 Eva Doherty is Director of Human Factors in Patient Safety at the National Surgical Training Centre at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is also a practising Chartered Clinical Psychologist. Eva explores how to prevent and interrupt the damage caused by negative stress, using simple techniques you can put into practice right away. She uses her vast experience with large and small groups to talk about breathing control, mindfulness, muscle control and cognitive techniques. 

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Episode 18 – Managing Stress & Burnout

 Bullying in the orthopaedic workplace. How did we get here and where are we going? BOTA recently highlighted the issues of bullying, undermining and harassment within the surgical workplace. This came as a shock to many of us who considered these to be problems of the past. Do they REALLY still exist? Fergal Monsell – paediatric orthopaedic surgeon in Bristol has some interesting views about why they might, and what we can do about it. 

Episode 17 – Bullying in the Orthopaedic Workplace

Episode 16 – Developing Resilience as a Surgeon Surgeons are expected to be resilient without ever learning how. They are expected to achieve perfect outcomes, deal with acute and chronic stress, but without necessarily having the appropriate skills. Liggy Webb is a best selling author and leading authority on resilience. She works with the United Nations as a consultant and has helped big organisations from universities to councils to supermarkets. More recently she has worked with NHS staff including groups of doctors. During this Orthopodcast, Liggy introduces us to the concept of resilience and how trainers and trainees can develop their ability to bounce back. 

Episode 16 – Developing Resilience as a Surgeon

Episode 15 – Struggling to Pass MCQs Struggling to pass MCQ exams? If so, this three-way conversation between Sophie Howles (trainee with dyslexia) and Yvonne Gateley (study coach and dyslexia advisor) will provide tips and tricks to help, whether you are dyslexic or not. Listeners are alerted to the signs that learners may be struggling, ways of helping learners with learning difficulties and are helped to open up uncomfortable conversations regarding problems with learning. So, whether you or your trainees are struggling to learn, you should find some help here and from the Orthopodcast. 

Episode 15 – Struggling to Pass MCQs

Episode 14 – How to Survive your First Year as a Consultant Niall Eames – Consultant Spinal Surgeon (T&O) – Northern Ireland Aprajay Golash – Consultant Spinal Surgeon (neuro) – Preston Niall Eames and Aprajay Golash explore some ways of managing the difficulties encountered as a newly appointed consultant, with a particular focus on controlling the controllables, dealing with inevitable complications and balancing home and work. 

Episode 14 – How to Survive your First Year as a Consultant

Episode 13 – Smooth Referral to a Spine Surgeon T&O surgeons often complain about the unhelpful responses they receive from spine surgery colleagues when they try to refer patients with ‘acute cauda equina syndrome’. The major frustration seems to be the regional variability in tertiary services and often the lack of beds in the centres. We want to help our listeners refer sensitively, assertively and effectively. Aprajay Golash a consultant neurosurgeon at the Royal Preston Hospital suggests how best to manage these crucial interactions. 

Episode 13 – Smooth Referral to a Spine Surgeon

Episode 12 – The Swinging Pendulum Nigel Rossiter, Consultant T&O Surgeon in Basingstoke and past President of the Orthopaedic Trauma Society, discusses the evolution of trauma care and relates it to trauma physiology. 

Episode 12 – The Swinging Pendulum

Episode 11 – Setting up a Virtual Fracture Clinic A number of different models of care for fracture clinics have evolved around the UK and Ireland. One such model – the Virtual Fracture Clinic – started in Scotland. Sue Deakin, a consultant foot and ankle surgeon in Bury St Edmunds, shares their experience of setting up a virtual fracture clinic including why, how, how much time and how much money. 

Episode 11 – Setting up a Virtual Fracture Clinic

Episode 10 – Maximising your Memory Do you struggle to remember facts? Revising for your FRCS? Frustrated that you can’t recall the reference for a paper in the trauma meeting? Concerned that your trainees don’t know crucial elements of anatomy? Or even that your children can’t remember spellings. Unlocking your spatial and visual memory can help with retention and recall. Danny Ryan, BOTA Vice President, talks to Aaron Ralby, CEO of Linguisticator, on building Memory Palaces, a technique used by scribes in the Middle Ages for memorising complex information. For more information see www.linguisticator.com. 

Episode 10 – Maximising your Memory

Episode 9 – Reducing Toxic Stress Extensive research into surgeon’s decision-making and operative skills, made this month’s orthopodcaster realise that stress has a significant impact on both. Uttam Shiralkar worked as a surgeon for 15 years in the UK, India and USA. A developing interest in psycho-oncology and medical problems following a car accident, contributed to a move to the field of psychological medicine. This new strand of expertise illuminated the impact a surgeon’s psychology can have on clinical outcomes. 

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