Podcast Episodes
Back to Search”The harm and the benefit of treatment is about the same” - cardiac screening for athletes
Sudden cardiac death of young athletes needs to be avoided but does screening really help? Hans Van Braband, researcher at the Belgian Health Care Kn…
10 years, 4 months ago
Doctors in spaaaaaace
Sheyna Gifford has an unusual claim to fame—she is the first doctor ever to work on Mars. Not the planet Mars, of course, but Mauna Loa, a volcano in…
10 years, 4 months ago
The pattern of damage caused by Zika virus in the brains of 23 foetuses
In February World Health Organization (WHO) declared the microcephaly epidemic in South America an international public health emergency. Today, the …
10 years, 4 months ago
”What’s the point in living, in a body I don’t want” - how the NHS treats trans people
James Barrett, president of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists, and Nina, a trans woman, join us to discuss how difficult it can …
10 years, 5 months ago
Budget decisions can decrease alcohol deaths in less than 18 months
Alcohol consumption has been a perennial problem, but recently The economic downturn and rises in alcohol taxation seem to have stemmed the persisten…
10 years, 5 months ago
Greenwing cast explain why they’re with the junior doctors
Abi Rimmer, BMJ careers reporter, talks to the cast of hospital comedy Greenwing, who explain why they're supporting junior doctors on the picket lin…
10 years, 5 months ago
Why the junior doctors are striking again
Abi Rimmer, BMJ Careers reporter, talks to junior doctors on the picket line at Northwick Park Hospital. Read her report:
http://bmj.co/1qydmFq
10 years, 5 months ago
Mistakes were made
The Francis report, the Berwick report, the Keogh review - all of these have highlighted how important learning from mistakes is in healthcare. Repor…
10 years, 5 months ago
Plan, do, study, act
Plan, do, study, act cycles, or PDSA cycles, are the basis of many quality improvement projects, they're a model to trial changes and feed the lesson…
10 years, 5 months ago
Médecins Sans Frontières’s Dunkirk spirit
As France has moved in recent weeks to clear camps where migrants stay while trying to cross illegally into Britain, Médecins Sans Frontières has jus…
10 years, 5 months ago