EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

This week, Jonathan reflects on the ongoing efforts of students and retired healthcare professionals joining the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic, and considers the difficult decisions that can accompany this move.

Jonathan sits down with Meryvn Singer, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, UCL, to discuss the role of intensive care in the pandemic and beyond, consider what physicians have learnt over the past 12 months, and reveal why innovation has peaked during COVID-19.

This week, Jonathan sits down with Dr Brian Dunkin, Chief Medical Officer, Boston Scientific, to explore the advancements in minimally invasive surgery, reflect on the growth of telemedicine, as well as consider the science behind recruitment and embedding culture within organisations.

Jonathan reflects on the principles, origins, and history of medical ethics, exploring the moral complexities and real world risks of not upholding the integrity of these principles.

Jonathan reflects on the principles, origins, and history of medical ethics, exploring the moral complexities and real world risks of not upholding the integrity of these principles.

Jonathan sits down with Dr Robert Waldman, Addiction Expert, Cliffside Malibu Treatment Center (LA) to explore our shifting attitudes towards addiction, consider the theory of ‘gateway drugs’, and assess why addiction and substance abuse has been on the rise during lockdown.