Talking about medicine & the arts

Welcome to our eighth student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Rajeka Lazarus talks about misinformation regarding vaccine portrayal on social media. Dr Rajeka Lazarus is a consultant in infectious diseases and microbiology with a research interest in adult vaccinations. Dr Lazarus is one of the co-founders of the UK Clinical Vaccine Network (UK CVN -- link below), which focuses on advanci...

Welcome to our seventh student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Simi Pam discusses Women’s health in sport and how lived experiences and social challenges contribute to the health and performance of female athletes. Dr Pam talks about her journey into sport and the role it has played in her life as well as how she is now balancing both aspects of her career. Dr Pam sheds light on the issue...

Welcome to our sixth student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Mark Crouch takes us into the complex world of the Global Health Organizations (GHOs) operating in Papua New Guinea. Dr Crouch is a family physician with over a decade of experience serving the people of Papua New Guinea at Kudjip Nazarene General Hospital. As well as being deeply involved in day-to-day patient care, he is a Med...

Welcome to our fifth student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Zafar Iqbal discusses the world of elite level sports and exercise medicine. Dr Zafar helps demystify the roles and responsibilities of various medical professionals across a Premier League football club, as well as giving us an unrivalled insight into a career in sports medicine. He talks about the fascinating metrics used to m...

Welcome to our thirteenth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Anna Mathur speaks with Dr Ishminder Mangat about motherhood anxiety. She discusses what anxiety is as well as the many guises it can take, and she reflects on what inspired her to write her books and how social media impacts on anxiety as well as how the practice of gratitude has been transformative for her. Anna Mathur is the author of the...

Welcome to our twelfth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Henry Marsh talks with Dr Ishminder Mangat. He discusses his career and writings, his transition from doctor to patient, and his changing understanding of his own mortality -- as well as what good writing is, how (and when) books may help medical students, and the joys of e-cargo bikes. Henry Marsh, CBE, FRCS, is the author of the best-selling...

Welcome to our eleventh Medicine 360 podcast, in which Kris Hallenga and Dr Liz O’Riordon discuss breast cancer and the power of narrative with Dr Ishminder Mangat. They discuss what inspired them to write their stories, and how writing their stories has affected their lives. Kris Hallenga is a best-selling author, broadcaster and founder of the first breast-cancer awareness charity, CoppaFeel! (w...

Welcome to our fourth student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Isaac Batali shares his insider's perspective and knowledge about how MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders) is working to combat HIV/AIDS in areas like South Sudan. He talks about what led him to join MSF, and discusses the medical and educational efforts in South Sudan to combat HIV. He talks about the diffe...

Welcome to our third student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Annette Welshman discusses some key issues within palliative care. How best are end-of-life decisions communicated? How important is language itself in palliative care? Is there a universal language of suffering? What different kinds of cultural, social and pharmacological barriers are there in different European countries? How...

Welcome to our second student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Gail Nicholls talks about the socio-economic class-divide in medicine. The issue is complex and important, both to individuals seeking to enter medicine, and to Medicine as a whole. What has been done to resolve the related inequalities in recent years? What remains to be done? Dr Gail Nicholls is an Associate Professor in Prim...

Welcome to our tenth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Riki Msindo -- an (accidental) stand-up comedian and a Bristol medical student -- discusses comedy and medicine. Where does stand-up comedy fit into a medical education? Are medical professionals more likely to be comics than non-medics, or just to have a darker sense of humour? How important is being a good performer to being a good doctor? How...

Welcome to our ninth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Jonathon Tomlinson, Dr Claire Ashley and Dr Ishminder Mangat discuss the role shame can play in Medicine. Is shame an inevitable aspect of healthcare and has its presence become more or less pronounced? What can trigger shame in doctors and patients? And how can we navigate this going forward? Dr Jonathon Tomlinson is a GP and author of blog "...

Welcome to our first student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Nicola Taylor and Dr Bethan John discuss some of the things which can happen when doctors struggle with their health. How does it feel as a medical professional to go to ask help from another medical professional? Do doctors make worse patients? Do doctors and medical students think about their own illnesses differently from non...

Welcome to our eighth Medicine 360 podcast, in which Professor Havi Carel, Dr Sam Guglani and Louise Winter discuss the topics of death and dying. What makes people afraid of death? Has the pandemic impacted peoples' perception of death and dying? Does death give meaning and significance to our lives? How might an awareness of our mortality alter the ways in which we live and conduct our lives? Ha...

Welcome to our seventh medicine360 podcast, in which the topic of discussion is the role of narrative in illness and medicine. Kerry Mead is a freelance writer from Bristol who created www.19stories.net, a digital archive of the stories of ordinary people recounting their various experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here she is in conversation with Dr Jasmine Virk, a Junior Doctor who qualified a...

Welcome to our sixth Medicine 360 podcast, where the topic of discussion is Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a common, yet often misunderstood condition. This podcast is the second half of a conversation with Jon Stone, Professor and Consultant Neurologist at Edinburgh University, and Katy Rose Bennett, a singer/songwriter who has FND. The podcast is hosted by Vinay Mandagere (Final Year me...

Welcome to our sixth Medicine 360 podcast, where the topic of discussion is Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a common, yet often misunderstood condition. This podcast is the first half of a conversation with Jon Stone, Professor and Consultant Neurologist at Edinburgh University, and Katy Rose Bennett, a singer/songwriter who has FND. The podcast is hosted by Vinay Mandagere (Final Year med...

Welcome to our fifth Medicine 360 podcast which explores how creative writing can be used for therapeutic purposes. This podcast is a conversation with Caleb Parkin, a poet and experienced facilitator of writing groups in a diverse range of contexts. He won the second prize in the National Poetry competition in 2016 and was recently appointed Bristol City poet. Here he talks about how he came to d...

Welcome to the second part of our fourth Medicine 360 podcast, where we explore the practical uses of medical humanities, why we should be listening to the particular words patients use to convey their experiences, and the relationship between creativity and psychopathology. This podcast is the second half of a conversation with Oluwafemi (Femi) Oyebode, Honorary Professor of Psychiatry and Consul...

Welcome to our fourth Medicine 360 podcast, where we explore the practical uses of medical humanities, why we should be listening to the particular words patients use to convey their experiences, and the relationship between creativity and psychopathology. This podcast is the first half of a conversation with Oluwafemi (Femi) Oyebode, Honorary Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist at...

Welcome to our third Medicine 360 podcast where we explore mental health, stigma, and the performing arts. This podcast is an interview with Dr Ahmed Hankir, Academic Clinical Fellow in General Adult Psychiatry at South London and the Maudsley, hosted by Vinay Mandagere (4th year MB ChB student, Bristol). Dr Hankir is the creator of “The Wounded Healer”, an innovative method of education and enter...

Welcome to this Medicine360.co.uk podcast where we explore themes of mental health, wellbeing and mindfulness. We take a look at the intrinsic links between lifestyle factors and mental wellbeing and take time to remember the importance of caring for caregivers and health and social care professionals at a moment when it could not be more poignant. Hosted by Josie Harrison (4th-year medical studen...

Rissa Mohabir is Director of Trauma Awareness, provider of trauma-informed training and facilitator of listening projects. In this medicine360.co.uk podcast, Rissa shares her personal journey of how and why she developed safe listening spaces for refugee women, describing the impact of war and their journey to safety. She reads excerpts from a collection of their evocative narratives from two book...