Talk Evidence covid-19 update - drop in excess deaths, HIV drugs, academic promotion
In this week's Talk Evidence we're hearing about how the death rate has dropped below average, disappointment about HIV drugs for covid-19 treatment, a trial to reduce polypharmacy, and why academic promotions matter to everyone else.
1.35 - Carl gives us one of his death updates
3.30 - Helen asks if it’s finally time to be able to do the international comparisons we’ve been waiting for?
16.10 - New research suggests that extreme PPE prevents transmission - but PPE came with a whole range of other viral suppression measures, and they all work together.
21.30 - The Recovery trial has said that lopinavir-ritonavir ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - July 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - some advice for telehealth in secondary care
We’ve published info on Telehealth in primary care - and have been overwhelmed by the response from GPs who are finding it useful.
But it’s not only primary care that is dramatically shifting to remote care - routine hospital care is moving online too, so we’ve asked Rowena McCash - GP and out of hours triage trainer joins us to give some tips on how to change your communication for the situation.
She explains safety netting in telephone triage, note taking, and why there are some advantages to working that way.
www.bmj.com/coronavirus
www.bmj.com/wellbeing (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - digital clubbing, osteoarthritis & sustainable EBM
We’re back for the December Talk Evidence, and this month we’re being very digital
Firstly,(1.20) Helen tells us about arthritic fingers - should we be using prednisolone for treatment when people have painful osteoarthritis of the hand
Then (13.30) Carl gets us all to check our fingers for clubbing, and we find out how useful it is as a test for lung cancer
(23.10) Minna Johansson GP and Cochrane Sweden researcher explains why EBM needs to take into account sustainability, and why that isn’t just carbon footprint.
(33.50) We talk AF and the Apple Watch - and why drop out is going to be a massive problem for the ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - December 16, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Creating a speak out culture
Giving staff the confidence to speak out is important in healthcare - It's a key aspect of the WHO patient safety checklist, decreasing incidence of medical error, but it's also important to stop incidents of harassment and abuse which undermine staff and increase burnout.
Creating that culture is a difficult task, but two hospitals in the... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Creating a speak out culture
Giving staff the confidence to speak out is important in healthcare - It's a key aspect of the WHO patient safety checklist, decreasing incidence of medical error, but it's also important to stop incidents of harassment and abuse which undermine staff and increase burnout.
Creating that culture is a difficult task, but two hospitals in the southern hemisphere have been trying to do do that by putting in place ways which support staff in making complaints when they wouldn't normally feel confident to do so.
In this podcast we hear from Alex Sia, CEO of KK hospital S ingapore, Jeanette Conley, medical executive at Adventi...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
How Blockchain could improve clinical trial transparency
Blockchain is the digital technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, and has been proposed as the digital panacea of our times.
But Leeza Osipenko, from the London School of Economics, has thought about how it could actually be used in clinical trials, and what else would need to change in our regulatory environment to make that work.
Read her full essay:
https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l5561 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 12, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Burnout - Don't try to make the canary in the coal mine more resilient
Burnout is a problem in healthcare - it ’s a problem for individuals, those who experience it and decide to leave a career they formerly loved, but it’s also a problem for our healthcare system. Burnout is associated with an increase in medical errors, and poor quality of care. Fundamentally it’s a patient safety issue.
But, unlike other patient... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Burnout - Don't try to make the canary in the coal mine more resilient
Burnout is a problem in healthcare - it ’s a problem for individuals, those who experience it and decide to leave a career they formerly loved, but it’s also a problem for our healthcare system. Burnout is associated with an increase in medical errors, and poor quality of care. Fundamentally it’s a patient safety issue.
But, unlike other patient safety issues we tend to think about it, and try to prevent it, at an individual not systems level.
However, Anthony Montgomery from the University of Macedonia, and Christina Maslach, from the University of California, Berkeley, urge us to start treating burnout as a syst...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Breeding better bees, and training artificial intelligence on emotional imagery
Imagine having a rat clinging to your back, sucking out your fat stores. That’s similar to what infested bees endure when the Varroa destructor mite comes calling. Some bees fight back, wiggling, scratching, and biting until the mites depart for friendlier backs. Now, researchers, professional beekeepers, and hobbyists are working on ways to breed into bees these mite-defeating behaviors to rid them of these damaging pests. Host Sarah Crespi and Staff Writer Erik Stokstad discuss the tactics of, and the hurdles to, pesticide-free mite control.
Also this week, Sarah talks to Philip Kragel of the Institute of Cognitive ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - July 25, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Backchat July 2019: Breaking news, audience-led journalism and human gene editing
In this episode:01:01 Breaking NewsThe first image of a black hole took the world by storm, but what was it like reporting such a quickly developing story? News: Black hole pictured for first time — in spectacular detail; Video: The first image of a black hole: A three minute guide; Video: How scientists reacted to the first-ever image of a black hole09:01 Digital JournalismWhen a new research paper came to light about pig brains being revived, we asked our audience what they wanted to know, and got a big response. Could this be the future of journalism? News: Pig brains kept alive...
Source: Nature Podcast - July 19, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Tech and the NHS - A tale of two cultures
The NHS is about caring for people, free at the point of care, creating a safety net which catches the most vulnerable. Tech has been defined by the facebook maxim "move fast, break things" - looking to disrupt a sector, get investment and move on.
We want to be able to harness the potential utility of digital tech in the NHS - but how can those two cultures be reconciled, and what salutary lessons should we learn from other industries (pharmaceuticals, devices) before we embark on these new ventures.
In this podcast we hear from;
Neil Sebire, Chief Research Information Officer and Director, Great Ormond Street Hospit...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 3, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Using SMART apps to help manage drug-drug interactions with cancer therapies
Substitutable Medical Apps, Reusable Technologies (SMART) apps have been developed to meet the need for responsiveness in healthcare IT. In this video, Stefanie Krens, MSc, of Radboud University Medic...
Author: VJOncology
Added: 10/15/2018 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - October 15, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Big Metadata
We’re in an era of big data - and hospitals and GPs are generating an inordinate amount of it that has potential to improve everyone’s health. But only if it’s used properly. New research published on www.bmj.com this week describes another set of information, about that data, that the authors believe could be just as important as the data itself.
Griffin weber, and Isaac Kohane, from the Department of Biomedical informatics at Harvard medical school join us to discuss.
Read the full research:
https://www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k1479 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Online Consultations - general practice is primed for a fight
The first digital banking in the UK was launched in 1983, Skype turns 15 this year, but 2017 finally saw panic over the impact that online consultations may have on general practices.
In this podcast Martin Marshall, professor of healthcare improvement at University College London joins us to discuss whether video conference actually is a disruptor, or whether it’s actually the whole business model of general practice that needs to change.
Read the full analysis:
https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k1195 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Why Reading Science Matters (BS 136)
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The latest episode of Brain Science (BS 136) is discussion of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It by Mark Seidenberg . Unfortunately I was unable to reach the author, so this is a return the show's early days when it was not dominated by interviews. This book contains information that is important to anyone who cares about how children learn to read. One key theme is that there is a large gap between current reading science and educational practice.In this podcast we explore the relati...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - August 28, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Cognitive Science Computation Development Language learning Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Reading and the Brain Source Type: podcasts
