Burnout and Resilience
In the second of two October 2017 editions of the BJA Education Podcast, Dr Adrian Wong and Dr Olusegun Olusanya discuss their article on Burnout and Resilience in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Illustrated by personal stories from the authors, this discussion focuses on the identification of occupational burnout, preventative strategies, and sources of help for those at risk of developing burnout associated with working in acute specialties. (Source: CEACCP Podcasts)
Source: CEACCP Podcasts - October 6, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Oxford University Press Source Type: podcasts
Pre-operative fasting in children
In the first of two October 2017 BJA Education podcasts, Dr Mark Thomas from Great Ormand Street Hospital in London discusses his paper on pre-operative fasting in children. The discussion explores the evidence base for fluid fasting in paediatrics, and strategies to minimise the duration of fluid fasting whilst maintaining patient safety. There is a blog associated with this paper on OUP blogs. (Source: CEACCP Podcasts)
Source: CEACCP Podcasts - October 2, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Oxford University Press Source Type: podcasts
Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
In the September 2017 BJA Education podcast, Dr Olivia Davies from University College Hospital discusses the pre- intra- and post-operative strategies to minimise postoperative pulmonary complications following non-cardiothoracic surgery. (Source: CEACCP Podcasts)
Source: CEACCP Podcasts - September 27, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Oxford University Press Source Type: podcasts
Anaesthesia and the developing brain
Dr Neil Morton, Reader in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Management from Glasgow discusses his article "Anaesthesia and the developing nervous system: advice for clinicians and families", which is published in the June print edition of BJA Education. Topics discussed include the existing preclinical and epidemiological evidence, ongoing prospective clinical studies and practical advice on clinical practice in this subject area. (Source: CEACCP Podcasts)
Source: CEACCP Podcasts - September 8, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Oxford University Press Source Type: podcasts
Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group - Priority setting Report
The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group at the University of Oxford in the UK is one of the oldest groups working on Cochrane Reviews. It has produced dozens of these during the last two decades and, in 2016, it embarked on a project to identify the top priorities for future research into tobacco control. After an extensive and intensive period of information gathering and processing, the findings were published in September 2017. We asked Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Senior Researcher and Managing Editor in the Cochrane group to tell us about the global importance of what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - September 4, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Your brain on booze
A new study on BMJ.com, examines the effect of moderate drinking on brain structure. We know that heavy drinking has a deleterious effect on our brains, and is linked to dementias. However, for sometime it’s been thought that moderate drinking is actually protective.
Anya Topiwala, clinical lecturer in old age psychiatry at the University of Oxford, joins us to discuss the association between alcohol consumption and those structural elements.
Read the full research:
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2353 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 7, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Government and evidence
We're creating a manifesto for better evidence. The centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, and the BMJ, are asking what are the problem with medical evidence, and how can we fix them?
In this third discussion we went to Scotland, to find out what the people who create policy think about the issues with evidence synthesis,... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
