AmiPal: Palliative Care

AmiPal: Palliative Care

AmiPal is a podcast about palliative care, technology, innovation and research. If you want to learn more about palliative care, hospice care, research, innovation and health technology - this podcast is for you! This podcast will be of interest to healthcare professionals and students with an interest in palliative medicine. The podcast is hosted by Dr Amara Nwosu MBChB, MRCP, PhD, who is a Academic Clinical Lecturer in palliative medicine in the University of Liverpool, UK. Come and join the conversation about these issues in a way you just might like. Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal media 2016. http://www.amaranwosu.com

  1. Use of podcasts to facilitate education, communication and dissemination in palliative care #22

    06.09.2016

    Use of podcasts to facilitate education, communication and dissemination in palliative care #22

    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

    4 Min.
  2. Assessing hydration in POEMS syndrome using bioimpedance analysis #21

    18.05.2016

    Assessing hydration in POEMS syndrome using bioimpedance analysis #21

    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

    4 Min.
  3. Virtual reality and palliative care #18

    14.02.2016

    Virtual reality and palliative care #18

    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

    6 Min.
  4. Social media and palliative care #15

    17.09.2015

    Social media and palliative care #15

    Dr Amara Nwosu discusses social media and palliative medicine. He focuses on his recent blog published on the EAPC website about his study about the use of Twitter to evaluate communication about palliative care on social media. ‘Social media and palliative medicine: a retrospective 2-year analysis of global Twitter data to evaluate the use of technology to communicate about issues at the end of life’ by Nwosu AC, Debattista M, Rooney C, et al published in BMJ supportive & palliative care2015;5(2):207-12. http://spcare.bmj.com/content/5/2/207 EAPC Blog - Social media and palliative medicine: An opportunity for community and professional engagement https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/social-media-and-palliative-medicine-an-opportunity-for-community-and-professional-engagement/ EAPC Blog: With great power comes great responsibility: Using Facebook to explain palliative care - Dr Leeroy William https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-using-facebook-to-explain-palliative-care/ Palliative Medicine Teaching - Facebook and Twitter https://www.facebook.com/PallMedEd https://twitter.com/PallMedEd E-Hospice: Discussion of palliative care on Twitter is largely positive, and increasing - Dr A Nwosu http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/12212/ E-Hospice: Harnessing social media to enhance hospice care #learnhospice http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/11617/ E-Hospice: Social media and palliative care http://www.ehospice.com/uk/Default/tabid/10697/ArticleId/10009/ Symplur and the Heathcare Hashtag project - Dr Mark Taubert http://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2015/08/16/symplur-and-the-heathcare-hashtag-project/?q=w_spcare_blog_sidetab Palliative social media - Mark Taubert et al http://spcare.bmj.com/content/4/1/13.abstract?sid=95d81aaf-38ce-4e34-943e-bce5b3763321 Why don't end-of-life conversations go viral? A review of videos on YouTube. Imogen Mitchell et al http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2015/07/16/bmjspcare-2014-000805.abstract?sid=16527997-aa5a-4ae7-be1a-bcbfa3a40024 Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com Music by Bensound http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

    4 Min.

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AmiPal is a podcast about palliative care, technology, innovation and research. If you want to learn more about palliative care, hospice care, research, innovation and health technology - this podcast is for you! This podcast will be of interest to healthcare professionals and students with an interest in palliative medicine. The podcast is hosted by Dr Amara Nwosu MBChB, MRCP, PhD, who is a Academic Clinical Lecturer in palliative medicine in the University of Liverpool, UK. Come and join the conversation about these issues in a way you just might like. Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal media 2016. http://www.amaranwosu.com