Surgical Grand Rounds Lectures

Sep 05 2016 7 ep. 44 mins 1.9k

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The Surgical Grand Rounds, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, are the key educational meetings for consultants, juniors and medical students. Presentations revolve around clinical cases and are followed by lively, educational discussion. These podcasts are brought to you by the Oxford University Medical Education Fellows.

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Surgery for advanced rectal cancer – crossing the boundaries

Sep 05 2016 47 mins

Mr Richard Guy and Mr Bobby Bloemendaal discuss surgery for advanced rectal cancer. Mr Guy is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Mr Bloemendaal is a Senior Clinical Fellow in the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses

Safer surgical services and human factors: two steps forward…

Sep 05 2016 43 mins

Professor Peter McCulloch, Dr Lauren Morgan and Ms Lorna Flynn discuss patient safety and the work of the Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit (QRSTU). Dr Morgan is Lecturer and Researcher in Human Factors, Ms Flynn is a Human Factors Research Assistant, and Professor McCulloch is Professor of Surgical Science and Practice, and head of the QRSTU at the Nuffield Department

Rare events – unavoidable challenges and lessons to be learned

Sep 05 2016 44 mins

Mr Radu Mihai and Dr Peter Hambly give a talk about rare/never events in surgery. Treating rare diseases raise the challenge of minimal previous exposure to similar operations. Defining a learning curve is therefore controversial as many such 'events' seem to occur in clusters. Similarly, rare complications might occur in 'clusters' hence the response to rare/never events should be

Non-technical skills for surgeons: a hard time for soft skills

Sep 05 2016 47 mins

Professor George Youngson CBE discusses the non-technical skills (cognitive and social) that surgeons need in order to perform safely in the operating theatre. Professor Youngson is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Aberdeen. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.

Pre-hospital emergency medicine – recent developments and top tips for the first on scene

Sep 05 2016 43 mins

Lt Col Ross Moy talks about the recent developments in pre-hospital emergency medicine and gives his top tips for the first on scene. Lt Col Moy is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the British Army and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He also works with the Thames Valley Air Ambulance as a Pre-Hospital Care Physician. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Com

HIV positive to positive transplantation: changing practices around the world

Aug 09 2016 38 mins

Dr Elmi Muller talks about HIV positive donors for HIV positive recipients and changing transplant practices around the world. Dr Muller is a general surgeon and is the head of the transplantation service at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. She joined the Transplantation Research Immunology Group at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences for three months unt

Reflections on a retained swab Never Event in Churchill Theatres

Aug 09 2016 48 mins

Dr Clare Dollery describes a retained swab Never Event that happened in the Churchill Hospital and reflects on how we respond and learn from it. Dr Dollery is Deputy Medical Director at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and chairs the Trust’s Clinical Governance Committee which is a sub-committee of the Trust Management Executive. She has worked as a consultant card