US Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine Trained as a paediatrician, before becoming firstly the state of Pennsylvania's Physician General, then its Health Secretary.
During president Joe Biden's administration, she was nominated to become the U.S.'s assistant secretary of health. That lead to her becoming a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and thus the first openly transgender four-star officer in the US.
In this podcas t, we discussed the pandemic - but also wider problems affecting Americans' health, notably climate change, inequality and the opioid crisis. We also discuss the health and care of LGBT+ peo...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
US Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine
Rachel Levine Trained as a paediatrician, before becoming firstly the state of Pennsylvania's Physician General, then its Health Secretary.
During president Joe Biden's administration, she was nominated to become the U.S.'s assistant secretary of health. That lead to her becoming a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and thus the first openly transgender four-star officer in the US.
In this podcast, we discussed the pandemic - but also wider problems affecting Americans' health, notably climate change, inequality and the opioid crisis. We also discuss the health and care of LGBT+ peopl...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Life Support - Being a compassionate colleague
In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Ayisha Ashmore - and they're getting to grips with being a compassionate colleague.
While the topic might seem warm and fuzzy, there's some good hard science to suggest that compassionate leadership at every level of healthcare can make a huge difference to staff, and improve patient outcomes.
Most people innately have the skills need to be compassionate colleagues - but often the pressures of the job can make it the lowest of priorities in our everyday interactions.
Our two guests this week think that's wrong though - and say that compassionate leadership i...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Life Support - Being a compassionate colleague
In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Ayisha Ashmore - and they're getting to grips with being a compassionate colleague.
While the topic might seem warm and fuzzy, there's some good hard science to suggest that compassionate leadership at every level of healthcare can make a huge difference to staff, and improve patient outcomes.
Most people innately have the skills need to be compassionate colleagues - but often the pressures of the job can make it the lowest of priorities in our everyday interactions.
Our two guests this week think that's wrong though - and say that compassionate leadership is...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - feeling addicted to your phone?
In the wellbeing podcast, the dread topic of phone usage has come up again - how social media, and an "always on" culture can affect our wellbeing.
But knowing that, and changing our behaviour are two different things - so to give some advice on reducing our reliance on phones, Abi and Cat are joined by Nidhi Gupta, assistant professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who's been using techniques from behavioural addictio n to help with device usage.
For more from Nidhi, visit https://phreedom.net/
Some of the research that Nidhi mentions
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/5/e20162...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - feeling addicted to your phone?
In the wellbeing podcast, the dread topic of phone usage has come up again - how social media, and an "always on" culture can affect our wellbeing.
But knowing that, and changing our behaviour are two different things - so to give some advice on reducing our reliance on phones, Abi and Cat are joined by Nidhi Gupta, assistant professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, who's been using techniques from behavioural addiction to help with device usage.
For more from Nidhi, visit https://phreedom.net/
Some of the research that Nidhi mentions
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/5/e2016259...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Doctor Informed - The patterns which emerge
When you hear the reports from a major patient safety issue, it will be shocking to hear how they have played out - but the patterns in behaviour, of people and institutions which have gone disastrously wrong, can be seen throughout healthcare.
As this first series of Doctor Informed unfolds, we'll be exploring these patterns, and bring you evidence and expertise on tackling them - Doctor Informed is about going beyond medical knowledge to make you the best doctor you can be.
In this first episode we're talking to experts who have seen these patterns firsthand, and whose work is all about tackling them;
Bill Kirkup is ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Doctor Informed - The patterns which emerge
When you hear the reports from a major patient safety issue, it will be shocking to hear how they have played out - but the patterns in behaviour, of people and institutions which have gone disastrously wrong, can be seen throughout healthcare.
As this first series of Doctor Informed unfolds, we'll be exploring these patterns, and bring you evidence and expertise on tackling them - Doctor Informed is about going beyond medical knowledge to make you the best doctor you can be.
In this first episode we're talking to experts who have seen these patterns firsthand, and whose work is all about tackling them;
Bill Kirkup is a...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
SCCMPod-446 Comparison of Bivalirudin Versus Heparin
This webcast will be a comparative analysis of conventional heparin-versus bivalirudin-based systemic anticoagulation in adult and pediatric patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - October 28, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
SCCMPod-445 The Association of Workload and Outcomes in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Healthcare workload has emerged as an important metric associated with poor outcomes. To measure workload, studies have used bed occupancy as a surrogate. However, few studies have examined frontline clinician workload and outcomes. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - October 14, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 814: COVID-19 clinical update #83 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #83, Daniel Griffin discusses upcoming FDA discussions on vaccines, strategies to prevent transmission at youth camps, outbreaks at summer camps, impact of vaccination on transmission, AZD7442 request for EUA filed, EUA issued for home antigen test, phase 3 data on AZD1222 vaccine, 6 month effectiveness of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, estimates of durability of immunity against reinfection, Molnupiravir interim results, optimal time for monoclonal antibody infusion, IVIG plus Infliximab for MIS-C, and effect of vaccination on long COVID. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free)...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 9, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 795: COVID-19 clinical update #76 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #76, Daniel Griffin covers association of age and pediatric household transmission, rapid antigen testing in remote communities, shedding of infectious virus in vaccinated individuals, FDA amendment of mRNA vaccine EUA to allow a third dose, new vaccine mandate for NY state, full vaccination suppresses selection of variants, effectiveness of mRNA vaccines in nursing homes, sustained effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against hospitalization, and no benefit from early convalescent serum in high-risk outpatients. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 21, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 783: COVID-19 clinical update #72 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #72, Daniel Griffin covers long term symptoms in children, outcomes for MIS-C, recent guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, a large well traced outbreak of delta variant, low dose mRNA vaccination generates durable T cell memory and antibodies, protective immunity in recovered patients, assessment of BinaxNOW, no effect of oral azithromycin, post-discharge symptoms in Nigeria, and therapeutics for low and middle income countries. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode L...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 23, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
