Effective, efficient, patient-centred and safe healthcare is what we all want to see, and what the field of quality improvement is all about.

In these podcasts, Harriet Vickers talks to doctors and other healthcare professionals about how they’ve gone about improving care for their patients, and explores the ideas and techniques behind making change happen.

http://quality.bmj.com
 

Making the difference

The BMJ Best Practice podcast publishes interviews with clinical experts, aimed at healthcare professionals and students with an interest in keeping up to date with the latest scientific developments, evidence-based medicine and guidelines. 

BMJ Best Practice is ranked one of the best clinical decision support tools for health professionals worldwide.* Structured around the clinical workflow and updated daily, BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

bestpractice.bmj.com

*Kwag KH, González-Lorenzo M, Banzi R, Bonovas S, Moja L. Providing Doctors With High-Quality Information: An Updated Evaluation of Web-Based Point-of-Care Information Summaries

The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

BMJ Best Practice Podcast

Heart is an international, peer-reviewed journal that keeps cardiologists up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Each issue contains original research, accompanying editorials and reviews.
* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Heart podcast

For 50 years, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) has provided rigorous and independent evaluations of, and practical advice on, individual treatments and the overall management of disease for doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. DTB has always been wholly independent of the pharmaceutical industry, Government and regulatory authorities. DTB is also free of advertising and other forms of commercial sponsorship.
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309.
* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

DTB podcast

Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles that accelerate adoption of innovative and best practice in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. Frontline Gastroenterology is especially interested in articles on multidisciplinary research and care, focusing on both retrospective assessments of novel models of care as well as putative future directions of best practice. Specifically Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles in the domains of clinical quality, patient experience, service provision and medical education.
Listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.
* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

FG podcast

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the January 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/1/1
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/1
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Mark Beattie's UpFront January 2022

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the February 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about some of the details from a national report on overprescribing and discuss its implications (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/18). The editors review a study that highlighted overprescribing of short-acting beta agonists in people with asthma (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/21). They also discuss an article on prescribing for women of childbearing age who have inflammatory bowel disease and managing medicines during pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/2/24).
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Overprescribing, overuse of short-acting beta agonists, inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterised by hyperglycaemia due to absolute insulin deficiency. The condition develops due to destruction of pancreatic beta cells, mostly by immune-mediated mechanisms.

In this podcast, Rajesh Garg, Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, gives us an overview of the condition.

For more on type 1 diabetes, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/25

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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Type 1 diabetes

In previous episodes of Doctor Informed, we've talked about the importance of speaking out, and how to do that better, but as you progress through your medical career, you will become the person to whom those with problems will turn. 

In this episode we will explore listening. As a senior clinician, how can you make the space in your work to be a good listener, when what you hear might not be what you want to hear?

Our guests;
Megan Reitz is a professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Business School.
John Higgins is research director at The Right Conversation.

Reading
Speaking truth to power: why leaders cannot hear what they need to hear 
https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/4/270

Learning to listen

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the March 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about paracetamol and its effect on blood pressure and discuss progress on moving to inhalers that have less of an impact on the environment (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/34). The editors review a study that examined harms from medicines (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/37) and discuss the use of naldemedine in the management of opioid-induced constipation (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/3/39).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.

March 2022 - Paracetamol and blood pressure, greener inhalers, harms from medicines and naldemedine

In this podcast Grainne Donnelly, Associate Prof Izzy Moore and Dr Brooke Patterson speak with Steph about her experience returning to sport post-partum using the 6Rs framework (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34836883/).

Listen to Part 1 first: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/bjsm-11022022-ep-497?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/bjsm-1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing  where Izzy and Grainne discuss the framework and the role of a musculoskeletal clinician.

Return to running BJSM infographic - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/18/1114

Bringing the 6Rs to life – a patient perspective of return to sport post-partum. Ep #498

In previous episodes of Doctor Informed, we've talked about the importance of speaking out, but the culture in your organisation might not always make that easy, especially if you feel something has gone wrong and you might be blamed for it. 

Blame culture, no blame culture, just culture - there are many terms which are used to describe the environment in which individuals and teams work, the feel within a team and an organisation. In this episode we'll explore what they mean, why blame can be detrimental to patient safety, and give some tips on how to investigate problems without throwing blame around.

Our guests in this episode;

Joselle Wright - Deputy Director of Midwifery, Gynaecology and Sexual Health at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Susanna Stanford, who became involved in patient safety after experience of a spinal anaesthetic failing during a c-section in 2010. She is an ambassador for the Clinical Human Factors Group.

The blame game

Bacterial meningitis represents a life-threatening inflammation of the meninges.

Elisabeth Adderson, Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty, Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, gives an overview of the condition.

For more on bacterial meningitis, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000104

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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Bacterial meningitis

Rumination in humans is a disorder of the gut-brain interaction affecting three percent of people worldwide. It's characterised by recurrent regurgitation without associated retching or significant nause​a. B​ehavioural therapies are proved to be effective​, with the potential to be successful at the primary care level.
Dr Aditi Kumar, trainee associate editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and specialist gastroenterology registrar in the West Midlands, UK, interviews Dr Ben Disney, a Consultant Gastroenterologist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, with a specialist interest on disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Also present is Dr Dipesh Vasant, a Consultant Gastroenterology and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, with a specialist interest in neurogastroenterology and motility disorders. This Frontline Gastroenterology podcast discusses the recently published paper in January 2022: “Rumination Syndrome: pathophysiology, diagnosis and practical assessment” - https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/10/flgastro-2021-101856.
Listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. If you enjoy our podcast, please rate us on your chosen platform, and leave us a review on the Frontline Gastroenterology Podcast page on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fg-podcast/id942944229

Rumination Syndrome, the effortless regurgitation in humans

On the podcast this week, we are thrilled to be joined by Associate Professor at the Centre for Health, Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport at the University of Bath, Dr Sheree Bekker.

We have all heard the term ‘knowledge translation’, but do we really know why it is important, what this process actually involves, and how can we all start embracing it in our professional lives?

Dr Bekker is a leader in this area, and we are thrilled that she has joined us to record the first in this ‘knowledge translation’ podcast series. You can find some of the resources that are mentioned in this podcast in the links below:

Dr Bekker’s twitter handle https://twitter.com/shereebekker

Dr Bekker’s #viral twitter thread https://twitter.com/shereebekker/status/1369972461014499331?lang=hi

Anterior cruciate ligament injury: towards a gendered environmental approach https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/17/984  

We hope you enjoyed this podcast. Get in touch with us via social media if you have any feedback or suggestions for future guests.

Knowledge translation – moving away from ‘what’, to ‘how’ and ‘why’ with Dr Sheree Bekker. EP #499

In this episode of the podcast we’re going to be talking about rural healthcare - and specifically the difficulties that distance, demographics, and funding have introduced into the world’s covid-19 response.

Rural regions made vulnerable by limited healthcare infrastructure, lower rates of vaccination, and opposition to government policies are the new frontlines in the pandemic, but support systems have not adjusted to the growing rural needs for health education, testing, vaccination, and treatment. 

Michael Forster Rothbart, Kata Karáth, and Lungelo Ndhlovu report from the US, Ecuador, and Zimbabwe

Rural healthcare in a pandemic

Patients with asthma present with recurrent episodes of shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheezing, or coughing.

Examination typically demonstrates an expiratory wheeze; however, in severe asthma there is poor air entry and the chest is silent.

Lauren Eggert, Clinical Assistant Professor,  Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, gives us a clinical overview of the condition.

For more on asthma, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/44

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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Asthma In adults

The covid-19 pandemic has stretched healthcare staff like never before. As part of the 2022 Nuffield Trust summit, The BMJ hosted a roundtable discussion looking at why workers leave the NHS and how staff wellbeing and retention can be improved. 

Joining us to discuss are:
Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief, The BMJ
Billy Palmer, senior fellow, Nuffield Trust
Lucina Rolewicz, researcher, Nuffield Trust
Mark Britnell, global healthcare expert and senior partner, KPMG International
Neil Greenburg, consultant occupational and forensic psychiatrist, King's College London's centre for military health research
Rose Penfold, National Institute for Clinical Research academic clinical fellow in geriatrics
Rammya Mathew, GP and quality improvement lead for Islington GP Federation
Partha Kar, diabetes consultant and NHS England's national advisor for diabetes
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers

The Nuffield Trust report, "The Long Goodbye" which was discussed in this roundtable is available here - https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-long-goodbye-exploring-rates-of-staff-leaving-the-nhs-and-social-care

Solving retention to support workforce recovery

Medicine is complex, and as a doctor you won't always do the right thing - but you can prepare yourself for when mistakes happen, both emotionally and logistically.

In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Susanna Stamford, a patient who was on the receiving end of a mistake, which catalysed her interest in patient safety. We're also joined by Anthea Martin, from Medical Protection, who dispels some myths about saying sorry. Ayisha Ashmore returns to the pod to digest the lessons from our experts.

Futher reading:
The video that Susanna mentioned is available to watch on youtube
bitly.com/ManagingAdverseEvents

Everyone’s going to make a mistake

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the March 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/2/93
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/2
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Mark Beattie's UpFront March 2022

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the April 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about DTB's 60th anniversary, the importance of independent scrutiny of new medicines and the need to question how medicines are licensed and used (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/50). They highlight the benefits of a comprehensive national register of conflicts of interest and discuss a study that compared a quadpill containing low doses of four antihypertensive agents with a standard dose of irbesartan (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/56). They also review a study that assessed clinicians' awareness of the harms from long-term use of nitrofurantoin (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/59) and provide an overview of an article on managing hypertension in pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/4/60). The editors also look back at the very first issue of DTB that was published on 20th April 1962 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/s1-1/1).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.

DTB turns 60! Plus: conflicts of interest, harms from nitrofurantoin and hypertension in pregnancy

The issue of food on nightshifts is a perennial grumble in the NHS, and though it might seem trivial, what does it say of an organisation if they demand their staff work when they're hungry, and what is the onward implication for that on patient care?

To discuss all of these issues, we're joined by Neely Mozawala, a community specialist diabetes podiatrist, and Sahlia Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, a gastroenterologist who have started the #24hrhotfoodfortheNHS campaign.

Wellbeing - hot food on a night shift

In BJSM’s 500th episode, we are joined by two of the current editors, Professor Jonathan Drezner and Dr Joanna Kemp, to look ahead as well as back at the specialty in general. We discuss hot topics, the direction in which the specialty as well as the journal is heading, and we get some top tips for early career researchers and clinicians too.

Episode 500 – The past, present and future of BJSM

In this episode of Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, the BMJ’s research integrity editor is joined by Joe Ross, US research editor, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJEBM, to talk about all things evidence.

Joe gives us an update about covid, including new research on safety of the vaccine  Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological events
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068373

Juan updates us on a potential new prophylactic for recurrent UTIs, Methenamine hippurate, which could be an alternative to antibiotics.
Alternative to prophylactic antibiotics for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections in women
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-0068229

Helen tells us about some research which evaluates the way in which intersecting identities combine to make students experience of medical school more difficult.
Marginalized identities, mistreatment, discrimination, and burnout among US medical students
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-065984

Covid vaccine safety, Methenamine hippurate, and intersectionality

On this episode of the AMSSM CRN Spotlight Podcast (T: @TheAMSSM) host Dr. Jeremy Schroeder, DO, is joined by Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez (T: @MVGutierrezMD), who is serving as the AAPM&R Exchange Lecture Speaker during the 2022 AMSSM Annual Meeting.
In this conversation, Dr. Verduzco-Gutierrez discusses her upcoming presentation in Austin, TX, on Post-COVID Syndrome in Athletes and address the following topics:
•	Defining Post-COVID Syndrome and its many potential impacts
•	How and why she developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic
•	Her contributions to multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statements for patients with PASC
•	How she generally approaches treating patients with Post-COVID Syndrome
•	The differences in rates and severity in Post-COVID Syndrome in athletes compared with other populations
•	Her advice for aspiring researchers in sport and exercise science
Resources:
Models of Care for Postacute COVID-19 Clinics: Experiences and a Practical Framework for Outpatient Physiatry Settings (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34793373/)
Multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of breathing discomfort and respiratory sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmrj.12744)
Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of fatigue in postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) patients (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pmrj.12684)

Post-COVID Syndrome in Athletes. With Dr Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez. Ep #501

In this episode we’re going to be talking about misogyny in surgery, recent revelations about sexual harassment in the theatre have emerged - but these behaviours have been endemic for a while, even as the profession seemed to ignore them.

Joining Clara Munro is Baroness Helena Kenned, the author of a recent report into diversity in medicine, who, as a barrister, has long worked on discrimination cases.

The reports mentioned in the episode are from the Royal College of Surgeons;

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/about-the-rcs/about-our-mission/diversity-review-2021/

Doctor Informed - Medicine's me too moments

Essential tremor is characterised by a progressive tremor of the upper extremities, present in posture and action, without other neurological signs or symptoms.

The prevalence and incidence increases with age, but the condition can appear in early adulthood in those who have a family history.

Sheng-Han Kuo, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, gives us an overview of the condition.

For more on essential tremor, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/1089

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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Essential tremor

On this episode of the AMSSM (T: @TheAMSSM) Sports Medcast, host Dr. Jacob Wessels, MD, is joined by Dr. Meredith Turner, MD, who is one of the speakers in the Race and Sport session during the 2022 AMSSM Annual Meeting.

In this conversation, Dr. Turner discusses her upcoming presentation in Austin, TX, on the Challenges of Exercise and Physical Activity in Minorities and address the following topics:
·       The definition of minority populations and how she first got interested in this topic
·       Identifying some of the primary barriers that minorities encounter regarding physical activity in their communities
·       How socioeconomic barriers that contribute to these health disparities in minorities
·       Ways that sports medicine professionals and healthcare providers can help recognize and address these factors in their communities

Resources:
Oliver, E. J., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Kasim, A., & Vallis, D. (2021). Inequalities and Inclusion in Exercise Referral Schemes: A Mixed-Method Multi-Scheme Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(6), 3033. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063033
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33809451/

Hawes, A. M., Smith, G. S., McGinty, E., Bell, C., Bower, K., LaVeist, T. A., Gaskin, D. J., & Thorpe, R. J., Jr (2019). Disentangling Race, Poverty, and Place in Disparities in Physical Activity. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(7), 1193. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071193
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30987098/

Physical activity deserts: What they are and how to reduce them with Dr. NiCole Keith. Ep #468 https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/physical-activity-deserts-what-they-are-and-how-to-reduce-them-with-dr-nicole-keith-ep-468

Challenges of Exercise and Physical Activity in Minorities with Dr. Meredith Turner. Ep #502

Ischaemic stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.

The World Health Organization defines stroke as “a clinical syndrome consisting of rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin”.

David Wang, Professor of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, gives us a clinical overview of the condition.

For more on ischaemic stroke, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000114

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The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Ischaemic stroke

On this week’s BJSM podcast, we are joined by Assistant Professor Margie Davenport, to talk about the latest evidence and experience around exercising and competing as an elite athlete whilst pregnant.

We discuss why this is such an important issue as well as some of the myths or misconceptions that exist in this space. Dr Davenport also provides a range of practical tips for team physicians, scientists and therapists to consider when it comes to advising athletes on planning pregnancies, training whilst pregnant, and shaping support networks and systems to support athletes that want to start a family?

Here is the key paper and some other notable resources discussed in the podcast:

Pushing for change: a qualitative study of the experiences of elite athletes during pregnancy https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/8/452 
Why can’t I exercise during pregnancy? Time to revisit medical ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’ contraindications: systematic review of evidence of harm and a call to action https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/23/1395
 
Get Active Questionnaire for pregnancy checklist https://csep.ca/2021/05/27/get-active-questionnaire-for-pregnancy/

Elite athletes and pregnancy - the latest evidence and guidance with Dr Margie Davenport Ep #503

Over the course of the last few years, the BMJ has published a series of articles in our Quality Improvement series - aiming to give those new to improvement science a good grasp of how to think about changing things in healthcare.

Then covid-19 came along, and it seemed like all of healthcare was now aimed at just surviving in the face of the pandemic, and all thoughts of quality improvement projects went out the window... But did they?

Cat Chatfield, is joined by Will Warburton, former director of quality improvement at the Health Foundation, and advisor on the series.

To read all of the open access articles mentioned in the discussion, visit https://www.bmj.com/quality-improvement

Quality improvement and wellbeing are inextricably linked

In this podcast with co-chair of the inaugural BJSM Live event on 25th May 2022, we chat about the event itself and some of the efforts to make it as diverse and inclusive as possible.

For tickets, please check out http://bjsmlive.bmj.com/

Why you should join us for #BJSMLive2022, with Dr Fiona Wilson. EP# 504

Paula Redmond, clinical psychologist who supports healthcare workers experiencing burnout and other difficulties related to their job. Before this, she worked for the NHS until she experienced bullying, and a lack of support from her organisation, which made her strike out on her own.

In this wellbeing podcast, she describes the way in which her experience of bullying affected her, and how she used the creative process to help her move on. 

She and Cat Chatfield discuss what creativity actually is, and why small projects can be just as useful as big complex ones - depending upon what you need at the time.

Futher reading:
a Blog series on bullying in healthcare: https://drpaularedmond.com/category/bullying_in_healthcare/page/2/
a mindful embroidery craftivism project ("Do no harm but take no shit") https://drpaularedmond.com/donoharm/

Creativity and wellbeing

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the May 2022 issue of DTB. They talk about drug bulletins across the world and the role of the International Society of Drug Bulletins in supporting bulletins and ensuring that they are intellectually and financially independent (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/66). They review a study that assessed the use of mirtazapine for treating agitation in people with dementia (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/68). The editors also discuss the evidence behind two new oral antivirals that have been licensed for the treatment of covid-19 (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/5/73).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.

May 2022 - an apology, international drug bulletins, mirtazapine and oral antivirals for covid-19

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Harriette Van Spall, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada. They discuss her paper "Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: recent concepts in diagnosis, mechanisms and management". If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/11/heartjnl-2021-319605

A comprehensive review on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)

This is a special episode of our podcast for GP's, Deep Breath In, where we tackle the everyday challenges of being a GP.

With the focus on covid, and the pressure on hospitals, it may be easy to overlook what’s happening in general practice in the UK - but changes are afoot. Our new health secretary Sajid Javid doesn’t seem to like our long standing GP practice arrangement, NHS England has imposed new weekend working arrangements on the already stretched service, and the workforce pressures continue.

In this episode of Deep Breath In, our GP panel of Tom Nolan, Navjoyt Ladher, and Jenny Rasanathan are joined by Gareth Iacobucci, The BMJ’s assistant news editor, to give them the lowdown on what’s happening around primary care, who some of the key players are, and what his predictions for 2022.

You can find Deep Breath In on all major podcast apps
https://www.bmj.com/podcasts/deepbreathin

Deep Breath In - what's in store for general practice in the UK

In this podcast we are joined by Rachael Cowan and Professor Jill Cook. They provide an update on the evidence for management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) and discuss the results of a recent clinical trial evaluating the effect of menopausal hormone therapy, exercise, and education on tendon pain and function in post-menopausal women with GTPS. On the eve of retirement, Jill provides an opinion on what the next big breakthroughs in tendinopathy research should be!  
 
Cowan et al. 2021
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03635465211061142
 
Ganderton et al. 2018
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jwh.2017.6729
 
Mellor et al. 2018
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1662.long

Menopause therapy and greater trochanteric pain syndrome with Racheal Cowan and Jill Cook. EP #505

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Christopher Fordyce from the University of British Columbia. They discuss how good physicians are at judging the nature of chest pain. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/108/11/860

Physician judgement vs risk scores - are we as good as we think?

On this episode of the AMSSM (T: @TheAMSSM) Sports Medcast, host Dr. Krystian Bigosinski, is joined by Dr. Matt Fedoruk, PhD, who works as the Chief Science Officer leading the Science & Research team at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (@usantidoping).
Dr. Fedoruk served as a Featured National Speaker in the Doping in Sport session during the 2022 AMSSM Annual Meeting. In this conversation, he discusses some of the latest trends in doping science and testing and address the following topics:
·       His experience as a USADA Officer during the 2022 Olympic and Paralympics Games in China, and the new testing measures that were recently put in place.
·       How does WADA’s Athlete Biological Passport work, and what has its impact been on anti-doping?
·       How does he view orthobiologic treatments, such as PRP and stem cell therapies, through the lens of anti-doping?
·       Are gene doping technologies realistic from a physiological standpoint, or it is still the stuff of science fiction?
·       How does USADA balance respect for athlete autonomy and privacy, while also performing meaningful doping control?
·       How should sports medicine providers proceed when encountering athletes who might be coerced into doping programs?
·       How should physicians approach care of recreational athletes when it comes to the risks and benefits of substances that may be performance-enhancers, such as testosterone?
·       How does he approach being a fan of sport while working at USADA, where he often sees the best of worst of sport?

The latest trends in doping science and testing with Dr Matt Fedoruk. Ep #506

The influence of public health on politics, at least at the beginning of the pandemic, had never been stronger - but now it seems as hard to persuade politicians to pay attention as ever, yet political will is essential in making different sectors work together to create a healthier world.

In this podcast, The BMJ's editor in chief, Kamran Abbasi is joined by Shyama Kuruvilla, senior strategic adviser at World Health Organization, and Kent Buse, director of the global healthier societies program at The George Institute for Global Health.

They discuss examples of where multisectoral working has managed to bridge the gaps between sectors, and how healthcare needs to get political to make that success more widespread.

This is part of the collection "The world we want: Actions towards a sustainable, fairer and healthier society" - https://www.bmj.com/pmac-2022

Get political, for health's sake

This is the first in a new series of BMJ Open Gastroenterology interviews, in which we will be covering high-profile publications in conjunction with the lead authors of the papers. 
In this quarter’s podcast, we will be discussing a review article entitled ‘Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues’ published online in November 2021 (https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000630).
Dr James Ashton (Social Media Editor of BMJOG) interviews Dr. Annalisa Schiepatti, researcher at the University of Pavia, Italy, and a junior consultant at the Gastroenterology Unit of Maugeri Insitute in Pavia.
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Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues

Helen Macdonald, The BMJ's research integrity editor is back with another episode, and this week is joined by Joe Ross, professor of medicine and public health at Yale, and US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJ EBM, and Professor at the  Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

In this episode they discuss;

The US supreme court looks set to overturn Roe v Wade, creating a patchwork of abortion provision across the U.S.  We consider the role which evidence might play in documenting how health is affected by that decision, and whether medical evidence is being used at all in the debate.

We'll give you a quick update on treatment for Covid-19

We know that trials are needed for new treatments, but in the face of an exponentially growing amount of observational data, is it time for a shift in that certainty? Joe tells us about his research into whether trials and observational studies of three drugs in covid produce the same answer? 

And finally, treatment variation - it's one of the things that helped kick-start the EBM revolution, but there's still much to learn. Juan describes some new research which examines how countries stack up when you compare their handling of and outcomes of a common condition such as a myocardial infarction.

Reading list;

Navigating Loss of Abortion Services — A Large Academic Medical Center Prepares for the Overturn of Roe v. Wade
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2206246.

A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3379

Agreement of treatment effects from observational studies and randomized controlled trials evaluating hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir, or dexamethasone for covid-19
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069400

Variation in revascularisation use and outcomes of patients in hospital with acute myocardial infarction across six high income countries
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069164

Talk Evidence - evidence in Roe vs Wade, MI treatment variation, and tribal methodologies

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the June 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the impact that the cessation of spirometry services in primary care has had on diagnosing obstructive lung disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/82). They highlight two separate patient safety incident reports from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch - confusion over the prescribed dose of oral morphine solution and the harm caused by a standard therapeutic dose of paracetamol in a frail older person (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/84). The editors also talk about an article on serotonin syndrome (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6/88).
Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). Thank you for listening.
Read the June issue: https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/6

June 2022 - a complaint, primary care spirometry, paracetamol and frailty, serotonin syndrome

In this BJSM Podcast Dr Amy Dennett is hosted by Dr Brooke Patterson. Historically people with cancer have been told to rest, and patients and practitioners are often hesitant to get started with physical activity. Amy provides some great practical tips and resources - to support people with cancer exercise safely, safety and precautions, and tips for healthcare services and providers who want to get started with cancer exercise groups. Amy provides a huge array of resources available for healthcare services and clinicians.  
 
Cancer exercise toolkit: https://cancerexercisetoolkit.trekeducation.org/
Cancer exercise toolkit paper: https://cancer.jmir.org/2022/2/e34903/authors 
Treatment protocols https://www.eviq.org.au/  
International registry and handouts on exercise and cancer https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/eim-in-action/moving-through-cancer/ 
Patient and clinician resources https://www.petermac.org/cancersurvivorship

Assess, ask, reassure, and refer!  Cancer exercise toolkit and tips with Dr Amy Dennett. EP #507

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Dr Andrew Perry is joined by Dr. Stephanie Curtis, a physician at the Bristol Royal Infirmary who specializes in caring for women who are pregnant and have co-morbid aortopathy. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/02/09/heartjnl-2021-319828

Aortopathy in Pregnancy

In Doctor Informed, we've been hearing a lot about the problems of healthcare, but we also want to talk about solutions. Whatever we're going to do to fix healthcare, whether that's bullying, or burnout, or patient safety - it's going to require change. And change is hard.

 

In this episode Clara Munro is joined by Graham Martin, director of research at THIS Institute. They discuss the dreaded phrase "But it's always been done this way", and why failing is the path to success, and the true importance of listening.

 

Our guests;

Penny Pereira, Q managing director at the Health Foundation. Q helps promote improvement within the health and care system, encouraging and supporting a wide range of people to effectively lead improvement. https://www.health.org.uk/about-the-health-foundation/our-people/q-and-q-labs-team

Moira Durbridge, director of safety and risk at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Moira trained as a nurse, and continues to work clinically, as well as her role in leading her Trust's change.

"But it’s always been done that way"

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr. James Rudd, is joined by Dr. Buber from Seattle. They discuss all aspects of CPET testing for heart failure and many other indications. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/10/heartjnl-2021-319617

CPET testing in heart failure - a masterclass with Dr. Buber from Seattle

A recent investigation, by The BMJ, showed a worrying increase in incidence of violence, directed to wards GPs, and reported to the police. In this episode of Deep Breath in, Tom and Jenny are joined by Gareth Iacobucci, assistant news editor for The BMJ who broke the story.

They'll hear from a GP affected, and get some advice on preventing violence, and deescalation, from two mental health experts, who deal with the most agitated patients. 

Our guests:
Adam Janjua, a GP in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
Marcela Schilderman, a consultant psychiatrist at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 
and Anita Bignell, a mental health nurse, at South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Reading list
Violent incidents at GP surgeries double in five years, BMJ investigation finds
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1333

Violence against GPs - with Adam Janjua, Marcela Schilderman, and Anita Bignell

The highlights of the latest edition of the journal brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the May 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3/183
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3
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Mark Beattie's UpFront May 2022

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr James Robson and Professor Craig Ritchie to discuss all things ‘brain health’. We discuss what is meant by this term, why it is important, and what some of the steps people can take to optimise their brain health.

Related resources:

Lancet Commission https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)30367-6/fulltext

Sport and Exercise for Brain Health MOOC https://www.futurelearn.com/admin/courses/sport-and-exercise-for-brain-health/1

Brain Health – a key concept for all working in sport. EP# 508

In this week's episode, Helen Macdonald is joined by Joseph Ross, US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor of BMJ EBM.

They begin by discussing a review of obesity interventions in primary care, and Joe wonders if GPs are really the best people to tackle the issue.
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069719 

Cervical screening in the UK now includes HPV testing, and they look at research which examines whether this could mean longer periods between screening tests.
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-068776 

They all enjoy a new State of the Art Review into Revascularization in stable coronary artery disease.
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-067085

Juan and Joe look at a review into combinations of covid-19 vaccinations - and wonder whether we'll ever see more trials to fit into this meta-analysis. 
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2022-069989

Finally, they find out how your political persuasion has affected mortality in the US, with new research that links Republican and Democrat voters with differential changes in mortality.
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308

Talk Evidence - political persuasion and mortality, too much medicine

Living with Long Covid is a different experience for each person, and can have significant ramifications for their personal lives and careers. 
In this last podcast of a series about Long Covid, Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, hears from Alison Love(1), Lynn Biggerstaff(2) and Sue Campion(3). 
The EBN podcast series of three episodes on Long Covid is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole.
Please subscribe to the Evidence-Based Nursing podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month.
If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Evidence-Based Nursing podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ebn-podcast/id942927408). Thank you for listening.
(1) Staff Nurse in ICU; (2) Ward Sister, Community Hospital, elderly rehabilitation ward; (3) Paediatric Nurse, Southampton Children’s Hospital.

Working in the NHS with Long Covid: three nurses’ stories

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK, interviews Dr Marietta Iacucci, Associate Professor in Gastroenterology, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham and Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, on the paper "‘PICaSSO Histologic Remission Index (PHRI) in ulcerative colitis: development of a novel simplified histological score for monitoring mucosal healing and predicting clinical outcomes and its applicability in an artificial intelligence system" published in paper copy in Gut in May 2022, and available online: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/5/889
Please subscribe to the Gut Podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Gut Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gut-podcast/id330976727).

PICaSSO Histologic Remission Index in ulcerative colitis: a novel simplified histological score

Dr. Amy Ross Russell(1), interviews Assoc. Prof. Todd Hardy(2) and Dr. James Triplett(3), about their recent paper detailing the clinical approach to diagnosis and management of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES).

Read this latest Editor’s Choice paper on the Practical Neurology website (https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/3/183) and the June print issue of the journal.

The paper is also discussed by Practical Neurology editors, Dr. Phil Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller, in their latest podcast: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/editors-highlights-of-the-june-2022-issue?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/pn-podcast

(1) Neurology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, UK
(2) Staff Specialist Neurologist at Concord Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia
(3) Staff Specialist Neurologist and Neurophysiologist, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. 
If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Practical Neurology Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pn-podcast/id942932053). 

The PN podcast is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole.

Thank you for listening.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): diagnosis and management

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Richard McCallum and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education at Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Samrat Das, discuss what it has been like to be the president of the American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) over the last year. Join us as we honor Dr. Das during his final days as president of AFMR. Dr. Das discusses advice for future presidents and his own future career plans. We are very grateful for all the work Dr. Das has done for AFMR, and we wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

Reflections on my presidency and the future of AFMR with Samrat Das, MD

Clio Barnard is multi-award winning British Film writer, director and producer. In this conversation with Medical Humanities' film and media correspondent,  Khalid Ali, she revisits her 'Bradford Film Trilogy'; 'The Arbor' (2010), 'The Selfish Giant' (2013), and 'Ali & Ava' (2021). 
The uniqueness and diversity of Bradford community portrayed as a love story between two unlikely characters made 'Ali and Ava' a film celebrating love, friendship, forgiveness, and hope.
Read more about Clio Barnard's work - including a transcript of the podcast on our blog: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/06/23/bradford-tales-authentically-and-poetically-portrayed-in-film-by-clio-barnard.
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Bradford Tales Authentically and Poetically Portrayed in Film by Clio Barnard

At medical school, we learn about the importance of healthy health behaviours and promote them to patients at consultations. But do you always do what you preach? 

In this episode, we chatted about the importance of self-care, admitting to the inability to be infallible, and whether your health habits would affect the way you counsel your patients.
 
Expert guest:
Professor Erica Frank (erica.frank@ubc.ca) is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia; she is also the Founder of NextGenU.org.

Articles mentioned in the episode:
• Alcohol consumption and alcohol counselling behaviour among US medical students: cohort study - https://www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a2155 
• Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey - https://www.bmj.com/content/333/7570/682 
 
Check us out on social media:
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BMJStudent/
 
This podcast is produced and edited by Dom Byrne and Duncan Jarvies.

Do doctors do what they preach

One of the silver linings of COVID-19 pandemic is the increased adoption of telehealth in allied health and sports medicine services for people with musculoskeletal conditions. In this podcast we talk to Dr Allison Ezzat about the experiences and attitudes of patients and clinicians in using telehealth. Allison has led the creation of a telehealth toolkit for patients and clinicians and discusses the future of telehealth. Allison is a Canadian physiotherapist, and a current post-doctoral research fellow at La Trobe University, Australia. 
“It's second best”: A mixed-methods evaluation of the experiences and attitudes of people with musculoskeletal pain towards physiotherapist delivered telehealth during COVID-19 pandemic - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468781221001843?via%3Dihub
Canadian Physiotherapists Integrate Virtual Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic https://utpjournals.press/doi/10.3138/ptc-2022-0092 
“Much better than I thought it was going to be - telehealth delivered group-based education and exercise was perceived as acceptable among people with knee osteoarthritis” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665913122000395
Telehealth toolkit for clinicians:  https://telehealth.trekeducation.org/

Is telehealth here to stay? Dr Allison Ezzat on patient and clinician pandemic experiences. EP #509

"Those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it." 

At the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, in Gothenburg in April, Don Berwick spoke on the scientific foundations of improvement. This is the full audio of his talk.

Don Berwick is president emeritus and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement. On twitter, he's @donberwick.

Extra: Don Berwick on the science of improvement

Fiona Moss, dean at the Royal Society of Medicine, gives us an overview of quality improvement, and it's underpinnings.

This interview was recorded at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Gothenburg, April 2016.

Find Fiona Moss on twitter, @FiMoss.

Extra: Fiona Moss on the science of improvement

This week, we look at medication reconciliation.

Joshua Pevnick, health services researcher and hospital physician at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, LA, US, talks us through what it is and why it can be so hard to get right. 

And Emma Iddles, a junior doctor in general surgery at Hairmyres Hospital, Lanarkshire, UK, explains how her project improved medicines reconciliation in the surgical admissions unit of the hospital.

For more, read Joshua's full paper, http://goo.gl/O59BWo, and Emma's project write up http://goo.gl/znrNGQ.

What are they on?

How can asking patient to tell us their story improve healthcare? Helen Morant, content lead at BMJ, talks us through her project getting healthcare professionals to sit down with patients and record their conversations, and what on earth this has to do with quality improvement.

We also hear some of the recordings she has gathered through the project.

Here are links to the other podcasts and projects Helen mentions:

Story Corps - https://storycorps.org/

The Listening Project - http://goo.gl/3auSHX

Beautiful stories from anonymous people - http://goo.gl/78QSjU

Tell me a story

Is efficiency the enemy of innovation and improvement? Are efficiency programmes oppressive, leaving healthcare staff no time to be creative and piling on burdensome bureaucracy, or are efficiency, innovation and improvement positively correlated?

These questions were debated at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, in Gothenburg in April, and here we dip into that debate and pick out the key arguments.

Featuring contributions from: 

Jason Leitch, national clinical director, Healthcare Quality and Strategy, Scottish Government.

Frank Federico, executive director, Institute of Healthcare Improvement.

Mohsin Choudry, national medical director's clinical fellow, Royal College of Physicians.

Robbert Huijsman, professor of management and organisation of elderly care, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

For more on the Forum, see http://internationalforum.bmj.com/.

This episode is the last in the first series of the Making the difference podcast. We'll be back in a month with series two.




 


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