Great morning recording with @Ponder_Med, talking about #MedEd, #HammerItOut and all sorts. Absolutely worth a listen, so watch this space. pic.twitter.com/NtLaibBJoU — Simon Fleming 🔨 (@OrthopodReg) October 26, 2018 About Simon Simon Flemming is a senior orthopaedics trainee and former President of the British Orthopaedics Trainee Association (BOTA). He is currently working on his Medical […]
PonderMed #6: Dr. Liz O’Riordan. Breast Surgeon with Breast Cancer
About Liz Dr. Liz O’Riordan is a Consultant Breast Surgeon. In July 2015 she was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at the age of 40. She started a blog after her diagnosis to document her experiences as a patient. The blog has become a hugely popular (and award-winning) resource, paving the way for a “Woman […]
PonderMed #5: Dr. Adnan Raja. Clinician and filmmaker
About Adnan Adnan is a junior doctor and medical film producer. He is the producer of Nora, a film that premiered at the BFI IMAX cinema as part of TEDxNHS 2018. The film is set to be shown at several international film festivals over the course of the next year. He is an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur […]
PonderMed #4: Dr. Rosie Riley. Frontline healthcare and human trafficking
About Rosie Dr. Rosie Riley is a Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur based in London. She is the Founder and CEO of VITA Training which delivers “bespoke, evidence-based training packages designed to equip healthcare professionals to identify, support and refer potential victims of modern-day slavery, whilst acting safely and appropriately during a […]
My Mental Toughness Manifesto – The Talk
I recently spoke at the fantastic AGN 2018 conference in Graz, Austria. My talk was a slightly modified version of “My Mental Toughness Manifesto”. The talk was live streamed, and a youtube video has since been uploaded (see above). It’s been quite a journey getting to this point. The blog posts, podcasts and talks I’ve […]
PonderMed #3: Nick Adkins, creator of #pinksocks
 About Nick Nick Adkins is a healthcare executive and serial healthcare entrepreneur from Nashville, Tennessee. He is the creator of the exponentially growing #pinksocks movement. #pinksocks is a global community trying to the positively affect the world, largely through a variety of missions within healthcare and #digitalhealth. Nick used to wear a suit and tie to […]
Simulation Training in Virtual Reality
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how new technology will affect my life as an ED doctor. It’s 2018, and the un-ignorable hype surrounding #MedTech is reaching fever pitch. In my opinion, the big players are machine learning, telemedicine, and virtual reality (VR). Their impact promises to be unprecedented across the spectrum of medical environments, […]
