eGPlearning Podblast

Contact us and share your opinion Do you get frustrated with not knowing how to make TPP SystmOne work better for you? Watch this video as part of the eGPlearning #TipThursday to see my personal recommendations on how to tweak it to your needs including reducing excessive notifications and making tasks and letter workflow work smarter. Commented as an avid user and admin of S1 FBUG (unofficial but...

Contact us and share your opinion How can you easily track all those time sinks in primary care without resorting to the limited method of pen and paper? What is the best way to track the time your staff and peers use in practice? Clockify is a tool that allows you to track time and do it easily, effectively and for free across the entire team. https://clockify.me/ Watch this video to see the whol...

Contact us and share your opinion FODMAPS are complex carbohydrate chains with some evidence linked as triggers for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Avoiding FODMAPS can help a patient experience fewer symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits. Understanding which foods have FODMAPS, however, is complex. This episode looks at how using an app this can be supported, inclu...

Contact us and share your opinion What do you think is the best primary care paediatric resources? In my experience, I have yet to find a complete resource that beats the paediatric pearls website. Click image to watch the video Created by Dr Julia Thompson and her team, based in London working for the NHS, paediatric pearls regularly produce and update paediatric newsletters for both primary care...

Contact us and share your opinion Watch this session as Andy and Gandhi of the eGPlearning Podblast discuss their top 5 GP apps.   Covering a variety of apps that you may want to use in general practice either for yourself or the benefit of your patients. This session also includes some honourable mentions.   This session is created as part of the HTN Digital week.  To watch the video click here: ...

Contact us and share your opinion This video showcases the variety of Facebook groups for GPs, primary care, and doctors.   It explains the reason for wanting to join the various groups and the importance of each.   Finally, the video shows how to get the most out of a Facebook group.   For links to the groups see the post below as shown in the video: https://egplearning.co.uk/ramblings/facebook-g...

Contact us and share your opinion Hello eGPlearners,  in this news update- covering the big stories for primary care over the past week…. lets tech-enhance your primary careIf the first time we are meeting Im Dr Gandalf of eGPlearning where I look at supporting you with technology-enhanced primary care and learning so don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell to be the first to get notified...

Contact us and share your opinion What is the best haematology app? Watch this review of Buku Haematology - a useful clinical reference resource that details how to manage haematological investigation results, work up for common haematological conditions and emergencies. With a clean interface and clear explanations and reference to BMJ, CKS and national guidance it really is a valuable resource f...

Contact us and share your opinion Hello eGPlearners,  in this news update- covering the big stories for primary care over the past week…. lets tech-enhance your primary careIf the first time we are meeting Im Dr Gandalf of eGPlearning where I look at supporting you with technology-enhanced primary care and learning so don't forget to subscribe and ring the bell to be the first to get notified...

Contact us and share your opinion Must own GP app- Nottinghamshire LMC app Hi  #eGPlearners  , with millions of apps out there how do you know which ones you should use. Try one of my top 5 apps as a must own GP app- the Nottinghamshire LMC app.  Watch the video  here  and do not forget to subscribe to be the first to see future episodes.  # TipThursday The Nottinghamshire LMC app in my view is a...

Contact us and share your opinion Hello eGPlearners,  in this news update- covering the big stories for primary care over the past week including a really valuable resource to analysing appointment usage at the end.   lets tech-enhance your primary careIf the first time we are meeting Im Dr Gandalf of eGPlearning where I look at supporting you with technology-enhanced primary care and learning so...

Contact us and share your opinion Are you hoping for a Dry January?   Hi  #eGPlearners  - are you hoping for a Dry January? Check out this Dry January app review on how the app works and whether it is useful for individuals or patients.  Click on the image below to see the full video or read below.    It is reasonable to assume that alcohol drinking increases over December with Christmas parties,...

Contact us and share your opinion 3 GPs in an eGPlearning Podblast   Welcome by Andy, Gandhi and…….Shubz   How did Shubz get into podcasting from his mygpevents journey to listening to inspirational speakers. This led to his podcast 2GPs in a pod and speaking with Zoe Williams, Rupy Aujla and others ‘You do not have to leave medicine to do all this other cool stuff’ Gandhi talks about having flux...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners  do you need some Headspace? Working in healthcare whether as a GP, part of the primary care team or in hospitals can be emotionally stressful. There are many ways to manage stress and lately mindfulness is seen as an effective tool to support stress management. But access can be tricky – so let us look to technology to help in the form of  Headsp...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners Welcome to the weekly showcase of Technology-enhanced primary & learning resources from eGPlearning. In this final part of the series on using Twitter as a clinician, I share my own personal hints and tips on using Twitter and how you can use it to collect and manage your continuous professional development (CPD).  This episode contains hints...

Contact us and share your opinion Anatomy of a Tweet Hi  #eGPlearners  – Do you know the anatomy of a tweet? In this episode of TipThursday we continue the series looking at how to use Twitter as a clinician by looking deeper at what I call the anatomy of a tweet.   This episode is a showcase of the Twitter interface including how to use the newsfeed, search, trending and moments, sections, notifi...

Contact us and share your opinion eGPLearning Podblast Video Consultations Nov 2018   Welcome & Thanks to our sponsor HTN - Health Tech Newspaper, an innovative daily news and opinion website for the health tech network. www.thehtn.co.uk Recently had their HTN awards and sign up for the HTN week (£32 for the whole week) but we are on the afternoon of Thursday Jan 24th afternoon - sign up here:...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners I am a big fan of social media and often I get asked how can I use social media effectively as a clinician. In this series, we will look at how to use Twitter as a clinician.  Twitter is a micro-blog site that lets you post (tweet) comments or re-port (retweet) comments of others to share information. Originally tweets were limited to 140 characte...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners Welcome to the weekly showcase of Technology-enhanced primary & learning resources from eGPlearning. This episode looks at NHS Digital resources and governance posted on the eGPlearning Facebook page ( facebook.com/Egplearning /) or available  here :  This is pertinent guidance that talks about four key areas such as instant messaging apps, vi...

Contact us and share your opinion eGPlearning Podblast is the UK's leading primary care focussed health tech podcast by two Nottingham based GPs covering recent topics, useful clinical apps, interviews with primary care health tech innovators and in-depth perspectives on health tech. Hosted by Dr Hussain Gandhi (@ drGandalf52 ) and Dr Andrew Foster (@ drawfoster ). In this episode, Dr Gandalf...

Contact us and share your opinion Sitting is the new smoking. Staying sedentary for several hours a day increases your risk of diabetes. So should you stand as a GP? I remember visiting my GP as a child. Sit in the waiting room normally sullen and low because of yet another episode of tonsillitis.  Then I was called into the doctor’s office. I would enter a room that CQC would now shut down in a h...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners Welcome to the weekly showcase of Technology-enhanced primary & learning resources from eGPlearning. When should I worry? This is a common question for parents when looking after an unwell child. In primary care, this can often be a challenge for clinicians to manage due to parental anxiety, the expectation of treatments like antibiotics, conc...

Contact us and share your opinion eGPlearning PodBlast - Introducing the NHS App Welcome to our deep dive episode on the upcoming NHS app - which we cover multiple areas of primary care and patient care. A highly opinionated episode which we encourage your comments and feedback on.  1.00 Thank you Sponsor - HTN The Health Tech Newspaper ( HTN )- an innovative daily news and opinion website for the...

Contact us and share your opinion Hi  #eGPlearners Welcome to the weekly showcase of Technology-enhanced primary & learning resources from eGPlearning. This week TipThursday covers a resource from the eGPlearning platform –  the eGP DRAMA plan eGP DRAMA (eGPlearning General Practice Disaster Record And Management Action) plan is a fail-safe document used as an adjunct to you practice business...

Contact us and share your opinion eGPLearning PodBlast Digitalis & AliveCor Apps Show Notes   Welcome listeners   In this episode we will be reviewing and test driving two exciting apps. Digitalis - CPD and appraisal app developed by Dr Nick Harvey is a GP partner and trainer with the help of his team.. AliveCor - AF detection app and hardware   Mentioned in today’s episode @health1tech @NCGPA...