Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
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Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
Social Media
Website: https://irishthoracicsociety.com/
X/Twitter: irishthoracicS
LinkedIn: Irish Thoracic Society
Instagram: Irishthoracicsociety
Inspire: Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald with the insight scoop into the new HSE Integrated Care Model (Part 1)
Irish Thoracic Society Podcast Productions
27 minutes
10 months ago
Inspire: Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald with the insight scoop into the new HSE Integrated Care Model (Part 1)
Description
In our first episode of 2025 we speak to Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald, Consultant Respiratory Physician in Tallaght University Hospital. Deirdre splits her time between a tertiary hospital and community integrated care hub. In this episode she talks us through the integrated care model, setting up a pleural and new innovations she has brought into all aspects of her practice.
Chapters
00.42 Introduction to Dr Deirdre Fitzgerald
01.33 Career path in Ireland
03.30 Fellowship in Perth, Australia
08.30 New consultant life
12.12 Management skills
15.20 Setting up a service
17.15 The community integrated care program
21.45 HSE Community hubs
22.10 Innovation in healthcare
24.48 Top tips for trainees
Show notes
Integrated care overview: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/icp/
A guide for referral to Integrated care specialist services: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/icp/chronic-disease/a-guide-for-referral-of-patients-to-the-chronic-disease-ambulatory-care-hub-services.pdf
Innovations: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/our-health-service/making-it- better/deirdre-seeks-to-improve-patient-care-through-innovation-at-tallaght-hospital.html
Handheld ultrasound devices: https://www.butterflynetwork.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorQlIy9yP57vpTcQsFn7745-VmB6MwFdTvTd0WGSXMigfj32SvQ
Lumen: https://lumen5.com/user/marissaocallaghan/untitled-video-qees0/
Irish Thoracic Society Podcast Productions
Breath work
A Respiratory Medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up-to-date with the constantly evolving world of the lung. Every month we speak with respiratory experts on their areas of special interest.
Our goal is to provide YOU with interactive and easy to listen to clinical updates. We will cover presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics and treatments but also new and exciting changes coming down the line. Delivered at a time convenient to you in 20-30 minute episodes.
Inspire
Meet your Respiratory Medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. There are now more people than ever working in the respiratory medicine sphere. In this podcast we speak to Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more. We learn about their career paths to date, how they have achieved such success and advice for others hoping to follow suit. Some of these discussions are profession specific, but much of the advice is applicable to anyone trying to progress in their career.
Social Media
Website: https://irishthoracicsociety.com/
X/Twitter: irishthoracicS
LinkedIn: Irish Thoracic Society
Instagram: Irishthoracicsociety
