The Dr Coffee Podcast

Prof Jonathan Sackier & Dr Nigel Guest host the wildly funny podcast "Join the Docs", and invite audiences to delve into health-related topics served with a delightful side of humour.  Along with a little help from Slim the skeleton, they welcome the audience into their conversation to share the intriguing, implausible, and marvellous medical stories that are sure to pique your interest whilst teaching you something new. From itching, bedbugs and bruises, to anaemia, anatomy and aortic aneurysms -‘the docs’ cover it all.  Dr Coffee's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/drcoffeeza Register for the Philips Future of Health LinkedIn LIVE - https://bit.ly/FutureHealth24SA

Dr Shauntel Ambrose is a qualified dentist and dental practice owner with a special interest in Paediatric Dentistry. She’s a speaker, producer and host of the "Behind a Smile" podcast, a healthcare business podcast where healthcare leaders share their stories, tips and tricks around sustainable practice and maintaining balance. Dr Ambrose is a faculty member at Dental Protection and presents risk communication workshops on how to better meet patient expectations and avoid litigation. She’s also a medico-legal mediator who helps practitioners and patients seek resolution and mutually agreeable solutions before litigation. Say hello to our new theme music! Artist: Stereo Club, Song: "Maybe". https://open.spotify.com/track/2Le5eAmLc4fb6t8q9NH4xd Thank you to our sponsors Wave Medical Scrubs, SutureKits.co.za, V Professional Services, Money & Medicine, & IndemniMed for making this episode possible. Check out our Linktree URL for all podcast episodes, links to our sponsors, and discount codes from SutureKits and WiZMed. https://linktr.ee/drcoffeeza Send feedback or comments to [email protected]

In this week’s episode, we welcome back Dr Nox Mphambukeli, with the next in our fascinating Registrar Series, where we feature young registrars who have just begun their journey to specialisation. Our guest on the podcast today is Dr Josef Breedt. Dr Breedt obtained his MBChB degree from the University of Pretoria in 2017, graduating cum laude and top of his class. He subsequently completed his medical internship in Gqeberha, from 2018-2019. He took up leadership roles and was elected Vice chairperson of the Intern Representative Council in 2019. Following internship, he went back to his hometown roots of Emalahleni in 2020 where he spent 6 months working in Psychiatry, the Emergency Department and following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, spent 6 months in the COVID critical care ward. He took up a Medical Officer position in Psychiatry at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and after 6 months in the department, started his Registrar time in Psychiatry, and is currently completing his third year. Dr Breedt is passionate about mentoring from student to Registrar level and has been involved in a pioneer programme for peer mentorship at the University of the Witwatersrand. Furthermore, his interest in research has produced 2 published articles during his Registrar time.  Thank you to our fantastic sponsors on this episode: IndemniMed - https://www.indemnimed.co.za/ V Prof Medical Coding & Billing - https://vprofservices.com/ Seventh Star Tuition - https://seventhstar.co.za/ King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre - https://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/en/home Follow us on INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/drcoffeeza/ LINKTREE URL - https://linktr.ee/drcoffeeza

In this episode, it was my privilege and honour to interview Dr Nadia Karrim, a qualified ENT surgeon and director of the International Centre for Astronautical Development (ICAD), about space medicine and chasing her lifelong dream to become an astronaut. Thank you to our Sponsors on this episode: IndemniMed - https://www.indemnimed.co.za/ Seventh Star Tuition - https://seventhstar.co.za/ V Prof Medical Coding & Billing - https://vprofservices.com/ King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre - https://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/en/home Important Links mentioned in this episode: Space generation advisory council - https://spacegeneration.org/ https://spacegeneration.org/regions/africa/south-africa King’s College London PG Diploma and MSC in Aerospace Medicine - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/aerospace-medicine-msc-pg-dip#:~:text=The%20Aerospace%20Medicine%20course%20is,clinical%20and%20operational%20aviation%20medicine