BJSM Friday Podcast #426 Are you involved in the care of athletes, and now planning their return to sport? Have you fully considered their cardiac health, especially in those with suspected/confirmed novel coronavirus infection? In this 15-minute podcast with Prof Jon Drezner, one of the world’s leading Sports Cardiologists & Team Physicians, we dive into […]
Month: May 2020
Fine tune your domestic violence radar: Nursing and COVID-19
This blog from Professor Caroline Bradbury-Jones (@jones_bradbury) starts our week-long focus on violence and abuse. Caroline leads a research programme at the University of Birmingham called Risk Abuse and Violence that undertakes national and international research and scholarly work. Caroline was also part of a team who together with colleagues at Nottingham University HELM and […]
Mental Health Awareness for a week, then what? By Dr Tim Ojo
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (18th to 24th of May) is ‘kindness’. It was changed from the originally planned theme of ‘sleep’. The change of theme is but one of a multitude of changed plans that have been forced upon us all by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mental Health Foundation coordinates […]
Leadership Lessons and Hope for a Post-Crisis World By Jaason Geerts
There is perhaps no greater need for, or measure of, leadership than during a crisis. When the shadow of a crisis is looming and as it onsets, we immediately look to experts – those with advanced knowledge, capabilities, and training – to take charge. Military units, for example, have highly trained personnel for every aspect […]
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – Is the Concept of Decision Fatigue an Issue in Covid-19 Times? By Rita Symons
Human beings are incredibly complex and we know it is estimated we make between 10,000 and 40,000 decisions a day. For many of our frontline staff faced with the Pandemic, there has been a need to multiply the number of critical decisions they make each day. This is in the context of their own very […]
Maintaining Humanity in the Covid 19 Crisis by Dr Katy Steward
Synopsis: In this blog, Katy Steward explores the importance of positive, empathic leadership in the face of the Covid19 emergency, and how a different style from ‘command and control’ can help bring out the best in leaders and teams. The NHS will need leaders to support each other and harness team energy as the situation […]
From Student to Newly Qualified Nurse (NQN) during Covid-19: A transition unlike any other
by Dr Jane Wray, Associate Editor Evidence-Based Nursing As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued we have become increasingly concerned about the impact on students and colleagues’ mental health and wellbeing. Research carried out without of the UK indicates that those caring directly for COVID-19 patients are at greatest risk of increased distress – reporting more […]
Medical Humanities COVID 19 RESOURCES List
Like many of our readers, we at BMJ Medical Humanities have been diligently following responses to the present pandemic. Much of the blog content has shifted to look at the ways medical humanities and social justice address the crisis, and recent submissions to the journal also reflect the shifting issues around COVID 19 spread […]
The Opportunity of Crisis
Blog by Austin O Carroll The Chinese understand the word crisis to mean danger with opportunity. A crisis can harness many responses, some of which can resolve in a short space of time what have been age-old problems. The issue of homelessness has dominated Irish media headlines for over a decade. It has also been […]
We need a framework for the ethics of secondary epidemic vaccine trials
By Joshua Teperowski Monrad Introduction In the 21st century, few medical innovations have been as intensely anticipated as an effective vaccine for COVID-19. The pipeline of candidates now includes more than a hundred potential products, as governments, pharmaceutical companies, and researchers engage in an unprecedented effort to combat the worst pandemic of a century. This […]