The Theatre: Surgical Learning and Innovation Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In our exciting return, we sat down with José Martínez, an emergency department research nurse, who after a traumatic cycling accident found himself in his workplace hospital as a trauma patient. Offering insights into the emotional and physical challenges healthcare professionals face when the roles are reversed, Josés story is a testament of strength, vulnerability, and the intricate connections between our professional and personal lives. Tune in for an inspiring conversation that explores the profound resilience required to heal both physically and mentally.

Guest: José Martínez

José Martínez qualified as a nurse at the Balearic Islands University. He moved to the UK in 2012 where he has spent over 10 years working in the emergency department at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Following his accident, he has shown a great interest on patient experience in trauma, delivering speeches in conferences in Oxford, London, Las Vegas amongothers. 

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Hosted by: Andrea Pearson

Produced by: Andrea Pearson

Welcome back to The Theatre, the podcast for the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The Theatre is an ongoing conversation on surgery and surgical training featuring practitioners from around the world, with discussions ranging from DEI, culture and environment, leadership, innovation, learning and professional development.

We are thrilled to be back, bringing you brand new episodes with topics from both inside and outside the surgical theatre. Look forward to monthly episodes coming soon and as always, thank you for listening.

Produced by: Andrea Pearson

We would love to hear from you so please do reach out to us on social media, or email us at podcasts@rcseng.ac.uk

For more information on RCS England please visit our website: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/

Despite advances in the field of sexual health medicine in recent years, there remain persistent myths and misconceptions, both amongst the general public, as well as between medical professionals who do not specialise in this area. Indeed, the stigmas surrounding conditions such as HIV and syphilis may have repercussions for patient care if health practitioners are unable to properly administer these patients as a result of poor information. This series of discussions, featuring colorectal surgeon and Women in Surgery Chair, Tamzin Cuming, and sexual health physician Diarmuid Nugent, aims to provide surgeons with some basic information on the subject so that they may confidently treat patients in their surgical clinics when these conditions and issues may be relevant. 

The first episode in this series will discuss recent advances in HIV medicine, such as PrEP and U=U, and how these developments have changed the way healthcare professionals treat patients living with HIV. Listeners are encouraged to describe how these concepts may impact their own clinical practice, recognise when it may be appropriate to test for HIV in the surgical clinic and discuss the evolving language in this area, noting why some terms may contribute to stigma.

The authority gap between men and other genders in surgery will perhaps take years to equilibrate, but is this gap getting wider with more women of colour entering surgical specialities? Is it natural for men to automatically assign women in surgery to the roles of a scrub nurse, a translator, a scribe, or a receptionist? The podcast features the hurdles that women of colour experience in the workplace and how they reclaim their roles as surgeons.

Over the last three years Chris Lewis and James Tomlinson have developed a new surgical boot camp for ST3 trauma and orthopaedic trainees at their trust in Yorkshire, focusing on leadership, professionalism, and the complexities of the registrar role, with an aim towards getting the most from the surgical team around them in the pursuit of outstanding patient care. The sessions have been delivered by trainees who have undertaken formal leadership fellowships, developing the skills of both those attending the bootcamp as well as those delivering it. 

Today, Chris and James are joined by Vivek Balachandar and Erin Demoulin to discuss the evolution of the bootcamp and the lessons learned from its implementation.

As always, opinions expressed on this podcast are the speakers' own and do not necessarily reflect the official views of RCS England.

This is a re-release of the first episode of our four-part series on LGBTQ+ people in surgery. We're bringing this episode to the top of the list again, because we are hosting a conference event for LGBTQ+ surgeons on the 25th of March, both in person at the RCS England building in London, as well as online. It is an all-day event, with plenty of speakers and opportunities for networking. For more information on the event, including how to buy tickets, can be found here. 

In this episode, Upper GI trainees Aya Musbahi and Salman Ahmed consider the concept of ethical leadership and what this means for surgeons striving to embed ethical practices within the structures of the modern health service. This conversation is the first instalment of an ongoing discussion between Aya and Salman on these themes, which we will return to at various points throughout the year. Here, the concept of ethical leadership and its associated challenges will be introduced with a view to encouraging listeners to consider how these concepts may embedded into their own practice. Future episodes on this subject will elaborate the concepts discussed here in a variety of contexts and practical applications.

Welcome back to the Theatre for 2022!

In this episode, consultant vascular surgeon Ginny Bowbrick meets with consultant ENT surgeon Ekpemi Irune to discuss the flawed nature of the term “imposter syndrome” and how this concept, in addition to being poorly defined and widely misunderstood, can be linked to broader issues surrounding confidence, belonging and emotional safety.

Through this conversation, we invite our listeners to consider how confidence is acquired and how it is presented, how confidence is often a product of environment rather than of individual character, and what factors may be present in the workplace that may contribute to a lack of confidence. In doing so, we hope to demystify some of these concepts and reinforce the notion that no one facing issues of confidence is ever alone, particularly in working environments that do not foster a healthy sense of inclusion.

This is the second of a two-part discussion on the shared theatre environment, featuring a panel of both surgeons and anaesthetists reaching across the curtain to reflect on the cultural similarities and differences between two specialties that can often seem divided despite working mere feet apart. Following from the previous discussion on theatre culture, this episode will focus on the differences in training cultures between the two specialities.

These episodes are presented by anaesthetic consultant Deirdre Conway, orthopaedic ST3 Karen Chui, anaesthetic ST5 Stuart Edwardson and CT1 surgical trainee Karishma Shah.

This is the last episode of the Theatre for 2021! We will return in the New Year with more dispatches from the world of surgical innovation.

This is the first of a two-part discussion on the shared theatre environment, featuring a panel of both surgeons and anaesthetists reaching across the curtain to reflect on the cultural similarities and differences between two specialties that can often seem divided despite working mere feet apart.

These episodes are presented by orthopaedic ST3 Karen Chui, anaesthetic consultant Deirdre Conway, anaesthetic registrar Stuart Edwardson and orthopaedic CT1 surgical trainee Karishma Shah. This episode focuses on shared theatre culture, while the second part revolves around the distinct training cultures of each specialty. Our panel will return in two weeks’ time for the second part of the discussion on training culture.