Leon Piterman AM is a Professor of General Practice at Monash University and is one of the world’s leading GP educators. He has published widely on clinical and educational issues related to general practice with a particular interest in mental health and chronic disease. His first book “There is a lot of it going around” — A GP’s Odyssey was published in 2019.

In his book chat, Leon discusses Living in COVID Times, an exploration of Australia’s COVID-19 experience through a variety of lenses — from the political and economic components of the pandemic, to its effects on our shared social and religious practices — and explores what he considers might be involved in the final shift toward ‘Covid normal’.