? In this episode, we're joined by Dr Michelle Gold, Directo

Perioperative Blood Pressure Management

Blood pressure is one number every anaesthetist watches in every single case but there remains discussion about the 'right' number to defend. Professor Paul Myles joins u

Improving Operating Theatre Efficiency

Every minute lost in an operating theatre is a minute a patient waited for nothing. Dr Sandeep Rakhra joins us to discuss ways in which we can all improve the efficiency

2027 Human Factors and Patient Safety Conference

How can we design healthcare systems that help people deliver safer care? In this episode of the PeriopMed Podcast, we look ahead to the 2027 Monash University Human Fact

The Perioperative Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition that often causes concern for anaesthetists and perioperative clinicians. Dr Stuart Hastings joins us to discuss the peri

Lived Experience - Consumer Advocacy in Healthcare

Special guest Belinda Macleod-Smith joins us to discuss the important role of including patients and their loved ones in the process of designing new policies, processes,

Birth Trauma and the Anaesthetist

Dr Priya Rao is a Specialist Anaesthetist at Western Health, with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia. She joins us to discuss birth trauma, and the important rol

Hot Debrief

Critical incidents can have a significant psychological impact on those involved. Such incidents are rare but it is important to have a process in place to enable those i

Analgesia for Minimally Invasive Major Abdominal Surgery

Dr Katrina Pirie is an anaesthetist who is currently completing a PhD on analgesia for abdominal surgery. She joins us to discuss her research, with a focus on intratheca

Multidisciplinary Perioperative Medical Service

In 2024 Alfred Health launched an innovative multidisciplinary Perioperative Medical Service to improve the care of surgical patients. In this podcast we talk to Nadine L

Interventional Radiology

Prof Warren Clements and Assoc Prof Jim Koukounaras discuss the rapidly expanding role of interventional radiologists in patient care and expertise they bring to the peri

The Seven Habits

Professor Warren Clements is an interventional radiologist and researcher at the Alfred hospital and Monash University. In this podcast, Warren discusses the seven habits

So You Need an Operation - Patient Information Podcast Series

If you have just been told that you need an operation, you're now at the start of a surgical journey. It may be a short journey or it may be a long one, but either way th

Just Culture

A Just Culture in the workplace means that everyone should feel safe to speak up, and leads to open and honest communication, systems thinking, engagement, and participat

Perioperative Implications of the GLP-1 Agonists

The GLP-1 agonists have been generating much discussion and a degree of consternation in the Perioperative Medicine community. Our panel of experts discusses the mode of

The Role of the Pharmacist in the Perioperative Process

Thuy Bui is the Lead Pharmacist of the Analgesic Stewardship and Perioperative Medicine Services at the Alfred. She discusses the very important role of the pharmacist in

Informed Consent

Any patient undergoing a procedure or intervention should be provided with an explanation of the procedure and the risks involved, and be asked to give their consent. Oft

Perioperative Medicine and the Geriatrician

Increasing numbers of older people are undergoing surgery and adverse outcomes are common within this patient group. Dr Margot Lodge is a Geriatrician with a special inte

Choosing Wisely - Preoperative pathology ordering through the Pre-Anaesthetic Evaluation Unit

Dr Lana Vestarkis is an Anaesthetist at Sunshine Coast University Hospital. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Lana worked with her colleague Dr A

Redesigning the Pre-anaesthetic Process in a Rural Practice

Dr Sarah Wilmot is a GP Anaesthetist in rural Victoria. For her Master of Perioperative Medicine Capstone Project, Sarah redesigned the pre-anaesthetic process in her pra