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. www.amaranwosu.com twitter.com/amaranwosu Music by Bensound www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

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 Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal Media 2016. www.amaranwosu.com https://twitter.com/amaranwosu Music by Bensound www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

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 Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal Media 2016. www.amaranwosu.com Music by Purple Planet http://www.purple-planet.com

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 Music by Bensound www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

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 Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal Media 2016. www.amaranwosu.com Music by Purple Planet http://www.purple-planet.com Photo by Jordi Boixareu https://www.flickr.com/photos/jobopa/16696929145/in/photolist-rrs8jH-rrs8mM-3MDfx-qKnTu4-rGanMp-b9mcPi-rpHzg8-rpB6SJ-kSPP9-bi5sXZ-rGatMF-rpHwT2-u74s5N-rGarCk-oAL3wY-6bRG9s-uoDHj8-saUyek-r7ATWe-Q2c6b-n7C2b-6bMx48-72SPhm-oWS4dH-tpyDhR-qrZC-wFc2p5-pcoahT-qrZy-trCizL-oMvrvF-bi5s4a-4XAPsx-rpacFf-riz3TM-pendcM-yNhwvM-iqg34e-w1W2Zr-cLEPq7-a1YL7s-qUsiSS-5V44RG-qUE9Bx-ryZR18-ryTgFf-ryTfNJ-4TkycL-49wC8u-4HYWqe