Dr Tom Podcast

In a situation where good GPs are booked out weeks in advance, there is an opportunity for a different model. One that works for patients and doctors. But it will take a large mindset shift in how we approach...

Medical school is renowned for being difficult… But the amount of learning required meant some things were just not covered. And one area that should have been covered was business skills. Listen now for why this is...

Med school is an intense learning experience. And the amount of medicine to cover is daunting, so often, there is little room for learning anything else. Listen now for the skillsets that are not medical yet may be...

Flow states are built into all of us… but require preconditions to enter into them. Unfortunately, it would seem that GP is rarely set up for those preconditions. Perhaps this is a focus of change that could make a...

GP can be exhausting. And so, balancing that work with medical work is not important to be able to keep working as a GP. One method for that is medical acupuncture. Now a lot of doctors think “meridians” are complete...

Why are fewer and fewer GPs working?  Whether they are working fewer days, working less in GP or quitting entirely together… There is clearly a lot less GP going on in Australia. Let’s talk about one of the big...

General Practice does not have an information problem… There is a VAST amount. But having access to information and being able to use it effectively at the point of care are two VERY different issues. Listen now for...

The current difficulties in General Practice did not occur yesterday… They have slowly built over the years, and yet little, or no changes have been made to deal with them One potential solution? It could be the...