BMJ talk medicine

In this episode of the IJGC Podcast, Editorial Fellows Floriane Jochum and Natalie Medley discuss the contents of the February issue of IJGC in English.

There was a proposed vaccine mandate for NHS staff in the UK (now abandoned) but in other countries mandates continue, but are they without harm, and do we have evidence about how effective they are?

In this episode, we'll be discussing how a proposed vaccine mandate would have affected GP practices in the UK, particularly when it comes to the demographics of staff who have not accepted the vaccine.

We'll also be discussing direct and indirect evidence which might have helped us assess the efficacy of a mandate.

Our guests;

Steve Mowle is a GP in South London, and honorary treasurer, of the Royal College of General Practice.

Juan Franco is a GP at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Vice-Chair of the Research Department at the Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano (IUHI), where he is also Director of the Cochrane Associate Centre.

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common condition defined as chronic, excessive worry for at least six months that causes distress or impairment.

Christopher Gale, Research Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, Southern District Health Board, New Zealand gives a clinical overview of the condition.

For more on GAD, visit BMJ Best Practice: bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/120

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When going on placement, you are probably more interested in gaining experience in the clinical environment and less interested in how frequently doctors can take breaks.

Doctors’ working conditions may seem irrelevant as a medical student but they are closely associated with work satisfaction and wellbeing. In this episode, the Sharp Scratch panel discussed doctors’ working conditions and how it impacts our day-to-day work.

Expert guest:

Dr Kevin Teoh (@kevinteohrh on Twitter) is a Chartered Psychologist and the Executive Officer for the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.

Thank you to Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed (@salihacooks on Twitter) and Neely Mozawala (@NeelyMozawala on Twitter) who contributed to this episode.

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This podcast is produced and edited by Dom Byrne and Duncan Jarvies.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Drs. Enrique Chacón and Luis Chiva to discuss the possible protective role of conization.

In this podcast, Rachael Moses, Multimedia Editor of Thorax BMJ, is joined by Professor Ashley Woodcock, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, UK, to discuss the paper "Effects of switching from a metered dose inhaler to a dry powder inhaler on climate emissions and asthma control: post-hoc analysis."

This paper was a secondary analysis of the Salford Lung Study in Asthma. In a real world study SLS asthma showed that a once daily combination treatment in a dry powder inhaler improved asthma control over one year, versus usual treatment. This secondary analysis looked at the impact on carbon footprint for those patients switching from a pressurised MDI to DPI treatment.

In previous episodes of Doctor Informed, we've talked about the importance of speaking out, and how to do that better, but as you progress through your medical career, you will become the person to whom those with problems will turn.

In this episode we will explore listening. As a senior clinician, how can you make the space in your work to be a good listener, when what you hear might not be what you want to hear?

Our guests;

Megan Reitz is a professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Business School.

John Higgins is research director at The Right Conversation.

Reading

Speaking truth to power: why leaders cannot hear what they need to hear

https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/5/4/270

What is peripheral nerve hydrodissection and what conditions can it potentially treat? What is the data behind it’s practice? Has one injectate proven to be more efficacious than the others?

On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast (T: @TheAMSSM) host Dr. Devin McFadden, MD is joined by family medicine and sports medicine physicians Dr. Garry Ho.

Dr. Garry Ho is an Associate Professor from the Department of Family Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, University of Vriginia School of Medicine, and the Georgetown University School of Medicine and has worked closely with athletes from several professional and collegiate organizations including the Washington Football Team, the D.C. Divas, the Washington Glory, the US Military Academy at West Point and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

In this 20 minute conversation Dr. Ho addresses the following topics:

The definition of hydrodissection and theory behind its use?

The current data supporting this procedure with respect to injectate utilized and anatomic location targeted.

A discussion of the training required to become competent in this practice, and methods for assessing proficiency in learners?

2022 AMSSM Annual Meeting Information: https://annualmeeting.amssm.org

Lam KHS, Hung CY, Chiang YP, Onishi K, Su DCJ, Clark TB, Reeves KD. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Hydrodissection for Pain Management: Rationale, Methods, Current Literature, and Theoretical Mechanisms. J Pain Res. 2020;13:1957-1968

https://www.dovepress.com/ultrasound-guided-nerve-hydrodissection-for-pain-management-rationale--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR

Cass, Shane P. DO Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Hydrodissection, Current Sports Medicine Reports: January/February 2016 - Volume 15 - Issue 1 - p 20-22

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/Fulltext/2016/01000/Ultrasound_Guided_Nerve_Hydrodissection__What_is.10.aspx

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, interviews Dr Lu from the Department of Respiratory Care, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, and Drs Lai and Dr Lin from the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, and Microbiota Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan.

The Gut podcast is focused on the paper "Gut microbiota modulates COPD pathogenesis: role of anti-inflammatory Parabacteroides goldsteinii lipopolysaccharide", which is published in paper copy in Gut in February 2022, and is available here: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/2/309

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Dr Rebecca Spicer, Impact Research, LLC, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist working among engineers to make cars safer. A change of path in her career that is allowing her to see her "work make a difference". In this conversation with Dr Rod McClure, she advises career-seekers to "look beyond what's normal".

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