Feb 2026

Surgical Training Part 1: Core Surgical Training

In Part 1 of 2 in our 'Surgical Training' episodes, we focus on Core Surgical Training (CST). With Aphra Middleton, a current CST 1, we discussed choosing surgical training, preparing for the MSRA and interviews, and gain some insight into the different programmes and 'streams' a ... Show More

31m 52s

Sep 2025

IMT and Medical Specialty Training

In this episode I chat with two current Medical Registrars about IMT training and medical specialty training. We discuss the structure of IMT, a typical week in their lives and some of the challenges they’ve come across during training. They also share lots of helpful tips and ad ... Show More

41m 15s

May 2025

A Guide to the UK MLA

In this episode of the podcast, I chat with Megan Hodgson, a fifth-year medical student, about the UK Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA). This is a new two-part structure for exams sat by medical students, rolled out for the 2024-2025 cohort of graduates. It comprises the applied ... Show More

27m 30s

Nov 2024

Episode 104: Healing Amidst Chaos: Medical Care in the Lebanese War

In this episode co-hosted with Dr. MohammadAli Jardali, we discuss with Dr. Hasan Ismail, a family medicine physician whose clinic was in the Southern suburbs of Beirut and a medical advisor for Medecins du Monde, the critical topic of medical care during the recent Lebanese w ... Show More

36m 11s

Oct 2024

Episode 101: The Role of Primary Care in the Lebanese Crisis with Dr Umayya Musharafieh

In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardali, we discussed the current crisis in Lebanon with the Chief of the Family Medicine Department at AUBMC Dr. Umayya Musharafieh. The current crisis has led to 1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon which constitutes 25-30% of th ... Show More

27m 10s

Nov 2024

Episode 13: Healthcare in the Kingdom with HRHP Dr Ahad Al Saud

Join us this for a conversation with HRHP Dr. Ahad Al Saud, who in addition to being an emergency physician is the chief medical officer of the Saudi Automobile Federation - and keeps events like Formula 1 safe for all! We talk about the evolution of the healthcare sector in Saud ... Show More

26m 30s

Nov 2024

Australian Surgeon RETURNS from Gaza's Al-Aqsa Hospital

Australian surgeon Dr Bushra Othman sits down with OnePath Network to recount her time as a volunteer at the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. She participated in an "unfathomable" three-week medical mission alongside the Palestini ... Show More

30m 26s

Jun 2025

Mental Healthcare For Children That Have Survived War | Dr Atif Magbool

We're joined by Dr Atif Magbool at Sidra Medicine who talks to us about the immense challenges and efforts in providing mental healthcare to children and women in crisis-affected areas. Dr Magbool shares his journey into pediatric psychiatry – primarily influenced by early exp ... Show More

32m 38s

Apr 2025

ما بعد سقوط الطغيان: كيف يمكن للقطاع الصحي في سوريا أن يتعافى؟ مع الدكتورعبد الكريم قزيز

في هذه الحلقة من بودكاست "سوريا حوارات بديلة"، نستضيف الدكتور عبد الكريم قزيز، الباحث في علم الوبائيات والمتخصص في سياسات الصحة العامة، لنناقش مفهوم الصحة في سياق ما بعد سقوط الطغيان. نستهل الحلقة بانطباعات الدكتور عبد الكريم عن زيارته الأخيرة لسور ... Show More

1h 5m

Oct 2021

Acceptance & Healing Emotional Wounds with Sam Qurashi (Part 1) - Ep 240

On this week’s episode I am joined by Dr. Sam Qurashi is a Writer, Entrepreneur, Instagrammer, and Youtuber. He worked as a Psychiatric Resident in an Addiction Hospital. Throughout that time, he had the opportunity to help over 10,000 patients. After seven years, he walked away ... Show More

38m 38s

Jun 2024

Episode 94: Medical Care in the West Bank and the Palestinian Territories with Dr. Mosa Abo Sabha

Latest episode of the podcast with Dr. Mosa Abo Sabha, a medical intern at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank. Mosa has rotated at GW in the past and is currently involved in a World Bank project looking at healthcare needs in different areas of the West Bank ... Show More

38m 26s

Oct 2024

Episode 102: Echoes of War: Conversations on Mental Health and Conflict with Dr. Maya Bizri

In a podcast episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardali, we discuss mental health in times of conflict with Dr. Maya Bizri, currently psychiatrist at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH and previously Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the American University of Beirut Med ... Show More

39m 13s

Jul 2022

3D Printing Tourniquets for Gaza

James catches up with Tarek Loubani, an emergency medicine doctor who has volunteered in Gaza, Egypt, and Ukraine. We talk about Glia, an open source medical device company that arose from his experience working in resource poor medical settings.See omnystudio.com/listener for p ... Show More

43m 52s

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