Episodes

Sunday Nov 29, 2020
E63: On Creativity and Injecting Love into our Careers - Dr Aaniya
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Aaniya, a coffee-loving doctor from London who shares her journey from the very beginning. Listen as we discuss her life as a medic, a creative and also touch on her goal to make an impact at scale through bringing beautiful design to medical products & services. We delve into why it is so important to find happiness &
contentment in our careers. Most importantly, we come to appreciate that as the course of our life is constantly changing, so will our priorities - thus we should not allow
our past to restrict the direction we want to steer our careers.
We talk about the pressures doctors face from society, friends and family as they take a step away from the hospital to pursue interests in healthcare that are more aligned with their passions and innate personality.
Tune in as we discover how a year at Imperial Business School re-ignited Dr Aaniya’s love for creative problem solving and how she plans to harness those skills further to create sustainable solutions to common healthcare problems.
This is an amazing episode that we all need to hear, especially for those whose feel that their happiness and interests may be found outside
of the walls of clinical medicine.
Dr Aaniya Sherwani is a UK born medical doctor who graduated from Imperial College London in 2018. Having completed her foundation training in the NHS, she has decided to challenge herself by pursuing a career in healthcare product management which she hopes will combine her clinical & creative selves. She currently works as an advisor to health-tech startups and is developing a passion project on the side - “The Brainy Co” - a social venture creating thoughtfully designed apparel to fund global access to education.
In her free time she enjoys writing & painting which she shares on her instagram blog @littlecoffeedoc
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Twitter: @AaniyaSherwani
The Brainy Co - @thebrainyco
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Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Nealy who is a fully qualified PA. Tune in as she shares her journey to becoming a PA and why she chose to leave the lucrative world of investment banking to peruse a career in healthcare. We learn the importance of being an advocate for your respective career and how one pivotal moment spurred her on to apply for the PA course. She discusses the misconceptions of the PA role, the struggles she has faced alongside the many joyous moments so far in her new career. We delve into the role of PA in the wider healthcare team and find out how some PAs even sign of registrars for some of their competencies!
Nealy is in a unique position to share the differences between a career in the city versus a career in the NHS. Listen to find out what she misses from her previous life. She also shares the viral growth of her instagram page alongside the power and pitfalls of social media.
Nealy is a qualified PA currently working in primary care having graduated from St George’s University, London. She is the founder of Pa2Be, a unique PA platform helping students with their personal statements, interview skills and question bank. She has worked alongside many other high profile social media personalities as an interviews skills mentor and personal statement coach. Her instagram page (@nealy.pa) has amassed more than 20k+ followers.
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Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Mr John Pascoe and Mr Paul Foster who the founders of SMILE, two extraordinary individuals who have completely revolutionised the delivery of medical education at scale. We spend some time getting to know them behind the scenes alongside the inception of SMILE. They both share their love for medical education and how they suddenly developed the responsibility of educating a whole nation of medical students during lockdown. We discuss the early stages of SMILE, the obstacles they faced and the viral growth to lecturing more than 20,000+ students with more than 1,000+ students tuning in for each lecture.
We share their medical journey from the beginning right from medical school to becoming junior doctors. Discovering what set them on a path to pursue surgery and their advice for future Urology and Orthopaedic trainees. They share their tips on how to become alpha medical educators and the highlights from both their careers so far. Tune in to get a sneak peek into what the future holds for SMILE!
Mr John Pascoe is the President and Founder of SMILE Lectures currently working in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth as an Urology Registrar. He is a graduate of Peninsula Medical School with keen interests in medical education, mentorship & research.
Mr Paul Foster is the Vice President & Founder of SMILE Lectures currently working at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton as an Orthopaedic Teaching Fellow. He is a graduate of King’s College London with keen interests in medical education, paediatric orthopaedics & technology in medicine.
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John Pascoe - Twitter - @urodoc27
Paul Foster - Twiiter - Locked himself Out - Coming Soon!
SMILE - Twitter - @Lockdown_MedEd or Instagram - @smile_lectures
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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
PodCourse 1: How to Present, Publish and Win Prizes - Dr Rufai
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Welcome to our first ever PodCourse by Dr Rufai on the highly popular and recommended ‘How to Present, Publish and win Prizes’. Tune in to this immersive experience learning how to effectively prepare and present to a wide range of audiences in multiple environments while keeping them interested and engaged. Learn the many facets of presenting from setting up to technology, rehearsing, ideal timeframes, feedback and delivery alongside tips and tricks to make you outstanding. Most importantly embracing and enjoying the process.
Dr Rufai guides you through the process of publishing a scientific paper, he covers the importance of developing a genuine interest in the respective field, authorship and how to build relationships with senior colleagues. We learn what makes a good paper such as a clear defined objective and a logical structure. Dr Rufai covers the range of content that can be published from case studies, correspondence letters and systematic reviews. Find out the writing structure that has worked for Dr Rufai attain multiple publications.
Finally learn how to find opportunities and win prizes for your presentations!
Check out MedPrep Courses specially designed to support aspiring Ophthalmologists (OST1), Academic Clinical Fellows (ACF) and Doctoral Research Fellows (DRF).
Dr Sohaib Rufai is an NIHR Doctoral Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Ophthalmology at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). He has been awarded 18 academic prizes and has 25 journal publications. He has been invited to deliver talks internationally in 14 cities and is an invited reviewer for several medical journals. Awarded competitive NIHR grant worth £420,000. Led world's first study using handheld OCT to predict future vision in children with nystagmus, published in Ophthalmology - highest impact clinical journal in field.
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Lucy Khanam, a Freelance Calligrapher, Art teacher and all round art enthusiast. She has been freelancing for over 8 years now and much of her work includes private commissions as well as brand collaborations with Qatar Airways, Jo Malone and John Lewis amongst many others. She also leads highly popular adult calligraphy workshops.
We discuss the world of creativity, the uncertainty of forming a career in freelance whilst also teaching. We delve into how you can turn a hobby into a career working with the likes of John Lewis amongst others. Lucy tells us about her journey how she began with an anonymous page to now being the face of the very well known brand LucyArts. Finally we discuss the challenges and various roles she has to occupy as a freelancer to give us a real insight to what it’s like.
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Sunday Oct 25, 2020
E59: Prof. Asif Ahmed - Leveraging your Passion to Drive your Purpose
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by the visionary Prof. Asif Ahmed who shares with us some of the highlights of his amazing life and career. We start from the very beginning and explore life as a scientist and the importance of curiosity. We touch on the roles his father and mentors played in achieving his early found success as a vascular scientist, discovering two protective pathways to stop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. Prof. shares his lofty vision to ensure no mother suffers from pre-eclampsia ever again by the end of the decade. We delve into his passion for social mobility and why he founded Aston Medical school alongside some of the challenges he faced. In this episode we discover so many stories and the amazing figures he has met including Late Prof Gustav Born and Late Hans Adolf Krebs among many others. Prof. Asif Ahmed tells us about the amazing work they are doing at MirZyme Therapeutics which has just now discovered a cure for pre-eclampsia.
Tune in to learn his ‘Principles of the 5Ps of Life’ : Purpose, Persuasion, Persistence, Profession and (additional) Passions
Professor Asif Ahmed is the founder and CEO of MirZyme Therapeutics, an early-stage biopharmaceutical company with globally granted patents to develop drugs to prevent preeclampsia. He is a British biomedical scientist and has discovered two protective pathways to stop preeclampsia during pregnancy. He founded the Aston Medical School in 2014, which was the first medical school to be established in the city of Birmingham, England, after a period of 200 years. It is described as the most socially inclusive medical school in the UK. Prof. has discovered two protective pathways to stop preeclampsia during pregnancy. Their saying is simple ”One Test. One Pill. Save Two Lives.”
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Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Prof. Nizam Mamode, a world leading transplant surgeon who shares his journey from the very beginning.
We delve into being rejected from medical school to traveling abroad for a gap year as a teacher. We come to learn how one unfortunate night after a bomb blast in Kenya, Nairobi killed and injured so many people cemented his desire and drive to become a doctor as he helped those that were injured. Prof. Mamode discusses his training pathway to becoming a transplant surgeon and performing the UK’s first ever Robotic Kidney Transplant surgery. We discuss the importance of pursuing a speciality you truly love and how he manages a healthy work-life balance. We discuss the advances of transplant surgery alongside the difficulties the specialty has faced since its inception touching on what they future may hold.
Mr Nizam Mamode is a Professor of Transplant Surgery with a special interest in antibody incompatible transplantation, living donors and robotic transplantation. His team have the largest programme in Europe, with around 50 paediatric transplants a year. He set up the only paediatric antibody incompatible transplantation programme and laparoscopic living donor programme, which has now carried out over 1,500 donor nephrectomies.
Prof. Mamode performed the UK’s first robotic transplant. He has published over 70 papers, one book and three book chapters on transplantation. Mr Mamode is on the editorial board for the journal ‘Transplantation’ as well as an expert reviewer for the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation and a reviewer for the American Journal of Transplantation, Transplant International and Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation.
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
In this week’s episode we are joined by Miss McMicKing, Consultant O&G at GSTT. Tune in as she shares her journey from studying medicine in Australia to moving to the UK to complete her training in a world renowned hospital despite initially planning to only stay here for 12 months. We discuss the differences in training, the struggles she has faced and why so many doctors from the UK go to practise clinical medicine in Australia. Jess delves into her passion for mentorship and medical education, sharing the inception of COVID Medical education. She also helps us understand what civility is and why it is so important in this day and age especially in a workforce like the NHS. We explore her tips on how all healthcare professionals can create conducive and supportive environments for the well being of each other.
Listen and see what a typical week looks like for a consultant O&G working in a very busy and renowned hospital in central London.
Miss Jess McMicking is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. Jess underwent her specialist training in Sydney, Australia. She has a wealth of experience, specialising in pre-existing and gestational diabetes, nutritional conditions, high-risk obstetrics, menstrual disorders and benign gynaecology. Jess leads on numerous service projects, in addition to publishing internationally recognised articles and presenting at worldwide conferences. Jess is a passionate educator and supervisor to specialty trainees and King’s College medical students. She has recently founded a virtual platform ‘Covid Medical Education’ which provides regular lectures to over 1,000 medical students across the UK and Ireland.
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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
E56: The Hidden World of Physician Associates (PA) - Sofia Mughal
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
In this week's episode we are joined by Sophia, a qualified PA working in London. Tune in as she shares her journey from undergraduate training to completing a masters and becoming a PA. We discuss the obstacles she has faced during her training and the inspiration behind founding Matrix Education. We touch on the misconceptions people have concerning PA's and the role they play within the healthcare system in the UK. Learn more about the day to day life of an entrepreneurial PA.
Sofia is a GP PA (physician associate) and successful entrepreneur. She is the Founder of Matrix Education, a company she set up to push the boundaries and help PAs become the best they can, after struggling with her PA national exams herself. Her company developed the first app for physician associates in the UK and sold out on all spaces available for their OSCE courses in 2020. In addition to medicine, she is a professional photographer, has a passion for intentional living, productivity and self development of which she talks about on her youtube channel.
Sofia’s instagram: http://instagram.com/sofiahiramatsu
Sofia’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/sofiahiramatsu
Matrix Education instagram: @matrixeducation_
Matrix Education: http://www.matrixeducation.co.uk
All PA queries: mailto:info@matrixeducation.co.uk
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
PodCase 18 - A 43 year old male presents with a skin rash
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Dr Tesh Amarasinghe, General Practitioner, is Scrubbed In today to take you through a very common skin condition that can be difficult to manage...
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