| Effective learning from serious incidents |
Dr Helen Higham delivers a talk on the human factors approach to incident analysis. |
Helen Higham |
11 February, 2020 |
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| Image Consciousness in the Emergency Department - Developing and Evaluating Novel Radiological Pathways and Technologies in the Acute Healthcare Setting |
A brief portfolio of four distinct projects - scaphoid injuries, blunt chest trauma in the elderly, acute gallstone disease, and a mobile x-ray machine with embedded AI technology. |
Alex Novak, Lois Brand, Phil Hormbrey |
22 January, 2020 |
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| Cases of complicated surgery for 'high-risk' prostate cancer |
Professor Shin Egawa delivers the Burdette Lecture with striking array of high-risk salvage surgery for prostate cancer and bladder cancer. |
Shin Egawa |
13 January, 2020 |
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| Facing the future with our eyes wide open: What does the future hold for (cardiac) surgery that will change the way we practice? |
Many of the things that will be in this talk may never happen, some of them will happen and some of them are already happening. How they will evolve and to what extent, and how all of these things will blend into one future will be interesting to explore. |
George Krasopoulos |
10 January, 2020 |
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| Using research to change paradigms in diagnosing and managing early prostate cancer |
Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam provides an overview of the big questions in prostate cancer. |
Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam |
6 January, 2020 |
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| Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours - surgery and science in Cambridge |
Mr Simon Buczacki presents his clinical and scientific data on small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours. |
Simon Buczacki |
16 December, 2019 |
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| Implementation of Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) |
Professor Richard van Hillegersberg shares his experience with robotic esophagectomy over the years. |
Richard van Hillegersberg |
16 December, 2019 |
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| Organ preservation research in Oxford: an update |
The talk focusses on kidney preservation with Mr Simon Knight talking about some of the clinical research that has been done, while Mr James Hunter discusses their translational and lab research. |
Simon Knight, James Hunter |
22 November, 2019 |
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| Oxford University Global Surgery Group: female genital mutilation |
Dr Anita Makins discusses 'Female genital mutilation (FGM): a global perspective', and Dr Katy Newell-Jones presents ‘Medicalisation of female genital cutting: decision making dilemmas and competing priorities’. |
Anita Makins, Katy Newell-Jones |
22 November, 2019 |
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| Innovations to improve outcome and patient safety in low and middle income countries |
Ms Sarah Kessler discusses and shows clips from ‘The Checklist Effect’, the award-winning documentary inspired by the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist. |
Shafi Ahmed, Sarah Kessler |
1 May, 2019 |
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| OUCAGS and clinical academic training in the UK |
Professor Chris Pugh gives a talk on clinical academic training and the role OUCAGS (Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School) plays. |
Chris Pugh |
17 April, 2019 |
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| Gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage |
Dr Raman Uberoi talks about interventional radiology and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. |
Raman Uberoi |
12 April, 2019 |
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| Communication in Healthcare: A Failure in Need of Rescue? |
Professor Amir Ghaferi discusses the current state of communication in healthcare and in particular surgery. Is there a failure in need of rescue? |
Amir Ghaferi |
3 April, 2019 |
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| Personalised external aortic root support: the Oxford experience |
Miss Renata Greco talks about personalised external aortic root support and in particular the Oxford experience with this technique. |
Renata Greco |
8 March, 2019 |
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| Cricket to clinic via the lab |
Professor Giles Toogood talks about his background which combined sport and surgery, and discusses the advances in hepatobiliary. |
Giles Toogood |
19 February, 2019 |
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| Machine perfusion – a new dawn or optimistic hyperbole? |
Professor Peter Friend, Dr David Nasralla and Dr Carlo Ceresa discuss liver transplantation and why they are replacing conventional cold storage in an ice box with normothermic automated, transportable liver preservation. |
Peter Friend, David Nasralla, Carlo Ceresa |
28 January, 2019 |
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| Genes, Hands, Nerves, and Brains |
Professor Dominic Furniss and Dr Akira Wiberg discuss the tremendous connection we have between the hand and the brain, focusing their talk on Dupuytren's Disease and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. |
Dominic Furniss, Akira Wiberg |
21 January, 2019 |
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| Achieving the Holy-Grail: The Humanising Healthcare Methodology |
Mr Hamish Dibley, a senior management consultant, explores a new and refreshing approach to how we understand and improve healthcare systems. |
Hamish Dibley |
16 January, 2019 |
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| Effect of metformin on breast cancer metabolism |
Dr Simon Lord presents a clinical study to understand the effect of metformin - one of the most commonly prescribed treatments worldwide for diabetes - on breast cancer metabolism. |
Simon Lord |
16 January, 2019 |
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| Global Surgery: Paediatric Surgery Team |
Medical student Ms Shannon Gunawardana talks about Oxplore, an outreach portal for schools and young people. |
Kokila Lakhoo, Shannon Gunawardana, Kathryn Ford |
25 September, 2018 |
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| Medicine and Art |
Professor David Cranston takes us on a little trip through art and medicine using illustrations of works that portray the changing role of medicine in society. |
David Cranston |
28 August, 2018 |
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| Prostate cancer genomic surgery: A shifting paradigm |
In the first half, Dr Alastair Lamb discusses the problem with prostate cancer and what it is that needs to be addressed, his previous research and future plans for research. |
Alastair Lamb |
30 April, 2018 |
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| Oesophageal Cancer: Past, Present and the Future |
Professor Tim Underwood takes us through the history of oesophageal cancer, where we are now, and some of the science that is done to ask questions about where we might go with the treatment of oesophageal cancer. |
Tim Underwood |
16 April, 2018 |
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| Médecins Sans Frontières: The Role of Humanitarian Aid in Global Surgery |
Professor Kathryn Chu gives an introduction to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF); what it is and who they are, and talks about MSF surgery and the role of MSF in global surgery. |
Kathryn Chu |
28 March, 2018 |
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| Safe surgery in Africa: Exploring barriers and trialling interventions |
Professor Peter McCulloch and Dr Tinashe Chandauka talk about improving surgery in Africa and designing a surgical safety education programme. |
Peter McCulloch, Tinashe Chandauka |
14 March, 2018 |
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| How to ask the right questions: Lessons learned in 30 years of research |
Professor Wytske Fokkens (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam) talks about how to ask yourself the right questions, which is the most important thing that she has learned in her 30-year research career. |
Wytske Fokkens |
5 March, 2018 |
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| Upper GI Surgery |
Dr John Findlay (Oxford University) presents 'Heavy Petting in Oesophago-gastric Cancer’ and Mr Nick Maynard (Oxford University) presents ‘How Much Should we Tell the Public About Outcomes from Oesophagectomy?’ |
Nick Maynard, John Findlay |
28 February, 2018 |
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| Side Effects to Some, Therapies to Others: Autonomic Neuromodulation |
Professor Alex Green (Oxford University) talks about the autonomic side-effects of neuromodulation including deep brain stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation for pain. It may be possible to harness such effects for new therapies. |
Alex Green |
28 February, 2018 |
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| Challenges of being an academic surgeon and journal editor |
Professor Prokar Dasgupta from King's College London talks about the challenges of being an academic surgeon and an Editor-in-Chief for the journal BJUI. |
Prokar Dasgupta |
20 February, 2018 |
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| Laparoscopic aortic surgery: Credible or just plain crazy? |
Mr Dominic PJ Howard talks about the current management and Oxford research on aortic disease, and the endovascular revolution. Mr Adam Howard discusses the exciting area of laparoscopic aortic surgery and where that is placed in this field. |
Dominic PJ Howard, Adam Howard |
20 February, 2018 |
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| It's no longer OK to say I practise differently than everyone else |
Professor James Wright asks what is the next fundamental change to orthopaedic surgical practice and wonders if it is using best evidence to direct us to do the same for the same condition. |
James Wright |
31 October, 2017 |
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| Should surgical innovation be taught and encouraged? |
Mr Henk Giele asks should surgical innovation be taught and encouraged. We are all creative and we are all innovative, and we don’t have to be a genius or a special type of person to invent something. |
Henk Giele |
17 October, 2017 |
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| Establishing a microsurgery center at Chang Gung and advances in mandibular reconstruction |
Professor Fu-Chan Wei talks about how he established a comprehensive reconstructive microsurgery center at Chang Gung University Medical Center, and discusses the advances in mandibular reconstruction using microsurgical skills. |
Fu-Chan Wei |
4 October, 2017 |
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| Keyhole implantation of a new aortic valve in the conscious patient: TAVI in 2017 |
Professor Adrian Banning, Dr Kate Grebenik and Professor Rajesh Kharbanda give a talk for the Surgical Grand Rounds series. |
Adrian Banning, Kate Grebenik, Rajesh Kharbanda |
20 September, 2017 |
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| William Osler and his legacy to medicine |
Professor David Cranston tells the story of William Osler's life and career. |
David Cranston |
14 June, 2017 |
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| When surgeons become patients: occupational health and wellbeing for doctors |
Dr Evie Kemp talks about the issues that can arise when surgeons become patients, and the importance of doctors maintaining their own health (mental and physical) and wellbeing. |
Evie Kemp |
24 May, 2017 |
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| Innovations in access surgery |
James Gilbert and Dr Simon Knight give an update on vascular access and some of the innovations that are going on in vascular access surgery. |
James Gilbert, Simon Knight |
15 May, 2017 |
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| The 100,000 Genomes Project |
Ms Jennifer Whitfield talks about the 100,000 Genomes Project, which aims to establish a new genomic medicine service through the NHS by sequencing the entire genomes of around 70,000 people with rare inherited diseases or cancer. |
Jennifer Whitfield |
10 April, 2017 |
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| Prostate artery embolisation in the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia and beyond |
Dr Mark Little discusses his ongoing research into the role of prostate artery embolisation within the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). |
Mark Little |
10 March, 2017 |
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| The mesentery: congenital and acquired disorders of a new organ |
The finding of the mesentery opens up a whole new area of science. The colorectal surgery team talk about the importance of the mesentery and the disorders associated with it. |
Pamela Sivathondan, Kalle Landerholm, Diederik Meylemans, Bruce George |
24 February, 2017 |
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| Human factors based investigation of serious surgical mishaps |
Professor Peter McCulloch and Dr Lauren Morgan talk about investigating serious surgical incidents and how human factors science can help us. |
Peter McCulloch, Lauren Morgan |
13 February, 2017 |
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| Flow disruptors for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms unsuitable for endosaccular coiling |
Professor Byrne showcases the work of the Oxford Neurovascular and Neuroradiology Research Unit. Professor James Byrne is Professor of Neuroradiology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University. |
James Byrne |
10 February, 2017 |
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| The impact of complications and errors on surgeons |
Mr Kevin Turner and Catherine Johnson talk about their national research study which aims to examine the nature of the impact that adverse events have on the professional and personal lives of surgeons. |
Kevin Turner, Catherine Johnson |
31 January, 2017 |
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| Bariatric surgery: new challenges |
Mr Bruno Sgromo talks about bariatric surgery (weight loss and metabolic surgery) and the new challenges that it brings to the bariatric team and the patient. |
Bruno Sgromo |
30 November, 2016 |
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| Ovarian metastases from gastrointestinal tract malignancy |
Mr Brendan Moran discusses cancer metastases to the ovary. Mr Moran is a general and colorectal surgeon at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. |
Brendan Moran |
18 November, 2016 |
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| Dealing with major trauma in developing countries – 20 years on |
Dr Douglas Wilkinson talks about trauma demand, trauma courses in developing countries, and global health in the 21st Century. |
Douglas Wilkinson |
15 November, 2016 |
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| Surgery for advanced rectal cancer – crossing the boundaries |
Mr Richard Guy and Mr Bobby Bloemendaal discuss surgery for advanced rectal cancer. |
Richard Guy, Bobby Bloemendaal |
5 September, 2016 |
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| Safer surgical services and human factors: two steps forward… |
Professor Peter McCulloch, Dr Lauren Morgan and Ms Lorna Flynn discuss patient safety and the work of the Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit (QRSTU). |
Peter McCulloch, Lauren Morgan, Lorna Flynn |
5 September, 2016 |
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| Rare events – unavoidable challenges and lessons to be learned |
Mr Radu Mihai and Dr Peter Hambly give a talk about rare/never events in surgery. |
Radu Mihai, Peter Hambly |
5 September, 2016 |
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| Non-technical skills for surgeons: a hard time for soft skills |
Professor George Youngson CBE discusses the non-technical skills (cognitive and social) that surgeons need in order to perform safely in the operating theatre. |
George Youngson |
5 September, 2016 |
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| Pre-hospital emergency medicine – recent developments and top tips for the first on scene |
Lt Col Ross Moy talks about the recent developments in pre-hospital emergency medicine and gives his top tips for the first on scene. |
Ross Moy |
5 September, 2016 |
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| Landscaping the future of coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
Mr George Krasopoulos talks about coronary artery bypass graft surgery and how we have improved over the years, and how the future is looking. |
George Krasopoulos |
10 August, 2016 |
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| Vascular trials, big data and dementia’ and ‘Community leg ulcer clinics and telemedicine |
Professor Alison Halliday presents ‘Vascular trials, big data and dementia’ and Professor Linda Hands presents ‘Community leg ulcer clinics and telemedicine’. |
Alison Halliday, Linda Hands |
10 August, 2016 |
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| Targeting the affective component of pain |
Professor Tipu Aziz and Dr Binith Cheeran talk about deep brain stimulation (DBS) for treating intractable pain syndromes. |
Tipu Aziz, Binith Cheeran |
10 August, 2016 |
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| Haemodynamic monitoring in the critically ill patient: current and evolving echo techniques |
Dr David Garry’s talk covers the theory underlying haemodynamic monitoring, how we have done it up to now and why echocardiography is a good way of doing it. |
David Garry |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Helping with breathing and eating – reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint |
Mr Nadeem Saeed talks about the temporomandibular joint, and about the reconstruction of that and why we reconstruct it. |
Nadeem Saeed |
9 August, 2016 |
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| HIV positive to positive transplantation: changing practices around the world |
Dr Elmi Muller talks about HIV positive donors for HIV positive recipients and changing transplant practices around the world. |
Elmi Muller |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Reflections on a retained swab Never Event in Churchill Theatres |
Dr Clare Dollery describes a retained swab Never Event that happened in the Churchill Hospital and reflects on how we respond and learn from it. |
Clare Dollery |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Genomic revolution and its impact on prostate cancer care |
Professor Ash Tewari talks about the genomics of prostate cancer and the implications for managing high risk disease. |
Ash Tewari |
5 January, 2016 |
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