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The Physio Matters PodcastChewing Over High Performance Episode 1 - How Does Sport, Military And Healthcare Compare? With Fiona SwenyFiona Sweny joins this episode to dissect the common performance themes and challenges that span the Sport, Military and Healthcare industries.
Fiona has had a hugely varied career from Physiotherapist to Army Officer to MBA to digital health. This episode touches on the power of reflection, resiliency, psychology safety, leadership, effective and adaptive communication. Alongside the huge breadth of transferable skills that practitioners develop throughout their clinical careers and the intersection of corporate well being and corporate athletes.
I first connected with Fiona a couple of years ago when I was searching for Physiotherapists who had also...2024-02-1837 min
The Healthcare Side Hustle#12 Making Clinical Audit Easy with Haider Al-Delfi, Co-Founder of BermaniIn this episode of the HSH, I caught up with Haider Al-Delfi who is transforming the way in which we undertake clinical audit. He gives us an honest account of the realities of startup life and how his MVP gained traction. https://www.bermani.co.uk2021-06-0830 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#11 Hexitime's cofounder John Lodge tells us about the World's first healthcare time bankIn this episode, I am joined by John Lodge who is Head of Quality and Improvement for London at NHS England. John is also co-founder and director of the award-winning healthcare skill exchange platform called Hexitime. Hexitime enables its members to exchange skills and ideas for health and care improvement and in this episode, John shares with us some of the insights from his start up journey with Hexitime from managing finding the right co-founder to being accepted onto the NHS’s prestigious clinical entrepreneurs programme. --------------------- Subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss o...2021-05-2544 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#10 The Evolution of the Stick Man - The Story of Rehab GuruIn this episode Fiona is joined by David Barrow, the co-founder of Rehab Guru. David gives a candid account about his journey with a tech start up and how they have managed to grow and scale a successful business without seeking any investment. -- Subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss out on a new episode! To know more about Rehab Guru please visit www.rehabguru.com Connect with David on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-barrow-795b0769/ To hear more from Fiona follow her o...2021-05-1137 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#9 What is a competitor anlalysis and why it is important for your businessIf you are thinking about starting a new business or expanding your current one, this brief coffee break episode introduces you to to the concept of competitor analysis: what is it and why is it important to you. 2021-05-0408 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#8 The journey to becoming a published author with Emma BrockwellIn this episode, Emma Brockwell a UK based pelvic health physiotherapists talks about her journey to becoming a published author of the best selling book 'Why Did No One Tell me?' From working with editors, a publishing house, the pros and cons of an agent, to the time it actually all took, and balancing all of that in a lockdown, Emma gives us a very honest account of what it takes. Emmas Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Did-One-Tell-motherhood/dp/1785043366 Emma on Instagram Connect with me2021-04-2722 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#7 So you want to sell an online course?Are you considering selling a low priced online course to create a passive income stream? Well if so, in this coffee break episode I give you three key considerations to think through before you put pen to paper and plan your course. We talk through: What to do if you dont have an audience to sell to The number of people you need to reach to achieve your targeted course profit The alternatives to a low priced course The primary pitfall of selling a low priced course. To...2021-04-2010 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#6 Remedy Healthcare: How one OT is paving the way in complex MSK rehabilitation managementIn this episode I am joined by Allyson Ballard, an occupational therapist, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder and director at Remedy Healthcare UK, which is the only rehabilitation service in the UK that offers individuals a full rehab programme following MSK trauma taking them from ward to work --------------------- Subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss out on a new episode! To know more about Remedy Healthcare, head to their website: https://www.remedyhealthcare.co.uk To contact Allyson, find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/all...2021-04-1325 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#5 A Branding MasterclassIn this episode, we take a deep dive into branding with Carys Appleby, a branding expert. Carys covers: what a brand really is, what makes a successful brand and so much more. So whatever stage of your business you are at, this episode is packed full of helpful take aways. Carys has over 20 years of experience successfully leading international branding projects for many global businesses across a wide range of sectors including the pharmaceutical sector, and consumer healthcare brands. Carys is now Brand and Strategy Director at the Brand new start agency and she...2021-04-0623 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle#4 Launching a Company in a Pandemic with Dr Bella Smith, The Well HqIn this episode, Fiona interviews Dr Bella Smith who is the co-founder of The Well Hq which is described as a ‘Life Force’ for women. Bella is also known as the Digital GP, she is a GP partner in a busy practice in Suffolk. In this interview Bella takes us through the whole process from meeting her co-founders through to the business planning process, investment and launch. She gives us insights into what it’s like to be a GP partner, mum of two AND business owner. For anyone who is considering bringing their business idea to life, part...2021-03-3022 minThe Healthcare Side Hustle4 Reasons why you should niche in your healthcare businessToday’s coffee break episode is all about niching: What is it and why is it important for you and your business. I give you the four top reasons why you should niche and I address the most concerns that I hear when I discuss niching with my clients. This episode is a must listen episode for doctors, physiotherapists, nutritionists, OTs and any other clinician who is thinking about starting their own business, or who already has. --------------------- Subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss ou...2021-03-2311 minThe Healthcare Side HustleI've uncovered the secret of successThis is the first solo episode of the HSH podcast! In this episode I let you into a little secret that I have discovered: Through my interviews with clinicians who have started and scaled their own businesses, I have found a common theme. If you would like to find out what their secret is, listen to this short episode. Subscribe to make sure that you don’t miss out on a new episode! To hear more from Fiona follow her on Instagram: @fiona_sweny https://www.instagram.com/fiona_sweny/ Or conn...2021-03-1606 minThe Healthcare Side HustleFetch It! How two Doctors Launched and Scaled a Sustainable Dog Poo Bag BusinessIn this episode I am joined by a GP and a GP trainee, who saw a gap in the market for sustainable dog poo bags and this episode is all about the process that they went through to bring a product to market. It is a great story of two people driven by a mission to reduce single use plastic and who weren’t hampered down by worries around cash flow forecasts and shipping costs etc; they just focussed on their mission and are now selling their products across Europe. These two also demonstrate the power of building a comm...2021-03-1628 minThe Healthcare Side HustleHealthcare Side Hustle - How to have a successful medical career AND a business2021-03-0800 min