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Boundaries in Rural Medicine: Balancing Care and Professionalism
In small communities, the line between personal and professional life can get blurry—so how do rural doctors manage professional boundaries? In this episode of ACRRM Life Hacks, Dr Emily Moody speaks with Professor Turun Sen Gupta, Acting Dean and Academic Head of Medicine at JCU, about the challenges of maintaining boundaries in rural and remote practice.
With 30 years of experience in medical education, Professor Sen Gupta explores what boundaries are and the distinction between boundary crossings and violations. They also discuss which boundaries are flexible versus absolute and the challenges of managing dual relationships in rural settings.
This conversation is especially valuable for anyone beginning their career in rural and remote healthcare, offering key insights and practical strategies for managing professional boundaries in these unique contexts.
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The journey of a rural generalist - community member, clinician and academic.
Join Dr Emily Moody and Professor Lucie Walters in the latest episode of ACRRM Lifehacks. Emily and Lucie speak about the diverse nature of communities and the privilege of being rural generalist doctor in community. Themes like humility, reputation identity and the role of ACRRM are all discussed.
Lucie is passionate about improving the health outcomes of rural people through the education, training, and professional support of rural doctors. She is also a past President of the Australian College or Rural and Remote Medicine.
Lucie talks about her career as a rural generalist and an academic and explores the multitude of career pathways that are available to fellows. She speaks about academic medicine, university opportunities and the role further study in a doctor’s career.
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Rural responders - from the front line.
Dr Emily Moody speaks with Dr Tim Leeuwenburg, a career rural generalist and FACRRM who works on the remote Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
In this podcast, Tim shares stories from his career. He emphasises the importance of being prepared as a rural generalist for the multitude of situations in which they will encounter. Tim also speaks about vulnerability, being connected with a support network and understanding how to support others.
Discussed in this podcast:
Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) - ACRRM
Sandpiper Australia – Supporting Pre-Hospital Care in Rural Australia
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Let’s Talk About Sex: How to Make the ‘Uncomfortable’ Topics Easier
Have you ever struggled to talk easily about sexual health with your patients? In this episode, Dr Emily Moody speaks to Dr Matt Ruhl about his career as a rural generalist with an impressive career in sexual and mental health care. He shares his experience about things you can do to help patients feel comfortable enough to open up and share their concerns. We also talk about the burgeoning rates of certain STIs, and how doctors can boost screening rates by ‘value-adding’ when patients come in for other tests. Listen into this episode for some excellent practical tips and general principles for sexual health consultations.
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Neurodivergent children and primary care - experience from practice.
In the second part of our interview with Dr James Best, Emily and James talk about practical ways to engage neurodivergent children and their carers in a primary care environment. James offers suggestions on how to make a safe space and how to engage with the children in a respectful and non-threatening way.
James and Emily also discuss a variety of current issues in raising children, such a screen-time, prescription of drugs and behaviour management.
ACRRM Life Hacks is a series of podcasts, which aims to cover various aspects of registrars’ additional learning needs that sit outside of the Rural Generalist Curriculum, such as settling into rural practice, medico-legal issues, self-care and professional sustainability.
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