I was interviewed today by Emily Dunn, a health journalist from Medical Observer regarding my thoughts on the new interesting study by Kwoh et al. (2014), on the effect of glucosamine on knee osteoarthritis progression, as assessed using MRI, which was just published in the journal, Arthritis and Rheumatology.
Mar 03 2014
Absolute cardiovascular disease risk: assessment and early intervention
The following lecture was first delivered to term 1, Phase 2 students in the Society and Health term, of the UNSW Medicine Program on Monday 3 March 2014.
- Length: 50 minutes
- Class size: up to ~ 300 (lecture)
- Learners: mid-Program medical students
Feb 23 2014
Comment: GP co-payments? Don’t save on primary care
The following is a comment to the online article, “GP co-payments? Don’t save on primary care” written by GP blogger, Dr Edwin Kruys.
Dear Edwin,
Great article. I agree with your premise.
Regarding individuals valuing the services they receive from the GP more with co-payment, we should recognise that this is a complex question. We should recognise that many GPs already privately bill. Continue reading
Feb 07 2014
Why do our hearts sink? Primer to managing difficult patient interactions
The following tutorial was first delivered to Phase 3 students in the summer teaching period of the Primary Care course, of the UNSW Medicine Program on Friday 7 February 2014.
- Length: 50 minutes
- Class size: up to ~ 80
- Learners: senior medical students
Jan 13 2014
Consulting in General Practice: what is happening in the consultation room?
The following interactive lecture was first delivered to Phase 3 students in the summer teaching period of the Primary Care course, of the UNSW Medicine Program on Monday 13 January 2014.
- Length: 50 minutes
- Class size: up to ~ 80
- Learners: senior medical students
Mar 03 2014
Comment: Prof Ken Harvey’s resignation from La Trobe University
The following is an amalgamation of a couple of comments written on the Paging Dr forum board. This was in relation to the high profile and controversial resignation of Prof Ken Harvey from La Trobe University, following the announcement of the $15 million deal between Swisse and the university.
It is one thing to fund research into CAM. For this to be scientific, one must have a scientifically sound a priori reason why you are doing the human research in the first place.
It is quite another thing for a single manufacturer to fund a research institute that will effectively be set up to investigate its products that it already markets to the general public.
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