AmiPal: Palliative Care AmiPal: Palliative Care

This episode of AmiPal is about the development of this podcast. I’ll discuss my paper which was recently published in BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care:

Use of podcast technology to facilitate education, communication and dissemination in palliative care: the development of the AmiPal podcast.
http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/31/bmjspcare-2016-001140.full?sid=0f2fff3a-9f6e-4c80-bab6-eab94e775c39


Edison Research. The podcast consumer 2015. Website of Edison Research 2015. http://www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2015/.

Davidson L. How Serial shook up the podcasting industry. Website of the Telegraph 2015. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11513025/How-Serial-shook-up-the-podcasting-industry.html.

Sinclair C. Palliative Care Podcasts. Website of Pallimed 2015.
http://www.pallimed.org/2015/05/palliative-care-podcasts.html.

Lin M, Thoma B, Trueger NS et al. Quality indicators for blogs and podcasts used in medical education: modified Delphi consensus recommendations by an international cohort of health professions educators. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2015;91(1080):546-50.
http://pmj.bmj.com/content/91/1080/546.long

Adam Lella. Number of Mobile-Only Internet Users Now Exceeds Desktop-Only in the U.S. (April 2015)
https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/Number-of-Mobile-Only-Internet-Users-Now-Exceeds-Desktop-Only-in-the-U.S

Tommy Helgevold. Build a radio in less than 1 minute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zzmi_Kno4w

AmiPal - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mypal
AmiPal - Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mypal-technology-innovation-palliative-care
AmiPal - TuneIn: http://tunein.com/radio/AmiPal-Palliative-Care-p837382/
AmiPal - Acast: https://www.acast.com/amipal

Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds
http://www.audacityteam.org/

Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal Media 2016.
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In this episode I provide an overview of the use of bioimpedance analysis to assess hydration over time in a patient with POEMS syndrome. This was published in the BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care journal and can be found through the link provided below.

Nwosu AC, Morris L, Mayland C, Mason S, Pettitt A, Ellershaw J.
Longitudinal bioimpedance assessments to evaluate hydration in POEMS syndrome. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000991
http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/28/bmjspcare-2015-000991.full

Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason S, Khodabukus AF, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Hydration in advanced cancer: can bioelectrical impedance analysis improve the evidence base? A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013; 46(3):433-446.e6
www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3…0499-X/abstract

Researchgate link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233826517_Hydration_in_Advanced_Cancer_Can_Bioelectrical_Impedance_Analysis_Improve_the_Evidence_Base_A_Systematic_Review_of_the_Literature

Nwosu AC, Mayland CR, Mason SR, Varro A, Ellershaw JE. Patients want to be involved in end-of-life care research. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2013, Dec;3(4):45.
spcare.bmj.com/content/early/201…13-000537.extract

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In this episode I will provide an overview between the differences between research, audit and service evaluation. This is important to distinguish as research studies require ethical approval before they commence, whereas the other project types do not.

Is your project research, evaluation or audit? (Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative website)
http://www.apcrc.nhs.uk/governance/is_it_research.htm

NRES Defining Research leaflet.
http://www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/2013/09/defining-research.pdf

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In this episode of AmiPal I talk with Dr Hannah Sammut (Renal Physician and Royal College of Physicians post-CCT fellow in Palliative Medicine) about the importance of palliative medicine and palliative care.



The prevalence of symptoms in end-stage renal disease: a systematic review. Murtagh FE et al. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2007 Jan;14(1):82-99.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17200048



Is maximum conservative management an equivalent treatment option to dialysis for elderly patients with significant comorbid disease?Carson RC et al.Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Oct;4(10):1611-9. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00510109
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19808244


AmiPal and it's content is copyright of Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2016. www.amaranwosu.com

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In this episode of MyPal I discuss the potential uses of virtual reality (VR) in healthcare and what this may mean for palliative care.

Beyond gaming: virtual reality in healthcare. Claire Bower. BMJ Blogs 2014.
http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj-journals-development-blog/2014/03/27/beyond-gaming-virtual-reality-in-healthcare/

What can Oculus Rift do for healthcare?Mike Miliard. HealthcareIT news 2014.
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-can-oculus-rift-do-healthcare

The future of pain relief? Dutch burns unit trialling new virtual reality computer system that distracts patients from the agony of their wounds. Paul Donnelly, Daily Mail 9th Aug 2014.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2720712/The-future-pain-relief-Dutch-burns-unit-trialling-new-virtual-reality-computer-distracts-patients-agony-wounds.html

IS VR CHANGING HEALTHCARE?
http://weareformation.com/is-vr-changing-healthcare/

A Survey of Health-Related Activities on Second Life. Leslie Beard et al. J Med Internet Res. 2009 Apr-Jun; 11(2): e17.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762804/

Virtual reality for the palliative care of cancer. Oyama 1997
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10175345

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Photo by Jordi Boixareu
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In this episode of MyPal I interview Dr Laura Chapman (Palliative Medicine Consultant and Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine in Health Education North West- Mersey) and Dr Daniel Monney (Specility Trainee in Palliative Medicine) about the Eportfolios' Case Based Discussion (CBD) supervised learning events (SLEs). We discuss practical tips for educational supervisors to help conduct these SLEs.

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