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Mr James Coulston - Human Factors and Patient Safety

Through The Keyhole - August 22, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes
Lucy and Lydia are joined by Mr James Coulston, consultant vascular surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. James explores the role of non-technical skills and the importance of human factors, teamwork and training in successful surgical outcomes. 

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Siya Lodhia - Sustainable OR

Through The Keyhole - May 31, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes
Lucy and Lydia  are joined in conversation with Siya Lodhia, a surgical registrar focused on sustainability in surgery. They explore the environmental impact of operating theatres and the challenges of implementing sustainable practices. Siya shares insights from her research project on staff at...

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Miss Siya Lodhia - Sustainable OR

Through The Keyhole - May 31, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes
Lucy and Lydia  are joined in conversation with Siya Lodhia, a surgical registrar focused on sustainability in surgery. They explore the environmental impact of operating theatres and the challenges of implementing sustainable practices. Siya shares insights from her research project on staff at...

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Miss Stella Dilke - The role of mentors and fellowships in surgical training

Through The Keyhole - May 15, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes
Lucy and Lydia catch up with Stella Dilke, a friend from medical school, and discuss what it is like to undertake a fellowship at St Marks Hospital in London, parenthood challenges, and what makes an inspiring mentor.  Stella is a general surgical registrar in London with an enthusiastic approa...

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Stella Dilke - The role of mentors and fellowships in surgical training

Through The Keyhole - May 15, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes
Lucy and Lydia catch up with Stella Dilke, a friend from medical school, and discuss what it is like to undertake a fellowship at St Marks Hospital in London, parenthood challenges, and what makes an inspiring mentor.  Stella is a general surgical registrar in London with an enthusiastic approa...

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Prof Danail Stoyanov - Robotics, Engineering and AI in Surgery

Through The Keyhole - May 03, 2023 05:00 - 38 minutes
In this extended episode, Lucy and Lydia are joined by Dan Stoyanov,  Professor of Robot Vision from UCL and director of research at Medtronic. They discuss the growth of robotics within medicine, the intersection of AI, robotics and engineering and what the changing paradigm means for surgeons ...

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Mr Matthew Doe surgery in different contexts - middle income countries

Through The Keyhole - March 28, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutes
In this episode, Lucy and Lydia are joined by mr Matthew Doe who  reflects on his international surgical work in Nepal and Kenya. They discuss some of the challenges of surgery in middle income countries and the impact of ambulance services in terms of patient outcomes. 

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Miss Michele Lucarotti - Breaking the mould

Through The Keyhole - March 21, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes
Lucy and Lydia catch up with consultant surgeon Michele Lucaretti from Gloucester as she approaches retirement. They reflect on her career as a female consultant general surgeon when the norm was heavily toward male surgeons . Michele maintains her enthusiasm for the profession despite the chall...

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Professor Toogood - The Sunflower Clinical Study

Through The Keyhole - March 16, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes
Lydia and Lucy are joined by Professor Giles Toogood, Chief Investigator, Consultant Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Prof Toogood explains the goals and breadth of the Sunflower Study - a large RCT looking at the clinical and cost-effectiveness of expectant management versus preoper...

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Through The Keyhole series 3 preview

Through The Keyhole - March 14, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes
Lucy Huppler and Lydia Newton review series two of the TTK podcast and look forward to what's in store for series three of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons GBI podcast.  To get in touch with the show, please email [email protected] or use twitter handle @ALSGBI_podcast

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Conference Conversations Part 2: ALSGBI Scientific Meeting Newcastle

Through The Keyhole - November 10, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes
Continuing the approach from previous TTK episode, Hamish Mackenzie talks with participants of the ALSGBI scientific meeting. Topics include; the power of group feedback un the form of  Schwartz rounds, the challenges of continuing training as an early years consultant, the growth of robotics an...

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Conference Conversations Part 1: ALSGBI Scientific Meeting Newcastle

Through The Keyhole - November 10, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes
Hamish Mackenzie from Digital Resilience UK steps in for the normal presenting team to capture a series of conversations from around the 2022 ALSGBI scientific meeting. The focus of the conversations is surgical education and training and the role of technology in improving practice. In the init...

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Gateshead Annual Scientific Meeting Preview

Through The Keyhole - November 03, 2022 21:00 - 15 minutes
Tan is joined by Tamsin Morrison to preview the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons GBI

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John Brunning - The Power of Music

Through The Keyhole - August 08, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutes
Tan is joined by Classic FM's prime-time DJ, John Brunning. The cover the power of music and its effect on concentration, team dynamics, healing and personal relaxation. 

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Prof Nadir Francis - Balancing research and surgery from a district location

Through The Keyhole - August 01, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes
Tan and Lucy are joined by Professor Nadir Francis, a consultant colorectal surgeon and with a significant body of research work. They discuss some of the challenges of continue to publish research from a regional location away from the major academic institutions and reflect on the importance o...

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Prof Nader Francis - Balancing research and surgery from a district location

Through The Keyhole - August 01, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes
Tan and Lucy are joined by Professor Nader Francis, a consultant colorectal surgeon and with a significant body of research work. They discuss some of the challenges of continue to publish research from a regional location away from the major academic institutions and reflect on the importance o...

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Meg Finch-Jones - Notes from a HPB consultant

Through The Keyhole - July 26, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes
Consultant Surgeon Meg Finch-Jones joins Lucy and Tan to reflect on her career in HPB surgery. They discuss her own journey into this area of surgery and some of the unique challenges of the specialism. They consider the evolution of role, the importance of coaching younger trainees, and the job...

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Miss Meg Finch-Jones - Notes from a HPB consultant

Through The Keyhole - July 26, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes
Consultant Surgeon Meg Finch-Jones joins Lucy and Tan to reflect on her career in HPB surgery. They discuss her own journey into this area of surgery and some of the unique challenges of the specialism. They consider the evolution of role, the importance of coaching younger trainees, and the job...

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Meg Finch-Jones - Notes from a HPV consultant

Through The Keyhole - July 26, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes
Consultant Surgeon Meg Finch-Jones joins Lucy and Tan to reflect on her career in HPV surgery. They discuss her own journey into this area of surgery and some of the unique challenges of the specialism. They consider the evolution of role, the importance of coaching younger trainees, and the job...

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Graham Gooch - Latter career, training and personal development

Through The Keyhole - June 27, 2022 18:00 - 22 minutes
In the second episode with Ex England Cricket Captain, Graham Gooch, Tan discusses the challenges of team management and how to get the best from others. They also discuss the transition when  senior professionals step back from front line services and the pleasure in develop the skills of coach...

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Graham Gooch - The cross over between elite sport and surgical teams

Through The Keyhole - June 20, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes
In the first of two episodes, former England cricket captain Graham Gooch joins Tan to discuss elite performance and getting the best from teams.  They discuss attitude, coaching, commitment, skill, feedback, concentration and reducing complications. 

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Mr Justin Morgan - From general to transplant surgery

Through The Keyhole - June 07, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes
Lucy and Lydia talk with Mr Justin Morgan, a consultant general and transplant surgeon  at  Southmead Hospital in Bristol.  Justin reflects on his early career as a general surgeon before discussing the benefits of specialism and his particular interest endocrine and transplant surgery. They al...

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Ms Kat Baker - The first years of being a consultant colorectal surgeon

Through The Keyhole - May 27, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes
Kat is a Consultant  Colorectal Surgeon at  Oxford University Hospital. Lydia, Tan and Kat discuss the process of finding a first role as a consultant and the benefit experience beyond training. Kat reflects on the benefit she drew from an overseas surgical fellowship in Australia and her period...

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Mr Andrea Saracino - The first day as a consultant surgeon

Through The Keyhole - May 09, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes
Lydia and Lucy talk with Mr Andrea Saracino (Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Yeovil District Hospital)  as he finishes his training and begins his first day as a consultant surgeon.  They contrast training experiences in UK and Italy and the challenge of getting surgical training time and some of ...

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Mr Saxon Connor - Surgical team work in a time of crisis

Through The Keyhole - May 09, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes
In this episode Lydia and Tan talk with Mr Saxon Connor, an HPB surgeon from Christchurch, New Zealand. They discuss some of importance of team work in surgical teams before focusing specifically to the challenges surrounding crisis trauma events such as the earthquake and terrorist events that ...

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Dr Jordan Tsigarides - Virtual and Augmented Reality

Through The Keyhole - May 03, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes
Prof Tan is joined by Dr. Jordan Tsigarides, an  Academic Clinical Fellow  based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and Norwich Medical School. Jordan is the VR lead for the NNUH and is responsible for the development of multiple educational programmes utilising immersive tech...

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Series 2 - Episode 3 - Professor Dr April Roslani

Through The Keyhole - April 24, 2022 21:00 - 34 minutes
Tan and Lucy are joined by Professor Dr April Roslani, Dean of the University of Malaya. Professor April reflects on the her journey of training and the broader challenges of surgical training, both historically and in contemporary circumstances. She reflects on the evolving medical curricula an...

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Professor Dr April Roslani - The Challenge of Surgical Training

Through The Keyhole - April 24, 2022 21:00 - 34 minutes
Tan and Lucy are joined by Professor Dr April Roslani, Dean of the University of Malaya. Professor April reflects on the her journey of training and the broader challenges of surgical training, both historically and in contemporary circumstances. She reflects on the evolving medical curricula an...

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Paul Barrack: S2 Episode 2

Through The Keyhole - March 29, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes
Tan is joined by Dr Paul Barrack from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss the challenges of managing complex systems and how keeping the guiding principles of patient safety, high quality of care, staff satisfaction and financial sustainability central. They discus...

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Dr Paul Barrack: Managing Complex Systems

Through The Keyhole - March 29, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes
Tan is joined by Dr Paul Barrack from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss the challenges of managing complex systems and how keeping the guiding principles of patient safety, high quality of care, staff satisfaction and financial sustainability central. They discus...

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