About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 38 episodes
- Coping with a broken referral system · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 37Send a text 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…
- Dumping of Work onto Primary Care! · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 36Send a text This episode addresses the issue of work being dumped onto GP practices by secondary care, and how individual clinicians should respond. Updated, removing reference…
- Dealing with Trivial Presentations · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 35Send a text Updated, removing reference to social media, otherwise same Contact email: [email protected] Dr Munir Adam (Dr Munir Ali-Zubair) is the host, and leads the…
- Why you should subspecialise · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 34Send a text This episode covers the debatable topic of whether clinicians working in primary care should subspecialise. Munir Adam asserts that, whilst holding steadfast onto the…
- AI 7/7: The Future of Artificial Intelligence · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 33Send a text 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…
- AI 6/7: AI Implementation: Ethical and Practical considerations · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 32Send a text 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…
- AI 5/7: Using AI for Education, Training & Research · 15 minSend a text 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…
- Looking forward to 2025: What lies ahead for Clinicians? · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 30Send a text 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…
- Looking back at Clinician's Challenges in 2024 · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 29Send a text 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…
- AI 4/7: Letting AI do your documentation and your admin work · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 28Send a text 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…
- AI 3/7: Chronic disease, Mental Health and using Generative AI · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 27Send a text 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…
- AI 2/7: What AI is doing to diagnose and predict diseases · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 26Send a text 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!…
- AI 1/7: Why Clinician's must not ignore Artificial Intelligence · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 25Send a text 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…
- The Problem of Over-Investigating Patients · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 24Send a text 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…
- Dealing with Challenging Fit Note requests · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 23Send a text 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…
- Protecting the Generalist Role · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 22Send a text 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…
- Is the Generalist Role Under Threat · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 21Send a text 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…
- The Clinician's Survival Guide: Recap Episodes 12-19 · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 20Send a text 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…
- Tricky encounters: Managing Eczema patients · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 19Send a text 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…
- Educational events: How to Get the Most out of Them · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 18Send a text 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…
