Professor Ciaran O'Boyle is a Professor of Psychology at the RCSI and is the Founding Director of the RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences (formerly the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health). He is also the Founding Director of the RCSI Institute of Leadership. Professor Ciaran O'Boyle joins Professor Denis Harkin in the final episode of series two of Professionalism Matters podcast. Together they discuss Workplace Leadership in Healthcare.

Eric Clarke is a lecturer in health informatics in the Department of Medical Professionalism at RCSI. Orla Keegan is Head of Education and Bereavement Services at Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF). In this episode, they have an informative discussion on Death, Dying and Bereavement with Professor Denis Harkin.

Jan Illing is Professor of Health Professions Education and Director of the Health Professions Education Centre at RCSI. In this episode Professor Jan Illing and Professor Denis Harkin discuss Workplace Bullying in Healthcare.

In this episode Professor Denis Harkin and Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh discuss Coaching for Wellbeing. Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh is an academic, consultant and executive coach. He is Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Ireland).

 For our first episode in Professionalism Matters series two, Professor Denis Harkin speaks with Professor Eva Doherty, Director of Human Factors in Patient Safety, RCSI. Together they have a discussion on Human Factors in Patient Safety.

Dr Shaista Salman is a lecturer in Professionalism in RCSI Bahrain. Shaista started as clinician specialising in Radiology and before going on to be an academic and completing her PhD, titled ‘Development, validation and evaluation of Medical Education e-Professionalism Framework’. Listen in for a conversation between Dr Salman and Professor Harkin around the many interesting and important aspects of professionalism online.

This week Professor Colin West, has a discussion with Professor Denis Harkin on the important topic of Burnout. Professor West is a physician and researcher and an expert in physician wellbeing. He is currently a Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Statistics at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Together they discuss burnout, personal wellbeing and MVP (meaning, values and purpose).

Dr Suzanne Crowe is an anaesthesiologist, an intensivist, an associate professor in paediatrics and is current president of the Irish Medical Council. For this week’s episode Professor Harkin has a discussion with Dr Crowe around advocacy. Together they discuss the right and accessibility to quality healthcare, protection of the vulnerable and empowerment of the disadvantaged.

Professor Pat Dolan holds the prestigious UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth & Civic Engagement, the first in the Republic of Ireland. He has completed an extensive body of research on family issues and co-edited the book Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland. Professor Dolan and Professor Harkin have an informative discussion on the valuable topic of empathy.

Unprofessionalism can be understood as behaviours below or contrary to the standards expected of the medical professionalism. In this episode, Professor Denis Harkin speaks with Professor Joanna Westbrook, Director for Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research at the Institution of Health Innovation at Macquaire University, Sydney, Australia. Together they discuss unprofessionalism along with the effects of information and communication technology in healthcare. 

Welcome to Professionalism Matters! For our first episode Professor Denis Harkin speaks with Dr Henry Marsh CBE, senior consultant neurosurgeon, pioneer of neurosurgery advances in Ukraine and author. Together they have an enlightening discussion on the principle, ‘First, Do No Harm’, where Dr Marsh shares some very honest reflections on his extensive career as a surgeon.

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