News

 

Palliative treatment of chronic breathlessness syndrome

 

https://www.nejm.org/vaping

 

A genuinely great conference and good update for physicians. Also some extra GIM points.

 

https://rcpmedicine.co.uk/2020/

 

Dear new ST3s,

 

Welcome to the South West Deanery.

I hope you have settled in your new jobs.

I just want to share some useful contacts:

• Training Programme Director for Respiratory Medicine: Dr Bip Patel  (Based at Exeter Hospital)
• Head of School of Medicine: Dr Helen Waters (Peninsula) & Dr Raghuram Ananthakrishnan (Severn)
• Associate Dean for Medicine: Dr Hui Lam
• Education programme Manager: Naomi Mallinson
• Education programme coordinator: Kayleigh Merry
• Trainee rep: Fraser Easton

 

I hope you find this website useful. Feel free to contact me with any ideas, thoughts or queries.

A presentation from the BTS Summer meeting 2019 – for those interested in research.

 

Navigating the routes to research

(presentation from the Respiratory futures website – https://www.respiratoryfutures.org.uk)

 

 

If you have ever struggled to explain the evidence behind an investigation or treatment to your patients, have a read!

Link to the paper below:

How to communicate evidence to patients