The Clinician's Survival Guide

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We're producing this episode because the process of making a referral and having the patient seen and managed isn't as smooth as might be, and clinicians aren't sure what to do about it. 

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Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

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This episode addresses the issue of work being dumped onto GP practices by secondary care, and how individual clinicians should respond.  

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

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This episode covers the debatable topic of whether clinicians working in primary care should subspecialise.  Munir  Adam asserts that, whilst holding steadfast onto the all-important generalist role, there are multiple reasons for also going that little bit extra with an area of interest. 

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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This is the 7th and final episode of the AI mini-series.  

Previous episodes explored some of the ways in which AI is being used in healthcare in the UK, some of the work that is underway and potential future uses, and in the last episode some of the barriers and concerns.  

This episode looks into the future - what might the future look like? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?  What are the implications likely to be?  

The episode questions the understanding of the term intelligence itself?  What does it actually mean?  Will AI ever become truly intelligent and self aware?  Even if not, how is Elon Musk taking steps that may bridge that gap?

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

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Having discussed some of the incredible potential of AI for the various uses in healthcare in the NHS, one must be mindful that just as no medicine is without potential side effects, AI too cannot be adopted without careful scrutiny.

What are some of the ethical, legal and practical considerations that the Royal Colleges and our other representative bodies and the UK government are looking at?  How can these potential barriers be overcome?

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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Artificial Intelligence is being used increasingly for education, training and research purposes, able to serve as an incredible companion.  

As we move into 2025 we resume the 7 part AI mini-series.  You may wish to listen back to the first four episodes if you haven't already.

In this episode:

• How is AI being used for simulation training?
• What are adaptive learning systems?
• When might you use ChatGPT, Microsoft Co-pilot, Perplexity, Claude and others?
• What does the Russell group and the Royal Colleges say about the use of AI for education and training?

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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When you think about 2025, what do you expect the year to be like for you, the frontline clinician?

Having looked back at 2024 and some of its challenges in the last episode, this episode looked forward and includes thoughts from the multi-professional team about what 2025 might be like.

Contributions from the co-hosts of The Clinician's Survival Guide: 

Dr Munir Adam, GP, NE London
Irina Varlan - Pharmacist, Nottinghamshire
Simon Robinson - Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Plymouth
Claire Green - Paramedic, Devon
Marium Hanif - Physician Associate, London

Some topics alluded to:  Funding split; NI contributions; paramedics, neurodiversity, clinician wellbeing, Physician Associate regulation and blurring of professional boundaries, medicine shortages and from secondary to primary care.

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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As a clinician, when you think back to 2024, what thoughts come to mind?

We take a two-week break from the AI series, and reflect back to 2024 and, in the next episode, look forward onto 2025. 

This episode of The Clinician's Survival Guide looks back at the year 2024.  What were some of the main challenges?  What did they mean for clinicians and for patients?  Where are we now?

The episode includes perspectives from different co-hosts, including:

Irina Varlan - Pharmacist, Nottinghamshire
Simon Robinson - Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Plymouth
Claire Green - Paramedic, Devon
Marium Hanif - Physician Associate, London

as well as Dr Munir Adam, who is a GP.

The Government NI rise, Mental Health, Prescribers course, multi-professional supervision, Workforce shortages and the post-Covid world are some of our thoughts shared.
   

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.

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Sit back and have that conversation with the patient, while AI takes care of taking notes.  Amazing, right?  We take a closer look at the pros and cons of using some of the options out there, such as Tortus and Heidi.

Also in this episode, how AI can take of the many admin tasks at work. 

This episode is part of the AI for clinicians mini-series, looking at various aspects of AI, selecting what's useful for you, the frontline clinician.


Link to resources:  AI Resources (The Clinician's Survival Guide)

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Contact email: [email protected]

Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the multi-professional Primary Care UK team that manages this podcast.

DISCLAIMER. This podcast is for clinicians working in the UK and is not for patients or the general public. The podcast should never be used as a substitute for professional advice, whether clinical, managerial or otherwise. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed are simply the opinions of those contributing, and should not be considered authoritative guidance. Applying any suggestion requires careful consideration and understanding of context and of potential implications. The hosts, guests, other contributors and the organisations they represent do not accept liability of any kind for any actions or consequences arising from the information contained in the podcast.

(C) Therapeutic Reflections Limited.