Shared Medical Appointments: Harnessing the Power of Connection and Coaching

The Health Coach Impact · Jul 5, 2026 · 50m

In this episode, Sharon Curtain is joined by John Stevens, Associate Professor of Lifestyle Medicine at Southern Cross University, who talks about the power of shared medical appointments (SMAs) and his experience using SMAs as a culturally competent and appropriate way of improving access to, and the quality of, primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. John's journey took him from a first hand experience of chronic disease in nursing to academia and his discovery of lifestyle medicine, which led him to advocate for shared medical appointments (SMAs) over…