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Sage Palliative Medicine & Chronic CareDoes inpatient palliative care consultation impact outcomes following hospital discharge? A narrative systematic reviewThis episode features Mary Scott (Ottowa Hospital Research Institute. Bruyere Research Institute). Many patients and families report improved satisfaction of care when palliative care when they are supported by palliative care specialist teams. Transitions of care from one setting to another are burdensome. Evidence suggests that palliative care can improve this transition from hospital to community support. This narrative systematic review aimed to determine whether paliative care can impact that transition from hospital to home. Fifteen articles were included. Involvement of specialist inpatient palliative care was associated with lower readmission rates, higher referral to hospice and better provision of servi...2019-10-0103 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareUse of podcasts to facilitate education, communication and dissemination in palliative care #22This episode of AmiPal is about the development of this podcast. I’ll discuss my paper which was recently published in BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care:
Use of podcast technology to facilitate education, communication and dissemination in palliative care: the development of the AmiPal podcast.
http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/31/bmjspcare-2016-001140.full?sid=0f2fff3a-9f6e-4c80-bab6-eab94e775c39
Edison Research. The podcast consumer 2015. Website of Edison Research 2015. http://www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2015/.
Davidson L. How Serial shook up the podcasting industry. Website of the Telegraph 2015. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11513025/Ho...2016-09-0604 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareAssessing hydration in POEMS syndrome using bioimpedance analysis #21In this episode I provide an overview of the use of bioimpedance analysis to assess hydration over time in a patient with POEMS syndrome. This was published in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care journal and can be found through the link provided below.
Nwosu AC, Morris L, Mayland C, Mason S, Pettitt A, Ellershaw J.
Longitudinal bioimpedance assessments to evaluate hydration in POEMS syndrome. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000991
http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/28/bmjspcare-2015-000991.full
Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason S, Khodabukus AF, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Hydration in advanced cancer: can bioelectrical...2016-05-1803 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareA comparison between studies: research, audit and service evaluation #20In this episode I will provide an overview between the differences between research, audit and service evaluation. This is important to distinguish as research studies require ethical approval before they commence, whereas the other project types do not.
Is your project research, evaluation or audit? (Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative website)
http://www.apcrc.nhs.uk/governance/is_it_research.htm
NRES Defining Research leaflet.
http://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/2013/09/defining-research.pdf
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal Media 2016. www.amaranwosu.com
Music by Purple Planet
http://www.purple-planet.com2016-02-2802 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareRenal Medicine and Palliative Care - Interview with Dr Hannah Sammut #19In this episode of AmiPal I talk with Dr Hannah Sammut (Renal Physician and Royal College of Physicians post-CCT fellow in Palliative Medicine) about the importance of palliative medicine and palliative care.
The prevalence of symptoms in end-stage renal disease: a systematic review. Murtagh FE et al. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2007 Jan;14(1):82-99.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17200048
Is maximum conservative management an equivalent treatment option to dialysis for elderly patients with significant comorbid disease?Carson RC et al.Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct;4(10):1611-9. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00510109
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19808244
AmiPal and it's...2016-02-2503 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareVirtual reality and palliative care #18In this episode of MyPal I discuss the potential uses of virtual reality (VR) in healthcare and what this may mean for palliative care.
Beyond gaming: virtual reality in healthcare. Claire Bower. BMJ Blogs 2014.
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj-journals-development-blog/2014/03/27/beyond-gaming-virtual-reality-in-healthcare/
What can Oculus Rift do for healthcare?Mike Miliard. HealthcareIT news 2014.
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-can-oculus-rift-do-healthcare
The future of pain relief? Dutch burns unit trialling new virtual reality computer system that distracts patients from the agony of their wounds. Paul Donnelly, Daily Mail 9th Aug 2014.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2720712/The-future-pain-relief-Dutch-burns-unit-trialling-new-virtual-reality-computer-distracts-patients-agony-wounds.html
IS VR CHANGING HEALTHCARE?
http...2016-02-1405 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareWhat makes a good Case Based Discussion (CBD)? Interview with Dr Laura Chapman & Dr Daniel MonneryIn this episode of MyPal I interview Dr Laura Chapman (Palliative Medicine Consultant and Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine in Health Education North West- Mersey) and Dr Daniel Monney (Specility Trainee in Palliative Medicine) about the Eportfolios' Case Based Discussion (CBD) supervised learning events (SLEs). We discuss practical tips for educational supervisors to help conduct these SLEs.
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com
Music by Bensound
www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music2015-12-1905 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareMyPal - Technology in the delivery of healthcare: patient power in medicine #16In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu provides an overview of the health secretary's recent speech to the Health Service Journal which outlined the potential role of technology in healthcare.
Patient power: threat or opportunity? Health Secretary's speech on the opportunities offered by the shift to a patient-powered, technologically advanced health service.
Department of Health and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Health Service Journal, Barber-Surgeons‘ Hall, London
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/patient-power-threat-or-opportunity
Smart patients
Emma Hill, Lancet Volume 15, No. 2, p140–141, February 2014.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70044-0/abstract
The Patient Will See You...2015-11-0903 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareSocial media and palliative care #15Dr Amara Nwosu discusses social media and palliative medicine. He focuses on his recent blog published on the EAPC website about his study about the use of Twitter to evaluate communication about palliative care on social media.
‘Social media and palliative medicine: a retrospective 2-year analysis of global Twitter data to evaluate the use of technology to communicate about issues at the end of life’ by Nwosu AC, Debattista M, Rooney C, et al published in BMJ supportive & palliative care2015;5(2):207-12. http://spcare.bmj.com/content/5/2/207
EAPC Blog - Social media and palliative medicine: An opportunity for community and professional enga...2015-09-1704 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareFive apps that help my clinical-academic life #14In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu talks about five apps/web applications he uses that help his daily life as a clinical academic.
The apps are:
1) Evernote / Google Keep / Onenote / Todoist
https://evernote.com/
http://www.google.com/keep/
https://www.onenote.com/
https://en.todoist.com/
2) Google Drive / Dropbox / Onedrive
https://www.google.co.uk/drive/
https://www.dropbox.com/
https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/
3) Feedly / Flipboard
https://feedly.com/
https://flipboard.com/
4)Pocket
https://getpocket.com
5) Twitter
https://twitter.com/
Other apps to mention:
If this then that (now know as IF or IFTTT)
https...2015-06-2516 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareWearable technology in healthcare - can palliative care benefit? #13Does wearable technology have a role in improving heath, monitoring fitness and helping deliver personalised medical therapies or is it just a fad which will disappear in time? In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu discusses the potential wearable technology has for healthcare and also highlights the limitations of the current technology.
Wearable Devices as Facilitators, Not Drivers, of Health Behavior Change by Mitesh S. Patel et al (JAMA)
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2089651
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com
Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-06-1114 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareCulture and Palliative Care #12The death of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? The Lion King and Palliative Care? Changing the direction a river flows? Intrigued? Well listen on!
In this episode Dr Amara Nwosu asks the question "what is culture?" and asks how a society's culture can affect how Palliative Care is considered and delivered. Can we change and create a culture where death and dying are not considered taboo subjects? This is from a UK perspective but hopefully it will be of interest. Topics covered in this podcast:
Barbara Gomes - end of life intelligence network - what we know now:http://www...2015-05-1816 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareBioelectrical impedance to assess hydration in advanced cancer (overview) - Twycross prize #11Dr Amara Nwosu provides an overview of his PhD research "The use of bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) to assess hydration in patients with advanced cancer in a specialist palliative care inpatient unit". This study was the winner of the 2014 Twycross Research prize of the Association of Palliative Medicine.
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference prize winning abstract presented in 2014:
http://conference.ncri.org.uk/abstracts/2014/abstracts/A222.html
Information about Early Career Researcher Award of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC)
http://www.eapc-2015.org/Early_Researcher_Award.html
Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason S, Khodabukus AF, Varro...2015-03-2606 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareUndergraduate medical education in palliative care - interview with Dr Daniel Monnery #10Dr Amara Nwosu interviews Dr Daniel Monnery (Speciality trainee registrar in Palliative Medicine in the Mersey Deanery) to discuss a variety of topics including: postgraduate training in palliative medicine, medical handover, undergraduate medical education and its relevance to palliative care.
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. www.amaranwosu.com
Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-03-1915 min
AmiPal: Palliative CarePalliative Care Day Therapy - Interview with Jane Isaac #9Dr Amara Nwosu interviews Jane Isaac (Occupational Therapist at Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool) to discuss the role and services offered by of palliative care day therapy.
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. www.amaranwosu.com
Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-03-0821 min
AmiPal: Palliative CarePeer Led Learning In Palliative Care #8Dr Amara Nwosu discusses his paper about peer-led learning as a mechanism to facilitate palliative care education in medical undergraduates.
Nwosu A, Mason S, Roberts A, Hugel H. Does peer-led education have a role in teaching medical students about palliative care? The evaluation of an examination question-writing task. The Clinical Teacher 2013;10(3):151-4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656675
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. http://www.amaranwosu.com
Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-03-0105 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareIs there too much technology in healthcare? #7In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu discusses a recent article from the BMJ by Bjorn Morten Hofmann, University College of Gjovik which poses the question of whether there is too much technology in healthcare.
Too much Technology by Bjørn Morten Hofmann - BMJ 21/02/2015 (subscription required to access link)
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h705
Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. http://www.amaranwosu.com
Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-02-2614 min
AmiPal: Palliative CarePublishing in palliative care: importance, opportunities and tips for publication #6In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu provides an overview publishing in palliative care, discussing the importance of this and sharing some tips for potential authors. The audio was recorded to support an educational session as part of the Merseyside & Cheshire Palliative Care Network Audit Group.
Copyright Amara Nwosu
www.amaranwosu.com
Music by Year of the Fiery Horse
@year-of-the-fiery-horse2015-02-0115 min
AmiPal: Palliative Care3D printing in clinical practice #5In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu discusses the recent BMJ editorial (by Mahiben Maruthappu) detailing the potential use of 3D printing in clinical practice.
Copyright Amara Nwosu
www.amaranwosu.com
Music by Year of the Fiery Horse
@year-of-the-fiery-horse
Image copyright of endgaget.com
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/form-1-delivers-high-end-3d-printing-for-an-affordable-price/
References:
Mahiben Maruthappu, Bruce Keogh. How might 3D printing affect clinical practice?
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7709 (Published 30 December 2014)
Surgeon creates pelvis using 3D printer (Telegraph article)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10627556/Surgeon-creates-pelvis-using-3D-printer.html
3D printed heart saves baby's life (article in...2015-01-2607 min
AmiPal: Palliative CareNanotechnology to monitor cancer? The GoogleX project #4Nanotechnology to diagnose and monitor cancer? Nanopills and smartwatches in disease management and treatment? Sounds like science fiction but that is what researchers at Google are working on right now! Dr Ami Nwosu discusses this in more depth.
Copyright Amara Nwosu
www.amaranwosu.com
Music by Year of the Fiery Horse
https://soundcloud.com/year-of-the-fiery-horse
References:
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/07/google-x-sets-out-define-healthy-human2015-01-1809 min