I have written an Editorial for the Palliative Medicine journal about the unrealised potential of palliative care telehealth. In the Editorial, I discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with telehealth; I also describe the next steps needed for research to evaluate palliative care telehealth.
I have also recorded a podcast to summarise the Ediorial. The article and podcast are freely available from the links below:
I was delighted to be invited to write a guest blog for the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) website, about my role in developing podcasts for ‘Palliative Medicine’ in my role Digital Editor for the journal.
The full blog post can be found here:
Learning through listening EAPC guest blog
How to access the ‘SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care’ podcasts
I am currently the Digital Editor of the Palliative Medicine journal (the world’s highest ranked journal, peer reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to improving knowledge and clinical practice in the palliative care of patients with far advanced disease: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pmj ). In this role I lead the development of podcasts to enable dissemination of the journals’ work to a wider audience. Essentially this work follows on from my foray into the podcast world through my AmiPal podcasts (https://soundcloud.com/mypal), which are podcasts about palliative care, technology and innovation.
On the 14th June I was delighted to present a poster about the development of these Palliative Medicine podcasts at the 2017 North West Annual Medical Leadership and Management Conference which took place in the AJ Bell stadium. The poster featured some initial data on the popularity of the podcasts and some download data. Essentially the podcasts are doing very well with many authors getting into the process of recording podcasts which have been well received.
A link to the ‘SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care’ podcasts can be found through the Palliative Medicine site here: http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pmj/podcasts
You can subscribe to the podcasts from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/sage-palliative-medicine-chronic/id1179036261?mt=2
The podcasts are available from most podcast app services by simply searching for ‘Palliative Medicine’. However, if you need the RSS feed to subscribe to can do find that here: http://sagepalliativemedicine.sage-publications.libsynpro.com/rss
If you’re an author of a paper published in Palliative Medicine are interested in recording a podcast, please feel free to contact me.
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.
spcare.bmj.com/content/early/201…bab6-eab94e775c39
Edison Research. The podcast consumer 2015. Website of Edison Research 2015.www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2015/.
Davidson L. How Serial shook up the podcasting industry. Website of the Telegraph 2015.www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbys…g-industry.html.
Sinclair C. Palliative Care Podcasts. Website of Pallimed 2015.
www.pallimed.org/2015/05/palliati…re-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.
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)
www.comscore.com/Insights/Blog/Nu…-Only-in-the-U.S
Tommy Helgevold. Build a radio in less than 1 minute
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zzmi_Kno4w
AmiPal – SoundCloud: @mypal
AmiPal – Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mypal-te…-palliative-care
AmiPal – TuneIn: tunein.com/radio/AmiPal-Palliative-Care-p837382/
AmiPal – Acast: www.acast.com/amipal
Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds
www.audacityteam.org/
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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
spcare.bmj.com/content/early/201…-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: www.researchgate.net/publication/23…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)
www.apcrc.nhs.uk/governance/is_it_research.htm
NRES Defining Research leaflet.
www.hra.nhs.uk/documents/2013/09…ning-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.
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
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19808244
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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.
blogs.bmj.com/bmj-journals-devel…ity-in-healthcare/
What can Oculus Rift do for healthcare?Mike Miliard. HealthcareIT news 2014.
www.healthcareitnews.com/news/what-ca…o-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.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art…ony-wounds.html
IS VR CHANGING HEALTHCARE?
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.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762804/
Virtual reality for the palliative care of cancer. Oyama 1997
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10175345
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Hello everyone
As of today the MyPal podcast has been rebranded as AmiPal!
The content is still the same. It’s the only episodic podcast series about Palliative Care, technology, research and innovation.
The weblink for the podcast is the same:
However, the podcast also has it’s own webpage, which is now another way to access content:
Please stay posted to find out exciting developments for the content!
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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Amara Nwosu 