Humans of Healthcare Podcast

In this month’s episode, our host Bee talks to Cilla Sanders, Programme Lead for Child Nursing at University of Leeds, about living and working with Keratoconus.

In this month's episode, a student panel (Hammda Bilqees, Umair Afzal, Zac Lanza) interviews the Freedom to Speak Up Guardians for the Faculty of Medicine and Health at University of Leeds (Farhana Mulla, Robina Mir). You can find out more about the Freedom to Speak Up Guardians here: https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/faculty-/doc/faculty-medicine-health-equality-inclusion/page/3 You can contact...

In this episode our host, Nafi, talks to George Greenlees (ST4 General Surgery) about difficulties and challenges associated with physiological tremor, particularly for surgical students. The conversation touches on some practical coping strategies as well as the impact of physiological tremor on mental health.

In this episode our host, Bee, welcomes three guests (Shakeela Brown - MBChB Student at University of Leeds, Dr Julie Duodu - GP, Prof Bridgette Bewick - University of Leeds) to talk about the Black Mentoring Scheme. Mentors interested in the Black Mentoring Scheme can sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/Dv0byeqe38 Mentees interested in the Black Mentoring Scheme can sign up here: https://for...

In this month's episode, our host Bee Wills talks to Lisa Forbes Grant, Lecturer in Mental Health at University of Leeds, about the challenges of supporting her son with his eating disorder. For more information on eating disorders, you can visit: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

In this episode our host Nafi Iftekhar talks to Kate Phillips, Lecturer in Child Nursing in the School of Healthcare at University of Leeds, about her experience with chromosome deletion and the challenges she has faced because of it. For more information about the podcast including information about our host please visit time.leeds.ac.uk/resources/humans-of-healthcare/

In this episode our new host Nafi Iftekhar talks to Martin Pelan, Student Support Manager for the Faculty of Medicine and Health at University of Leeds, about the journey of medical students and the support available to them throughout their time at university. For more information about the podcast including information about our host please visit https://time.leeds.ac.uk/resources/humans-of-heal...

In this episode Dr Yasmin Kader BMA Charter Lead, Robina Mir and Mrs Farhana Mulla Freedom to Speak Up Guardians, and 2nd year medical student Fatiya Mohamoud discuss how they raise awareness among medical staff and students of the BMA Charter within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, its purpose, progress, future actions and available contact points, plus the resources, supp...

In this episode Bee speaks with second year medical student, Isabel Candir, about the barriers she faced to getting into medical school, and the ways in which she over came them.

In this episode Bee talks medical student Nafi Ifetkhar about his experience getting into the medical school and making YouTube video about his experiences. You can find Nafi on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/c/NafiIftekhar

In this episode Amelia talks to Zainab Fadhal, a first year medical student who complete the Gateway to Medicine programme last year, about her experience studying at medical school after receiving a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021. She discusses the various challenges, as well as the support she has received from the university. For information relating to the organization mentioned in the p...

In this episode Florence talks to Dr Emma O'Neill about planetary health, and how environmental issues such as climate change affect public health.

In this episode, Amelia talks to Bee MacPherson who is the Programme Lead for Post Graduate Clinical Education and the Associate Director Student Support at the University of Leeds, about the menopause and the work going on at the university around the menopause. In this candid discussion about both the perimenopause and the menopause, they discuss what led to the work, the challenges, support ava...

In the episode, Florence speaks with Bridgette Bewick, Associate Professor in Psychological Health, Wellbeing and Education, about her work as the School of Medicine lead for equality, diversity and inclusion and well as being one of the universities academic leads for belonging. They discuss the work going on within the university around belonging, and the emerging compassionate curriculum and ca...

In this episode, Joe talks Ben Hughes, who is a paediatric registrar about his experiences working in children's medicine. He discusses the challenges of dealing with critically ill children and coping with situations involving infant death.

In this episode Amelia talks to Linda Gask, retired consultant psychiatrist, talks about what it was like to be a medical student, junior doctor and later a consultant psychiatrist whilst also dealing with her own mental health issues and those of other family members too. Linda also explores how she has turned to writing throughout her life, and she has written a couple of memoires “The Other Sid...

In this episode, Florence speaks to Sheena Hussain about her experience with thyroid cancer, and how writing poetry helped her through her recovery. She also discusses her work setting up Femles:CAN which is a support group for females who have been through cancer, after her experience of slipping through the net of cancer support. Details of Sheena's poetry and Females:CAN can be found at Sheena'...

In this episode Joe talks to Jools Symons, the Patient and Public Involvement Manager at the Leeds Institute of Medicine and Health, about her work with the Leeds University Death Café, and the history Death Cafés more globally. If you would like more information relating to the Death Café more broadly, or would like to find a Death Café near you visit - https://deathcafe.com/

In this episode Amelia speaks to Amaya Ellawala, who is a research fellow in the Leeds Institute of Medical Education, about her time as an undergraduate medical student and in particular her experiences of receiving destructive feedback from her tutors.

In this series we explore the transition from being MB ChB students into being working doctors. In this episode we have a discussion between Imogen Bicknell who is a Foundation Year 2 doctor, and Jonathon Darling, who is the Director of Student Support at the University of Leeds and a Consultant Paediatrician, about their experiences transitioning into professional life as a doctor.

In this series we explore the transition from being MB ChB students into being working doctors. Here we have a conversation between Imogen Bicknell and Abdelkader Harous, who shares his experience transitioning to being a FY1 doctor in the NHS having trained in Dubai.

In this series we explore the transition from being MB ChB students into being working doctors. In this episode we hear a conversation between Kaat Marynissen, an FY3 doctor, and John Barke, who is an ST5 Registrar in general adult psychiatry and an NIHR funded academic clinical fellow. They discuss John's unconventional route in medicine and how that affected his experience transitioning into bei...

In this episode Joe talks to Michelle Ellwood about her reflections on Covid-19 and its effects on student education.

In this ramble, speech and language therapist Wendy Neill talks about her experiences setting up the Giving Voice Choir for adults with neurological disorders and their carers. She discusses the positive effect that singing as had, not just on those who attend the choir but on her too.

In this episode, Amelia talks to Applied Theatre Practitioner Georgia Bowers, about her experiences working in a care home during the COVID-19 Pandemic.