KUMEC Medical Education Podcasts

Mar 07 2024 43 ep. 23 mins
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The King’s Undergraduate Medical Education in The Community Teacher Development Team started off by creating short 10-15 minute podcasts on Hot Topics in Medical Education. As time has gone by, we’ve included some longer form conversations to listen to people’s stories and explore EDI and Social Justice issues in more depth. We hope you listen, enjoy and share! Please note the views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and the presenters as individuals and not representative of King’s College London

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Interprofessional Supervision with Dr John Launer

Mar 07 2024 21 mins  
This is John's second KUMEC podcast. In this 20 minute episode he suggests that all healthcare professionals should have supervision, formally or informally and should come to work with at least two hats on - one of which is as a supervisor. Rini Paul discusses with him the rise and benefits of interprofessional supervision and a simple fish bowl model to have these reflective disc

Valuing Neurodiversity in Healthcare Education and Training

Jan 10 2024 28 mins  
This episode is just under 30 mins long and Rini is in conversation with Dr Ashley Liew, a Consultant Paediatric Neuro Psychiatrist at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.  He has clinical and academic interests, as well as national leadership roles, in the mental health of children with neurodevelopmental conditions (Le

Supporting students and colleagues with a disability in the NHS, their communities and life

May 07 2023 19 mins  
In this 20 min episode Rini speaks to Dr Grace Spence Green, a junior doctor who sustained a spinal cord injury as a senior medical student and became a wheelchair user. Grace talks about her journey, tackling her own ableism, the importance of asking not assuming, representation and how we can begin to fill the dearth on disability teaching in healthcare education. There are so ma

Trans-People are Just Normal People - Health for All with Eva Echo

Nov 04 2022 28 mins  
Rini Paul (She/Her), a GP and Medical Educator at King’s College London interviews Eva Echo (She/They) Trans-Activist, Educator, Director of Birmingham Pride who also works with the Crown Prosecution Services. In this 28 min podcast Eva discusses their coming out journey, the challenges with accessing healthcare for transgender people and why she had to pay for some aspects of th

Experience Is The Best Stage 2 Teacher

Sep 01 2022 20 mins  
In this 19-minute podcast, Dr Laila Abdullah interviews her Teacher Devlopment co-Lead, Dr Rini Paul on her journey as a new tutor on the GP Stage 2 programme. Rini shares why she decided to take on a Stage 2 group, what she learnt and enjoyed about the role and reflects on her top tips, including how to help students keep on top of their assessments, getting to know your students

Student Schwartz Rounds at King’s

Jul 13 2022 16 mins  
In this 16 min podcast Rini speaks to Kaynath a final year nursing student about her experience of being a panellist at the KCL Students Discrimination and Diversity Schwartz Round. She shares a shocking and sad story of discrimination she experienced on a placement. The rounds are a pilot project where all healthcare faculty students at King’s College London – Dentistry, Medic

Digital Hyperconnectivity & Burnout; ’Technology and our Mental Health’

Apr 12 2022 13 mins  
In this short 15 min podcast we are resharing an Ed Talk from our Winter conference 2022 on Pandemic Identity Shifts. Hugely relevant too all, the conscious use of technology, the benefits and pitfalls as individuals, teams and for our patients. Our speaker was Dr Romayne Gadelrab (she/her) a Consultant Psychiatrist, and Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psyc

What Are We Assessing?

Feb 21 2022 18 mins  
In this 18 minute podcast Rini interviews Dr James Galloway, a Rheumatology Consultant and the King’s College London School of Medicine Lead for Assessments on how we assess our medical students, progress tests (the rationale), writing SBA (single best answer) questions and portfolios. We had a fascinating discussion on how the Medical School (and students) adapted to online and

How Do I Get a Job Like Yours?

Feb 07 2022 15 mins  
In this short 15 minute podcast, Rini brings together three current or previous KUMEC Teacher Development Leads to discuss their different pathways into Medical Education. Dr Kerry Boardman many of you may know already from her time at KUMEC is now as Associate Professor working in the Postgraduate Medical Education Team teaching their Masters Programme and Dr Laila Abdullah is the

Are We There Yet? Widening Participation in Medicine

Oct 21 2021 25 mins  
Rini (Dr Rini Paul) has been speaking to King’s College London (KCL) medical students and trying to elevate the voices of students who may not always have been heard. In this episode she finally gets to speak to an inspiring and joyful final year medical student James Frater, who has many other roles at King’s and beyond about his vision and relentless work to make access to in