health stories: Recent Episodes
South Metropolitan Health Service and Murdoch University
In Health Stories, hear the passion and compassion of people who dedicate their lives to caring for others in interviews with journalist Andrew Porter from Murdoch University.
Hear from Fiona Stanley Hospital Clinical Midwife, Amanda Bath, about what we didn’t learn at school when it comes to maternity and childbirth. From the next steps after finding out that you're pregnant to what to pack for your hospital stay, this podcast covers it all while busting some pregnancy myths along the way.
Hear from our Head of State Burns Services, innovation expert and the inventor of spray-on skin herself, Professor Fiona Wood, all about the role of innovation in healthcare.
More information:
https://smhs.health.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Strategic-focus/Innovation
Join DonateLife Clinical Nurse Specialist Nicky Fletcher as she chats about why organ and tissue donation is so important, how you can register your wishes, and busts some common myths surrounding the topic. Registering as an organ or tissue donor takes less than a minute but could lead to saving seven lives. More information can be found through DonateLife.
In this episode of Health Stories, we sat down with Fiona Stanley Hospital Mental Health Medical Registrar, Dr Kiri Von Klier, to chat all about neurodiversity – what it means, how common it is, and why is seems more and more people are being diagnosed neurodivergent conditions.
In this episode of Health Stories, we sat down with South Metropolitan Health Service Sustainability Officer, Bridget Egan, to chat about the role we all have in being sustainable when it comes to healthcare.
More information
- Choosing wisely
- WasteSorted
- Plastic Free July
- South Metropolitan Health Service – Environmental Sustainability
In this episode of Health Stories, we sat down with Fiona Stanley Hospital Sleep Physician, Dr John McLachlan, to chat about all things sleep: why we need it, how much we need and how to unlock a better night’s sleep.
Resources:
www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au www.sleepfoundation.org
In this episode of Health Stories, we sat down with Fiona Stanley Hospital Senior Dietitian, Emily Hunt, to separate the fact and fiction when it comes to nutrition.
Resources: www.eatforhealth.gov.au www.dietitiansaustralia.org.au
In this episode of Health Stories, we sat down with Fiona Stanley Hospital Senior Addiction Psychiatrist Dr Kavita Seth, to talk about the growing issue of gaming addiction amongst our young people, particularly those aged 16 to 24.
Dr Kavita teaches us about the psychology behind gaming addiction, why we get addicted, how to identify an addiction, where to get help and all the interesting stuff in between.
Surgical Registrar Suanne MacConnell subscribes to the philosophy that medicine is an art as well as a science. The love of the human interaction and the satisfaction of making people better is what helps Suanne get through the long hours her job demands. In this episode, Suanne describes her passion for surgery and the unconscious bias she faces as a female doctor and surgeon.
Seeing mental health done 'badly' motivated Dr Stephen Fenner to pursue a career in psychiatry. In this episode, Stephen shares his passion for making a difference in the lives of people experiencing mental health issues, and how our understanding of the biology of the brain is slowly growing, opening up new paths to treatment and recovery.
As a neonatologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Dr Rory Trawber cares for the smallest of babies in their first weeks of life. As well as helping babies and parents through this critical time, Rory is also Director of Clinical Training where he prepares doctors and nurses to face medical emergencies. Originally from UK, Rory is also the first one to admit his career is the result of good luck rather than good management.
As a Nurse Practitioner for the Western Australian Heart Transplant Service, based at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Clare Fazackerley understands a transplant isn't a cure but rather a gift of time for people with advanced heart failure.
Clare walks beside heart transplant recipients and their families through what can be an unpredictable journey.
In this episode, we hear how Clare came to spend her career caring for people who get a second chance at life, and how she discovered a hidden talent for singing.
From her earliest experience in caring for older people, Joanne Hughes knew aged care nursing was the career for her.
As the nurse manager of Rockingham General Hospital's Aged Care Rehabilitation Unit, Joanne says it is the little things that can be life-changing for her elderly and vulnerable patients.
Joanne shares her passion for providing the very best of care for her patients, where there's no room for error because of the life possible consequences.
After a long career with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), it was quite a career change when Kingsley Purvis joined Rockingham Peel Group as a Home Care Carpenter.
For Kingsley, working in health was a long way from the air force life, but his experiences have helped him to find common ground with patients.
Mental Health Nurse Clive Batchelor leads a residential 10-bed mental health service in Fremantle, Western Australia which provides respite for people experiencing a decline in their mental state.
For Clive, being able to take someone from a low troubled place of being lonely and tormented by thoughts and the stresses of life, to a better place with more options and opportunities is one of the best parts of the job.
Anne Watts manages the spinal unit at the State Rehabilitation Service at Fiona Stanley Hospital - a job she has done for more than 30 years. She sees up close the emotional and physical trauma caused by spinal injury. Anne may not always remember the ones who get to walk out of her ward, but she always remembers the ones who don't.