How To Win Friends & Influenza features interviews with distinguished doctors across a range of specialties. It’s designed for junior doctors and medical students who are curious about different specialties and the real life side of medicine, not just the pathophysiology of it. Hear these guests’ stories and learn from their advice, whether it’s immunology, surgery, gastroenterology or something else you’re interested in.
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Let's explore the romantic undertones of lithium!Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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A rant about escaping the hamster wheel of goal-setting. Rely more on your internal scripts.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Your life is basically a line.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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You choose the party based on how drunk you want to become, rather than catering your eventual intoxication to the party itself.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Move forward, not backward. Twirling, ever twirling, towards levelling up!Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Video games teach you how to win at life, if you're not too busy losing at life from playing them too much.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[051] An Alternative Theory Of Anger
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Perhaps angry birds are productive birds, not just delicious birds.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Is this what people do in their spare time?Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Specifically, be more general.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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The parable of a parabola.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[047] Stiller Is The Key
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Let Ben Stiller show you the way not to live.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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What doctors do in their spare time.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[045] Reframe Your Struggles
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Your struggles make you who you are, just like every banana has its skin.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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A mind can be set for the better.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[043] Specialisation Needs Commitment
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If you love something, don't set it free.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[042] It's Not The Last Time
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Until you die, you can always try again.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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This is the greatest and best podcast in the world.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Maybe waking up isn't that hard, at least compared to going to jail.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[039] This Is What Happens When You Don't Like Your Job
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Your circumstances don't stop you from being a magnificent, shining swan.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Your purpose is the atom of your beliefs.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Your bicycle and you are an unstoppable force, worthy of being the next main character in The Avengers.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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You can be happy as a jerk.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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If you're going to slice open an innocent fruit and scoop out its insides, you might as well make it delicious.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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Not every season is Christmas sweater season, but here's a new season of the podcast.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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The best April Fool's joke is the one pulled on April 10 instead of April 1, because then no one's expecting it.Thank you to all the fans, supporters and listeners of How To Win Friends & Influenza. You're awesome!Piano solos by Mewtwo the cat.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[032] Rheumatology With Dr Allan Sturgess
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[031] Vascular Surgery With Dr Gabrielle McMullin
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Blood vessels are needed to keep the liquid of life pumping throughout our bodies!In this episode, Dr Gabrielle talks about vascular surgery, rather interesting stories and workplace justice.Theme music by Rupert Keller.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[030] Anaesthetics With Dr Marie Dreux
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Anaesthetics! And the people who do it! They might have a title that's hard to pronounce, but the ability to guide patients through operations safely remains rewarding.In this episode, Dr Marie talks about life as an anaesthseticoshcsdokdtist, interesting cases and training advice.Chill beats by Professor Phil Poronnik.…
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[029] Geriatrics With Dr Chris Middlemiss
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The recipe for geriatrics is diverse and beautiful. It's 5 parts general medicine, 2 parts falls investigations, 1 part deathly despair, 3 parts woolly sweaters and 5 parts super cool.In this episode, Dr Chris talks about the variety of hospital presentations, the balanced geriatrician lifestyle and how to find your ultimate calling.Sick beats by P…
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[028] Adolescent Medicine With Dr Linette Gomes
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Chronic diseases can strike people of all ages, from foetus to corpse (probably not inclusive). Adolescent medicine is what it sounds like: the branch of medicine that deals with adolescents, particularly when it comes to chronic diseases.In this episode, Dr Linette talks about what adolescent medicine involves and the type of health practitioner i…
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[027] Otolaryngology With Dr Faruque Riffat
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Otolaryngology isn't likely to be any child's first word, but it sure makes for a great Hangman game!In this episode, Dr Faruque talks about the specialty colloquially known as ENT and gems of wisdom for making it onto a specialty program.Theme music by Jordan D. Peterson, a collaboration between Ehsan W. Farshid and Lily Chen.…
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[026] Dermatology With Dr Pablo Fernández-Peñas
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Skin is good. Skin is great. Skin is important to every person, especially when it comes to quality of life.In this episode, Professor Pablo talks about why dermatology is extremely exciting and matters as a specialty.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[025] Anaesthetics Nursing With Pete Kelly
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Nursing and doctoring are hearty friends who hold hands while prancing off into the sunset. Together, their teamwork is something that can make health care great. Long live patient welfare!In this episode, Pete talks about what nursing involves, different types of nursing and how nurses and doctors can work together to make a better patient experie…
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[024] Orthopaedic Surgery With Dr Saqib Noor
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Bones are the putative skeleton of the human body, so it's important that they're not broken. Hold on! They actually are the skeleton! That means we need orthopaedic surgery to fix them.In this episode, Dr Saqib talks about orthopaedic surgery, charitable work and international inequalities in health care.Theme music by Lily Chen.…
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[023] Pathology With Dr Nicky Graf
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There are many things that can go wrong in the human body. Luckily, there's a specialty that studies it: pathology. After all, a tissue diagnosis must be made! The show must go on!In this episode, Dr Nicky talks about work, microscopes and social interaction in the specialty of pathology.Theme music by Lily Chen.…
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[022] Renal Medicine With Dr Lucy Wynter
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The heart isn't actually heart-shaped, but kidneys really are kidney-shaped!In this episode, Dr Lucy talks about renal medicine, how to make it into physician specialty training and finding a job in the modern medical climate.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[021] Paediatrics With Dr Louisa Adams
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You were once a child, before you became an esteemed listener of fancy podcasts such as this!In this episode, Dr Louisa talks about paediatrics, how it differs from adult medicine and what the training pathway involves.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[020] Medical Oncology With Dr Fran Boyle
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Malignancy is the enemy, ironically composed of cells from the self.In this episode, Dr Fran talks about life as a medical oncologist.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[019] Intensive Care Medicine With Dr Stuart Lane
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Where do you go if you have multi-organ failure and teeter on the cusp of death? An important three-letter acronym: ICU!In this episode, Dr Stuart talks about the hectic life of intensive care medicine, being a good doctor and the importance of morals.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[018] Respiratory Medicine With Dr Lucy Morgan
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We all crave love, but first we require oxygen. Lungs are such needy things!In this episode, Dr Lucy talks about respiratory medicine, pub rock and marriage.Theme music by Lily Chen.Von How To Win Friends & Influenza
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[017] Medical Research With Julia Chapman
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Fake medicine is based on hogwash and wizardry, while real medicine is based on evidence and clinical trials. That makes medical research integral to accurate diagnosis and treatment.In this episode, Julia talks about life as a medical researcher, how research applies to medical doctors and the challenges that research involves.Theme music by Lily …
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[016] Sports Medicine With Dr Bob Sallis
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Sports is a unique field. It consists of grown adults or small children tossing equipment around according to made-up rules - and somehow having quite a lot of fun doing so. That's why sports medicine is a unique specialty. It deals with the afflictions of active people, often involving acute treatment at the moment of injury, not just chronic over…
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[015] Cardiology With Dr Chris Semsarian
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Without the heart, there is no mindless muscle bag to pump blood all around the body. Fortunately, cardiology exists to cure, palliate and address issues of this important organ!In this episode, Professor Chris talks about his work as a specialist cardiologist, why he campaigned for public defibrillators and the crucial contribution of being passio…
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[014] Junior Doctor With Dr James Ooi
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Going from medical student to doctor means a life full of money and employment. But what's it really like being a medical intern or resident? Is being a junior doctor akin to administrative slavery or is it a chance to help the world?In this episode, Dr James answers questions about junior doctor life, coffee, spontaneous patient bleeding and what …
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[013] Careers Outside Medicine With Dr Renee Lim
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Life is full of infinite possibilities! If you have a medical degree, your future is not confined to the hospital wards.But how can you choose between all the things you want to achieve while you're alive? Is it possible to manage your time so you can be both a doctor and a professional abalone diver?In this episode, Dr Renee Lim talks about balanc…
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[012] Manufacturing Pharmacy With Allan Fong
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Your greatest nightmare is here, except this time you're wearing pants!Your hospital patient has a rare case of Aafkhajsdklashkjdasodhsouheihterl Fever and conventional medicines can't cure it. Could it be time to call in a manufacturing pharmacist to whip up something customised for you?In this episode, Allan Fong talks about hospital pharmacy, ho…
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[011] Clinical Psychology With Juliette Drobny
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Patients with mental health illnesses can be treated with medication, psychological therapy or a combination of both. But what exactly do psychologists do? Which patients go to them? Which doctors interact with them?In this episode, Juliette talks about what clinical psychology is, why she hasn’t locked her car lately and how examination stress can…
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[010] Psychiatry With Dr Philip Boyce
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Just like hearts, souls and a working Internet connection, minds are vital things in our modern world. Psychiatry is a discipline of medicine that deals with mental illness and its effects on patients.In this episode, Professor Philip talks about the interesting topics that psychiatry encompasses, the lifestyle of the work and invaluable wisdom fro…
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[009] Skin Cancer General Practice With Dr Philip Smith
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Skin is important! How else do you discriminate between all of the delicious fruit and vegetables in the supermarket?As a non-science graduate of a city medical program, Dr Philip talks about his deviation from surgery, his subsequent background as a rural general practitioner and his current range of medical duties.Theme music by Phil Poronnik.…
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[008] Trauma Surgery With Dr Jeremy Hsu
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PATIENT IS BLEEDING! EVERYBODY PANIC!That's not what it's really like in a trauma setting, is it?Dr Jeremy talks about the ups and downs of life in trauma, as well as the different training paths that can lead to it.Dr Jeremy is the Director Of Trauma at Westmead Hospital. Additionally, he's involved in breast clinics and medical teaching.Theme mus…
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