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Consultant ConversationsInteracting with the Coroner (5 Dec 2024)In this episode, Dr Kevin Conroy discusses coroners and inquests with Dr Catherine Elmer. They cover a coroner's role, the support available to consultants, and how to approach the written statement and inquest if summoned.
Dr Catherine Elmer is a Respiratory and General Internal Medicine Consultant for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. She is also the Medical Examiner and Trust Lead for Mortality and Learning from Deaths.
Dr Kevin Conroy is a Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine with a specialist interest in pleural disease. He is also a member of the Recently Appointed Consultants (RAC) Committee.
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2024-12-0520 minConsultant ConversationsTransitioning to the NHS from an International Healthcare System (3 Oct 2024)In this episode, Dr Cosmas Anazodo speaks with Dr Abhijit Das about the transition to the NHS from an international background. They discuss the reasons Dr Das moved to the UK, the benefits of the NHS and some helpful things to know when moving to this healthcare system.
Dr Abhijit Das is a Consultant Neurologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he is the regional lead for the functional neurological disorder service. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
Dr Cosmas Anazodo is a Stroke Consultant and General Physician with...
2024-10-0322 minConsultant ConversationsHow to be a good educational or clinical supervisor (2 May 2024)In this episode Dr Kevin Conroy and Dr Ben Prudon discuss the educational supervisor (ES) and clinical supervisor (CS). They discuss becoming a new supervisor, including how to approach the first ES meeting; Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) and ARCP Panels; the importance of understanding curricula; how to provide support for a struggling trainee; the role of College Tutors; and how to give more effective feedback for workplace based assessments (WBPAs).
Dr Prudon is a Respiratory and GIM physician at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. He is Training Programme Director (TPD) for IMT3 in the Northern Deanery...
2024-05-0220 minConsultant ConversationsFeedback Success (4 April 2024)Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Lynn Urquhart discuss how to deliver and co-create feedback successfully. Dr Urquhart draws on her doctoral research and wider experience to discuss what makes good and bad feedback, 'feedback filters', and how best to provide feedback for one-off encounters and in established relationships.
Dr Lynn Urquhart is an Infectious Diseases and Acute Medical Consultant in NHS Tayside. She is also the assessment and feedback lead at the University of Dundee Medical School. During her training she completed a PhD looking at what makes feedback successful in medical education. In particular her research sought to understand...
2024-04-0432 minConsultant ConversationsWhat I wish I knew - Preparing for and becoming a Consultant (7 Mar 2024)Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Caroline Scally discuss preparing for and becoming a consultant with Dr Hannah Preston, a senior doctor-in-training. They cover searching for and securing a consultant job and reflect on starting out as a new consultant and the 'what I wish I knew'.
Listen from the start until 30:23 for 'Preparing for a Consultant Job' and from 30:23 to the end for 'Becoming a Consultant'.
Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Caroline Scally are Co-Chairs of RCPE's Recently Appointed Consultants' Committee (RAC). Dr Liddicoat is a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in NHS Tayside. Dr Scally is a Consultant Cardiologist in...
2024-03-0751 minConsultant ConversationsJob Planning - How to do it and why it matters (7 Dec 2023)In this episode, Dr Helen Liddicoat discusses job planning - how to do it, and why it matters - with Dr Gary Campbell.
Dr Helen Liddicoat first describes the 'nuts and bolts' of job planning to give you all the essential information you need. Following this, Dr Liddicoat is joined by Dr Campbell and they both share their experiences of job planning, and why it's important to get job planning right.
Dr Helen Liddicoat is Co-Chair of RCPE's Recently Appointed Consultants' Committee (RAC) and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in NHS Tayside.
Dr Gary Campbell has been a consultant nephrologist since 2010...
2023-12-0722 minConsultant ConversationsConflict Resolution (2 Nov 2023)In this episode, Dr Adelina McLeod talks to Chris Breedon, an expert by experience on conflict and conflict resolution. They explore causes and drivers of conflict and the impact of conflict on individuals and the wider impact on the team and organisation. They go on to discuss ways to mediate and resolve conflict, and whistle-blowing.
Chris Breedon is an RAF officer, and during his 40 years of service has completed five tours of active duty in Afghanistan. He is a Squadron 'Uncle' for XIII Sqn, and supports personnel across the services and civil service as part of his role in mentoring...
2023-11-0222 min