BMJ Group podcasts

End of life

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:08:36 +0000

In the UK, death is a subject we steer clear of. Talking with a patient about the end of their life is uncomfortable, but necessary. A recent report from NCEPOD (the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death) called “Caring to the End” has highlighted why this conversation needs...

Cardiac output and hepatorenal syndrome

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:33 +0000

In this third podcast Professor Alexander Gerbes (Klinikum of the University of Munich, Germany, and an associate editor of Gut) talks to Dr Søren Møller (Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark) about his latest paper on cardiac output and hepatorenal syndrome. See also: Low cardiac output predicts development...

Swine flu: ‘Any Flu Questions?’, live from BMJ Masterclass for GPs, Glasgow

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:15:15 +0000

This module was recorded in front of a live audience of GPs - delegates at the BMJ Masterclass General Update for GPs in Glasgow. They provided the questions and we convened a panel of experts to provide the answers. The panel featured: Dr Dean Marshall, one of the BMA’s lead negotiators for...

Monitoring modernisation

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:30 +0000

Home fetal heart monitors can help prospective parents bond with their babies, but do they offer false reassurance when things go wrong? In this week’s podcast Rebecca Coombes hears a cautionary tale from Abhijoy Chakladar, from Princess Royal Hospital in West Sussex. Also this week, the NHS...

Analysing aspirin

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:13:59 +0000

BMJ deputy editor Trish Groves interviews Ike Iheanacho, editor of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, about its report on the use of aspirin as a primary preventative. Kirsten Patrick, an associate editor at the BMJ, talks to Charis Eng from the Cleveland Clinic about the growth in commercially...

Swine flu: secondary care (2)

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:18:27 +0000

Dr Helen Morant interviews Dr Bruce Taylor and Dr Jake Dunning to get an update on issues regarding swine flu and secondary care. Recorded 2nd November 2009. To take part in the next question and answer session, send your question to pandemic.podcast@bmjgroup.com. This is also published as a BMJ...

In this issue - November 2009

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:06:36 +0000

A monthly audio round-up detailing the contents of the latest issue of DTB. Articles: Uncommon knowledge DTB 2009; 47: 121 Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease? DTB 2009; 47: 122 - 125 Over-the-counter weight loss with orlistat? DTB 2009; 47: 125 - 127 Management of seasonal...

Vidyanande Thavamkankanthi - Polishing up your interview skills

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:35:13 +0000

Vidya Thavamokankanthi discusses how to understand what interview panels are looking for, and how best to present yourself as the person for the job. Dr Vidya Thavamokankanthi is a GP ST1 trainee.

Tim Albert - Getting published

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:35:07 +0000

Tim Albert discusses the key points on how to improve your writing style, avoiding common pitfalls and improving the power of your writing. He also provides hints on getting your paper published and building a career as an author. Tim Albert is a journalist, and for the past 15 years has been...

Stuart Carney and Carrie Moore - Getting the most out of Foundation Programme

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:35:01 +0000

Stuart Carney and Carrie Moore discuss the application process for August 2010, and once accepted, how to get the most out of the Foundation programme and your placements. Stuart Carney is a Psychiatrist and Deputy National Director of the UK Foundation Programme Office. Carrie Moore is Director of...

Jeremy Levy - Core Medical training and beyond

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:34:55 +0000

Jeremy Levy talks us through Core Medical Training as a gateway into a wide range of medical specialties. He explains how it works and how to get the most from it. Jeremy Levy is a Consultant Nephrologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and Head of the School of Medicine for London,...

Ian Curran - Simulation and technology enhanced learning initiative

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:34:46 +0000

Ian Curran takes us through the STeLI (Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Initiative) project, and how is raising the standards for postgraduate training in London. He explains how using simulation, e-learning and other technologies can enhance clinical learning. Ian Curran is Associate...

Gary Waltham - Recruitment 2010

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:34:36 +0000

The health services in London have always faced workforce challenges more complex than the rest of the UK. Gary Waltham discusses applications, competition ratios and where to get help when applying to London for 2010. Gary Waltham is Medical Workforce Manager at the London Deanery, and leads on...

Andrew Long - London Deanery

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:34:29 +0000

Andrew Long is a consultant paedatrician and an associate Dean of the London Deanery. Andrew is talking about the BMJ careers fair.

Tuberculosis in East Timor

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:45:14 +0000

This week Duncan Jarvies talks to Paul Kelly about treating TB in East Timor, and to Kevin Deans about the link between deprivation and heart disease in Glasgow. Annabel Ferriman takes us through this week’s news. See also; Differences in atherosclerosis according to area level socioeconomic...

Infliximab and Ulcerative Colitis

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:34:29 +0000

In this second podcast Professor Laurence Egan (National University of Ireland, Galway and an associate editor of Gut) talks to Dr Gordon Greenberg (Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto) about his latest paper on infliximab and ulcerative colitis. See also: Trough Serum Infliximab: A Predictive Factor Of...

Want and no more, need and no less

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:47:30 +0000

Political attention has been focused on providing universal health cover, but this can’t happen without curbing rising costs. In this week’s podcast Duncan Jarvies talks to Albert Mulley, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, about how practice variation is driving up the...

Swine flu: your vaccination questions answered (3)

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:59:47 +0000

BMJ Learning users put questions to Professor David Salisbury, and Dr Peter Holden regarding the UK’s swine flu vaccination programme. Recorded 14th October 2009. To take part in the next question and answer session, send your question to pandemic.podcast@bmjgroup.com This is also published as a...

SIDS and SSRIs

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:17:13 +0000

This week Duncan Jarvies talks to Peter Fleming about his latest findings into the risk factors for SIDS. He also finds out from Michael Moore about what’s causing the rise in antidepressant prescription in the UK. Birte Twisselmann takes us through the news. See also; Risk factors for...

Swine flu: Epidemiology - your questions answered

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:03:37 +0000

BMJ Learning users put questions to Professor John Edmunds and Dr Andrew Hayward on swine flu epidemiology. Recorded 12th October 2009. To take part in the next question and answer session, send your question to pandemic.podcast@bmjgroup.com. This is also published as a BMJ Learning module. For the...

Tumour markers and HPV vaccination

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:40:56 +0000

This week Kirsten Patrick talks to Cathie Sturgeon about the usefulness of tumour markers, Birte Twisselmann finds out from Jane Kim the cost effectiveness of vaccinating boys against HPV, and Deborah Cohen takes us through this week’s highlights. See also; Cost effectiveness analysis of including...

In this issue - October 2009

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:35:14 +0000

A monthly audio round-up detailing the contents of the latest issue of DTB. Articles: Generically speaking DTB 2009; 47: 109 Does BNP testing aid diagnosis of heart failure? DTB 2009; 47: 110 - 113 Imiquimod for superficial and in situ skin malignancy DTB 2009; 47: 113 - 116 Anticoagulation with...

Vaccines - Q&A

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:02:41 +0000

BMJ Learning users put questions to Professor Lyndsey Davies, Dr Jane Zuckerman and Professor Vivienne Nathanson on the UK swine flu vaccination programme. Recorded 1st October 2009. To take part in the next question and answer session, send your question to pandemic.podcast@bmjgroup.com. This is...

Statins, kidney disease, and preventing abuse

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:19:20 +0000

This week Duncan Jarvies talks to Ben Reis, from Harvard Medical School, about using longitudinal histories to predict domestic abuse. Mabel Chew finds out from Charlie Tomson about the evidence behind using statins in patients with kidney disease, and Annabel Ferriman takes us though the news. See...

Impact on secondary care

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:33:12 +0000

Dr Helen Morant, a clinical editor at BMJ Learning, talks to Dr Chris Ellis, consultant physician and clinical director at Heartlands, the Regional Infectious Disease Centre, Dr Rodney Burnham, Registrar, Royal College of Physicians and Dr Bob Winter, President, the Intensive Care Society. They...

Dignified dying and physical barriers

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:41:57 +0000

This week Zosia Kmietowicz talks to Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, about the clarification on the law for assisted suicide. Deborah Cohen finds out from NCAS (the National Clinical Assessment Service) about their recent report into the types of doctors most often referred to...

Transplant tales

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:30:08 +0000

In the first Student BMJ podcast, we’re looking at organ donation - and talk to people involved in all levels of the process. Jessie Colquhoun talks to Jacqueline Monaghan and Annabel Ferriman about their experiences, and Duncan Young explains some of the background to the science.

New problems, old problems

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:03:15 +0000

This week Duncan Jarvies talks to Vivienne Nathanson from the BMA and Gerard Hastings from Stirling University and the Open University about the BMA’s plans to take on alcohol advertising. Birte Twisselmann finds out from Ian Gregory about the UK’s legacy of deprivation, and David Payne takes us...

Swine flu vaccine: Your questions answered

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:02:27 +0000

Dr Zana Khan talks to Professor Adam Finn, Dr Tom Jefferson, and Dr Maureen Baker. Recorded 2 September 2009 This is also published as a BMJ Learning module. For the latest updates on all the BMJ’s flu content visit http://pandemicflu.bmj.com

PPI and Barrett’s mucosa

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:41:14 +0000

Welcome to the first Gut podcast. Each month we aim to bring you interviews with some of our researchers, giving you an insight into some of the stories behind the publication. In this first podcast Professor Ernst Kuipers (Erasmus Medical School, Rotterdam and an associate editor on Gut) talks to...

Waiting times and doctors’ pay

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:30:29 +0000

This week Trish Groves finds out from Zack Cooper and Julian Le Grand about “Equity, waiting times, and NHS reforms“. Ed Davies, editor of Career Focus, joins us to talk about doctors’ earnings, and Birte Twisselmann takes us through the week’s news. See also; Equity, waiting times, and NHS...

Your questions answered

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:52:10 +0000

Dr Cath McDermott puts GPs’ questions about swine flu to Dr Kate Adams, Dr Matthew Thompson and Dr Dean Marshall. Recorded on August 26th 2009. This is also published as a BMJ Learning module. For the latest updates on all the BMJ’s flu content visit http://pandemicflu.bmj.com

Tamiflu - the wrong message?

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:26:21 +0000

The widespread use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) has been a key strategy in tackling the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ pandemic in the UK. However, there have been growing concerns about the communication of this approach and rationale behind the policy itself. In this podcast Dr Ike Iheanacho, DTB editor, discusses...

In this issue - September 2009

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:37:30 +0000

A monthly audio round-up detailing the contents of the latest issue of DTB. Articles: Tamiflu − the wrong message? DTB 2009; 47: 97 Self-monitoring for patients on warfarin? DTB 2009; 47: 98 - 101 Non-drug management of chronic low back pain DTB 2009; 47: 102 - 108 Correction: How to misinform...

The not-so-silent killer

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:19:28 +0000

Duncan Jarvies discovers from William Hamilton that ovarian cancer isn’t actually a silent killer. Helen Macdonald learns from Peter Whorwell the difference a little fibre can make, and Birte Twisselmann takes us through this week’s news. See also; Soluble or insoluble fibre in irritable bowel...

Student BMJ: Transplant tales

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:49:40 +0000

An update on antivirals

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:03 +0000

Dr Zana Khan talks to Dr Vanya Gant about the latest information on antiviral treatment for swine flu. Recorded on August 10th, 2009. This is also published as a BMJ Learning module. For the latest updates on all the BMJ’s flu content visit http://pandemicflu.bmj.com

Scanner surprises.

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:28:02 +0000

Duncan Jarvies talks to Rustam Al-Shahi Salman about the problem of incidental findings in MRI scans. Chloe Veltman reviews new film Adam, about a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. David Payne takes us through the news. See also; Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic...

A pandemic of pandemic news

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:10:42 +0000

David Payne talks to Carl Heneghan and Matthew Thompson, two of the authors of the paper on prescribing antivirals to children, about the media response to their research. Duncan Jarvies finds out from Marc Stone about some FDA research into the increased risk of suicide and suicidal behaviour in...

Latest advice for GPs

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:16:16 +0000

Dr Helen Morant talks to Dr Maureen Baker from the RCGP and Dr Dean Marshall from the BMA about current issues GPs are facing in dealing with swine flu. This is also published as a BMJ Learning module. For the latest updates on all the BMJ’s flu content visit http://pandemicflu.bmj.com