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The BMJ

Bringing together medical students, new doctors and expert guests to discuss everything you need to know to be a good doctor.

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169 episodes

  1. When empathy feels wrong 37:47
  2. So you want to be a medical influencer? 34:41
  3. Riddle me this: What if medicine was more of a humanities than a STEM subject? 40:16
  4. Do medics have a role in shaping public health? 39:03
  5. Social media literally changed my brain chemistry 41:04
  6. Where did the £400m go? Are medical schools funding teaching properly? 44:20
  7. "The AI will see you now" - Will AI replace our jobs as doctors? 43:01
  8. Is medicine a career worth staying in? 41:29
  9. The F Word - Failure in Medical School 44:47
  10. Mentoring in medicine - Is it really "who you know" that shapes your career? 41:14
  11. "Is it my job to teach you?" - Race education in medicine 40:32
  12. “I’m Not Like Other Medics” - Deconstructing the medical student stereotype 40:01
  13. This isn't what I signed up for - Moral injury in medicine 42:04
  14. Bringing back joy and whimsy in medical school - Medics Comedy Revues 36:17
  15. The £100k Question: Is Medical School Still Worth It? 41:02
  16. Is the spectre of the GMC silencing the next generation of medics? 42:17
  17. Is there a universal medical school experience? - 150th Episode! 41:08
  18. Does medical jargon follow you home? 29:25
  19. How do we describe medical experiences to others? - Christmas Episode 35:45
  20. Navigating medicine when you're deaf or hard of hearing 36:36
  21. How to avoid the 'Surgical Scaries' 44:11
  22. Dissection Horror Stories - Halloween Episode 33:48
  23. Practicing creative writing to be a better doctor 42:01
  24. Re-release: Reasons to be hopeful 44:06
  25. Re-release: Anxiety 38:22
  26. Re-release: Is there room for creativity in medicine? 48:00
  27. How to get into medical school 45:44
  28. Implicit and explicit bias in medical school 46:56
  29. How do doctors cope with death? Part 2 38:19
  30. How do doctors cope with death? Part 1 41:32
  31. PassMed or perish 42:12
  32. From scrubs to the stage: indie rock and medicine - with GULZ 33:31
  33. Yes, medical school is still racist and misogynistic - with Annabel Sowemimo 41:36
  34. Medical school and widening participation 45:46
  35. Let's talk about sex: how to take a good sexual history - with Naomi Sutton 44:46
  36. The cult of medicine - with Sam Jahara 41:17
  37. What they won't teach you at medical - with Maddy Lucy Dann 45:40
  38. What is professionalism? 45:04
  39. We all make mistakes 49:49
  40. Doctors' dating dilemmas 41:34
  41. ”It’s giving...CAP” 46:10
  42. How do we cope when a family member is unwell? 40:58
  43. The OSCE Horror Show 42:14
  44. Taking time out of medicine 39:22
  45. If you can see it, you can be it 39:55
  46. Religion at Medical School 41:41
  47. Re-release: The dating life of new doctors 43:29
  48. Can we debrief? 34:17
  49. Inbound medical students 43:32
  50. Spark trans joy, not discomfort 37:45