In this week’s podcast Jonny interviews Pete Scolding, a 4th year medical student at UCL about the University of College London (UCL) Union’s current student week spotlight on Darfur, and how students can engage in the humanitarian situation currently ongoing in the northern region of Africa.
In this week’s podcast Gurbinder and Katie chat to Kevin Mohee from Leeds University about his paper on threats to women’s health in developing countries. Listen in here.
Today’s podcast is a round robin! Each of the TLS interns presents an interesting news piece. Listen out for Gurbinder’s take on baby boomers, Tara on homophobic laws, Hannah on new drugs for TB and much, much more. Check it out!
This week Katie and Erica chat about a recent visit to Wimbledon as well as more pressing topics such as the new The Lancet Student human rights series. Katie and Erica discuss the status of human rights in Afghanistan and China, as well as Katie’s home town Huntington Beach, California. Listen in here!
In today’s podcast Erica and John speak to Mustafa Abbas. Mustafa told us all about being the coordinator of Medsin’s Healthy Planet Campaign (sign the pledge) as well as being the new Vice President for Branches. He also was one of the authors on the fantastic (and enormous) report that was published recently in The Lancet on the links between climate change and health – a busy chap! So we’re really pleased that he managed to squeeze us in for a chat…listen in here.
Congratulations to Bharat Kumar, first prize winner of The Lancet Student’s ‘Climate Change and Health’ competition! Bharat has lived on four continents and is currently a third year medical student performing a surgery rotation in Baltimore, Maryland. He phones in to discuss his winning essay and share first hand experience witnessing the dramatic effects of climate change in the Himalayas. Listen in as he comes up with not three, not four, but five suggestions for future doctors to combat climate change- on the spot! Now that’s a TLS contest winner for you.
In this week’s podcast, John talks to Bibek Aryal, author of the paper on the Nepal Medical College Red Cross Youth Circle about the importance of joining student action groups, and what these groups can achieve, even in developing countries. Listen in here.
In this week’s podcast, John talks to Sarah Walpole, author of the TLS paper ‘Elucidating Social Capital and its Implications for Health’. They discuss the importance of economics to the practice of medicine and why all doctors should have an understanding of the social sciences to help them with their work. Listen in here.
In this week’s podcast, Katie and Zeinab talk to Mark Brown, editor of One in Four, a lifestyle magazine aimed at people with mental health problems.
They discuss the issue of stigma and mental health in society and the role of mental health services in the experience of service users. They also talk about the need for a magazine aimed at the practicalities of everyday life, and the importance of providing positive examples of the experience of mental health problems. Listen in.
