Today I chat with Dr Merran Cooper, advance care planning expert and health tech innovator. Doctors are exposed to people at all stages of their lives, including their last days and hours. Merran’s experiences working as a doctors in city and outback medical settings highlighted inadequacies of existing methods of recording people’s wishes about how they want their declining health and end of life to be managed. In this interview, Merran shares with us her personal and professional...

Anita Fletcher talks with Addiction Medicine Specialist Dr Ferghal Armstrong. Today I chat with Ferghal Armstrong, one of the team at Turning Point at Box Hill, Victoria about how he came to practice addiction medicine and why he creates online educational materials for doctors. Ferghal combines his interests in addiction and lifestyle medicine to provide training on the Meducate platform. In this interview, Ferghal shares with us some of his insights into the stigma around addiction, how...

Anita Fletcher talks with CEO and Finance Specialist Dr Anthony (Tony) Virtue. Tony offers personal tailored financial advice limited to a small cohort of clients who value his experience and knowledge in growing and protecting their assets safely in a challenging economic environment. The podcast gives an insight into Tony’s journey from the UK in the late 80’s and the establishment and growth of one of Australia’s premier financial advice firms. This is not a paid promotion video. We...

Welcome back to Standout Medical Careers, the series of conversations with doctors about all things medical career. I’m Anita Fletcher. In today’s episode we meet Dr Antonio Di Dio. Antonio describes himself as a Medical Doctor, Volunteer and Advocate for the vulnerable. Just before we hear about Antonio’s motivations and achievements, I need to tell you that if you want notifications of when I release a new episode or if you want to get a free checklist to help you deliver a strong...

Welcome back to Standout Medical Careers, the series of conversations with doctors about all things medical career. I’m Anita Fletcher. In today’s episode we meet Professor Andrew Mallett. Andrew completed his Medical degree in Townsville Queensland and, after 20 years working in larger centres around Australia and overseas to train and develop skills as a renal physician and researcher, returned to Townsville in 2020. Andrew’s passion for internal medicine, advancing the knowledge base and...

Today’s episode is about one doctor’s journey to deciding on a career pathway. My guest is Dr Ashna Basu, a Sydney doctor who will be embarking on Psychiatry training this year. Ashna has had a range of fascinating experiences to get to this point – both in and beyond medical circles. In this interview, Ashna shares with us her motivations and philosophy and explains how she has applied skills in non-clinical settings to improve education and the healthcare system. So if you’re looking to...

Welcome to Standout Medical Careers. This is the podcast that shares fascinating stories and insights about the career journey of doctors.   I’m the host Anita Fletcher, founder of Standout Medical Careers where we support doctors to successfully seek out and navigate career opportunities. In short, it’s my job every day to help doctors to grow their career. This podcast releases on the last Friday of every month, with 20 minute episodes featuring stories from doctors in all medical specialty...