Wellbeing - tired or fatigued, and why the difference might matter
There has been a lot of work on the way in which surgeon's are affected by tiredness - and the whole medical workforce can probably relate to their experience.
But there's a difference between tiredness and fatigue, and that difference might be important in understanding what's happening in your own life.
Dale Whelehan is a physiotherapist, and PhD candidate at Trinity college Dublin, where he is investigating behavioural psychology and the effect of tiredness and fatigue on surgeons - in this podcast he describes how he thinks about those two things, what we know about the effect on wellbeing, and some strategies which ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 24, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The future of Afghan healthcare
The infrastructure of Afghanistan healthcare is under threat, as international agencies who run clinics withdraw from the country. At the same time, some of the healthcare workforce are leaving the country, while those who remain face the prospect of their wages drying up as the economy of the country collapses.But there remain people dedicated to providing healthcare, and in this podcast we hear from, Wais Mohammad Qarani, president of the Afghanistan Midwifery and Nurses Council, about what changes might be seen under the new regime, and what needs to be done to support care in the country. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
The future of Afghan healthcare
The infrastructure of Afghanistan healthcare is under threat, as international agencies who run clinics withdraw from the country. At the same time, some of the healthcare workforce are leaving the country, while those who remain face the prospect of their wages drying up as the economy of the country collapses.
But there remain people dedicated to providing healthcare, and in this podcast we hear from, Wais Mohammad Qarani, president of the Afghanistan Midwifery and Nurses Council, about what changes might be seen under the new regime, and what needs to be done to support care in the country. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Healthcare In Afghanistan Now
The final evacuation planes have left Kabul airport, and Afghanistan ’s government have ceded power to the Taliban.
Amongst the international community, worries about what that transition of power means for the people of Afghanistan have centred around the rights of women, access to education for the whole population, and the continuing prosperity of the country… However what this means for health is still uncertain.
Nadia Akseer is an Afghan scientist and epidemiologist, now working at John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and who has published extensively the health of her home country
Reading list;
A...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Healthcare In Afghanistan Now
The final evacuation planes have left Kabul airport, and Afghanistan’s government have ceded power to the Taliban.
Amongst the international community, worries about what that transition of power means for the people of Afghanistan have centred around the rights of women, access to education for the whole population, and the continuing prosperity of the country… However what this means for health is still uncertain.
Nadia Akseer is an Afghan scientist and epidemiologist, now working at John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and who has published extensively the health of her home country
Reading list;
Ac...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - real world vaccine data, GP records and CVD
In this month's Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross are back with a wry look at the world of Evidence Based Medicine.
They give us a round up of real world data emerging to address various uncertainties about vaccinations against covid
Helen has an update on NHS Digital’s project to extract GP coding for planning of healthcare and research, and talks to Natalie Banner from Understanding Patient Data, to find o ut what the public really cares about.
Finally, as routine care must go on a clinical review on cardiovascular disease in older adults introduces us to geroscience.
Reading list
Vaccines;
Effectivene...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Talk Evidence - real world vaccine data, GP records and CVD
In this month's Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross are back with a wry look at the world of Evidence Based Medicine.
They give us a round up of real world data emerging to address various uncertainties about vaccinations against covid
Helen has an update on NHS Digital’s project to extract GP coding for planning of healthcare and research, and talks to Natalie Banner from Understanding Patient Data, to find out what the public really cares about.
Finally, as routine care must go on a clinical review on cardiovascular disease in older adults introduces us to geroscience.
Reading list
Vaccines;
Effectiveness...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - September 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Junior doctors improving hospital wellbeing
The Midlands Charter, is a set of principles that hospitals in the midlands region of England have signed up to, to improve the health and wellbeing of trainees working in the area. It was created in a huge collaboration of trainees, NHS England, Health Education England and the GMC.
Dan Smith is a junior doctor at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and one of the authors of that charter. He joins us to explain how they're QI thinking to improve doctors wellbeing, and how other areas can follow their lead.
Read the full charter:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/inf ormation-for-professionals/nhs-midlands-char...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Junior doctors improving hospital wellbeing
The Midlands Charter, is a set of principles that hospitals in the midlands region of England have signed up to, to improve the health and wellbeing of trainees working in the area.
Dan Smith is a junior doctor at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and one of the authors of that charter. He joins us to explain how they're QI thinking to improve doctors wellbeing, and how other areas can follow their lead.
Read the full charter:https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2020/10/Midlands-Charter-OCT20.pdf (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Junior doctors improving hospital wellbeing
The Midlands Charter, is a set of principles that hospitals in the midlands region of England have signed up to, to improve the health and wellbeing of trainees working in the area. It was created in a huge collaboration of trainees, NHS England, Health Education England and the GMC.
Dan Smith is a junior doctor at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and one of the authors of that charter. He joins us to explain how they're QI thinking to improve doctors wellbeing, and how other areas can follow their lead.
Read the full charter:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/midlands/information-for-professionals/nhs-midlands-chart...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Wellbeing - scheduling and burnout
Rota gaps are a big problem when it comes to loading stress on the medical workforce, and there is big pressure to spread the workforce as evenly as possible across wards and shifts.
However the tyranny of the rota - especially when changing rotations or working across multiple sites, means that often doctors personal wishes, or big life events are not taken into account.
The dehumanising status of becoming just a number in the system is not helping people have the kind of fu lfilling careers that encourages people to stay within the workforce, and helps guard them from burnout.
So how do we square that circle? Anas Na...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
