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Episode 1 – Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome – Fact and Speculation
Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome – Fact and Speculation For our first Orthopodcast, Jeremy Field, a recognised expert in the field, addresses some salient points about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome –...
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Episode 2 – Is a period of training in a major trauma centre essential?
Is a period of training in a major trauma centre essential? Our second podcast is a discussion about Training in Major Trauma Centres between Chris Moran from Nottingham, National Clinical Director for...
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Episode 3 – NOTSS Orthopodcast
Curriculum Changes NOTTS is a behaviour rating system for surgeons and is one of the workplace based assessments tools available on ISCP. Jonathan Beard – vascular surgeon in Sheffield and Professor of...
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Episode 4 – The DRAFFT Trial – Methodology & Results
The DRAFFT trial – Methodology & Results The DRAFFT trial was one of the first multi-centre randomised controlled trials involving a large number of British T&O surgeons. The results have been...
View ArticleEpisode 6 – GIRFT Implementation for CDs
GIRFT Implementation for CDs Tim Wilton, BOA President, provides further detail on the BOA’s GIRFT Implementation Guidance that Clinical Directors might find helpful when approaching their new...
View ArticleEpisode 7 – Has ATLS had its day?
Episode 7 – Has ATLS had its day? ATLS was introduced in the UK in 1988 and since then nearly 75,000 trauma team members have been trained. Widely considered the international “gold standard” in trauma...
View ArticleEpisode 8 – Surgery: The Ultimate Placebo
Episode 8 – Surgery: The Ultimate Placebo If a peer or a more senior colleague is doing surgery for which there is no evidence, what would or should you do? The drive for professional recognition puts...
View ArticleEpisode 9 – Reducing Toxic Stress
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...
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Episode 10 – Maximising your Memory
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...
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Episode 11 – Setting up a Virtual Fracture Clinic
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 –...
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Episode 12 – The Swinging Pendulum
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...
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Episode 13 – Smooth Referral to a Spine Surgeon
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...
View ArticleRecognising Toxic Stress
Recognising Toxic Stress Niall Eames – Consultant Spinal Surgeon (T&O) – Northern Ireland Aprajay Golash – Consultant Spinal Surgeon (neuro) – Preston Surgery is stressful, there is no getting away...
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Episode 14 – How to Survive your First Year as a Consultant
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...
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Episode 15 – Struggling to Pass MCQs
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)...
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Episode 16 – Developing Resilience as a Surgeon
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...
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Episode 17 – Bullying in the Orthopaedic Workplace
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...
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Episode 18 – Managing Stress & Burnout
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...
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Episode 9 – Reducing Toxic Stress
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...
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