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In this episode of Doctors at Work, Elle Todd tells me about her journey from full time medicine to pursuing a portfolio career, highlighting the importance of self-reflection and proactive exploration in determining one's career path. The discussion covers various aspects of career transition, including the challenges of burnout, the benefits of a portfolio career, and the importance of aligning one's values and interests with their profession. Some key questions to ask is what is it that you want, and where do you want to be in 10 years time. The conversation concludes with us emphasising the need for thoughtful decision-making, awareness, and self-care in the process.
Elle Todd is a part-time A&E doctor, business owner, creator, and coach. She started her businesses with her brother during her foundation training, which include Doormarked (a property-tech platform) and Not Another Gift Company (an e-commerce business selling personalised prints & motivational gifts). She has managed to combine her interests in medicine & entrepreneurship to create a portfolio career where she finds fulfilment in various pursuits that align with her values. This hasnât come without its challenges though.... She shares her journey and lessons she has learnt on the way through her Instagram, weekly newsletter & blog to help others navigate career doubts, overcome burnout & follow any entrepreneurial dreams. She is on a mission to educate and empower others facing similar challenges in their careers! Find her at www.gabrielletodd.com, https://www.instagram.com/ellejeantodd, https://doormarked.com, and https://www.notanothergiftcompany.co.uk/.
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All of us have a reputation and a personal brand. In this episode of Doctors at Work, Greg and I discuss the concept of personal branding. We talk about where our reputation comes from, including the importance of digital presence. There are benefits to a positive personal brand, both financial (if working in private systems) and reputational, but there are costs too including professional help and the headspace needed. Changing one's personal brand is definitely possible, and indeed may be desirable as the world around us changes.
Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, Gregory Williams was instilled with a deep set of patriotic values and âlife to serviceâ by his grandfather a U.S. Army World War II veteran. Growing up, Williams always dreamed of becoming an actor and fulfilled that dream by being on shows such as Law & Order SVU, White Collar, The Blacklist, and served as host for PLAYTV USA (a call-in gameshow). In 2007, Williams began his marketing career with a movie screening company and for the next decade worked on his craft in promotional marketing. While working as a marketing manager, In 2008, Williams decided to fulfill another boyhood dream, which was to follow in his grandfather's footsteps by becoming a U.S. Army soldier. After balancing a close to two decade-long marketing career and military career, Williams completed multiple combat tours, overseas training missions and became the first-ever âMeet Your Army Facebook LIVEâ event host (garnering 400,000 views). In 2020, Williams began his journey into the non-profit sector and produced the award-winning podcast âThe PHIner Life Show,â which aimed at highlighting veteran experiences from around the nation. In 2024, Williams joined ParadeDeck TV as an official on-air personality, interviewing celebrities, military veterans, and community leaders. A life long learner, Williams prides himself as being known as âThe King of Knowing Nothing But Open To Learning Everything.â
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Marie Lyons is an ENT consultant who has held multiple senior leadership roles. In this episode of Doctors at Work, she shares her leadership journey from medical school to her current role, highlighting her experiences and motivations along the way. She discussed the importance of formal training, cross-divisional collaboration, and personal growth in leadership roles, emphasising the need for humility, self-reflection, and open communication. Marie also reflected on the challenges faced by aspiring medical professionals and the importance of fostering resilience and a healthy attitude towards failure in younger colleagues.
Marie Lyons is an ENT consultant, deputy Medical Director, and Responsible Officer. Her interests include leadership development, swimming and singing. You can find her on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-lyons-50861a35/, on X @marielyonsent, and on facebook.
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Learning practical skills such as surgery is challenging. In this episode of Doctors at Work, Brian Westerberg tells me about mental imagery. This is a technique that he has found through his elite sport contacts. It helps him anticipate and "practice" surgical steps, and is a way to train new surgeons too. We also talk about mindfulness, exercise, the importance of having non-judgemental support.
You might also like episodes 56, 80, 82, 108 on performance psychology, and episode 98 on the impostor syndrome.
Dr. Brian Westerberg, an Otolaryngologist specializing in Otology and Neurotology is based at the B.C. Rotary Hearing and Balance Centre at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver British Columbia. Dr. Westerberg graduated from Queenâs University Faculty of Medicine in 1989, completed two years of Residency training in General Surgery at Queenâs before transferring to University of British Columbia to complete further training in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at the California Ear Institute at Stanford University in 1996 and a Master degree in Health Care and Epidemiology at UBC in May 1999. He is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Westerberg has served the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as a Program Director at UBC, as a member of the Examination Committee, and as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Specialty Committee for his specialty. In addition, he has been a member of the Residency Accreditation Committee and a member of the International Residency Program Review and Accreditation Committee. He has supervised numerous Master and PhD candidates, and Clinical and Research Fellows. His interest in global surgery is apparent in his involvement in Zimbabwe and Uganda Hearing Health Care Programs, and local outreach to improve access to care for patients in rural and remote communities within British Columbia. As former Medical Director of the Branch for Global Surgical Care, he has been instrumental in improving education within the field of global surgical care through approval for and subsequent development of a Master degree program in Global Surgical Care at UBC.â As an amateur athlete and as an academic surgeon, he has always been interested in the influence of our mental state on physical performance.
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In this episode of Doctors at Work, I have a conversation with Bu whose career spans multiple countries. She is now in Australia working as a GP, and also as a voluntary assisted-dying practitioner. She tells me that her career has evolved though a series of organic steps, focused on what she was enjoying, and what the opportunities were. With a backbone of General Practice that she can always return to, it has been easy for her to explore work as a breast physician as well as in voluntary-assisted dying. Her top tip is to look after yourself, life changes all the time and a focus on life balance is important for a satisfying career and personal life.
You can find out more about voluntary-assisted dying at https://www.health.wa.gov.au/voluntaryassisteddying
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Sui is a neurologist who has had a creative career pathway - she took time out of training to do charity work, is a trained yoga teacher, she studied lifestyle medicine, and wrote a book. In this episode of Doctors at Work, she talks about how her own career decision making, and tells me how she developed innovative ways to deliver clinical care using her knowledge of lifestyle medicine. We focus on wellbeing for doctors, and talk about the mind-body connection, and the importance of healthy eating and exercise.
Dr Sui Wong is a Consultant Neurologist & Neuro-Ophthalmologist based at Moorfields Eye Hospital & Guyâs & St Thomasâ NHS Foundation Trusts. She is passionate about supporting doctors in training and delivering person-centred care in clinical and research settings. She has written several bestselling books on self-care and health, including Mindfulness for Brain Health, Sweet Spot for Brain Health, Sleep Better to Thrive, and Quit Ultra-Processed Foods Now. Her Thursday Tips newsletter for bitesize brain health tips to thrive is at bit.ly/drwongbrainhealth, and you can find her at drsuiwongmd.comListen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
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You are coming to the end of your training, what next? Many doctors choose to do a fellowship. In this episode of Doctors At Work, Simon talks about the different reasons for doing a fellowship, the different fellowship types, and we discuss how to actually obtain one. The key is to recognise that fellowships are a deeply personal decision, so really know what you are wanting out of one, and start planning early.
Simon Fleming is an orthopaedic hand and wrist surgeon, medical education Ph.D and culture change advocate, with an international reputation for his work. He is a founding and Executive board member of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA). He also sits on the Executive board for the NIHR Clinical Education Incubator and is an Associate Editor for Medical Education, The Clinical Teacher and the British Journal of Surgery. He is a past-Vice Chair of the United Kingdomâs Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Trainee Doctorsâ Group (ATDG) and past-President of the British Orthopaedic Traineesâ Association (BOTA). He is Clinical Advisor to the Methuselah Foundation, supporting the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge. He has delivered over 250 keynotes globally on his landmark work around diversity, inclusion, improving medical and surgical training as well as challenging toxic cultures. He works with individuals and organisations to transform healthcare education and culture, as well as how to start having those uncomfortable conversations. Find him on X @orthopodreg and on www.simonfleming.co.uk.
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Greg tells me that perfectionist tendencies can be very useful, but when they get in the way of a good career or patient care there is a problem. At the core, perfectionism is about excess expectations and rigid thinking. In this episode of Doctors at Work, we talk about how perfectionism shows up in clinical work, we talk about fear of failure, and discuss some ways that we can help ourselves and others. See transcript for meeting summary.
Gregory S. Chasson, PhD, ABPP, is an esteemed psychologist, board-certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, researcher, educator, and international invited speaker helping organizations, communities, and individuals address mental health challenges, such as perfectionism, using practical and feasible strategies. He sees the inner workings of perfectionism and its pitfalls, as well as how best to dismantle it with tips and insights grounded in science and honed through real world practice. He is the author of Flawed: Why Perfectionism is a Challenge for Management. He has served on the Board of Directors for a variety of professional non-profit organizations (e.g., Maryland Psychological Association) and owned and operated two mental health practices, giving him an intimate familiarity with how organizations and teams function. Dr. Chasson is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, where heâs also the Director of Behavioral Interventions of the Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Clinic. He specializes in the nature and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions (including perfectionism), high-functioning autism spectrum conditions, and anxiety disorders. He has provided cognitive-behavioral therapy for clinically severe perfectionism for nearly 20 years. As an active scholar, Dr. Chasson has authored or co-authored more than 70 scientific publications and one academic book (Hoarding Disorder: Advances in Psychotherapy â Evidence-Based Practice). He serves as the Editor of the scientific journal, the Behavior Therapist. Find him at www.gregchasson.com, Twitter GregChasson, www.facebook.com/DrChasson, www.linkedin.com/in/gregchasson, and www.instagram.com/gregorychasson
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All of us are leaders and need to have good leadership skills. In this episode of Doctors at Work, Nitin and I reflect on how we learnt about leadership, the challenges we faced, and we discuss what good leadership looks like. Top tips include learning to manage yourself, knowing what success means to you personally, observing others, and asking for others' critical feedback. See transcript for meeting summary.
You might also like episode 98 on impostor syndrome, and Doctors at Work has multiple other podcast episodes on leadership.
Nitin Shrotri is a Consultant Urologist, who was awarded the BAUS Gold Medal for 2022, and has recently been appointed as Visiting Professor at the Institute of Medicine at the University of Bolton and also as Vice Chair at the Centre for Race Equality in Medicine. Before this he was BMA UK Council member between 2020-22 and a member of the GMC BME Forum last year. You can connect with Nitin on LinkedIn, on X and Insta (both @PeaPeaspot), and read his writings at nitinshrotri.com.
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Great leadership at all levels is essential. In this episode of Doctors at Work, Fiona Day tells me that it start with knowing your own values and strengths, and consciously choosing the behaviours that you display. Much of what senior leaders do is highly complex, and this potentially can contribute to burnout - so regularly checking your own stress levels and proactively managing these is really important. We are all leaders, and leadership is an ongoing journey of learning, and she encourages us all to always have some leadership development in our personal learning plans.
Dr Fiona Day is the worldâs only Leadership Coach with advanced coaching psychology, medical and public health qualifications (MBChB, FFPH, BPS Chartered Psychologist in Coaching Psychology, EMCC Master Practitioner Coach & Mentor) and is in a unique position to help medical leaders and their teams to flourish. She specialises in coaching medical and public health leaders, is an accredited Coach Supervisor and Coach Educator, and holds EMCCâs EQA Foundation Training Award. Get 3 hours of FREE CPD with Fionaâs âHealth Career Success Programmeâ here. Find out more www.fionadayconsulting.co.uk ; read her three recent peer-reviewed articles in BMJ leader here; and connect on @fionadayconsulting.bsky.social and https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionadayconsulting/
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Michael Akadiri is a doctor and a comedian. In this episode of Doctors at Work, we talk about how he made career decisions that pivoted from full time surgery into mostly comedy. He tells me that managing uncertainty can be challenging, and this can be helped by focusing on what he can influence. We talk about the importance of recognising how a career fits into one's whole life, and the need to marry up your passion with realistic career prospects in the future. See transcript for meeting summary.
Michael Akadiri is multi-award winning comedian and junior doctor who has starred in Comedy Central LIVE, ITVs Stand Up Sketch and most recently Channel 4s Stand Up to Cancer. His natural charm and charisma saw his debut show, No Scrubs nominated for the Biggest Award in Comedy. He is touring his sophomore show, Trust Me I'm a Daddy, around the UK Sept-Nov 2024. Find him at https://www.instagram.com/michaelakadiri/; https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelakadiri; https://x.com/MichaelAkadiri; https://youtube.com/@michaelakadiricomedy?si=WoCuuL0TkCqB1GPRListen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
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Charles is a core trainee, and recently won two prizes with different projects. In this episode of Doctors at Work, he tells me that great ideas often come from noticing an issue and doing something about it; but you need time and headspace. Great ideas can also come from consultant supervisors, but it's important to assess whether the project idea meets your needs. When you present, your enthusiasm and the quality of the presentation matters, and each poster or presentation should be tailored to your audience. Telling a story is a great way to get your message across. Projects often take over a year to come to fruition, so start early. Find others that can help, and aim not just for the next application cycle but maybe also for ones after that. And finally, if you can do a project that ticks multiple boxes at the same time, this will help your appraisals and career progression.
Charles Carey is a core surgical trainee working in the South East and pursuing a career in urology. He has completed multiple projects and has been able to present and win prizes for some of them. He enjoys contributing to medical research and education and hopes to fulfil these alongside his training going forward. Outside of medicine he enjoys playing and watching football, playing music and travelling. You can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-carey-sots/.Listen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
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Steve and I discuss the parallels between high performance sport and the medical world. He tells me that high performance requires focus on the individual, the team, and the whole organisation. As doctors, we need to know ourselves well, including our strengths, identities, and how we deal with stress. Performance, whether operating, an on call, the ward round, or something else, requires preparation, and routine, including ensuring that we arrive in the optimum state. He shares a simple breath technique that helps us transition from one context to the next, and need not take more than a minute or so. We cannot just keep trying to go faster and faster, we need to refocus on human sustainability, and as leaders we need to look at both excellence and compassionate care.
Wellbeing Science Institute CEO and presenter, Steve Johnson, is a leading wellbeing expert. He is a qualified and registered psychologist. Steve consults with leading organisations including elite sport, defence, government and corporate sectors. He is the current Wellbeing Advisor to the National Rugby League (NRL) (AUS), the EPL (UK), the League Managers Association (LMA) (UK) and the Football Association (F.A.) (UK) Steve also developed the worldâs first Elite Athlete Wellbeing Management qualification for people who work with elite athletes. The program currently runs in Australia and the UK. In addition to his extensive experience working as a performance psychologist and wellbeing advisor in the elite sport sector, Steve has spent over a decade working as a senior executive with leading global organisations across a range of sectors in Australia, UAE, Europe and the United States. Steveâs academic credentials include M.A. Management and B.A. M.Sc Psychology. He spent 7 years as a University Lecturer; was the course author of Australiaâs first undergraduate sport psychology degree and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical Schoolâs Post Graduate Leadership Program in Boston, USA.About the Wellbeing Science Institute
The Wellbeing Science Institute is one of the worlds leading wellbeing organisations. The backbone of the Instituteâs approach lies in their holistic, positive and developmental wellbeing perspective that is supported by evidence-based science. The Wellbeing Science Institute strongly believes that self-determination leads to higher levels of engagement motivation and higher quality wellbeing outcomes. Therefore, learning and capability transfer is central to everything they do.
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We will all know that a certain department or hospital feels a specific way. But what is culture and how can it be changed? In this episode, Simon Fleming and I talk about culture, how it develops, and we discuss both good and bad aspects. Simon shares tips for changing culture, whether as a senior doctor or as someone early in their career.
Simon Fleming is an orthopaedic hand and wrist fellow, medical education Ph.D and culture change advocate, with an international reputation for his work. He is a founding and Executive board member of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA). He also sits on the Executive board for the NIHR Clinical Education Incubator and is an Associate Editor for Medical Education, The Clinical Teacher and the British Journal of Surgery. He is a past-Vice Chair of the United Kingdomâs Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Trainee Doctorsâ Group (ATDG) and past-President of the British Orthopaedic Traineesâ Association (BOTA). He is Clinical Advisor to the Methuselah Foundation, supporting the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge. He has delivered over 250 keynotes globally on his landmark work around diversity, inclusion, improving medical and surgical training as well as challenging toxic cultures. He works with individuals and organisations to transform healthcare education and culture, as well as how to start having those uncomfortable conversations.
Find him on X @orthopodreg and on www.simonfleming.co.uk.
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In this episode, Ross and I talk about how to set yourself up for a satisfying career, and not be a medic zombie going through life without noticing what's going on. He talks about the importance of reflection, of actively setting up strategies to protect you from inevitable stresses, and of having quality connection with others. We discuss how important it is to notice what's going on, make conscious decision, and actively be aware of the choices that we have. And whilst planning for the future matters, this cannot be done at the expense of blindly sacrificing the present.
Ross, a recently qualified GP, is the visionary founder of Medizom, a resource dedicated to revitalising the spirit of doctors at every stage of their training. Medizom's mission is to offer hope and inspire doctors to REFLECT on their values, PROTECT against systemic threats and personal ego, and CONNECT with peers, mentors, and career coaches. With its tagline "Be more human, and find your own path," Medizom emphasises a holistic approach to medical careers through the principles of REFLECTION, PROTECTION and CONNECTION. Ross created Medizom.com after facing burnout during his work as a medical registrar in New Zealand, realising the urgent need for a supportive platform for healthcare professionals that flipped the tired out concept of burnout, instead introducing people to the idea of doctors becoming âmedic zombiesâ when exposed to âzombigenicâ environments, and offered solutions on how to be more human. Medizom offers online resources aimed at helping doctors navigate their careers with resilience and purpose. Ross's vision is to extend Medizom's impact beyond the digital space by delivering workshops at medical schools and conferences âIRLâ, fostering face-to-face connections and inspiring the medical community.
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As doctors many of us have things we wish to change, be it life balance, our exercise, or our work. Yet change itself is often difficult. In this episode, Michael and I discuss why change is so tricky, what holds us back, and how the beliefs that we have get in the way. He tells me that change is most certainly possible, and it is necessary to identify what you want to change, and why.
Dr. Michael Hersh is a Gastroenterologist, husband, father, podcaster, and physician coach at Better Physician Life Coaching. He coaches physicians on creating work-life balance, goal setting, stress management, reducing overwhelm, and feeling more present at home and less annoyed at work. His goal is to help physicians stop feeling trapped in medicine so that they can finally enjoy the life they worked so hard to build. He also co-hosted a podcast called Doctors Living Deliberately, highlighting physicians changing medicine by learning to live life with intention and purpose.
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In this episode, I talk about coaching for performance. I draw upon the world of sport performance, and link to the world of medicine. I talk about the GROW model, and discuss how a coaching approach can help us perform better as doctors.
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Andrew Kadar is an anaesthesiologist, and quite unexpectedly developed severe heart disease needing immediate open heart surgery. He has written a book, Getting Better, A Doctorâs Story of Resilience, Recovery, and Renewal, about his experiences where he discusses emotional, spiritual, and psychological foundations of getting better. The goal of the book is to help make the experience of a major illness easier for others and their loved ones. In this episode of Doctors at Work, we talk about the fact that as physicians, we struggle to be objective when it comes to our own health, and his tip is to ask what advice you would give to someone else if they had the same symptoms. Part of the issue also is our self image, for if we see ourselves as a healthy person who cares for others, it can be challenging to accept that you are the one in need of care. And I love his attitude for recovery, he suggests accepting what is, focusing on solutions, and asking so what do we need to do.
Dr Andrew Kadar is a physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, and a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine and completed his residency at Stanford and Harvard Universities (Massachusetts General Hospital). He has served on the faculties of the UCLA School of Medicine, Charles Drew University, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has appeared on Good Morning America and NBC Nightly News, as well as Air Talk with Larry Mantle and The Dennis Prager Show. Dr. Kadar studied in the UCLA Writersâ Program and the Antioch University MFA writing program.Listen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
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Jamie is a world champion obstacle racer. In this episode, he talks about his love of challenge, and we discuss the importance of having a mindset that welcomes challenges. He tells the that it's not possible to prepare for every race because they are all different, and we draw parallels to the world of medicine where all patient encounters are different - he tells me that he practices specific steps, which is also something that as doctors we can do in our own worlds. And he stresses the importance of prioritisation, having strict boundaries between different activities, and the importance of having clarity on what matters to you.
About Jamie:
An athlete who thrives on pushing boundaries, both on the obstacle course and on the tatami. Ranked #1 in Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) and a former top-ranked Judoka, I proudly represent my country, showcasing resilience and proving that anything is possible. But my passion extends far beyond the thrill of competition. I'm a passionate speaker and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, using my platform to empower and inspire others. My story is one of overcoming adversity, and I share it with the hope of igniting a spark in others to chase their dreams, regardless of the challenges they face. My journey began with the Army Cadet Force, where I discovered a love for sports and the desire to represent something bigger than myself. Always on a pursuit of higher education, I completed a personal training qualification, an undergraduate and postgraduate degree, and most recently, I embarked on the challenging yet rewarding path of a doctoral program. Many years ago, I encountered the Parasport program, leading me to explore Powerlifting and athletics. Powerlifting provided a solid foundation for strength, while unforeseen complications from my amputation forced me to adapt. Judo re-entered my life, and I simultaneously discovered the world of OCR, conquering over 100 Tough Mudder courses. My dedication to this sport led me to create the international classification system for adaptive/para athletes, paving the way for greater inclusivity in the sport. On the international-level, I have created the classification criteria for para OCR and have spearheaded the movement towards an inclusive OCR environment for those with disabilities. Beyond the competitive arena, I find solace in music, weaving melodies on the piano, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar. My heart also lies in giving back, volunteering with youth charities and sharing my experiences to empower the next generation. Today, I'm constantly learning and growing. Studying for a doctorate has opened new avenues for intellectual exploration, and I'm constantly striving to be the best version of myself, both in and out of the academic and athletic spheres. My greatest motivation comes from connecting with others and seeing them reach their full potential. Whether it's through my athletic feats, motivational talks, or simply lending a helping hand, I believe in the power of community and shared experiences. Let's connect and embark on this journey together!Find him at
https://www.instagram.com/jamieganeadaptiveathlete/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-gane-75291859/
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We all know that we are in the midst of a climate emergency, but what can we as doctors do? In this episode, Rammina tells me that at personal level, we can do what we can (it doesn't have to be perfect!) and share out stories to inspire others. As a profession we need to think differently, and aligning financial with patient-centred and environmental agendas is often very compatible; this is about practicing with the planet in mind. And she argues that the climate emergency is a healthcare emergency, and as doctors we need to also be aware of the wider political discussions because healthcare is already being affected by climate change.
Dr Rammina Yassaie is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership at the Centre for Leadership in Health and Social Care at Sheffield Hallam University. Prior to this, she worked as an NHS doctor for over a decade and is alumni of both the Yorkshire and Humber Future Leaders Programme and the FMLM NHS Regional Clinical Leadership Programme. She is an Associate Editor with BMJ Leader and the co-lead for Planetary Health and Climate action in the journal and curates the BMJ Leader Greener Leader blog series in light of her passion for leading for planetary health. She strongly believes in doing everything we can to ensure we have a safe and liveable future for all.
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Twitter @ramminay
Linked in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rammina
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