Third Spacing

Third Spacing

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Third Spacing episodes

  • Ep 42 How is technology being used to optimise healthcare delivery?
    In this episode, we interview Prof. Gerald Koh, Head and Clinical Director of the MOH Healthcare Transformation (Future Primary Care), and founder of T-Rehab, on how technology is being used in health policy and healthcare delivery, its impact on the doctor-patient relationship, and his personal journey from community hospital doctor to a PhD in public health, and his current role.
    47 min
  • Ep 40 Part 2: How do we deal with dying patients?
    In this two-part episode, we commemorate the life of Prof. Cynthia Goh who passed away due to pancreatic cancer on Feb 13th 2022. In the previous part, Prof. Cynthia talked about what palliative care entails, and shared about her journey of establishing hospice care in Singapore. In this part, Prof. Cynthia discusses some of the most important issues in palliative care, including patient dignity, advanced care planning, and euthanasia.
    20 min
  • Ep 40 Part 1: What is palliative care?

    In this two-part episode, we commemorate the life of Prof. Cynthia Goh who passed away due to pancreatic cancer on Feb 13th 2022. Prof. Cynthia was an emeritus consultant in the Division of Supportive & Palliative Care in NCCS. She was one of the pioneers of hospice care in Singapore and was the founding president of HCA Hospice Care. She also chaired the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network. In the first part of the episode, Prof. Cynthia talks about what palliative care entails, and shares about her journey of establishing hospice care in Singapore.

    33 min
  • Ep 39 Why aren't we more afraid of climate change?
    In this episode, we interview Dr Denise Dillon, Associate Professor in Psychology at James Cook University, in a special collaboration with The Weird and Wild. Prof Dillon sheds light on eco-anxiety and how it could affect us in the near future. She also explains to us why we are resistant to act on climate change while discussing the importance of our environment in healing.
    30 min
  • Ep 38 How can healthcare’s carbon footprint be reduced?
    In this episode, we interview Pats Oliva from Health Care Without Harm to learn more about the organisation’s goal and how they are working to reduce the healthcare industry’s adverse impact on climate. We explore a few projects Health Care Without Harm has spearheaded, and discuss how communities and individuals can play a part in reducing healthcare's role in climate change.
    16 min
  • Ep 37 How can we take action in promoting planetary health?
    In this episode, in a special collaboration with Qi Yun from The Weird and Wild, we interview Victoria Haldane from Planetary Health Alliance who is also the co-president and cofounder of Emerging Leaders for Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare (ELESH). Planetary Health Alliance is an organisation that seeks to stimulate conversations about planetary and human health. We talk about the importance of planetary health and urgency for action. Finally, we explore how medical students and clinicians alike can take action in promoting planetary health.
    26 min
  • Ep 36 What is Planetary Health?
    Professor Warwick Anderson, professor of History at University of Sydney, talks about planetary health and how colonialism shapes the practice and system of medicine. He shared with us about his recent projects on planetary health, how human health is intimately interrelated with the health of our planet, and why medical professionals are perfect advocates for climate change.
    28 min
  • Ep 35 Part 2: How does heat impact our wellbeing?

    In this episode, Associate Professor Jason Lee continues his previous conversion regarding heat stress. He shares about Project HeatSafe, a collaborative research project geared towards mitigating the impacts of rising temperatures in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, he compellingly shares his ideas on how collective individual and medical practitioner efforts could make a change in heat stress related environmental issues. 

    22 min
  • Ep 35 Part 1: How does heat impact our wellbeing?
    Associate Professor Jason Lee, Deputy Director of the Human Potential Translational Research Programme at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, shares his perspectives on tackling heat stress. In this episode, he emphasizes the important concepts in heat stress and clarifies some common misunderstandings about heat stress.
    22 min

About Third Spacing

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Third Spacing is the yet to be defined space between cells and vessels, where fluid moves from one space to another. In sociology, the Third Space is where people meet to unwind, let down their guard and talk about things that matter to them, distinct from work and home, towards connection.