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The Clinician's Survival GuideLooking forward to 2025: What lies ahead for Clinicians?Send us a textWhen you think about 2025, what do you expect the year to be like for you, the frontline clinician?Having looked back at 2024 and some of its challenges in the last episode, this episode looked forward and includes thoughts from the multi-professional team about what 2025 might be like.Contributions from the co-hosts of The Clinician's Survival Guide: Dr Munir Adam, GP, NE LondonIrina Varlan - Pharmacist, NottinghamshireSimon Robinson - Advanced Clinical Practitioner, PlymouthClaire Green - Paramedic, DevonMarium Hanif - Physician A...
2024-12-3117 minThe Clinician's Survival GuideLooking back at Clinician's Challenges in 2024Send us a textAs a clinician, when you think back to 2024, what thoughts come to mind?We take a two-week break from the AI series, and reflect back to 2024 and, in the next episode, look forward onto 2025. This episode of The Clinician's Survival Guide looks back at the year 2024. What were some of the main challenges? What did they mean for clinicians and for patients? Where are we now?The episode includes perspectives from different co-hosts, including:Irina Varlan - Pharmacist, NottinghamshireSimon Robinson - Advanced Clinical Prac...
2024-12-2420 min
Primary Care UK: Let's Learn TogetherAre Physician Associates replacing Doctors? (Part 2)Send us a textLet's continue the discussion... Please check part 1 if you haven't already.So are PA's replacing doctors?And let's get to the bit that matters most: What should we be doing about this?Quite specifically, what can YOU do about this?This is the SECOND HALF of a discussion in which hosts Munir Adam (the GP) and Marium Hanif (the PA) explore the PA role and upcoming PA regulation by the GMC 2024. SPECIAL THANKS: To Stephen Nash, Physician Associate and Founder at UMAPs Limited (United Medi...
2024-05-0159 minPrimary Care UK: Let's Learn TogetherAre Physician Associates replacing Doctors? (Part 1)Send us a textTHIS EPISODE: As a Doctor do you have concerns about the impact of Physician Associates on you, and on patient safety? Or do you welcome their contributions? As a PA are you a welcome part of the team and well supported?As an AHP or Nurse, can you relate to some of the tensions that exist between the professions?This is the FIRST HALF of a discussion in which hosts Munir Adam (the GP) and Marium Hanif (the PA) explore the PA role and upcoming PA regulation by...
2024-04-0157 minPrimary Care UK: Let's Learn TogetherTime Management: Where we waste time, and how to stop thatSend us a textIN THIS EPISODE: A nurse, a Physician Associate & a GP explore the ways in which clinicians can save time when working in Primary Care. This is based on tips provided by actual working GPNs, PAs and GPs and includes discussion of common ways that time is lost and how to stop that from happening. Emma Borders and Marium Hanif are part of the PCUK Team and support the podcast by providing the GPN and PA perspective, respectively. Munir Adam is an Educator and a working GP. SEASON 2 is supported by fu...
2023-07-0157 minPrimary Care UK: Let's Learn TogetherFit Notes: The challengesSend us a textIN THIS EPISODE: Saira (GP) and Sarah (Clinical Pharmacist) continue discussing Fit Notes, as many healthcare professionals can now provide these. In this second of two part series, the focus is on some of the challenges that clinicians may face in relation to fit note requests.SPECIAL THANKS to the guest speakers:Saira Jawaid, GP & EducatorSarah Partridge, Clinical PharmacistWe are grateful to Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub with whom this Podcast episode was jointly produced. In this episode our main host Mu...
2023-06-1519 minPrimary Care UK: Let's Learn TogetherHow to write a Fit NoteSend us a textIN THIS EPISODE A GP and a Clinical Pharmacist discuss Fit Notes, as it is now possible for professionals other than GPs to issue these. This is the first part of a two part series. This first part covers the basics of Fit Notes.SPECIAL THANKS to our guest speakers:Saira Jawaid, GP & EducatorSarah Partridge, Clinical PharmacistWe are grateful to Nottinghamshire Alliance Training Hub with whom this Podcast episode was jointly produced.For this episode our main host Mu...
2023-05-1517 min