Dr Tom Podcast

The importance of date night for married couples is often overlooked, leading to relationship issues. Investing time and energy into your partner and children is crucial for maintaining a healthy relationship. Taking...

The conditions required for bulk billing to work: both the patient and the doctor don't care about outcomes. Transitioning from bulk billing to private billing improves patient care and engagement. What to do...

A day of diverse experiences: Nursing home, medical acupuncture, and startup launch events. Can you switch from skillset to skillset seemlessly? As your patients come with more and more problems, you must continue to...

Learn how my spiritual journey has caused significant difficulties in my relationship with my wife. Yet there is a massive hole in modern medicine. There is no spirituality in most medical practice yet this path is...

External deadlines will significantly impact your choices and actions. Mortgage payments due to changing interest rates are a clear example of change outside of your control… The pressure and challenges in medicine...

GP Locum presents very different challenges from regular GP work. Common difficulties include accessing patient information and coordinating care with unfamiliar software and practice ways of doing things. Being able...

My worst day? It could not get much worse than that Saturday. I found solace in finally being able to watch the Mandalorian. A measure to distract from the physical and emotional pain. Yet out of this painful and...

I have been frustrated with the Medical Council's lack of communication and apparent inability to be organised. And it seems that they are relatively oblivious to the difficulties and impact that these experiences...

Opening a medical practice is not as easy as it seems, despite the high demand for healthcare… The major challenge is now finding qualified doctors! Established practices have an advantage due to their existing...

Denial of reality can hinder progress and limit the perception available options - even when options do exist! Accepting the truth of a situation opens up new possibilities for decision-making. Owning and addressing...

Change results in temporary improvements, while transformation involves a fundamental shift in one's being. Transformation requires individuals to confront their egos and make lasting changes, which can be...

The game of medical information being exclusive to doctors has been over for some time now due to the accessibility of the internet and now, AI. Patients are seeking more than just medical knowledge; they are looking...