The Honest EP Podcast

Andrew chats with Archie about his young leadership journey at Rebound. Covering questions and topics including:

- The journey as an EP

- Lessons learnt along the way 

- Challenges of supporting a team

- Tips on developing skills 

- A good beer from Akosha Brewery

Andrew chats about how he build a solid referrer network over the past 10 years running a private clinic. 

- A good pale ale from Mountain Culture Brewing Company 

- Successful and unsuccessful stories of trying to connect with referrers 

- The most important factors in creating a positive relationship 

- Lessons about GP meetings, other allied health, your own profession

Andrew talks about how he bounced back straight from having Covid into competing in a half marathon a week later.

A new beer is also very much enjoyed. 

Andrew and Archie discuss 5 tips for people starting in private practice healthcare. Whether people are new graduates just entering the workforce, transitioning from a different sector or moving to a new practice the tips are relevant for a range of professions. 

Also included: A review of the Balter Eazy Hazy ale. 

Andrew and Archie sit down and have a beer and a ginger beer with Becca Roberts, Mental Health Occupational Therapist and previously working with people who were 'not guilty by reason of mental impairment' in a forensic hospital and as a health clinician in a prison.

We cover heaps of topics including:

- A review of Brookvale Union Ginger Beer and Little Creatures Pale Ale 

- Becca's OT journey from the UK to Australia

- Working with people with psychosis in forensic hospitals 

- Working in a prison during COVID lockdown 

- Transitioning to private practice

- Tips for general self care 

 

Andrew and Archie have a beer with one of their work colleagues, Hannah, who is an exercise physiologist and has also recently been diagnosed with cancer. 

Hannah shares her story and openly answers every question you really want the answer to, including:

- Sh*t you can't ask / say to someone with cancer

- What it's like being a young health professional with a cancer diagnosis 

- All the questions you get asked a million times

We also discuss:

- What it's like as a business owner with an employee with cancer

- Why anyone would want to drink a pickle beer

Andrew and Archie have a beer with Alan English, an exercise physiology student finishing up his degree. Alan is also a personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach with experience with the Canterbury Bulldogs U20s and a purveyor of Guinness.   

The boys cover:

- Experience doing exercise physiology at university 

- How personal training experience can be beneficial 

- University during a pandemic 

- Tips for students and supervisors in running good placements

- Why Guinness isn't actually that bad

 

Andrew and Archie talk through what allied health employers often look for in CVs and interviews and give some tips on how to stand out in the process.

- A review of a Mountain Culture Hazy IPA

- How to make your CV stand out 

- What employers look for on a CV

- What to expect in an interview

- What to prep for in an interview

 

Andrew and Archie have an honest discussion about value in allied health and cover interesting points including:

• Trying to still provide value in shorter sessions 
• Providing value in bulk billed settings
• Valuing new grad/newer practitioners vs more experienced
• Valuing service in different schemes
• Reviewing the Hawaiian Hazy Pale Ale 

Andrew and Archie take strong standpoints in a debate on over servicing in private practice. The boys try to flesh out all the reasons on both sides of the argument and leave some final thoughts on the issue. 

There's also a beer review!