BMJ Best Practice Podcast

The BMJ Best Practice podcast publishes interviews with clinical experts, aimed at healthcare professionals and students with an interest in keeping up to date with the latest scientific developments, evidence-based medicine and guidelines. BMJ Best Practice is ranked one of the best clinical decision support tools for health professionals worldwide.* Structured around the clinical workflow and updated daily, BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.bestpractice.bmj.com*Kwag KH, González-Lorenzo M, Banzi R, Bonovas S, Moja L. Providing Doctors With High-Quality Information: An Updated Evaluation of Web-Based Point-of-Care Information SummariesThe purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: Nephrolithiasis.
Jodi Antonelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, gives us a clinical overview of nephrolithiasis.For more on nephrolithiasis, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/225-The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #2: Anthrax.
Anthrax is a rare infection caused by the spore-forming, gram-positive soil organism Bacillus anthracis . Cutaneous disease is the most common manifestation; however, fatal systemic illness due to spore ingestion, inhalation, or injection can occur.In this podcast Ali Hassoun, Infectious Disease Specialist, Alabama Infectious Diseases Center, USA, gives us a clinical overview of anthrax.For more on anthrax, visit BMJ Best Practice: https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/604-The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

EBM

Evidence-Based Medicine systematically searches a wide range of international medical journals applying strict criteria for the validity of research. Content is critically appraised then the most clinically relevant articles are summarised into an expert commentary focusing on the papers clinical applicability. Evidence-Based Medicine podcasts publish with each new issue and contain interviews with the leading experts, discussing topical papers in an easily digestible format.http://ebm.bmj.com/* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: Early allergen introduction in standard risk babies does not increase the risk of food allergy.
Food allergy is a chronic public health problem affecting as many as 8–10% of children with no present cure or treatment.Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Medicine Joshua Fenton brings the subject to this podcast with Matthew Greenhawt (Section of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, USA) and Carina Venter (Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Cincinnatti Children's Hospital, Ohio, USA). Dr Greenhawt and Dr Venter are the authors of a commentary on the paper “EAT Study Team. Randomized trial of introduction of allergenic foods in breast-fed infants”, published by The New England Journal of Medicine in 2016. The study suggests that early allergen introduction in standard risk, exclusively breastfed infants is associated with small possible benefits without evidence of harm. The details of the EAT and the LEAP trials are discussed in this interview, which finishes with some important advice for parents.“Having your cake and EATing it too: early timing of multiple allergen introduction does not increase the risk of developing food allergy in standard risk, breastfed infants” can be read at the EBM website: ebm.bmj.com/content/22/2/60.

Rank #2: Aspirin: benefits and risks in cardiovascular disease.
In this second Evidence-Based Medicine podcast, Associate Editor Terrence Shaneyfelt interviews Salim Virani, from the Health Services Research and Development, Houston, USA. Professor Virani is the leading author of the systematic review with meta analysis, "Aspirin reduces cardiovascular events in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease but at a near equivalent risk of increased bleeding".Read the article here: http://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/25/ebmed-2016-110531.extract.

RCGP Podcast

The Royal College of General Practitioners is the professional membership body for family doctors in the UK and overseas. This podcast features conversations with our Clinical Champions and others as we deliver a wide portfolio of projects to raise the profile of clinical areas in primary care.

Rank #1: 15: Sepsis: Listen to us - Part One.
The recent Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Report found Sepsis to be the second most prominent cause of death, following pneumonia closely as the first, among people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities, their carers and healthcare providers face a variety of challenges from sepsis. One of these challenges is communication. With many patients using non-verbal communication, it can often fall to carers to act as interpreter. In this podcast, Dr Rachel Marsden, RCGP Clinical Support Fellow for Sepsis, interviews Dr Elizabeth Herrieven, an Emergency Department Consultant, who has first-hand knowledge of these difficulties. Her daughter has Down's Syndrome and Autism and has had Sepsis several times in her 12 years.

Rank #2: 14: Patient Online and Inflammatory Arthritis.
RCGP Innovation Programme Manager, Joe Besford, talks to Dr Ralph Sullivan, RCGP Patient Online Clinical Champion, and Dr Imran Khan, RCGP Clinical Support Fellow, about Patient Online and inflammatory arthritis. The topics of conversation range from the direct benefits for patients when using Patient Online, using the detailed coded record to view test results and improving health literacy. The panel also discuss how Patient Online can be used to prepare for consultations as part of a person-centred approach to care that enables individuals to take greater control when managing their long-term conditions using inflammatory arthritis as an exemplar. 

The General Practice Podcast

Ben Gowland talks to those making real change happen in healthcare, getting underneath what they did, how they managed to do it, and the challenges they faced along the way

Rank #1: Robert Varnam – developing PCNs and their clinical leaders.
Robert Varnam almost needs no introduction. He is a GP in Manchester and Head of General Practice Development at NHS England. He will be known to most people in general practice for his work around the national Time for Care Programme. In his second visit to the General Practice Podcast he talks to Ben about the development of Primary Care Networks and how the learning needs of PCN clinical leaders might be identified and met. Show Notes Robert describes the recent changes to his role – focussing on improvement (58secs) The introduction of Primary Care Networks (1min 54secs) Variations in the progress of PCNs (3mins 28secs) How delivering “improvement” to general practice is impacted by PCNs (4mins 44secs) Establishing the PCN – a collaborative opportunity (6mins 54secs) Making the best use of the development resources available (8mins 32secs) Networks using expert facilitation to support development (10mins 24secs) Developing the PCN clinical directors – a collective approach to leadership (12mins 40secs) The value of investing in leaders (14mins 30secs) A network of networks (15mins 04secs) Establishing the learning needs of clinical directors (15mins 44secs) Working with peers (17mins 29secs) Practical resources for networks (18mins 57secs) Contacting Robert (20mins 05secs) The website Source4Networks can be found here Robert can be contacted directly at robert.varnam@nhs.net The first podcast we ran with Robert can be accessed here

Rank #2: Paul Deffley – working effectively across practices.
This is the second conversation between Ben and Paul Deffley, Hove GP and clinical director of Practice Unbound; a not-for-profit organisation devoted to “helping general practice work smarter”. In this episode Paul uses the example of a pathology delegation pilot to look at how practices can effectively work together across networks, how they can better manage change and, working at scale, deliver network solutions to collective problems. Show Notes Paul outlines his background and his positive view of PCNs (48secs) An example of working together – a pilot for pathology delegation (2min 55secs) Tests not needing a clinical context (5mins) Understanding the pathology activity – what’s safe to delegate (6mins 07secs) Clinical variation in pathology requests – and reducing requesting patterns (7mins 20secs) Managing the delegated requests – a non-clinical team approach (8mins 37secs) Group consultations? Testing different ways of managing patients (9mins 16secs) Overcoming the concerns about risk (9mins 47secs) Understanding the fears (10mins 59secs) Grouping routine tests (11mins 17secs) Auditing the administrators (12mins 54secs) The impact on GP workload – 90% of routine bloods are handled by the admin team (13mins 27secs) Working smarter (14mins 05secs) Clinical variation down (15mins 02secs) Is this a legitimate use of PCN time and energy? (15mins 33secs) PCNs looking at individual GP practice (16mins 49secs) Establishing and maintaining trust (18mins 37secs) The impact of networks on shared problems (19mins 47secs) Making the most of development funding (20mins 47secs) An end-to-end flow exercise (22mins 49secs) Positive relationships (23mins 33secs) Further information (24mins 20secs) Practice Unbound’s web address is www.practiceunbound.org.uk And Paul can be emailed directly at Pauldeffley@nhs.net

SAGE General Practice

Welcome to the official free Podcast site from SAGE, with selected new podcasts that will span a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. Our Podcasts are designed to act as teaching tools, providing further insight into our content through editor and author commentaries and interviews with special guests. SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets with principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore.

Rank #1: Summer Podcast 2019.
The Summer podcast aims to enlighten, educate and inspire with a variety of topics from the world of General Practice. Presented by Dr Sadiya Ayaz, a GP in South London, in this podcast we discuss the struggles around training with Head of School for General Practice in London, Dr Sarah Divall. We take a look at Social Prescribing and what it means for GPs with Dr Mohan Sekeram. Dr Vishal Jayakar solves all those haematological conundrums we always wanted answered and we wind down with a hearty discussion on food with Dr Rupy Aujla from The Doctors Kitchen. Make sure you stay tuned!

Rank #2: InnovAiT Spring podcast 2019.
In the InnovAiT Spring Podcast listen to three inspiring GPs and a round up of the InnovAiT journal including articles from Roger Neighbour, Deen Mirza and more. In the interviews, hear from Dr Nishma Manek who created the NextGenGP project to promote young leaders in primary care, video consultations in primary care and more. Then hear from a young leader- your own AiT Chair Dr Amit Paik as we talk about RCGP council, InnovAiT, training and the eportfolio. Finally, hear from our RCGP Chair Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard as we talk about her journey, the future of the profession and how General Practice is changing.  Subscribe to all our content and remember to comment, share and keep learning. 

NICE Talks

NICE Talks brings you people’s real-life experiences of NHS, public health and social care. Each episode you’ll hear the stories behind our work to improve care across the country through evidence-based guidance.Subscribe on iTunes and rate NICE Talks: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/nice-talks/id1343277799?mt=2

Rank #1: How can we promote active travel to school to reduce air pollution?.
What can we do in our community to help reduce air pollution? Does walking or cycling to school help? We speak to Dr Karen Exley from Public Health England and Joe Lindsay and Andy Cope from Sustrans to find out. For more information check out our guidance:- Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng70- Physical activity and the environmenthttps://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng90

Rank #2: How serious is your food allergy?.
Food allergies are increasing and can be difficult to diagnose. We speak to Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, founder of Foods Matter and FreeFrom awards, Mandy East, Parliamentary Officer for the National Allergy Strategy Group and what life is like for Ruth living in fear of a fatal allergic reaction.NICE Food allergy guidance: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg116

Making the difference

Effective, efficient, patient-centred and safe healthcare is what we all want to see, and what the field of quality improvement is all about.In these podcasts, Harriet Vickers talks to doctors and other healthcare professionals about how they’ve gone about improving care for their patients, and explores the ideas and techniques behind making change happen.http://quality.bmj.com

Rank #1: The science of improvement.
Or, the one where Fiona Moss and Don Berwick tells us what they think quality improvement is.Fiona Moss is dean, Royal Society of Medicine, and Don Berwick is president emeritus and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement.Don's talk and the interview with Fiona were both recorded at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Gothenburg, April 2016. Watch out for the extended versions of these recordings, up next Friday.

Rank #2: Bad with names.
It's bad practice to prescribe a brand name drug when a cheaper, viable and approved generic is available. But, particularly in the US, this happens too much, at major cost to the health system.The team behind Michigan State University's paediatric clinics set out to increase their prescribing of generics, and found that much of the problem was that whilst brand names lodged in staff and patient's minds, generic names were easily forgotten.Sath Sudhanthar, paediatrician and assistant professor in paediatrics, and Kari Chandler, nurse manager, tell Harriet Vickers how they overcame this and tripled the team's generic medication prescription rate.Read their full report: http://qir.bmj.com/content/4/1/u209517.w3931.full

Swindon GP Education

These audio podcasts are designed to be used by GPs and GP trainees as a learning tool. They are intended to be relevant, accurate and accessible. The aim is to address the clinical and ethical queries which GPs have on a daily basis. The answers are the speakers opinions and not necessarily representative of all GPs. There is rarely one best management alone. The discussions generally refer to options and choices rather than single correct paths. As there are regional variations in first line prescription choices for some medical conditions, it is important to check your local formulary. Where applicable we have endeavoured to explain that the guidance being discussed is true for Swindon PCT but may vary in other areas. With regard to discussed practice, that quoted is the speakers practice at the time of publishing, guidance can change and the podcasts could go out of date. For this reason, each podcast is labelled with a published date. If you have an idea or even a question which you would like discussed then please get in touch via www.swindongpeducation.co.uk These podcasts and references to other sites provide general information for educational purposes only. They are intended for healthcare professionals. The target audience includes established GP's and GP trainees. The aim is to explore management options for common presentations or challenges in General Practice, this is done using interviews, cases and summaries. The podcasts are not designed to and do not provide patients with medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services. If you believe you have any other health problem, or if you have any questions regarding your health or a medical condition, you should promptly consult your physician or other healthcare provider. Never disregard medical or professional advice, or delay seeking it, because of something you heard on this site or a linked website. You should also ask your physician or other healthcare provider to assist you in interpreting any information in this Site or in the linked websites, or in applying the information to your individual case. There are often several valid approaches to medical cases in General practice and the outlined recordings aim to represent the general approach which may be taken rather than exclusive or exhaustive management options. Guidance and approaches to medicine may change over time and whilst every effort is made to provide up to date, current information at the time of recording, Dr Swallow and other contributors are not liable or responsible for any advice, course of treatment, diagnosis or any other information, services or product you pursue following hearing these recordings. Reliance on any information provided on this Site or any linked websites is solely at your own risk. Dr Swallow and the producers do not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions or other information that may be provided on the linked websites.

Rank #1: Dementia and DOLs.
Dr Simon Manchip Elderly care psychiatrist at GWH discusses primary care issues surrounding dementia diagnosis, management and medico legal aspects.

Rank #2: CVA emergency in General Practice.
A discussion between Dr Jo Swallow and Dr Jennifer Yin around the recent Simulation sessions run for the ST1 GP trainees on medical emergencies in GP. Focusing on CVA and TIA.

STI podcast

Sexually Transmitted Infections is the world's longest running international journal on sexual health. It aims to keep practitioners, trainees and researchers up to date in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all STIs and HIV. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: Digital tools: the future for partner notifications?.
In this podcast, Jackie Cassell, the Editor in Chief of STI, talks to Anatole Menon-Johansson, from the Department of Sexual Health, Guy's & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, about partner notification technologies.The STI blog post "Improving Partner Notification with a new online tool from SXT Health CIC [Community Interest Company]" is the starting point for a broad conversation about why is partner notification on STIs so important, what's the tool about and what the future holds in the digital era. Read the blog post here: http://blogs.bmj.com/sti/2016/05/05/improving-partner-notification-with-a-new-online-tool-from-sxt-health-cic-from-anatole-menon-johansson/.On the STI website: - Claudia Estcourt study on Accelerated Partner Treatment for primary care: http://sti.bmj.com/content/91/8/548.full.pdf+html?sid=17d93526-4a85-4ae6-a34b-7a603dd67873. - Hannelore Götz study of an online partner notification tool: "Initial evaluation of use of an online partner notification tool for STI, called ‘suggest a test’: a cross sectional pilot study", http://sti.bmj.com/content/90/3/195.abstract.

Rank #2: Sex, drugs, and men who have sex with men.
How does drug use feed into STI transmission in men who have sex with men? What kinds of behaviours happen, and how can clinicians discuss these issues with men and best help them?In this podcast Adam Bourne, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and David Stuart, substance use lead at the 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic, discuss the issues and offer their advice.Read the related article:Illicit drug use in sexual settings (‘chemsex’) and HIV/STI transmission risk behaviour among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study http://goo.gl/u6xubb

Thorax podcast

Thorax, the official journal of the British Thoracic Society, publishes influential clinical and experimental research in respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. The focus is on work that advances scientific understanding and impacts clinical practice. http://thorax.bmj.com/* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: Journal club: Efficacy of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Only one treatment is licensed for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and this only in Europe. Luca Richeldi (Center for Rare Lung Diseases, University of Modena, Italy) describes his phase 2 trial of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor to see if it could be safely and effectively used in patients with the disease. Dr Richeldi’s research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.See also:http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103690

Rank #2: Journal Club: Lung protective mechanical ventilation.
Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s journal club editor) talks to Dale Needham (associate professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) about his paper recently published in the BMJ:See also:http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e2124

FG podcast

Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles that accelerate adoption of innovative and best practice in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. Frontline Gastroenterology is especially interested in articles on multidisciplinary research and care, focusing on both retrospective assessments of novel models of care as well as putative future directions of best practice. Specifically Frontline Gastroenterology publishes articles in the domains of clinical quality, patient experience, service provision and medical education.* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: July's UpFront: pancreatitis and gluten-free diet.
This edition has a special focus on pancreatobiliary medicine, but also covers the cost and availability of products for people living with Coeliac Disease, a dietician first Gastroenterology clinic and the burden of hepatitis C.Read the UpFront of the July issue of Frontline Gastroenterology and the full issue: fg.bmj.com/content/10/3.

Rank #2: Implementing new endoscopic techniques and technologies into clinical practice.
James Maurice, Trainee Editor interviews Pradeep Bhandari, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK, about his recent review, which provides a framework for improving the quality and safety of current practice of implementing new endoscopic technologies and techniques in the UK’s National Health Service.Read it on the Frontline Gastroenterology website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/2/155.

eGPlearning Podblast

eGPlearning Podblast is a health tech talk by two Nottingham based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, and interviews with primary care health tech innovators. Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@drGandalf52) and Dr Andrew Foster (@drawfoster).

Rank #1: How to sync your Clarity TeamNet Calendar with Google Calendar.
A simple 5-minute walkthrough guide on how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Google Calendar, including my own hacks. Nuff said 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴  This walkthrough guide shows you how to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Google Calendar.  I show you: ✳️ How to find the calendar view in Clarity TeamNet ✳️ How you can extract different calendar views for your needs ✳️ How to add a calendar in Google Calendar ✳️ My hack to prevent information overload while still making the view functional. Remember at present TeamNet is only a one-way import of information into your calendar.  See this link for the walkthrough guide to sync your Clarity TeamNet calendar with Outlook: https://youtu.be/AlcXyRqNpWk ⭐Top posts⭐: 👨🏾‍⚕️Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list 👨🏾‍⚕️ see here: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/dr-gandalfs-essential-gp-equipment-list/ 📸Equipment to record patient consultations for teaching – a guide📸: https://egplearning.co.uk/technology/equipment-to-record-patient-consultations-for-teaching-a-guide/ Subscribe to or follow the eGPlearning platform for more videos, app reviews and content to support technology-enhanced primary care and learning.  🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴  Other networks: 👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦 🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️ 💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷 Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/disclaimer/

Rank #2: Email use in General Practice.
Does sorting out your email just suck all your time away? Andy and Gandhi talk in this episode about the frustrations managing your email can bring, the challenges we have in primary care and importantly - solutions to bring you control and increase your spare time.  🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴  Shout out to our friends … Health Technology News Paper, your daily dose of information for the health technology community Despite being so ubiquitous and groundbreaking in its time, this is a medium that is almost universally loathed… Today we’re talking about email... We have a complex love-hate relationship with email… Mostly we hate it... As a clinician email can be particularly frustrating. We have so many ways to receive information tasks and work. And we spend most of our dealing with patients or tasks directly related to patient care. It can feel like Other people working in primary care have more time allocated for purely administrative activities like reading email…  It is definitely worth giving how you manage email some thought... Why is email frustrating?... (Identifying the challenges) Email overload Time issue, can take so long, when do i do it? Email anxiety - what’s in my inbox?... Discussion vs response - wrong tool? Etiquette - why am i getting this email? Tone and controversial topics... Emails at intrusive at times What are the possible solutions? Basic Principals… Three Ps Parkinson’s Law - allocate set, limited time - batching Pareto Principal - 80/20 - concentrate on where your efforts will have impact Pomedoro - 25 minute dashes, 5 minutes break to complete email or tasks Getting Organised Inbox Zero & Getting to Done….  2 min rule Scheduling for later Tag, Folders or archive and search? Check out Gandhi’s episode on productivity: https://youtu.be/paTZy7K8hsU Etiquette Should this be an email at all? email / phone / meet reply all, waiting on replies, cc, bcc Font and confidentiality Emojis in professional emails Use the right address for the right reason - security log in Add the email address last - just in case Identify action or information Use the subject line well… and first 2 lines - Project management style - timelines Templates and signatures,  Dealing with volume/overload Unsubscribe and whitelist vs junk Do not disturb Choose your tools wisely? But don’t obsess  We discuss our current email setups and tips for email platforms and apps Interface/platform - bluemail  What do you use? Gandhi - blue mail and Gmail Andy - outlook But my phone is always with me… Do not disturb mode Switch off the notification? How to email patients: Email use by practices in General Practice Email audit Set aside a time frame to do an email audit - sources, folders, and freq - put it in your calendar!!! Things to think about as clinicians… Use the right platform or email address for any clinical or sensitive information. Secure your device. Alternatives? People are trying to make email better Slack, Asana…. Adding project management and team coordination So how do you feel about email now love or hate?  Let us know... Certificate of engagement for CPD Thanks for listening 🔴 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/eGPlearningYTsubscribe 🔴  ⭐Top posts⭐: 👨🏾‍⚕️Dr Gandalf’s essential GP equipment list 👨🏾‍⚕️ see here: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/dr-gandalfs-essential-gp-equipment-list/ 📸Equipment to record patient consultations for teaching – a guide📸: https://egplearning.co.uk/technology/equipment-to-record-patient-consultations-for-teaching-a-guide/ Subscribe to or follow the eGPlearning platform for more videos, app reviews and content to support technology-enhanced primary care and learning.  🔴 Subscribe: https://egplearning.co.uk/subscribe/ 🔴  Other networks: 👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Egplearning/ 👍🏼 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/egplearning 🐦 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/drgandalf52 🐦 🖥 Website - https://egplearning.co.uk/ 🖥️ 💷 Support: https://patreon.com/egplearning 💷 Some links may contain affiliate links to help support eGPlearning see our disclaimer at https://egplearning.co.uk/contact/disclaimer/

BMJ Open podcast

BMJ Open is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. Publishing procedures are built around fully open peer review and continuous publication, publishing research online as soon as the article is ready.BMJ Open aims to promote transparency in the publication process by publishing reviewer reports and previous versions of manuscripts as pre-publication histories. Authors are asked to pay article-processing charges on acceptance; the ability to pay does not influence editorial decisions. All papers are included in PubMed and ISI Current Contents (Web of Science). * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: Registered nurse, health care support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality.
Dr Alison Walker speaks to Professor Peter Griffiths about his research published in BMJ Open concerning Registered nurse, health care support worker, medical staffing levels and mortality in English hospital Trusts: a cross-sectional studyRead the full paper >> [url of paper to go here when known]

Rank #2: UK research spend in 2008 and 2012: comparing stroke, cancer, coronary heart disease and dementia.
Dr Alison Walker speaks to Dr Ramon Luengo-Fernandez about his research published in BMJ Open investigating the UK governmental and charity research funding in 2012. This analysis covered the funding for cancer, coronary heart disease (CHD), dementia and stroke, and made comparisons with 2008 levels. Read the full paper >> http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006648.full?sid=216cb451-6229-4f6e-9ac2-101942c6ff5e

NASGP | The art of GP locuming

Supporting GP locums and salaried GPs

Rank #1: Podcast | The Sessional GP Magazine December 2019.
Richard Fieldhouse reviews the latest edition of The Sessional GP magazine. In our 110th edition, Rachel has some seasonal advice, Tina loves LocumDeck, Claire has some warming paintings for us, Judith unmasks a ruthless dictator, Louise gives a comprehensive rundown of hypertension in pregnancy and Liz has some great tips if you're in the process of making babies. Scroll down to hear the podcast. Click to view the magazine The post Podcast | The Sessional GP Magazine December 2019 appeared first on NASGP.

Rank #2: Podcast | Social prescribing – I’ve seen the future of 
general practice….
A partner in a North London practice was feeling burned out. The crushing target-chasing workload was no longer offset by the reward of helping patients. The BNF had no remedy for the distresses of modern life which patients were bringing into her consulting room. She, like her patients, was ground down. Casting about for a way of reviving the sense of hope and enthusiasm that had led her into medicine, she contacted the local Transition Group. Three years later a bleak courtyard next to the practice has transformed into The Listening Space – a therapeutic garden where patients and staff get together. They have pitched in to create a beautiful and productive green space. People who no longer have gardens of their own share their expertise, patients help with planting and harvesting, and they cook for seasonal parties. Immigrants are delighted to share their traditional dishes. Patients and staff demonstrate their music talents, and everyone chats. The ‘Crafternoons’ in the waiting room were slow to take off, but gradually patients plucked up the courage to join in, and now it’s a flourishing social group. Lonely patients in the waiting room are encouraged to participate. While members embroidered ‘welcome’ onto fabrics in their native languages, an old man sat on the edge of the group staring at his hands. Suddenly he perked up, saying “You haven’t got my language ”. Offered blue thread, he insisted on red, gold and green, the colours of his birth nation’s flag. He’s now a regular, and for the first time, staff say, he’s smiling. Hollowed-out social infrastructures have left us all less connected, and the most vulnerable people easily fall through the holes in the net. They crave worthwhile activities to occupy the long empty hours, to distract them from insoluble problems, to make them feel useful again. But people who are treading water need someone to help them onto firm ground. Medical prescribing for medical problems, social prescribing – referral to a range of local, non-clinical services – for social problems. It makes sense. In Somerset, Frome was once a busy market town, but over the decades its life-blood drained away. By 2013 the town was flat-lining. The residents were depressed. The GPs and their staff were disheartened and stressed because they couldn’t solve health problems that were essentially social in origin. Again, a GP took the initiative. She worked with the town council and the local Compassionate Communities health group to identify unmet social needs. Now GPs can refer patients to professional ‘health connectors’ who bridge the gap between patients and community resources. As well as practical advice, innovations include ‘talking cafes’, and - so isolated old men can potter in company - ‘men’s sheds’. Six years on, the people of Frome, their town, the practice - all exude confidence. Patients feel they have choices and are in more control of their lives and health. The attendance figures demonstrate the benefits for the NHS. GP appointments are down 28% and A&E attendances 24%, while in Somerset towns comparable to Frome, demands on the NHS continue to rise. There’s nothing like a walk, the wilder the better, to blow away brooding thoughts. Studies show that two hours a week in the fresh air is enough for people to feel better, more self-assertive. In the Shetlands, it was the RSPB’s outreach officer who suggested ‘nature prescriptions’. Now Shetland GPs ‘prescribe’ walks, with tips about what to look out for and do en route. Patients are more active, many lose weight, and their physical and mental health improves. Talking groups, walking groups, reading, drawing, sewing groups, gardening, cooking, singing: for almost any activity there will be someone out there who is anxious to share their enthusiasm with other people. Even the housebound can join a world-wide virtual choir. They sing their part and upload it onto the internet where it is combined with everyone else’s contribution. The resulting concert is streamed, along with photos of the participants, so they all share the pleasure of singing together. You don’t have to be a GP to set the ball rolling. In St Ives, a market town in Cambridgeshire, the vicar, the mayor and a publican joined forces to rebuild their community. Because people were concerned about the suicides of young men they packaged a bundle of outreach activities into, CALM – a Campaign Against Living Miserably. Westminster council and many others offer elderly residents a surprising range of activities. Initiatives like these are trying to reinvent communities. Whose responsibility is that? Governments tend to try to initiate change through stultifying tick-box protocols or by publishing a leaflet - passive dissemination - though the only thing that can be guaranteed to trickle down is rain through a hole in the roof. In its 2019 Long Term Plan, NHS England promises ‘an army’ of 1000 link workers (that’s one for every seven practices) to kick-start social prescribing. But this is a vision not a mechanism. Social prescribing is a transaction. Some patients will be delighted at the idea, but others, hoping for a miracle pill, may be dubious. Like a medical prescription, a social prescription will only be used if the patient has confidence in the prescriber. So, successful social prescribing still depends on the committment and vision of GPs. Beveridge’s vision was a welfare state to resolve the backlog of neglected medical problems of the 1940s. The NHS did that job, and health services today are faced with a very different challenge. Social prescribing transforms 21st century lives. And not just for patients. It meets so many modern needs that worn-out GPs can rediscover their zest for their job. I’ve seen the future of general practice, and it works! With thanks to Dr Jane Myat of Caversham Group Practice The post Podcast | Social prescribing – I’ve seen the future of 
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JNNP's ambition is to publish the most ground-breaking and cutting-edge research from around the world. Encompassing the entire genre of neurological sciences, our focus is on the common disorders (stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, peripheral neuropathy, subarachnoid haemorrhage and neuropsychiatry), but with a keen interest in the Gordian knots that present themselves in the field, such as ALS. * The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

Rank #1: BNPA 2013: The neural correlates of Freudian “repression” in conversion disorder.
Selma Aybek, clinician researcher, Service of Neurology, University of Lausanne, has been examining the process which allows psychological stressors to become physical symptoms in conversion disorder. Chris Butler, academic clinical lecturer in neurology, University of Oxford, asks her what she’s found.This podcast was recorded at the British NeuroPsychiatry Association’s 2013 AGM. For more information on the association and next year’s meeting, see bnpa.org.uk.

Rank #2: Emotional processing in functional neurological disorder (FND).
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