About Rosie Dr. Rosie Riley is a Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur based in London. She is the Founder and CEO of VITA Training which delivers “bespoke, evidence-based training packages designed to equip healthcare professionals to identify, support and refer potential victims of modern-day slavery, whilst acting safely and appropriately during a […]
My Mental Toughness Manifesto – The Talk
I recently spoke at the fantastic AGN 2018 conference in Graz, Austria. My talk was a slightly modified version of “My Mental Toughness Manifesto”. The talk was live streamed, and a youtube video has since been uploaded (see above). It’s been quite a journey getting to this point. The blog posts, podcasts and talks I’ve […]
PonderMed #3: Nick Adkins, creator of #pinksocks
About Nick Nick Adkins is a healthcare executive and serial healthcare entrepreneur from Nashville, Tennessee. He is the creator of the exponentially growing #pinksocks movement. #pinksocks is a global community trying to the positively affect the world, largely through a variety of missions within healthcare and #digitalhealth. Nick used to wear a suit and tie to […]
Simulation Training in Virtual Reality
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how new technology will affect my life as an ED doctor. It’s 2018, and the un-ignorable hype surrounding #MedTech is reaching fever pitch. In my opinion, the big players are machine learning, telemedicine, and virtual reality (VR). Their impact promises to be unprecedented across the spectrum of medical environments, […]
Procedural Distraction in the Paediatric ED: Time for Virtual Reality? (info/references from talk at CSG meeting)
During my six months working in the paediatric emergency department, I’ve noticed that the vast majority of young children are petrified of needles. A huge amount is at stake when a child requires an intravenous cannula. If the procedure is unsuccessful: It increases the time prior to administration of treatment (like IV antibiotics). It means subjecting […]
PonderMed #2: Professor Tony Young, NHS innovator-in-chief
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PonderMed #1: Keith Grimes “The VR Doctor”
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5971049/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/c8243c/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”] Want more of Dr. Grimes? Find him on twitter – @keithgrimes Read his blog Listen to his ‘Curistica’ podcast Join his VR Facebook community – ‘VR Doctors’ The ‘5 ways’ of using VR in healthcare Procedural distraction Novel therapeutic modality An evidence-base is building in chronic pain management, and watch this […]
