School of Surgery
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsAudio and video podcasts aimed at medical students and doctors in training on a growing range of topics across surgery.
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Acute Surgical Imaging part 2 - ultrasound
October 10, 2014 00:00 - 11 minutes - 99.4 MB VideoYou're on for surgical acute admissions - you've taken a history, examined the patient and sent off some blood tests, but you still can't figure what is wrong with your patient! What next...? Help is at hand: Lee Creedon returns to continue his series on acute surgical imaging, this time all about ultrasound. When and where to use it are discussed, as well as limitations of the technique in the acute surgical patient. Lee takes you through some common clinical scenarios to illustrate...
All you ever wanted to know about hernias
October 03, 2014 00:00 - 15 minutes - 21 MBDaniel Couch and Jennifer Murphy tell you all you ever wanted to know about hernias in this audio podcast. They discuss definition, presentation, symptoms and signs and management of hernias of all kinds as well as complications of hernia and operations for hernia. Essential listening for all medical students and core trainees (interns) in surgery. Daniel Couch is a general surgical registrar and Jennifer Murphy a core trainee in surgery in the East Midlands in the UK.
Medical Statistics VII: Confidence Intervals
September 23, 2014 00:00 - 9 minutes - 11.2 MB VideoHow confident are you with confidence intervals? Perhaps not 95%.... In this podcast Rob Radcliffe explains what confidence intervals are, how to interpret them and how they provide a deeper understanding of data and the p value. Essential viewing for any student, trainee or consultant/attending reading a scientific paper and wanting to interpret the data correctly. Rob Radcliffe is a former maths teacher and is now a trainee in Urology in the East Midlands, UK
Tumour pathology - a brief introduction: part IV
September 01, 2014 00:00 - 14 minutes - 144 MB VideoLymphoma, teratoma, testicular tumours, fibroadenoma, phyllodes tumour, molar pregnancy, choriocarcinoma and metastasis are some of the things discussed in the fourth and final part of the introduction to tumour pathology, with David Semeraro and Jon Lund.
Tumour pathology - a brief introduction: part I
August 24, 2014 00:00 - 11 minutes - 76.8 MB VideoWhat is cancer and why do types of cancer have different names? In this podcast Jon Lund talks to David Semeraro about the origin of types of cancer, the definition of cancer and the definitions of words such as dysplasia, metaplasia, neoplasia and desmoplasia, with examples of each. Essential viewing for any medical student of trainee in surgery of pathology wanting to get to grips with the fundamentals of tumour pathology. David Semeraro is a consultant pathologist at the Royal Der...
Tumour pathology - a brief introduction: part II
August 24, 2014 00:00 - 15 minutes - 180 MB VideoWhat do the terms benign, malignant, histogenesis, differentiation, stage and grade mean when applied to cancer? Whats the difference between an adenoma and an an adenocarcinoma? What's the adenoma - carcinoma sequence? Without understanding these basics you'll quickly get lost when learning about cancer and treatments for cancer. All is explained in this podcast, in which Jon Lund talks to David Semeraro using examples and pictures of macroscopic and microscopic cancers including ad...
Tumour pathology - a brief introduction: part III
August 24, 2014 00:00 - 10 minutes - 109 MB VideoProstate cancer, transitional cell carcinoma, sarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, haemangiosarcoma and osteosarcoma are more of the tumours discussed by Jon Lund and David Semeraro in the third of four podcasts on the basics of pathology. Pictures of macroscopic and microscopic pathology and radiological imaging link the discussion to everyday clinical practice. David Semeraro is a consultant pathologist and Jon Lund is a surgeon at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK
How to Suture - part 4: the Z plasty
June 11, 2014 00:00 - 5 minutes - 26.2 MB VideoOne of your colleagues has made an incision the wrong way on a limb and the patient complains the scar pulls and is wide. What are you going to do? In the fourth and final instalment of probably the most important series of 4 podcasts for any aspiring surgeon to watch, Ben Baker and Jill Arrowsmith take you through how perform a z plasty, probably the simplest but one of the most useful and versatile techniques in plastic surgery, which helps to revise unsightly scars and has many ot...
How to suture - part 3: Running mattress sutures and subcuticular sutures
June 06, 2014 00:00 - 5 minutes - 251 MB VideoThe wound is the only part of the operation a patient gets to see, so make sure you get the wound closure right! In the third instalment of probably the most important series of 4 podcasts for any aspiring surgeon to watch, Ben Baker and Jill Arrowsmith take you through how perform running mattress sutures and subcuticular sutures. Which suture to choose and why is discussed. On a cadaveric specimen Jill shows you how to perform a running mattress suture and subcuticular suture, bo...
How to suture - part 2: Simple and Mattress Sutures
May 30, 2014 16:35 - 6 minutes - 339 MB VideoIn the second instalment of probably the most important series of 4 podcasts for any aspiring surgeon to watch, Ben Baker and Jill Arrowsmith take you through how perform simple suturing. Which suture to choose and why is discussed. On a cadaveric specimen Jill shows you how to perform a simple interrupted suture and an interrupted mattress suture, the most common methods of sutured skin closure and essential knowledge for any medical student or surgeon in training. Made by plastic s...
How to suture - part 1: handling surgical instruments
May 18, 2014 14:02 - 6 minutes - 333 MB VideoIn probably the most important series of 4 podcasts for any budding surgeon to watch, Ben Baker and Jill Arrowsmith take you though how to suture, from handling instruments, through simple interrupted and mattress sutures, running sutures and finally, how to perform a z-plasty. Performed on a cadaveric specimen, these video podcasts are high fidelity and essential viewing for all medical students wanting to follow a career in surgery. They will also be useful to all foundation doctor...
Basics of acute surgical imaging - part 1
May 17, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes - 81.4 MB VideoAfter blood tests, X- rays are the most commonly requested investigation in a patient presenting as a surgical emergency. In this video podcast, Lee Creedon takes you through the indications for requesting x-rays in the acutely ill surgical patient and uses examples to illustrate common pathologies. Essential viewing for medical students and foundation doctors (interns), learning objectives are mapped to undergraduate and ISCP curricula. Once you've watched this, have a look at our ...
National Selection in General and Vascular Surgery: Applicant Briefing
May 15, 2014 00:00 - 8 minutes - 35.7 MB VideoNational selection into higher specialist training in general and vascular surgery in the UK has just ended for 2014. This video is the pre-interview briefing for applicants, and might be useful to you if you will be applying in the UK to either of these specialities in future years.
Basics of vascular operations
May 11, 2014 00:00 - 15 minutes - 41.8 MB VideoSo, you're a medical student who has just started a vascular surgical attachment. You have no idea what the surgeons are talking about when they are discussing the operations on the list tomorrow. How are you going to find out what it all means? Help is at hand: Keaton Jones explains the basics of all the common vascular operations, from anatomy, though indication to the operations themselves in this video podcast. This is essential viewing for all medical students on a surgical pl...
Medical Statistics VI: Sensitivity, Specificity and Power
May 02, 2014 00:00 - 17 minutes - 130 MB VideoThe interview was going well until at the academic station the interviewer asked: "Can you tell me what you understand by the power of a trial and what was the sensitivity of the test used in this study?" A bead of sweat appeared on the forehead of the applicant. If only she'd listened to Rob Radcliffe explaining binary tests, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and power she wouldn't have to come back next year and try again! These terms ar...
Medical management of ulcerative colitis
May 01, 2014 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBThis podcast contains all you need to know about the medical management of severe ulcerative colitis, from definitions, treatments, toxic megacolon, when to call the surgeon and many other things you will find useful to know whether a medical student, trainee in medicine or trainee in surgery. It is longer than many other podcasts from School of Surgery, but well worth the time, so make yourself a cup of tea and settle down to listen to Jon Lund talk to Bod Goddard about severe ulcer...
Medical Statistics V: t-tests
April 21, 2014 23:26 - 17 minutes - 124 MB Video"Why would you do a t-test on these data and what is it?" asked the interviewer in a national selection interview. "Errrrrrr...." replied the trainee surgeon who was beginning to think they wished they had watched the video podcast on hypothesis testing using this test. Oh well - he thought, I can always try again next year.... In the third podcast on hypothesis testing, Rob Radcliffe tells you all about t-test, what t is, how you use the t-test and what it actually means. This podca...
Happy Birthday School of Surgery
April 15, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes - 11.7 MB VideoSchool of Surgery is 1 year old today. We would like you to get involved through our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/surgeryschool) and tell us what's good and what could be better, whether you want more interaction through Twitter or Todaysmeet.com, what you want us to produce podcasts about and any other suggestions to help us get even better in our second year. Happy Birthday School of Surgery!
Post op surgical problems II: Wound Problems
March 27, 2014 00:00 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MB"Doctor - is it normal for that wound to be red and pus leaking from it? What shall I do?" It is inevitable that you will see post operative wound infections whether you work as a doctor or other healthcare professional, in primary care or in secondary hospital care. This podcast by Jennifer Murphy and Daniel Couch takes you through the definition, diagnosis, classification and treatment of post operative wound infections, starting from those occurring at the skin edge and working ...
Basics of colorectal operations
March 22, 2014 00:00 - 12 minutes - 36.5 MB VideoSo, you're a medical student who has just started a surgical attachment. You have no idea what the surgeons are talking about when they are discussing the operations on the list tomorrow. How are you going to find out what it all means? Help is at hand: Keaton Jones explains the basics of all the common colorectal operations, from anatomy, though indication to the operations themselves in this video podcast. This is essential viewing for all medical students on a surgical placement a...
Sutures: a field guide
March 13, 2014 00:00 - 14 minutes - 142 MB Video"What suture would you like to close with, Doctor?" asked the scrub nurse. "Errrr....Dunno, what do they normally use?" replied the surgical trainee who hadn't taken a few minutes to watch this week's podcast from Lee Creedon, all about sutures. In this podcast, mapped to ISCP and basic surgical skills course objectives, Lee takes you though different kinds of sutures, needles, nomenclature and the indications for using each particular type of suture. So, when the scrub nurse asks y...
Hartmann's procedure explained
March 09, 2014 00:00 - 14 minutes - 54 MB VideoEponymously named operations give you little clue as to what they are or what they're for. One of the most commonly performed eponymous procedures is Hartmann's procedure. Jon Lund takes you though the background, indications, preparation and performance of this operation in a video podcast, latest in the "operation explained" series. Essential viewing for medical students on a surgical attachment and core trainees (junior residents). Jon Lund is Associate Professor of Surgery at the...
Medical Statistics IV: Hypothesis Testing part 2
February 22, 2014 00:00 - 16 minutes - 117 MB VideoWhat's a population? Easy question? Or not? What's a representative sample? What's a random sample from the population and how do you decide if the set of data you have is the same or different from your population. How many samples do you need to take to be representative of the whole population? Rob Radcliffe explains these concepts and much more, passing through central limit theorem - the very core of medical statistics - to explain all of these easy sounding but difficult concep...
Virtual colonoscopy aka CT Colonography explained
February 08, 2014 09:00 - 19 minutes - 36.3 MB VideoThere are many ways to skin cat and many ways to image the colon. Barium enema is quickly becoming a thing of the past and being replaced by CT colonography, also called virtual colonoscopy. In this video podcast Jon Lund talks to Dr Rajeev Singh about this increasingly common imaging technique, its advantages and disadvantages, its sensitivity and specificity for detecting lesions in the colon and its future. The discussion is illustrated with images taken from CT colonography inves...
Dupuytren's Contracture
January 31, 2014 00:00 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBAre you a viking who can't straighten your fingers, find it difficult to get your hand in your pocket and keep poking yourself in the eye when you're washing your face? If so, you might have Dupuytren's contracture. Benjamin Baker talks to Jill Arrowsmith about this common problem, discussing aetiology, diagnosis and treatment options in the latest in our plastic surgery podcasts. Dupuytren's contracture is common, and if you can diagnose it and discuss its management in undergraduat...
Medical Statistics III: Hypothesis Testing
January 25, 2014 00:00 - 11 minutes - 12.3 MB VideoStatistics is a bit of a mystery to most of us. Help is here from former maths teacher and current surgical trainee, Rob Radcliffe. In the third in this series explaining medical statistics, Rob explains hypothesis testing. This is fundamental to just about all we do when cam paring data in trials. The null hypothesis is explained and when it is safe to reject it (how to tell if 2 distributions are the same or different and by how much). This podcast also makes it clear where the "ma...
How to do a laparoscopic renal pyeloplasty
January 18, 2014 00:00 - 9 minutes - 574 MB VideoSusan Clayton shows you how to do a laparoscopic renal pyeloplasty for pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction. In this step by step video you will be taken though the stages of this key operation in urology. Essential viewing for any core trainee or resident, or anyone interested in or already pursuing a career in surgery or urology. Susan Clayton is a trainee in the East Midlands School of Surgery. The procedure was performed by Mr Simon Williams, Consultant Urologic Surgeon, Roya...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
January 11, 2014 00:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThis audio podcast covers all you need to know about the aetiology, presentation, anatomy, and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Ben Baker is an Academic Foundation Year 2 Doctor and Jill Arrowsmith is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in the renowned Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital, UK
Wound Healing
January 04, 2014 00:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBHow do wounds heal? What stitch would you use to close a wound and why? When would you not close a wound? What do you do when a wound looks infected? Seem like easy questions but would you be able to answer them?? In the first of a series of podcasts on plastic surgery, Benjamin Baker talks to Jill Arrowsmith about aspects of wound healing. Types of wounds healing are discussed. Primary closure, delayed primary closure healing by secondary intention are explained as well as granulati...
Holiday Message
December 22, 2013 00:00 - 28 seconds - 225 KBHappy Holidays from all at School of Surgery
Surgical Scars: A field guide
December 14, 2013 00:00 - 11 minutes - 22.4 MB VideoYou're standing in your surgical examination looking at a patient's abdomen. The examiner asks you to comment on the scars you can see. What are you going to say? Help is at hand... Keaton Jones takes you though positions of scars on the abdomen, how old they are and what the operation might have been. Kochers, roof top, mercedes benz and Rutherford- Morrison incisions are covered amongst all the other incisions and combinations of scars from open and laparoscopic operations which wi...
Oliguria: what you're going to do when you're called to the ward to see someone with low urine output
December 06, 2013 00:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB"Doctor, Mr Jones's urine output has been low for the last 3 hours, can you come to review him please?" This is a common call to trainees on surgical wards. But what is a low urine output, why is is low and what are you going to do? In the second in their series on common problems on the ward facing FY1/2 and core trainees (interns and junior residents), Jennifer Murphy and Daniel Couch take you through definitions of adequate and poor urine output, causes and management of the probl...
Urology: Transitional cell carcinoma
November 29, 2013 11:36 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBIn a previous podcast you've seen how to to a laparoscopic nephrouterectomy for TCC. Now you can learn about transitional cell carcinoma itself. Susan Clayton discusses epidemiology, aetiology, presentation, investigation, treatment options and prognosis of TCC with Simon Williams. The podcast is mapped to learning outcomes from ISCP and covers all you need to know as a medical student and core surgical trainee (junior resident) about this common urological cancer. Listening to this ...
Medical Statistics II: Descriptive Statistics and Standard Scores
November 27, 2013 16:00 - 19 minutes - 122 MB VideoDo you have an average number of legs? Most likely you have slightly more than the mean number of lower limbs if you think about it. It is important to be able to describe data properly so that we convey the correct and accurate meaning. In his second podcast on medical statistics, Rob Radcliffe takes us through descriptive statistics, central tendency and normal distribution in an accessible and painless fashion. Easy to understand explanations are supplemented with diagrams and cha...
Post op surgical problems I: What to do if you are called to see a patient with hypotension after surgery
November 16, 2013 16:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBIn the first of a new series on common problems seen on the surgical ward after an operation, Jennifer Murphy discusses hypotension in the post operative period with Daniel Couch. The symptoms, signs and of causes of hypotension in the post op period are discussed, as well as an algorithm for diagnosis and treatment for each cause. Essential listening for medical students coming up to finals or wanting to be well prepared for their first surgical job. Also important revision for fou...
How to do a laparoscopic nephroureterectomy
November 09, 2013 16:00 - 10 minutes - 105 MB VideoSusan Clayton takes you through laparoscopic removal of the kidney and ureter to treat transitional cell carcinoma. There is a step by step commentary and operative footage of this commonly performed operation, with explanation of the anatomy and each step of the operation. This podcast will help you to fully understand nephroureterectomy, whether you are a medical student, core trainee (junior resident), or higher surgical trainee. Surgery perfumed by Simon Williams, Consultant Uro...
What you need to know about managing pain
November 03, 2013 17:10 - 10 minutes - 9.21 MBWhat are you going to do when you are asked to see a patient in pain?! What drug will you give? What if it doesn't work??! Help is at hand... Ben Baker and Tom Heinink discuss the WHO pain ladder in this audio podcast. They discuss all you'll need to know to manage post operative pain and pain in patients presenting as emergencies to surgery in a logical and stepwise manner, using the World Health Organisation ladder as a model. This podcast is essential listening for medical student...
Urological Emergencies II: Renal Calculi and renal colic
October 26, 2013 17:00 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBIn the second in the series on common emergencies in urology, Susan Clayton talks to Hari Ratan about the presentation and management of renal colic, one of the most common urological conditions presenting as an emergency. A good working knowledge of renal colic and renal calculi is essential for anyone learning urology either as a medical student, foundation year doctor (intern) or core trainee in surgery or urology (junior resident). This podcast is mapped to final year medical st...
Urological Emergencies I: Torsion and epididymo-orchitis
October 19, 2013 21:00 - 9 minutes - 8.87 MBIn the first of a series on urological emergencies, Benjamin Baker talks to Hari Ratan about torsion of the testicle and epididymo-orchitis. The talk covers all aspects of presentation and management and is mapped to medical student finals objectives and also ISCP. It is essential listening for medical students coming up to finals or during a surgery attachment, foundation year 1 doctors (interns) and core surgical trainees (Junior residents), or anyone involved in emergency care. B...
Medical Statistics I: Formulating Clinical Questions
October 12, 2013 17:00 - 6 minutes - 51.5 MB VideoIn the first of his series on medical statistics, Rob Radcliffe, maths graduate, former maths teacher and current trainee in surgery in East Midlands School of Surgery, talks us through a way to clearly formulate clinical questions. Correct formulation of these questions is fundamental to research, the correct use of statistics in clinical settings and will help you to read, interpret and critique a scientific paper. Rob describes, using an example from his own practice, the PICO met...
M18 Masterclass in coloproctology
September 28, 2013 17:00 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBClick on this link http://videoportal.dbh.nhs.uk:2800 or paste into your browser to access a recording of a day of the M18 colorectal masterclass. There's a whole day of presentations on common topics in proctology, including haemorrhoids, pruritus ani, fissure, MRI, endoanal ultrasound pilonidal sinus and more. The highlight is a recording of Professor Robin Phillips (St Mark's Hospital, UK) giving his excellent talk on fistula in ano, which tells you, extremely clearly, all you wil...
How to do a laparoscopic anterior resection
September 25, 2013 17:05 - 1 minute - 107 MB VideoBuilding on last week's podcast, Katherine Smith, Specialty Registrar in East Midlands School of Surgery, takes you through a laparoscopic anterior resection for a rectosigmoid cancer. There is a step by step commentary and operative footage of this commonly performed operation, with explanation of the anatomy and each step of the operation. Viewing this in conjunction with the "anterior resection explained" podcast will help you to fully understand anterior resection, whether you a...
Anterior resection explained
September 14, 2013 06:00 - 12 minutes - 66.9 MB VideoJon Lund continues the series on explaining the principles of operations for colorectal cancer with anterior resection. In this video podcast the underlying principles of surgery for cancer are explained, and the indications for operation, adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer are discussed. The operation is explained with the help of diagrams, as well as indications for formation of defuntioning ileostomy. This podcast will be helpful to medical students on surgical at...
How to describe a fracture
September 08, 2013 19:39 - 7 minutes - 16.5 MB VideoKeaton Jones defines a fracture and shows you an easy method to describe any fracture, with examples from x-rays of patients. This video podcast is essential viewing for medical students or core trainees (junior residents) in the emergency department or orthopaedics who might find themselves on the spot, having to comment on a fracture to the consultant in a teaching session, or to a colleague over the phone. Never be lost for words again!
How to do a laparoscopic appendicectomy
August 30, 2013 15:47 - 6 minutes - 71.2 MB VideoJon Lund, Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Nottingham and Consultant Surgeon at Royal Derby Hospital takes you on a guided tour of the contents of the abdomen and shows how to do a laparoscopic appendicectomy. This video podcast will be useful to core trainees in surgery (junior residents) and medical students who are interested in surgery. Surgery performed by Ash Bhalla assisted by Chris Neophytou.
Pancreatitis
August 24, 2013 16:14 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBKeaton Jones, Academic Clinical Fellow at the University of Oxford, talks to Ash Bhalla, Research Fellow in Surgery at the University of Nottingham, about pancreatitis. This audio podcast is mapped to learning outcomes for medical undergraduates and core surgical trainees (junior residents), and covers presentation, diagnosis, investigations, scoring systems, prognosis and complications of pancreatitis - so all you really need to know about this common acute surgical condition!
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - part 2
August 17, 2013 21:15 - 6 minutes - 24.5 MB VideoSchool of Surgery are back from their summer holidays! Keaton Jones completes his multimedia explanation of lap chole with indications for on table cholangiography, a picture of a cholangiogram, with explanation of the pathology and anatomy and a video of a laparoscopic common bile duct exploration. This video podcast will be helpful to medical students and trainees in core surgery (junior residents). It will help you to understand whats going on, get the answers right when you're on...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy explained
August 02, 2013 23:00 - 11 minutes - 65.6 MB VideoKeaton Jones takes you on a multimedia journey though laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Indications, technique and complications are covered, with pictures, slides and operative videos and anatomical diagrams. If you are a medical student who wants to know about the procedure, or you are about to go to see one in the OR and want to know what you're seeing, then this is an ideal resource. If you are a core trainee (Junior resident) in surgery and want to be properly prepped for doing a la...
The abnormal plain abdominal x-ray
July 26, 2013 23:00 - 15 minutes - 163 MB VideoJon Lund talk to Rajeev Singh, Consultant Radiologist at Royal Derby Hospital, UK about common abnormalities see on plain abdominal x-rays, using the ABC structure described in the previous video podcast on the normal plain x-ray. The video podcast covers small and large bowel obstruction and caecal and sigmoid volvulus amongst other topics. Ideal for learning or revision for medical students or foundation doctors and core trainees in surgery (interns and junior residents)
Stomas - what they are and how to tell them apart
July 19, 2013 23:00 - 9 minutes - 19.7 MB VideoKeaton Jones, Academic trainee at University of Nottingham and Royal Derby Hospital, UK, introduces stomas. In this video podcast stoma is defined, types of stoma discussed (especially ileostomy and colostomy, loop and end stomas) and complications listed. Keaton also takes you through how to examine a patient with a stoma (these patients tend to crop up in exams!) This video podcast will be useful for medical students as learning and interns and junior residents (foundation and cor...