A discussion about consent, staying on the right side of the law, shared decision making and a ‘The Montgomery case’ which has defined a Doctor’s duty in these sorts of areas. Presented by Monty Mythen with Desiree Chappell and their guests Hugh Montgomery, and Paul Sankey, Enable Law partner and Clinical Negligence solicitor acting for…
This is the panel discussion which followed the address at EBPOM 2018 by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Various questions from the audience are considered; where should we be in ten years from now, what are the disruptive forces headed our way? The panel features; Sir…
A special edition of TopMedTalk recorded at The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) live from an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) leadership forum. How can cold water adaption help people deal with medical issues? There’s evidence to suggest that cold water adaption reduces inflamation, can open water swimming help with issues such as…
Twitter is ablaze with talk of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI). How did they do it? This piece is a thought provoking discussion about new media and the consequences of our online world for medicine. ‘The democratisation of education’ is a phrase we’ve heard here on TopMedTalk in the past. How…
Pets as Therapy are a fantastic charity who have provided a practical theraputic service to various people in assorted contexts, here you can hear them work their magic on the TopMedTalk team. What are the advantages of taking pets into the ward? Can patients benefit from some therapy from our ‘hairy friends’? Meet the volunteers…
This invaluable piece is a chance to attend a workshop which looks at the latest thinking on “perioperative cognition” and ‘post-operative cognitive dysfuntion’. We advise you use this link here to find the PDF of the paper being discussed: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54082-9/fulltext Presented by David Scott, Professor, University of Melbourne, Director, Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St…
This invaluable piece is a chance to attend a workshop which looks at the latest thinking on “perioperative cognition” and ‘post-operative cognitive dysfuntion’. We advise you use this link here to find the PDF of the paper being discussed: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54082-9/fulltext Presented by David Scott, Professor, University of Melbourne, Director, Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, St…
This invaluable piece is a chance to attend a workshop which looks at the latest thinking on “perioperative cognition” and ‘post-operative cognitive dysfuntion’. We advise you use this link here to find the PDF of the paper being discussed: https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54082-9/fulltext This is Part 2, to find Part 1 follow this link here: https://www.topmedtalk.com/sunday-special-the-perioperative-cognition-workshop-part-1/ Part 3…
Preoperative optimisation and prehabilitation are key areas where your institution can increase value for patients. How do you negotiate the different pitfalls presented by the various core stakeholders? Smoking cessation, nutrition, exercise; all are proven to help produce better outcomes for a patient. How do we express this in such a way that we get…
How do we develop an agreed curriculum that speaks to what perioperative medicine should be? Once that’s in place, how should it be overseen? What sort of official endorsements would it need? Running in parallel to this are the MOOCs – Massive Online Open Courses – that are being developed. Developing a broad knowledge of…