Nobody plans a life in medicine.
Surgeons, doctors, physiotherapists, nurses, researchers, engineers and the people on reception. Honest conversations with guests around the world about the unplanned routes people take into healthcare.
Episode 20 · Chris Haseman
Every route in, one per line.
- Ep20 Chris HasemanFighting in the early days of the UFC, and what decades of contact teach you about your own body. Sport 57:07
- Ep19 Ahmed SewifyA career path that is not linear, but might just be the future. Researcher 38:23
- Ep18 Brandon ZiegenfussHow training is changing, and what that means for the next generation of doctors. Doctor 28:15
- Ep17 Violet SattariA medical registrar on the long road through physician training, and the years nobody talks about. Physician 42:26
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Ep16 Terri-Lyn BaileyThe administration side of a hospital department, and why the clinic runs or fails on it. Admin
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Ep15 Saulo MartelliComputational modelling, bone mechanics, and research that takes a decade to pay off. Researcher
- Ep14 Peter PivonkaWhere biomedical engineering meets the operating theatre, and how much of it survives. Engineer 26:55
- Ep13 Dr Mohammad JomaaBuilding a shoulder practice in Lebanon, and what training in Australia gave him. Surgeon 58:25
Dr Kenneth Cutbush
A Brisbane orthopaedic surgeon working exclusively on the shoulder and upper limb. Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, and supervisor of two Australian Orthopaedic Association accredited shoulder fellowships.
Those fellowships are part of where this show came from. Surgeons arrive in Brisbane from Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands and Mexico, and somewhere between theatre lists it turns out none of them got here in a straight line either. So the question kept getting asked, and eventually it got recorded.
No one thinks about their shoulder very much. That is, until it goes bad.Dr Kenneth Cutbush
It is not just surgeons.
A hospital only works because of everyone in it. So the guest list looks like a hospital, drawn from wherever in the world the person happens to be.
Surgeons and trainees
Fellows and consultants who have travelled from Japan, Lebanon, the Netherlands and Mexico, on what training abroad actually costs you.
Doctors and physicians
The people who see the problem first, and decide what happens next.
Physios and hand therapists
The unglamorous work that decides whether an operation was worth doing at all.
Nurses and theatre staff
Scrub nurses, anaesthetists and the team who keep a list running on time.
Researchers and engineers
Biomechanics, computational modelling, artificial intelligence in the operating theatre, and whether any of it survives contact with a real patient.
Reception and admin
The first voice a patient hears and the people who hold a department together. Rarely asked, always worth listening to.
You have a story about how you got here.
Pick a recording date that suits you. We record every second Friday at 9:00am Brisbane time, in person if you are close or by video call from anywhere in the world.