The Clinician's Survival Guide
Do you struggle with practical aspects of working as a clinician, such as finding the right job, time-keeping, inefficient systems and medico-legal risk?
This podcast is about addressing these issues: Every Tuesday, in under 15 minutes, we take-on a topic and discuss it's implications. We then explore what you, as a working clinician, should do about it.
The Clinician's Survival Guide is about making you as efficient as possible, and helping you find practical solutions to the challenges you face.
It's time you had a more fulfilling career as a clinician.
Episodes
38 episodes
Coping with a broken referral system
We're producing this episode because the process of making a referral and having the patient seen and managed isn't as smooth as might be, and clinicians aren't sure what to do about it.
Dumping of Work onto Primary Care!
This episode addresses the issue of work being dumped onto GP practices by secondary care, and how individual clinicians should respond.
Why you should subspecialise
This episode covers the debatable topic of whether clinicians working in primary care should subspecialise. Munir Adam asserts that, whilst holding steadfast onto the all-important generalist role, there are multiple reasons for als...
AI 7/7: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
This is the 7th and final episode of the AI mini-series. Previous episodes explored some of the ways in which AI is being used in healthcare in the UK, some of the work that is underway and potential future uses, and in the last e...
AI 6/7: AI Implementation: Ethical and Practical considerations
Having discussed some of the incredible potential of AI for the various uses in healthcare in the NHS, one must be mindful that just as no medicine is without potential side effects, AI too cannot be adopted without careful scrutiny.Wha...
AI 5/7: Using AI for Education, Training & Research
Artificial Intelligence is being used increasingly for education, training and research purposes, able to serve as an incredible companion. As we move into 2025 we resume the 7 part AI mini-series. You may wish to listen bac...
Looking forward to 2025: What lies ahead for Clinicians?
When you think about 2025, what do you expect the year to be like for you, the frontline clinician?Having looked back at 2024 and some of its challenges in the last episode, this episode looked forward and includes thoughts from the mul...
Looking back at Clinician's Challenges in 2024
As a clinician, when you think back to 2024, what thoughts come to mind?We take a two-week break from the AI series, and reflect back to 2024 and, in the next episode, look forward onto 2025. This episode of The Clinician's...
AI 4/7: Letting AI do your documentation and your admin work
Sit back and have that conversation with the patient, while AI takes care of taking notes. Amazing, right? We take a closer look at the pros and cons of using some of the options out there, such as Tortus and Heidi.Also in t...
AI 3/7: Chronic disease, Mental Health and using Generative AI
The Artificial Intelligence for Clinician's series continues and this episode focuses on the management of chronic disease and mental health. What tool has NHS England been reviewing and utilising in some healthcare settings and f...
AI 2/7: What AI is doing to diagnose and predict diseases
This episode of The Clinician's Survival Guide provides an overview of some of the AI tools that are used to make diagnoses and predict future and upcoming disease! Some of these tools are readily available to anyone, others to a selected...
AI 1/7: Why Clinician's must not ignore Artificial Intelligence
This episode is the start of a mini-series looking at AI in healthcare, with a focus on information that Clinicians should know. Series outline:Introduction - overview, why it matters, examplesAI tools for Dx and Mx (sympt...
The Problem of Over-Investigating Patients
Do you believe that we tend to over-investigate patients? Request tests that we know aren't indicated? If so, why is that, why does it matter, and what should we do about it?The Clinician's Survival Guide is about helping yo...
Dealing with Challenging Fit Note requests
This episode briefly summarises the rules regarding fit notes, but then focuses on the challenge of dealing with fit note requests from patients - something that causes feelings of despair in many clinicians. Reference:
Protecting the Generalist Role
This is the second part of a two-part discussion about the Generalist clinician role - a role that many believe is under threat. This second part covers what individual clinicians can do to help protect the Generalist role.
Is the Generalist Role Under Threat
The role of the Generalist clinician typically refers to GPs, although it can also refer to Physician Associates, Nurse Practitioners and others in Primary Care and, to some extent, to Generalists in Secondary care, such as Geriatricians and pa...
The Clinician's Survival Guide: Recap Episodes 12-19
The purpose of this episode is to briefly revisit episodes 12 to 19 to allow listeners to consider:Important and relevant information that was covered in episodes 12-19The need to re-listen to any of those episodes...
Tricky encounters: Managing Eczema patients
In this episode of The Clinician's Survival Guide we consider some of the challenges, and potential approaches for dealing with patients by anchoring the conversation onto a clinical condition. This is a new approach which we hope will m...
Educational events: How to Get the Most out of Them
So you decide you will attend an educational event. But how do you make the most of it? This episode follows on from the previous one which discussed whether to attend an event. This episode discusses things you should conside...
Educational events: Should You Attend?
How good are you at getting it right when deciding whether to attend an educational event? An Educational Event is coming up. Don't just go because it's happening. Don't just go 'in case you miss something'. Your time is...
Keeping Active in the Workplace: Strategies for Clinicians
How physically active are you at work, and is work contributing to your health or illness?In this episode of The Clinician's Survival Guide we explore:That this is certainly a problem amongst doctors and other clinicians.
Managing the Demanding Patient
If you've been a clinician for any significant period of time, you will know exactly what I mean when I refer to the demanding patient. But how much time have you spend discussing how to manage one?This episode of The Clinician's...
7 ways Clinician's Can Prevent Complaints
This episode is about what YOU should do to protect yourself from receiving patient complaints. Complaints are an unpleasant reality of working as a clinician. Whilst they may serve important functions, they are not a nice e...
The Clinician's Guide to Dealing with a Patient Complaint
Whether you're unfortunately enough to be dealing with a complaint made against you, you fear a complaint might be forthcoming, or you just want to be prepared for when that happens to you, this episode will help you. In this seco...