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Master the MRCS Podcast: Colorectal Surgery Part 2
August 25, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBIn this episode, Sharmaine will cover lower gastrointestinal (GI) conditions tailored to MRCS revision. Content is helpfully broken down into subcategories that aid in making them more comprehendible and easily remembered! - this is the second part in a two-part series
Master the MRCS Podcast: Colorectal Surgery Part 1
August 18, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this episode, Sharmaine will cover lower gastrointestinal (GI) conditions tailored to MRCS revision. Content is helpfully broken down into subcategories that aid in making them more comprehendible and easily remembered! This is part one of a two-part series.
Master the MRCS Podcast: Upper GI Surgery Part 2
August 11, 2022 07:32 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode, Sharmaine will cover upper gastrointestinal (GI) conditions tailored to MRCS revision. Content is helpfully broken down into subcategories that aid in making them more comprehendible and easily remembered! This is part two of a two-part series.
Master the MRCS Podcast: Upper GI Surgery Part 1
August 04, 2022 20:27 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBIn this episode, Sharmaine will cover upper gastrointestinal (GI) conditions tailored to MRCS revision. Content is helpfully broken down into subcategories that aid in making them more comprehendible and easily remembered! This is part one of a two-part series.
More Than Episode 4 with Dr Amz Choudhury
June 22, 2022 23:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBIn our final episode of this HLA mini-series we meet Dr. Amz Choudhury, an NHS Entrepreneur, co-founder and host of his very own podcast the "ScrubbedIn" podcast and co-founder of the revolutionary learning platform "Peer". Check out Dr. Amz's projects @scrubbedin_ and @peerr.io. Dr Choudhury designed and built the Peer education platform. Find out who he is and how he intends to change the world very soon! Dream big and then bigger! This Podcast is sponsored by Medics.Academy
More Than Episode 3 with Dr Sultan Hatab
June 15, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBThis week we have the pleasure of hosting a guest who has given talks all around the country. Dr. Sultan Hatab is a psychiatry foundation fellowship doctor who founded his own organisation the "Aafiyah project" which aims to draw focus on maintaining the wellbeing of the mind and soul. In this episode we learn about the challenges he faced and how he overcame them. Check out Dr. Hatab's project @aafiyahproject This podcast is kindly sponsored by Medics.Academy
More Than Episode 2 with Allan and Henry
June 08, 2022 23:00 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this weeks episode we meet final year medical student Allan and second year medical student and qualified optometrist Henry. These 2 medical students have founded the @morethanamedic Instagram page. Their goal is aspire to inspire the future generation of medics in any and every way that they can. In this episode we will find out what they do outside of medical school, what their motivations are and their tips for successfully achieving your goals and dreams. This podcast is kindly spons...
More Than Episode 1 with Dr Aqil Jaigirdar
June 01, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBThe first episode in the 'More Than' podcast series with Dr Omar Abdul Jolil. Within this podcast, Omar discusses with various individuals who have proven that they are more than just clinicians on what their passions are and how they realised them.Our speaker for this week founded his own charity whilst in medical school, has set up clinics and released educational material across the globe and secured the support of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In this episode we speak ...
Epimedic: Crime and chance
July 31, 2021 06:00 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBThis episode will cover the concept of chance in statistics using the example of DNA evidence in criminal courts. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Management, is a certified member of Social Enterprises UK, and is commissioned by Health Education England North East and Health Education England South West. The HLA partners with Medics.Academy and through Medics.Academy its programme is accredited by the Medical School at the University of Central Lancashire. The HLA is al...
Epimedic: Political polling and bias
July 24, 2021 06:00 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MB2016 was an important year for politics. Two world-changing events happened: EU referendum (or Brexit) and the US presidential election. The results of both events came as a surprise to nearly everyone who had been following the opinion polling closely. It is believed that selection bias played a role in influencing the results. This episode will cover the concept of bias in statistics. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Management, is a certified member of Social Enterpri...
Epimedic:The weekend effect and confounding factors
July 17, 2021 06:00 - 8 minutes - 12.2 MBOn 12 January 2016, junior doctors took part in a general strike across the NHS in England for the first time since 1975. At the centre of the dispute was the weekend effect. The ex-health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, had repeatedly use this effect to back his push for 24/7 NHS and the new junior doctor contract in 2016. This episode will explore the concept of weekend effect and how its research is complicated by confounding factors. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Manageme...
Epimedic:To test or not to test
July 10, 2021 06:00 - 8 minutes - 18.4 MBTesting for covid-19 comes with many benefits, but no test is 100% sensitive and specific. This episode will explain the concept of sensitivity and specificity using the example of covid-19 testing. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Management, is a certified member of Social Enterprises UK, and is commissioned by Health Education England North East and Health Education England South West. The HLA partners with Medics.Academy and through Medics.Academy its programme is ac...
Epimedic: The process of vaccine development
July 03, 2021 06:00 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBThis episode focuses on the process of drug development using the example of the Covid 19 vaccine. It will also provide the listeners with a walkthrough of the phase 3 trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The study type of randomised controlled trials will be briefly explored. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Management, is a certified member of Social Enterprises UK, and is commissioned by Health Education England North East and Health Education England South West. The...
Epimedic: Epidemiology 101
June 27, 2021 20:45 - 9 minutes - 21.9 MBThis episode will introduce the listeners to the study of Epidemiology. Epidemiology is the study of distribution (including frequency and pattern), risk/ protective factors and interventions (including diagnosing and management) of diseases. 3 historical stories (Dr John Snow and cholera, Dr Percival Pott and scrotal cancer and Dr James Lind and scurvy) will be used to further explained the study areas. The HLA is approved by The Institute of Leadership & Management, is a certified member ...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation:: Neurological assessments and management of sedation and pain relief medication
June 19, 2021 06:00 - 53 minutes - 45.4 MBJoin Raluca (ICU Nurse) and Chris (ICU Consultant) in looking after Mary, a (hypothetical) patient who has been in ICU for a week following a cardiac arrest. We are looking at reducing sedation and assessing Mary’s neurology. Join us in discussion: Sedation? What is this and what medications we may use? Pain relief: what and why? How to assess neurology: GCS, RASS and CAM-ICU Delirium and its management. We mention research around GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale: Teasdale, G. and Jennett, B....
How is government influenced on Obesity Policy? | Dolly Theis | Healthy Discussions #6
June 15, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 98.5 MBDolly Theis is not your usual public health policy academic. She stood as a Conservative Party candidate in the 2017 general election, winning 10,000 votes in Vauxhall. As a One-Nation Tory, Dolly has also campaigned on environmental and food issues. She has also been involved with initiatives like 50:50 Parliament (for gender balance in Westminster) and the veteran's charity Forward Assist. She is undertaking a PhD at Cambridge University’s MRC Epidemiology Unit, researching how policy mak...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation : Renal failure and Renal Replacement Therapy
June 12, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 26.3 MBBianca, our hypothetical patient, gets admitted from the ward with severe diarrhoea and a potassium of 7.5. Join Raluca (ICU Nurse) and Chris (ICU Consultant) in discussing: What is “renal failure” How to prepare for this admission Treatment options for Bianca Renal Replacement theory: the principles Don’t miss our three takeaway messages and please send us yours! Enjoy the episode! Raluca Vagner- Intensive Care Nurse @RalucaVagner Chris Gough- Intensive Care Consultant @GoughCJ
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation: Hypovolemic shock
June 05, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 35.8 MBCara (our hypothetical patient) develops hypovolaemic shock following a laparotomy. Join Raluca (ICU Nurse) and Chris (ICU Consultant) in a discussion about: What do we want to know from the handover? What is the management of hypovolaemic shock? Blood product and their importance Major Haemorrhage protocol My (Raluca) lightbulb moment: Hb may not always drop enough to indicate a bleeding – find out why! Don’t miss our three takeaway messages and please send us yours! Enjoy the episo...
Making Change in the NHS | Professor Partha Kar OBE | Healthy Discussions #5
May 30, 2021 19:03 - 57 minutes - 130 MBProfessor Partha Kar OBE is a Consultant Endocrinologist in Portsmouth, the National Specialty Advisor to NHS England for Diabetes and Obesity, and the National Associate Clinical Director for Diabetes. He is well recognised by the Type 1 Diabetes community for projects such as TAD talks (Talking about Diabetes), improving access to non-invasive Libre sensors, and his social media presence. He has also co-founded other initiatives such as the Super Six model for diabetes care, Language Matte...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation: Septic shock
May 29, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 38.9 MBJoin Raluca (ICU Nurse) and Chris (ICU Consultant) in admitting and looking after our hypothetical patient Vincent who has presented to hospital in septic shock. We will talk about: Types of shock How to prepare for this admission How to manage a patient with septic shock Use of vasoactive medication Literature and research mentioned in the podcast: Sepsis Guidelines: https://sepsistrust.org/ And much more. Give away – the patient always gets better! Don’t miss our three takeaway me...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation : Covid through the eyes of a nurse, a physio, and a doctor
May 22, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThis is a special episode where Raluca (ICU Nurse) is joined by Chris Gough, Intensive Care Consultant and Owen Gustafson, Intensive Care Physiotherapist. We all talk about our experiences of going through a pandemic and the different challenges and successes we’ve encountered. This is a fun conversation, but also a hard one. We share our worries, stresses, concerns and hoped for the future. We leave you on a positive note, with food for thought: what three things would you change/impleme...
Mental Health, Prison & Childhood | Dr Lade Smith CBE | Healthy Discussions #4
May 16, 2021 13:55 - 42 minutes - 97.4 MBDr Lade Smith CBE is Director of Forensic Services at South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust and 2019's Psychiatrist of the Year. Her background as an intensive care forensic psychiatrist has given her insight into the stories of family psychological trauma that are prevalent amongst the UK's violent offenders. She is also an advocate for race equality and has published research examining racial disaprities in the use of detention orders under the Mental Health Act. Zack and Lade discuss...
Too Little, Too Late for Mental Health | Dr Lade Smith CBE | Healthy Discussions #4
May 16, 2021 13:55 - 42 minutes - 97.4 MBDr Lade Smith CBE is Director of Forensic Services at South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust and 2019's Psychiatrist of the Year. Her background as an intensive care forensic psychiatrist has given her insight into the stories of family psychological trauma that are prevalent amongst the UK's violent offenders. She is also an advocate for race equality and has published research examining racial disaprities in the use of detention orders under the Mental Health Act. Zack and Lade discuss...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation: Intubation and ventilation
May 15, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBWe are following Robert’s continuous deterioration which leads to him being intubated. Join Raluca (ICU Nurse) and Chris (ICU consultant) to discuss more: When do we intubate? Is intubation risky? Overall principles of a ventilator (main modes and settings) Doctors and nurses working together in intubating a patient Weaning off the intubation “failed extubation” or is it really a failure? Literature and research discussed: Difficult Airway Society: https://das.uk.com/guidelines/icu_g...
The Critical Care Podcast - Building the right foundation: Respiratory Failure and Non-Invasive Ventilation
May 08, 2021 11:44 - 46 minutes - 40.7 MBIn this episode, Raluca (ICU Nurse) will be talking to Chris (ICU consultant) about a hypothetical patient called Robert who was admitted with an exacerbation of COPD. Join us to find out more about: -Type 1 and Type 2 Respiratory Failure -What to get ready at your bedspace for this admission -What you may want to get from the handover -Escalation of treatment -Use of Non-Invasive Ventilations Research mentioned: British Thoracic Society: https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/ NICE: http...
Health Inequalities & Covid-19 | Dr Carey Lunan | Healthy Discussions #3
May 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBCarey Lunan is a GP in Craigmillar, Edinburgh and Chair of the DeepEnd Group, made up of the 100 GP practices in Scotland's most deprived areas. She has also been chair of the Royal College of GPs in Scotland, leading on reports to government and policy, and representing the profession in mainstream media. She has a long-standing interest in health inequality and is a familiary contributor to public discourse concerning health issues in Scotland. In this conversation, Carey and Zack discuss...
Episode 6: Decolonising the Medical Curriculum with Sarah Wong and Tina Plowman
May 02, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 34.9 MBSarah Wong and Tina Plowman are two medical students who have been involved with organising the decolonising the medical curriculum movement at UCL. Last year they set up a facebook group, using the platform to organise regular discussions and roundtable talks, alongside students from other medical schools, discussing topics around racism, health inequalities and concepts around decolonisation in healthcare. In this episode they talk more about the work they are involved in, the purpose of t...
Episode 5: Mental Health of Students during COVID with Shantanu Kundu
April 25, 2021 18:00 - 35 minutes - 30.8 MB"Shantanu Kundu is a medical student at the University of Liverpool and founder of the Be Free Campaign, a charity that works across the country delivering workshops and holding street campaigns in the hope to demolish the stigma behind mental health. His organisation also works with Youtubers and influencers to promote positive mental health via their audience. Shantanu’s services to charity and commitment to helping the lives of others, resulted in him receiving the Diana awards in 2020, t...
Binge Eating & Digital Health | Richie Cartwright | Healthy Discussions #2
April 20, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 95.8 MBRichie Cartwright is Co-founder at Fella, a global community-driven digital health platform to guide men through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Binge Eating. He founded and sold the company Flow X, which worked with the UK government on improving traffic flow using artificial intelligence. An avid entrepreneur and economics graduate from Cambridge, he is determined to share his own story of struggling with binge eating to help the millions of other people who have it too, both men and wom...
Episode 4: Barriers to health in the deaf community with Rebecca Lennox
April 18, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 32.9 MBRebecca Lennox is a second year nursing student at John Moores University and alumni of the #150 Leaders Student Programme. Believing there was a huge gap in the care and treatment of people from the Deaf community, Rebecca and her colleague introduced British Sign Language classes for university staff and students, enlisting the help of a charity called Deaf Active. Demand for places were so high that now Rebecca is pushing for Sign Language classes to be on the curriculum for all nursing ...
Episode 3: Widening participation in Medicine with James Frater
April 11, 2021 18:00 - 46 minutes - 44.1 MBJames Frater is the co-founder of a social enterprise the Ladder Project, and the African and Caribbean Student Lead of King’s College London Widening participation programme. He is also part of Imperial's inaugural Black Students Advisory Panel and sits on the Youth Advisory Council for the Foundation for Education Development. To top it all off he is recognised as being one of the most outstanding students in the UK by Future Leaders, Rare Recruitment and The Association of Jamaican Nation...
Episode 2 : The Future of Drones in Healthcare with Hammad Jeilani
April 04, 2021 18:00 - 49 minutes - 49.5 MBHammad Jeilani is the director and co-founder of a company called Apian, a healthcare startup that is using drones to improve access to healthcare in a faster and environmentally friendly manner. Hammad is also a NHS clinical entrepreneur, a programme run by NHS England aimed to develop the next generation of leaders to help transform our healthcare system. And on the side he is also a medical student at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. In this episode we discuss Hamma...
Improving Healthcare Awareness with Rafia Miah
March 28, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBRafia Miah is a final year medical student at the University of Southampton. She has been involved in numerous organisations and last year received a scholarship to be a part of the Healthcare Leadership Academy. Passionate about women’s health she has recently set up an organisation called Amar Doctor, meaning my doctor, an initiative specifically targeted towards Bengali women in the UK which aims to provide educational seminars on a variety of different health-related topics. In this epi...
Healthy Discussions - Doctors in Politics with Dr Philippa Whitford MP
March 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 173 MBBorn in Belfast, Dr Philippa Whitford studied medicine in the West of Scotland before specialising in breast surgery. She has been a Consultant Breast Surgeon for 19 years, and is now the MP for Central Ayrshire and the Westminster spokesperson on Health and Europe for the Scottish National Party. Over her career she has studied Breast Cancer Immunology for her MD dissertation, worked as a medical volunteer in Palestine, Ayrshire in 2015 and sat on the Health Select committee. In this inspi...
Doctors in Politics | Dr Philippa Whitford MP | Healthy Discussions #1
March 01, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBBorn in Belfast, Dr Philippa Whitford studied medicine in the West of Scotland before specialising in breast surgery. She has been a Consultant Breast Surgeon for 19 years, and is now the MP for Central Ayrshire and the Westminster spokesperson on Health and Europe for the Scottish National Party. Over her career she has studied Breast Cancer Immunology for her MD dissertation, worked as a medical volunteer in Palestine and sat on the Health Select committee. In this inspiring conversation,...
The Guide to Global Health: The Role of personality
September 07, 2020 07:42 - 22 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this episode of the Guide to Global Health, Pedra Rabiee discusses the personal attributes that can either be advantageous or a barrier in working in global health with Dr. Mishal Khan. Dr. Khan is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Systems Research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her expertise is in quantitative and qualitative health policy and systems that focuses on improving infectious disease control programmes in South and Southeast Asia. She is also ...
The Guide to Global Health: Academia with Eduardo Gómez In this episode of the Guide to Global Healt
August 31, 2020 08:08 - 37 minutes - 59 MBPedra Rabiee discusses what it is like to be an academic in global health with Dr. Eduardo Gómez. Dr. Eduardo J. Gómez as an Associate Professor in the College of Health at Lehigh University. A political scientist by training, Dr. Gómez’s research focuses on the politics of global health policy, with a focus on the emerging economies. He has published a myriad of scholarly and media articles and is the author of three books. His most recent book, Geopolitics in Health, was published by Johns ...
The Guide to Global Health: Gender Equity with Jackie Corley
August 24, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this episode of the Guide to Global Health, we will discuss Jackie Corley’s work through the Gender Equity in Global Surgery Initiative. Jackie is a neurosurgery resident physician at Duke and a current research fellow at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. She focuses on global neurosurgery research and global health advocacy and policy to promote health systems strengthening. Jackie is also a founder and co-president of the Gender Equity Initiativ...
The Guide to Global Health: Patient Safety with Dr Ahmed Alboksmaty
August 17, 2020 06:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode of the Guide to Global Health, we will discuss Ahmed Alboksmaty’s journey from Egypt to the UK as a public health practitioner. Ahmed Alboksmaty is a medical doctor and a research associate in the NIHR Patient Safety Translational Research Centre at Imperial College London. He has previously worked as a consultant in quality and patient safety for the WHO EMRO and earlier as a Medical Coordinator for a joint project between UNHCR and the Arab Medical Union. In addition, he ha...
The Leader as a Scholar
July 07, 2020 06:00 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MBThis final episode of the series focuses on Scholarship. Tinaye Nandi and Med explore the importance of evidence-based leadership and management. We use the story of Ignes Semmelweis to explain the importance of evidence and that good scholarship means ensuring that those you want to learn are encouraged to access information. The podcast is found here https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/podcasts/ The leadernotes here https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/the-leadership-blog/
The Leader as a Follower
June 30, 2020 08:45 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIn today's episode, we focus on leadership's underappreciated cousin Followership. We talk about Activist Bayard Rustin and the importance of followership, in the development of a great leader, his mentee Martin Luther King Junior. We talk about the theory of Leader-follower relationships and how you can be the best type of follower. .
The Leader as An Innovater
June 23, 2020 00:36 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBIn the weeks' episode, we focussed on learning to innovate from scratch, and how to apply these skills to already existing organisations and products so that you can try this there too. We discussed how Da Vinci worked as a constant innovator and ways to think about innovating a new idea for yourselves, We also talked about Thomas Eddison's employment of different types of innovation and what those types are.
Leader as a Communicator
June 16, 2020 08:15 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBWe spoke about communication in this episode. Highlighting businesses which have really benefited from open communication methods. We talked through the 7 C’s of communication and spent some time reflecting on the ways we best receive information.
Leader as a Teambuilder
June 09, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this episode we talk about team building ; touching on Prof Meredith Belbin’s 9 characteristics for team building. We close out the episode with Nandis' interview of the eminent Dr R Pickering.
Leader as treasurer
June 02, 2020 13:02 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this episode, we focused on the skills you need to be a good treasurer. We started by talking about business models and the business model canvas, we considered the downfall of the infamous Woolworths, and we thought about the principle of decentralisation.
Women in Healthcare Leadership #Bonus
May 26, 2020 06:00 - 14 minutes - 7.37 MBIn this special episode, Tinaye Mapako interviews Dr Carina Dowson Project Co-ordinator for women in Healthcare Leadership (WIHL) at the HLA. We talk about Leadership, getting more women involved in leadership, Who inspires her and why leadership is important for all doctors.
The Leader as a Planner
May 19, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode, we focused on the skills you need to be a good planner. We started by talking about turning visionary leadership into a tangible strategy. We considered the power that planning gave Shaka Zulu and the Zulu empire, adding him to our leadership wall of fame. We thought about the Pareto principle and how it relates to task completion and considered the use of Gantt charts. To build a leader is a weekly podcast brought to you By Ahmad Elmansouri, Nandi Mnyama and Tinaye Mapako ...
The Leader as a Negotatior
May 12, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBIn our first episode, we focus on the skills you need to be a good negotiator. We talk about the people you need in the room; the lessons we could learn from ex-PM Tony Blair negotiation of the Good Friday agreement, and lastly, we will talk about different tactics we can use in the room. To build a leader is a weekly podcast brought to you By Ahmad Elmansouri, Nandi Mnyama and Tinaye Mapako leadership scholars at HLA Listen. You can find HLA listen to podcasts on all good podcasting apps ...
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April 24, 2020 14:51 - 39 seconds - 629 KBTo Build A leader is a weekly podcast all about nurturing leadership skills join Med, Nandi and Tinaye as they break down leadership with cutting edge research, interviews and lots of fun too.