AmiPal: Palliative Care

AmiPal: Palliative Care

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AmiPal: Palliative Care episodes

  • Culture and Palliative Care #12
    The 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.endoflifecare-intelligence.org.uk/resources/publications/what_we_know_now_2013
    Andy Couch - Culture Making
    https://setsnservice.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/a-summary-and-review-of-andy-crouchs-new-book-culture-making-01-05-culture/
    Dr Atul Gawande - 2014 BBC Reith Lectures
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6F2X8TpsxrJpnsq82hggHW/dr-atul-gawande-2014-reith-lectures
    Dr Atul Gawande - Being Mortal
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Mortal-Medicine-What-Matters/dp/0805095152
    The death of Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
    http://www.techtimes.com/articles/40753/20150321/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-44-donatello-gruesomely-killed-in-action.htm
    Story of the dragonfly
    http://www.achildofmine.org.uk/The-story-of-the-Dragonfly/I8.htm
    Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. www.amaranwosu.com
    Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse
    17 min
  • Bioelectrical impedance to assess hydration in advanced cancer (overview) - Twycross prize #11
    Dr 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 A, Ellershaw JE. Hydration in advanced cancer: can bioelectrical impedance analysis improve the evidence base? A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013; 46(3):433-446.e6
    http://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(12)00499-X/abstract
    Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason SR, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Patients want to be involved in end-of-life care research. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013, Dec;3(4):45.
    http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2013/07/23/bmjspcare-2013-000537.extract
    Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2014. www.amaranwosu.com
    Music by 'Year of the Fiery Horse' (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse
    7 min
  • Undergraduate medical education in palliative care - interview with Dr Daniel Monnery #10
    Dr 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-horse
    16 min
  • Palliative Care Day Therapy - Interview with Jane Isaac #9
    Dr 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-horse
    22 min
  • Peer Led Learning In Palliative Care #8
    Dr 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-horse
    6 min
  • Is there too much technology in healthcare? #7
    In 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-horse
    15 min
  • Publishing in palliative care: importance, opportunities and tips for publication #6
    In 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-horse
    16 min
  • 3D printing in clinical practice #5
    In 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 Independent newspaper).
    http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3d-printed-heart-saves-babys-life-as-medical-technology-leaps-ahead-9776931.html
    3-D printed windpipe gives infant breath of life (Nature)
    http://www.nature.com/news/3-d-printed-windpipe-gives-infant-breath-of-life-1.13085
    8 min
  • Nanotechnology to monitor cancer? The GoogleX project #4
    Nanotechnology 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-human
    10 min

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