Martin Brand

Apology in health care is rare, and not taught in many medical schools, but is an essential skill to foster trust and re-establish a patient's confidence. Here follow some tips. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Conflict in the workplace among colleagues is inevitable. How one manages these situations is key to the patient's outcome. In this voice note Prof Brand gives some pointers on how to deal with these conflicts. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this voice note by taking into consideration patient factors, the patient's disease, clinician factors and the system factors, Prof Brand gives advice and tips of how to deal with challenging interactions with patients. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Practically a patient's right to information includes explaining their diagnosis, the purpose of proposed investigations or treatment, the benefits & risks thereof, and possible alternatives – including the option of no treatment. Patients also have the right to know the likely costs of treatment and what the consequences may be if care is delayed or refused. The Medical Protection Society &middot...

Most social media posting disasters can be avoided by just pausing 10 seconds, and then deciding if the message is really necessary. Some other tips from the voice note include keeping separate professional and personal accounts, never posting patient information without express consent to do so, stay general and not individual in your posts, don't post when tired or disinhibited. The Medical Prot...

Many of us ‘meet’ patients via Google, Facebook or Instagram. That visibility is powerful, but it also means mistakes are public, permanent and shareable. And the HPCSA is watching this space more closely than ever. The Medical Protection Society · Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Here we discuss the concept of what counts as sufficient informed consent. Essentially based on the four pillars of patient capacity, adequate disclosure, understanding and voluntariness. The Medical Protection Society · Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this voice note we go through the Medical Protection Society's communication tool CLEAR, Connect, Listen, Emphathise, Ask and Review to communicate better with your patients. The Medical Protection Society · Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Here we demystify the different types of suture material, their strengths and needles. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In today's voice note we go through how to insert an intercostal drain for either a haemothorax or pneumothorax. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this voice note we go through the equipment and basic technique of how to insert a ventral venous catheter into subclavian and internal jugular veins. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Triaging trauma patients into categories of treatment urgency is an essential tool to ensure patients receive appropriate timely care. We go through the basic principles if triage. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Be it by yourself, in a team of two, or having several people to assist with a trauma resuscitation, communication must be clear and concise in these pressure filled situations. We break it down for. you in the voice note. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Clinical assessment of a trauma patient always begins with the primary survey, done to identify immediately life threatening injuries and manage them before continuing with the initial assessment. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

By assessing the integrity of symmetrical lines we can diagnose significant boney pelvic injuries that may require further investigations or treatment. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this voice note we use the ABCDEF mnemonic to rule out life-threatening chest injuries by discussing this systematic approach to reading a chest x-ray, which may be applied to reading a chest x-ray in any clinical situation. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

Here we go through the basic principles of reading a 'cervical spine' x-ray for a patient who may have a potential cervical spine injury; which is actually composed of 3 views namely the lateral, anterior-posterior and the open mouth view. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this voice note we’ll go through an emergency intubation for a trauma patient. We'll go over the minimum equipment required to do so and then a quick step-by-step technique to intubate a patient. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast

In this episode Tiego, Alvin and Prof Martin Brand go through an approach to a patient who presents with an undifferentiated skin lesion. Students of Surgery podcast series

Alvin, Tiego and Prof Martin Brand go through an approach, presentation, differential diagnoses, and investigations to come to a diagnosis of a patient presenting with right iliac fossa pain. Students of Surgery podcast series

In this podcast Prof Martin Brand speaks with another HPB surgeon, Dr Thabo Rampai, about chronic pancreatitis. It's risk factors, presentation, complications of and how to manage the disease.

Tiego and Alvin discuss pancreatic cystic lesions under the classification of benign and malignant cysts with Prof Martin Brand. The premalignant mucinous cystic lesions are highlighted.

In this episode Alvin and Tiego go through the basics of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with Prof Martin Brand. They cover risk factors, clinical presentation and investigation as well as broad management principles of this cancer.

In this pod Josephine Kamuzinzi and Prof Brand discuss benign and malignant salivary gland tumours, their presentation and management.

Here we talk about the presentation, diagnosis and management of salivary gland stones. Students of Surgery Podcast · What's wrong with that patient? Podcast