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What is O&G Magazine?

The College's news and features magazine

O&G Magazine publishes features on the latest issues in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. It encourages the free flow of ideas, information and debate amongst the membership of the College and the broader community involved in women's healthcare.

Four issues are published each year in March (Autumn), May (Winter), September (Spring) and December (Summer) More
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Volume 11 - 2009

O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 4 Summer 2009
Obstetrics: art or science?

Table of Contents (ranzcog 164 KB)

Complete Issue (ranzcog 5 MB)

Feature Highlights

Obstetrics: art or science? (ranzcog 86 KB)
Tony Baird

Reflections on my initiation into the secret world of complex vaginal birth (ranzcog 248 KB) Keith Hollebone

Complex vaginal deliveries: Why are we still doing them? (ranzcog 246 KB) Martin Sowter

Forceps delivery (ranzcog 70 KB)
Steve Robson and Caroline de Costa

Preventing eclampsia: art or science? (ranzcog 84 KB)
Richard Lewis and Caroline de Costa

Standards of antenatal care (ranzcog 78 KB)
Celia Devenish

Non-pharmacological pain management in childbirth (ranzcog 70 KB)
Various authors

Planned homebirths in Australia (ranzcog 337 KB)
Andrew Pesce

Homebirth transfers at Lismore Base Hospital (ranzcog 135 KB)
Brendan O'Sullivan, Tony Bushati and Tim Ho

A midwife's perspective on homebirth in New Zealand (ranzcog 240 KB)
Cheryl Benn

Intrapartum fetal monitoring (ranzcog 169 KB)
Wan Tinn Teh and Stephen Tong

Controlling the timing of labour (ranzcog 164 KB)
Toni Welsh



O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 3 Spring 2009
Blood

Table of Contents (ranzcog 94 KB)

Complete Issue (ranzcog 5 MB)

Feature Highlights

Anaemia in pregnancy (ranzcog 84 KB)
Christian Bryant and Stephen Larsen

The curse of sickle cell disease (ranzcog 78 KB)
Talat Uppal and Chris Ogwu

Administration of RhD immunoglobulin to prevent maternal Rhesus alloimmunisation (ranzcog 116 KB)
Bev Quested

Postpartum haemorrhage in a very remote hospital (ranzcog 106 KB)
Deena Case

Postpartum haemorrhage and post-traumatic stress disorder (ranzcog 188 KB)
Dereck Souter

Holding a mirror to life (ranzcog 240 KB)
Caroline de Costa

The heart of pregnancy (ranzcog 134 KB)
Poornima Ranka and Steven Adair

Feto-maternal haemorrhage estimation (ranzcog 209 KB)
Nadine Verdoorn and Michael Swain

Blood and the fetus (ranzcog 125 KB)
Emma Parry

Bleedin’ obstetrics (ranzcog 105 KB)
Andrew Potter

The anaesthetic management of postpartum haemorrhage (ranzcog 258 KB)
Clare Moser

Thrombophilia and obstetrics (ranzcog 129 KB)
Claire McLintock


O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 2 Winter 2009
Quickening: The fetus in the second trimester

Table of Contents( ranzcog 107 KB)

Complete Issue ( ranzcog 6.5 MB)

Feature highlights

Routine antenatal screening
Amy Mellor (ranzcog 141 KB)

Down syndrome
Scott Dunlop (ranzcog 330 KB)

Travelling with Erinn
Chris Halloway (ranzcog 304 KB)

Soft markers at the mid-trimester ultrasound
Michael Bethune (ranzcog 163 KB)

Sex chromosome aneuploidy in the second trimester
Sue Fleming (ranzcog 262 KB)

Ethical aspects of screening and diagnosing chromosomal
and other abnormalities in the second trimester
Cliff Saunders (ranzcog 223 KB)

The incompetent cervix
Chern Lo (ranzcog 145 KB)

Counselling parents expecting a preterm baby
Antonio De Paoli (ranzcog 272 KB)

‘Misplaced faith’ in the 20-week morphology scan
Janet Vaughan (ranzcog 203 KB)

Ultrasound for entertainment
Lachlan de Crespigny (ranzcog 150 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 1 Autumn 2009
Death

Table of Contents( ranzcog 109 KB)

Complete Issue ( ranzcog 6.5 MB)

Feature highlights

Three deaths in six months
Natalie Kiesy-Calding More (ranzcog 152 KB)

Maternal death - a collection of personal experiences More (ranzcog 169 KB)

Monitoring maternal mortality and morbidity in Australia
James King More (ranzcog 118 KB)

Maternal mortality in New Zealand
Alastair Haslam More (ranzcog 40 KB)

Deaths following gynaecological surgery for benign conditions
James Brodribb More (ranzcog 120 KB)

Investigations at stillbirth
Sarah Wadsworth More (ranzcog 130 KB)

Unexplained stillbirth
Steve Robson and Leo Leader More (ranzcog 205 KB)

Holistic approach to the care of parents in perinatal death
Robyn Kelleher More (ranzcog 264 KB)

Maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea
Glen Mola More (ranzcog 169 KB)

Providing care at the very end of life
Katherine Clark More (ranzcog134 KB)

Childbed fever
Caroline de Costa More (ranzcog74 KB)

Volume 10 - 2008

O&G Magazine
Vol 10 No 4 Summer 2008
Obesity

Table of Contents ( ranzcog 120 KB)

Complete Issue ( ranzcog 8.5 MB)

Feature highlights
  • Obesity in pregnancy - Paul Howat More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Labour and delivery in obese women - Keith Allenby More (ranzcog 1.2 MB)

  • Beyond dieting - Debbie Tolcher and Shelley Wilkinson More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Why are you big and I am not - David Schroeder More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • The obesity epidemic in children and adolescents - Sonia Grover More (ranzcog 176 KB)

  • The impact of obesity on obstetrical and gynaecological ultrasound - Sashi Siva and Andrew McLennan More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Anaesthesia for the obese parturient - Steven Katz More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Obesity and surgery in gynaecology oncology - Ai Ling Tan and Seema Mohiuddin More (ranzcog 301 KB)

  • Inverse relationship between obesity and testicular function - Tanya Stewart and Gordon Baker More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Some insights into the epidemiology of obesity - Steve Robson More (ranzcog 176 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 10 No 3 Spring 2008
The heart of the matter

Table of Contents ( ranzcog 120 KB)

Complete Issue ( ranzcog 8.5 MB)

Feature highlights
  • Women's heart health: a case of neglect - Norman Sharpe More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Matters of the heart are important to women - Rachel Huxley and Vibeke Anna More (ranzcog 1.2 MB)

  • Women and coronary artery disease - Rachael Cordina and Anushka Patel More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Obstetric patients with rheumatic heart disease - James Sartain More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Management of heart disease in pregnancy - Eileen Bass More (ranzcog176 KB)

  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Erin Clark More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Journey of a fetal red blood cell - Graham Parry More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Fetal cardiac anomalies - Steve Cooper and Ramesh Parmar More (ranzcog 301 KB)

  • Heart transplant and pregnancy - Peter Subramaniam and Steve Robson More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Antenatal diagnosis of fetal heart malformation - Simon Meagher More (ranzcog176 KB)

  • HRT and heart disease - Rod Baber More (ranzcog176 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 10 No 2 Winter 2008
Ethics and Religion in O and G

Table of Contents (ranzcog 804 KB)

Complete Issue (ranzcog 7 MB)

Feature highlights
  • Anglicanism­­ - Janet Duke More (ranzcog 28 2KB)

  • Buddhism - Yasmin Jayasinghe More (ranzcog 1.2 MB)

  • Catholicism - Chris Halloway More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Namaste India - Vasu Iyengar More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Orthodox Judaism - Peter Wein More (ranzcog176 KB)

  • Judaism - Edith Weisberg More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Islam and bioethics - Huda Younis More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Professional conscience - Nicholas Tonti-Filippini More (ranzcog 301 KB)

  • Female genital mutilation - Greg Jenkins More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Religion, ethics, law and human rights - Thomas Faunce More (ranzcog176 KB)

  • Science and prayer - Chris Jackson More (ranzcog176 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 10 No 1 Autumn 2008
Town and gown

Table of Contents ( ranzcog 534 KB)

Complete Issue ( ranzcog 45 MB Large! )

Feature highlights
  • Academic O and G in Australia and New Zealand - Rob Norman and Alastair MacLennan More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • VMOs, staff specialists and academics - Michael Permezel More (ranzcog 1.2 MB)

  • In praise of academics - David Molloy More (ranzcog 282 KB)

  • Rescuing O and G - the role of RANZCOG committees - Rupert Sherwood More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • A road less travelled - Warren Jones More (ranzcog176 KB)

  • Research matters - David Healy More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Celebrating a quarter century of leadership in perinatal medicine More (ranzcog 867 KB)

  • Should medical students deliver babies? - Caroline de Costa More (ranzcog 301 KB)

  • The Notre Dame Mentoring Model Rodney Petersen and Julie Quinlivan More (ranzcog 387 KB)

  • Teaching and learning with simulated patients Vivienne O'Connor More (ranzcog176 KB)

Volume 9 - 2007

O&G Magazine
Vol 9 No 4 Summer 2007
Tales from the first trimester

Table of Contents ( 534 KB)

Complete Issue ( 51 MB Large! )

Feature highlights
  • The history of IVF - Gab Kovacs More ( 1.2 MB)

  • Oocyte donation in assisted conception - Frank Quinn More ( 282 KB)

  • Immune interactions and tolerance between mother and embryo - Gamal Matthias More ( 387 KB)

  • The early life origins of health and disease - Jeffrey Robinson and Julie Owens More (176 KB)

  • Preconception care - Celia Devenish More ( 867 KB)

  • Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - Sandra Lowe More ( 301 KB)

  • Abortion services in Australia - Cait Calcutt More ( 67 KB)

  • Abortion in New Zealand - Margaret Sparrow and Carol Shand More ( 1.1 MB)

  • Late termination of pregnancy - Peter Stone More ( 121 KB)

  • Late termination of pregnancy - practical realities - Jan Dickinson More ( 1.1 MB)

  • Abortion laws in Australia - Elizabeth Kennedy More ( 138 KB)

  • Nuchal translucency screening - Frank Carmody More ( 581 KB)

  • Posthumous sperm procurement and conception
    Ethical reflections -Malcolm Parker More ( 3 MB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 9 No 3 Spring 2007
The Breast

Table of Contents ( 534 KB)

Complete Issue ( 51 MB Large! )

Feature highlights
  • Breast cancer in Australia today - Sue Murray More ( 201 KB)

  • Breast cancer management - Owen Ung More ( 578KB)

  • Breast screening for rural women - Sue Fraser More ( 71 KB)

  • BreastScreen Aotearoa - Madeleine Wall More ( 1 MB)

  • The gynaecologist and breast and ovarian cancer - Kathy Tucker More ( 3.8 MB)

  • Managing mastalgia - Carolyn Cho More ( 425 KB)

  • Preventing gynaecological cancer in high risk women - Rhonda Farrell and Ian Hammond More ( 447 KB)

  • Breast reduction surgery - a patient's perspective More ( 241 KB)

  • Some considerations of breast cancer - the psychological impact - Francis Macnab More ( 225 KB)

  • A hiccup along the way - a personal experience of surviving breast cancer More ( 225 KB)

  • Breastfeeding and breast milk - Monica Hogan, Louise Duursma and Dale Hansson More ( 225 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 9 No 2 Winter 2007
Climate Change

Table of Contents ( 465KB)

Complete Issue ( 57MB Large! )

Feature highlights
  • Climate change - Steve Robson More ( 201 KB)

  • Recent trends in Australian fertility - Graeme Hugo More ( 578 KB)

  • Change in obstetrics - Ken Clark More ( 71 KB)

  • Climate change for GP obstetricians - Jeff Taylor More ( 1 MB)

  • Climate change for urban obstetricians - Gino Pecoraro More ( 3.8 MB)

  • Moving towards trust and cooperation in obstetrics - Paul Howat, Samantha Scherman More ( 425 KB)

  • The changing climate for New Zealand Trainees - Victoria Carlsen More ( 447 KB)

  • Obstetricians and midwives - Karen Guilliland More ( 241 KB)

  • Climate change and Trainees - Carol Breeze More ( 225 KB)

 

O&G Magazine
Vol 9 No 1 Autumn 2007
O and G for Older Women

Table of Contents ( 465 KB)

Complete Issue ( 57 MB Large! )

Feature highlights
  • Elder Friendly Clinics Celia Devenish More ( 201 KB)

  • Tibolone for Postmenopausal Women John Eden More ( 578 KB)

  • Gynaecological Oncology in the Elderly John Miller More ( 71 KB)

  • Geripause and the Pelvis Ajay Rane More ( 1 MB)

  • Fertility and IVF in Older Women Freddie Graham More ( 3.8 MB)

  • Using HRT in Older Women Rod Baber More ( 425 KB)

  • Do Older Women Still Have Sex? Darren Russell More ( 447 KB)

  • The Sexual Concerns of the Older Women Francis Macnab More ( 241 KB)

  • Palliative Care for the Older Woman Norelle Lickiss More ( 225 KB)

About O&G Magazine

O&G Magazine Advisory Group

Position

2008-2010

Council Representative (Australia)

Professor Caroline de Costa

Council Representative (New Zealand)

Dr Sarah Tout

Fellows’ Representative

Associate Professor Steve Robson

Diplomate Representative

Dr John Schibeci

Trainees’ Representative

Dr Brett Daniels

O&G Magazine Editors

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Peter White

Executive Services Manager

Ms Penelope Griffiths

Communications Coordinator

Ms Rachel Corkery

Media, Marketing and Communications Senior Coordinator

Ms Julia Serafin

Role of the O&G Magazine Advisory Group

The O&G Magazine Advisory Group was formed to guide the direction of O&G Magazine and plan the content of future issues, including the selection of topics and authors for specially-commissioned articles.

The group has responsibility for the oversight of a magazine that serves as a means of communication to the membership of the College. The College’s vision and mission form the basis for O&G Magazine policy, and the College’s
current Strategic Plan guides the selection of content.

The group has chosen to coordinate each issue of O&G Magazine around a selected theme, currently alternating clinical themes with themes that highlight other College activities.

At its meetings, the O&G Magazine Advisory Group discusses and advises on the next four issues, particularly considering articles and potential authors relevant to the themes selected for the following two publications.

However, the group does not make editorial decisions. All material published in O&G Magazine must be in line with the guidelines approved by the Executive Committee of Council. Editorial decisions also may be influenced by publication deadlines, number of pages available, balance of content and authors, cost factors and advertising policies.


History of O&G Magazine

When O&G Magazine was launched in February 1999, the then President, Professor Ian Fraser, presented the new-look magazine as the face of a progressive women’s health organisation, with its content reflecting the services provided and activities conducted by the College. In his inaugural editorial entitled ‘This is your College’, Professor Fraser wrote of the changes taking place in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology, and the roles that the College needed to assume in these changing and challenging times.

O&G Magazine replaced three College publications: The Bulletin (College news), The Diplomate (clinical articles for GP obstetricians) and Continuing Education News. O&G Magazine also took over the role formerly taken by the RACOG Resource Units in providing articles of clinical interest to obstetricians and gynaecologists. Also, up to that time, there had been no regular publication to promulgate the training work of the College and communicate updates and news to Trainees and training supervisors.

The mission of O&G Magazine therefore was to present the College and the professional activities of its members to the membership and other interested readers.

 

How to contribute to O&G Magazine

The College encourages members to submit articles, news items and letters of comment. For further information or to discuss a prospective story idea, contact the Communications Coordinator.

Further information about submissions is contained in the O&G Magazine Writers' Guidelines. More ( 59 KB)


Points of view

All members of the College are also invited to submit letters of comment about features previously published in O&G Magazine or about best practice issues in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Letters to may be submitted by email to ranzcog@ranzcog.edu.au or by mail to:

The Editors, O&G Magazine
254-260 Albert Street
East Melbourne Vic 3002 Australia

For verification, letters should bear a postal address and daytime telephone number or email address.

Letters may be edited for reasons of space and clarity. Please note that maximum word length—including references—is 500 words.

In accordance with the O&G Magazine Writers’ Guidelines, RANZCOG reserves the right to refuse letters of comment that are written in an offensive or confrontational manner, or which make claims that cannot be substantiated with suitable evidence or data.

How to advertise in O&G Magazine

For information about advertising in O&G Magazine please contact:

Mr Bill Minnis
Minnis Communications, Melbourne

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+61 3 9824 5241

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info@minniscomms.com.au

Minnis Communications manages advertising for employment/vacancies, conferences and workshops and product placement. Advertising may include both printed advertisements or distribution of an insert with the circulation of O&G Magazine.

 

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