In this episode we chat about how Dr Fasina-Ayoola and her colleagues have are setting up an Emergency Medicine program in a country that previously did not have one. Her and her team have are navigating intricate path with multifactorial challenges and she sheds light on their journey so far.

In the latest episode of the badEM podcast we chat to Dr Meghan Botes, a professional nurse who has done extensive research into Nursing education, about creating environments that foster growth, communication and learning for both Doctors and Nurses, and how a little bit of training can go a long way in improving outcomes and experience for all involved.

In this episode we chat to Professor Kathryn Chu, head of Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University, about how to improve access to surgical care in South Africa.

In this episode we discuss Emergency Medicine education, as well as education for healthcare workers in general. We touch on short courses and when they are valuable, we chat about soft skills and how to develop them, as well as how meducation is changing, and how to augment traditional teaching with technological change.

Health Tech is a buzz at the moment, but what Juandré Klopper and his team do at Cape MedTech and Sponsor Medic, is adapt that to lower income needs and resources.

Listen to how a young Doctor with no experience in the Tech or business world is changing the game.

https://capemedtech.com/

https://sponsormedic.co.za/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juandr%C3%A9-klopper-709a33157/

See posters for WCGHW EMS Research day on link below:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1152453066883551&set=pcb.1152453086883549

From Pietermaritzburg to Gaza, and a whole lot of places in between, Dr Sandy Inglis has practiced Emergency Medicine in a vast array of settings. Juxtaposing high income countries to war torn areas, his unique career offers insights into what Emergency Medicine is, what different systems can learn from each other, and how to wear the hat that the patient in front of you needs to to wear at any given time.

In episode 9 we chat to Neville "Kussie" van Rensburg - a self made world expert in the art of rescue operations, about his career, some basics of the pre-hospital healthcare, and some important perspectives for today's healthcare providers.

We talk palliative care with Emergency Physician Dr Katya Evans. If everyone in the Healthcare system (regardless of your field) applies basic palliative care principles, we can improve the lives of patient's, families and healthcare workers, as well as benefit the healthcare system in terms of cost, time and resource saving.

Resources:

The Case Report - https://www.thecase.report/

https://www.spict.org.uk/the-spict/spict-sa/

https://ecog-acrin.org/resources/ecog-performance-status/

https://palprac.org/

https://apcc.org.za/

https://health.uct.ac.za/continuing-education-unit/introduction-palliative-care

https://health.uct.ac.za/school-public-health/postgraduate-teaching-postgraduate-diploma-family-medicine/postgraduate-diploma-palliative-medicine

In this episode we discuss the journey of Vula, an innovative app that has been helping healthcare workers for over 10 years. To implement a good idea into practice in a complex healthcare system takes time, patience, money and resilience.

Certain people, like our guest, Dr William Mapham have showcased that resilience and continue to inspire change and groundbreaking thinking.

https://www.vulamobile.com/

In this episode we chat about the ever complex dynamics between Emergency Medicine and Radiology and how new advances in Radiology can improve patient outcomes and system efficiency.

Visit www.ctir.co.za for more information of the scope of Dale's practice at Groote Schuur and UCT Private hospital.