The Scrubbed In Show by Peerr

In this week’s episode, Will shares his incredible journey trying to pursue a career path that is truly fulfilling. We spend time exploring the role his parents played in his upbringing as immigrant entrepreneurs and why social mobility and education was so important in his early years. Will openly shares the difficulty he faced losing his mother while being at medical school and realising the imp...

In this week’s episode Avi shares his incredible story as a doctor willing to embrace change and follow his passions. We talk about his career transitions from the NHS to industry roles such as Clinical Fellow to the NHS National Medical Director, Bupa’s Clinical Lead for Digital Health and IBM Watson Health.  We discover the founding story of ’Doctorprenuers’, the reality of entrepreneurship and...

This week we are joined by Kenji, tune is as we share his incredible journey from Kenya to Japan, Zimbabwe to the U.K. where he first trained as a biochemical scientist before pursuing a career in medicine. We discuss his passion for research and academia, discovering his learning style, the story behind his awesome YouTube channel and why in a hyper-competitive field its more important to work co...

In this week’s episode we meet John, who shares his transition from the military into healthcare. We discuss his first impressions of the NHS, his role as Head of Quality Improvement for London and why he believes every healthcare professional has so much more to offer outside their job description. We delve into the skill-sets many clinicians possess that can be channeled into improving healthcar...

In this week’s episode we meet Alex who shares with us his journey from the very beginning. We delve into his passion for creativity and art discovering he never actually wanted to be a doctor in the first place to only later become a neurosurgeon. Alex shares his love for the human brain and anatomy alongside his personal experiences with surgery. Tune in to find out what kept him going despite f...

In this week’s episode we meet Prof. Azeem who shares with us his story from the very beginning. We delve into his illustrious career from medical student, GP to his role in public health and primary care as co-director of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Head of department at Imperial College London. Tune in to discover what it takes to get to the top and become a leader in your field, the...

In this week’s episode we meet the clinical entrepreneur who went against the grain at a time when everyone was rushing to finish medical school and become consultants. Hear Ali’s amazing story of discovering MedTech as a medical student from urology simulation labs to commercialising products at one point even beating senior registrars at laparoscopic skill competitions. We explore the roles he p...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Nick who shares with us his story from the very beginning. We hear the story behind Locum’s Nest and the challenges they faced in order to become the leading mobile app connecting doctors to locum work in hospitals. Nick shares a brief insight into his passion and journey to medicine. He shares the life of locum doctors before his app came to market. We spen...

In this week’s episode we meet Dr Rachael, a senior anaesthetic registrar who shares her story and why she wanted to be a doctor since the age of 3! Tune in to discover her journey to discovering anaesthesia and how she now juggles medicine, family life and entrepreneurship. Delve into the life of an anaesthetic registrar and learn how to gain exposure and advice on securing competitive posts.  We...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Arun, an ophthalmology trainee based in London who shares with us his story from the very beginning. Find out how he ranked Top 3 nationally in his speciality applications despite having no publications. Arun shares how he discovered ophthalmology and decided it was right the speciality for him. Tune in to hear his top tips for securing competitive posts...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Qureshi, a consultant microbiologist who shares with us his story. We discover his unusual journey as a computer science graduate transitioning from GP to core surgical trainee before settling for a career in microbiology. Imran shares the obstacles and challenges he has faced so far in his career and his ethos in life of being authentic. We discuss the e...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Fiona who shares with us her story from the very beginning. We discuss the many transitions she has taken from medical student to consultant radiologist to eventually becoming a VC founder and managing partner. Dr Fiona talks about the importance of leadership, network effects and the efforts clinicians should make to broaden their horizons. Tune in as we...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Mala who shares her story from the beginning delving into the accomplishments and challenges she has faced so far in her career. We discuss the importance of having options, seeking opportunities using the ‘back/side door’ approach and why we must all be mission driven. We spend some time talking about her role as Head of Market development at Cellen and why...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Albeyatti who shares with us his story from the very beginning. Join us as we delve into his achievements, obstacles and the lessons learned so far in his career. We talk about the competitive culture and landscape in medical school. Abdullah explains the reasons as to why he left a competitive surgical training post in London to pursue entrepreneurship a...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Radhika, a paediatric trainee in South London. Tune in as she shares her journey from the beginning sharing the obstacles and challenges she faced alongside her achievements. We discuss her transition from medical school to foundation training and the importance of having a strong supportive network. Radhika shares with us why she choose paediatrics and h...

In this week’s episode we welcome Dr Josh Case, a software developer and doctor from Australia. He shares why we should all try to learn code as clinicians, the power of technology, the ability to develop cool projects (MedEd, Scripts and Games) and how being able to even do basic coding can help with so many quality improvement projects and increase efficiency in hospitals. We delve into the futu...

In this week’s episode we are joined by the popular Medical YouTuber, Nasir Kharma who shares with us his journey from the very beginning. We discuss his love and passion for both medicine and videography, uncovering his journey into medical school. He shares with us why he decided to do an undergraduate degree in Canada and then re-apply for medical school having been rejected initially. Nasir sh...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Francis, the comedic cardiologist who shares with us his story from the very beginning. Francis shares with us his love for comedy and cardiology, why a gap year working in Wimbledon before medical school was so crucial for him and his personal development. We discuss the reality behind why so many doctors undertake PhD’s and the competitive nature of car...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Potter, the founder of Geeky Medics who shares with us his journey from the very beginning. We delve into his passion for enhancing medical education through technology, how he stumbled into a career within medicine having initially wanted to work in the world of IT. We discover some of the challenges he has faced and overcome so far in his life. Lewis sh...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Walsh, who shares with us his journey from the very beginning. We delve into his career exploring the incredible achievements he has accomplished and how he eventually became the clinical director of The BMJ. He shares with us how his initial role was actually supposed to be an editor only for a short period of time. We discuss the pivotal role of digital...

This week we are joined by Mr Simon Fleming, an Orthopaedic surgeon and change maker based in London. Tune in as he shares his personal story and the relentless pursuit to change the culture within the NHS. Simon delves into the moments in his career that made him reflect upon his own behaviour and that of others only to realise the underlying toxic cultures that exist within the workplace.  We de...

This week we are joined by Dr Kaye, a GP and renowned author who shares with us her journey from the very beginning in what is a very touching episode. We delve into her career as a GP, celebrated author and TV personality. Dr Kaye shares with us a frank and honest account of her personal journey since being diagnosed with cancer and the many struggles and difficulties she has faced as a mother, p...

In this week’s PodCourse, Josh a software developer from Australia shares why we should all try to learn code as clinicians. Josh shares with us the power of technology, the ability to develop super cool projects (MedEd, Scripts and Games) and how being able to even do basic coding can help with so many quality improvement projects and increase efficiency in hospitals. He gives real life examples...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Tom, a qualified GP and leading medical educator. Join us as he shares his journey from the very beginning and the obstacles and challenges he faced. We discover how he developed and honed his passion for medical education and what set him on a path to founding Zero to Finals. Learn how to manage your time appropriately and why we should all embrace our jour...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Perkins, a qualified GP in the south coast who shares with us his journey and the unusual story as to why he pursued medicine. We delve into why he is on a quest to empower doctors to make better financial decisions, how he ended up talking big waves in his anaesthetic interview and the importance of embracing our journey rather than rushing headfirst int...