Amara Nwosu

MBCHB FRCP PhD CF SFHEA

Monthly Archives: June 2015


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MyPal podcast: Five apps that help my clinical-academic life – Episode 14

In this episode of MyPal I talk about five apps/web applications I use that help my daily life as a clinical academic.

The apps are:

1) Evernote / Google Keep / Onenote / Todoist
evernote.com/
www.google.com/keep/
www.onenote.com/
en.todoist.com/

2) Google Drive / Dropbox / Onedrive
www.google.co.uk/drive/
www.dropbox.com/
onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/

3) Feedly / Flipboard
feedly.com/
flipboard.com/

4)Pocket
getpocket.com

5) Twitter
twitter.com/

Other apps to mention:
If this then that (now know as IF or IFTTT)
ifttt.com/

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. Nwosu et al, BMJ Spcare.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183713

Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com

Music by ‘Year of the Fiery Horse’ (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse


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MyPal podcast: Wearable technology in healthcare – can palliative care benefit? Episode 13

Does wearable technology have a role in improving heath, monitoring fitness and helping deliver personalised medical therapies or is it just a fad which will disappear in time? In this episode of MyPal I discuss the potential wearable technology has for healthcare and also highlights the limitations of the current technology.

Wearable Devices as Facilitators, Not Drivers, of Health Behavior Change by Mitesh S. Patel et al (JAMA)

jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?a…icleid=2089651

Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com

Music by ‘Year of the Fiery Horse’ (YOTFH). Soundcloud link: @year-of-the-fiery-horse


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Coming full circle: Thoughts on winning the European Association for Palliative Care Early Researcher Award

Last month I received joint 3rd place for the Early Research Award of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) at their 14th World Congress in Copenhagen. I have written a blog about my reflections of winning this award which can be found through the following link.

 https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/coming-full-circle-thoughts-on-winning-the-european-association-for-palliative-care-early-researcher-award/