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Diagnosis (and overdiagnosis) - the challenges and pitfalls
Episode 9
Today’s episode is about medical diagnosis. It’s a tricky business and
as patients we want to make sure the diagnosis is as accurate as possible with…
4 years, 9 months ago
Impostor Syndrome - sound familiar? You are probably not alone
Episode 8
Impostor syndrome affects up to 70% of people and I see it so often that I wanted to look at what it is, where it came from and what we can do about …
4 years, 9 months ago
Medical Errors - why they happen and how we prevent them
Episode 7
Medical errors are common and need to be minimised. They are the 3rd commonest cause of death in the USA.
In this episode I look at why these errors h…
4 years, 10 months ago
Grief and bereavement
This episode is about grief and bereavement.
It is different for everyone but I share my own experience of it here.
Links:
The Kubler-Ross stages …
4 years, 10 months ago
Grief and Bereavement - can anything prepare us for it?
Episode 6
This episode is about grief and bereavement.
It is different for everyone but I share my own experience of it here.
Links:
The Kubler-Ross stages of gr…
4 years, 10 months ago
R*silience in the modern world - what it really means
Episode 5
What exactly is resilience?
Is it more than being able to recover from adversity or stresses?
It’s a term that has annoyed me in the past so I wanted …
4 years, 10 months ago
Lifestyle Prescriptions - learn how to change your life by prescribing lifestyle medicine
Episode 4
Today I’ll be talking about Lifestyle Prescriptions, covering what they are and how you can make a start on generating them for yourself starting wit…
4 years, 11 months ago
Consultations - the sacred zone of the doctor-patient relationship
Episode 3
This episode is all about consultations, their history, evolution and how to get the most out of them with your health care practitioners.
Dr Michael …
4 years, 11 months ago
Invisible illnesses - they are real even if we can't see them
Episode 2
Today we're talking all about invisible illnesses, in particular long covid and the explosion in the need for mental health support.
Here are some lin…
5 years ago
Behaviour Change - using the tools we need to make the changes we want
Episode 1
Welcome to episode one of Saving Lives In Slow Motion.
Today I'll be talking about behaviour change, whether it's giving up smoking, exercising more o…
5 years ago