Most doctors speak to the public in individual consultations every day. But communicating about medicine to a wider audience is a different skill set altogether. In this series, Martin McKee, a professor of public health and the 2022-23 president of the BMA, talks to doctors and others related to medicine who have successfully taken their medical knowledge to the public in creative ways.
New episodes come out every Tuesday until 26 September. Our cast of amazing guests includes Rachel Clarke, Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, Phil Hammond, Alice Roberts, Ben Goldacre, and more. Follow us wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode.
The interviewees on this podcast are just a selection of those who communicate medicine in fantastic ways. To join the conversation on social media and tell us about doctors whose communication skills inspired you, tag @TheBMA on Twitter and Instagram, and use #InspiringDoctors. For more information visit: bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors
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Most doctors speak to the public in individual consultations every day. But communicating about medicine to a wider audience is a different skill set altogether. In this series, Martin McKee, a professor of public health and the 2022-23 president of the BMA, talks to doctors and others related to medicine who have successfully taken their medical knowledge to the public in creative ways.
New episodes come out every Tuesday until 26 September. Our cast of amazing guests includes Rachel Clarke, Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, Phil Hammond, Alice Roberts, Ben Goldacre, and more. Follow us wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode.
The interviewees on this podcast are just a selection of those who communicate medicine in fantastic ways. To join the conversation on social media and tell us about doctors whose communication skills inspired you, tag @TheBMA on Twitter and Instagram, and use #InspiringDoctors. For more information visit: bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors
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In this episode, Martin speaks to Ian Fussell, a Professor and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Exeter – and once GP partner. He talks to Martin about combining science with poetry and storytelling at the COP26 and COP27 climate change conferences, making a music album about the climate crisis, using humanities in undergraduate medical education, and the importance of trust.
Episode transcript available at bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors
You can find information on Exeter as a City of Literature at www.exetercityofliterature.com/
The One Chance Left album can be found on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3PlIBR9
The two poems mentioned are Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins, available at: poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/37695/forgetfulness
And In The Theatre, by Dannie Abse, available at: poetryfoundation.org/poems/48469/in-the-theatre ; with a reading by the author at: poetrystation.org.uk/poems/in-the-theatre
The interviewees on this podcast are just a selection of those who communicate medicine in fantastic ways. To join the conversation on social media and tell us about doctors whose communication skills inspired you, tag @TheBMA on Twitter and Instagram, and use #InspiringDoctors. For more information visit: bma.org.uk/inspiringdoctors
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