Patient spotlight - Doing it for themselves
In our accompanying roundtable discussion,we hear views from a group of patients and clinicians based largely in the UK on the actions required to advance progress towards providing patient centred care.
To extend the conversation we talked to members of the BMJ's international patient advisory panel and other patient advocates - and what follows are short clips of hour long conversations with people in the US, Europe, India, Equador and Uganda.
While the quality of the recordings vary there is no mistaking
the passion of these advocates to improve care for fellow patients and the barriers which need to be overcome ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 10, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Suicide, sport, and CME
What is the association between IQ and attempted suicide? David Batty talks to us about his research in Sweden.
Also this week, Steven Kawczak, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic ’s Center for Continuing Education, outlines the clinic’s new CME partnership with the BMJ and BMJ Learning.
And finally, Richard Budgett, chief medical officer of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Suicide, sport, and CME
What is the association between IQ and attempted suicide? David Batty talks to us about his research in Sweden.
Also this week, Steven Kawczak, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Continuing Education, outlines the clinic’s new CME partnership with the BMJ and BMJ Learning.
And finally, Richard Budgett, chief medical officer of the London 2012 Olympics, speaks about how scientists are hoping to beat the cheats. He also discusses a recent BMJ research paper about the limited health and economic benefits that big sporting events have on their host nations. The recent Legacy of the games podcast includ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The white paper
The new coalition government’s white paper on health – encompassing the future of the NHS - was published this week. Chris Ham, chief executive of the health policy think-tank the King’s Fund and professor of health policy and management at the University of Birmingham, and Edward Davies, editor of BMJ Careers, discuss their immediate impressions with Ashley McKimm.
Also this week a paper on www.bmj.com looks at suicide, and how the method of an attempted suicide relates to a later successful attempt. Professor Bo Runeson from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden joins us on the phone to discuss his research. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Dealing with delirium
Delirium is often missed in primary and secondary care. Edison Vidal, assistant professor in internal medicine at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, advises on diagnosing and managing the condition.
Rheumatoid arthritis, non-biological drug treatments, or both, might suppress tumour surveillance and in theory increase the risk of melanoma. Pauline Raaschou, consultant in clinical pharmacology at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, explains what she found while investigating the association. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 6, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Dr. A Show 187: Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis is the founder and moderator of the Healthcare Communications & Social Media (#HCSM) weekly twitter chat that takes places weekly on Sunday nights at 9pmET. She recently accepted the position of Interactive Marketing Specialist at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. Swedish will be hosting their 2010 Health Care Symposium on Oct 11-12 and I have accepted an invitation to be on a panel for their pre-conference session. On tonight's show we'll be talking about Dana's career, HCSM, the Symposium, and whatever else comes up... (Source: Doctor Anonymous Live)
Source: Doctor Anonymous Live - October 8, 2010 Category: General Medicine Authors: DrMikeSevilla Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts
