15 Minute Medicine

In this episode, Farai and Efosa go through the management of penetrating abdominal trauma, specifically a gunshot wound. This case was provided by Dr Philip Yao, a general surgeon from Singapore.

In this episode Farai and Efosa discuss key points around a case of necrotising fasciitis seen by Farai during his time as an intern.

In our latest episode Farai and Efosa discuss a case presented by Professor Ronnie Baticulon a paediatric neurosurgeon from Manila in the Philippines. We hope this episode can pack as many punches as the "Thrilla in Manila" although in an academic sense. Enjoy!

We follow up our last episode with a clinical case from Ms Khundkar. We discuss a clinical case of burns in a young child and the treatment challenges this common problem presents.

In this episode Krithi has a discussion with Ms Roba Khundkar . A consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon as well as senior lecturer in global surgery at Oxford. They discuss the revolving dynamics and ethics within global surgery and how the current pandemic has highlighted this.

Starting off our series of cases discussing standout cases from surgeons across the globe. In this week’s episode we are reviewing a case discussed with us by Professor Chris Lavy. A stalwart in global surgery. He is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been instrumental in setting up the College of Surgeons of East and Southern Africa (COSECSA), the Oxford Global Surgery group and recently built the CURE children’s hospital of Zimbabwe. He discusses a case from much earlier in his career where context made a big difference to to his differential diagnosis. PS we are only joking about reviewing your qualifications Professor Lavy :)

In this episode we interview a stalwart in the field of global surgery and head of Global Surgery at UCT Professor Salome Maswime. We delve into her journey thus far and hear some of her insights in tackling the lack of access to safe affordable surgical care amongst our population.

In our second episode of the season we chat to Professor Muloiwa. He is a paediatrician working at UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital. Besides paediatrics, his interest lie with vaccines, coffee, photography and a multitude of other things. We chatted to him about his beginnings in medicine as well as the process of getting a vaccine to our population. Enjoy! #paediatrician #paeds #vaccines #15minutemedicine #15mm #medicine #covid #podcast #meded

In this first episode of season 3 first recorded on the 21st of December 2020, with all 4 members of the team are present for the very first time as they discuss the way the covid-19 virus has affected their lives. We have a chance to compare the response at that point when many countries in the world were about to enter a second wave and very few countries had started rolling out vaccines where as now most countries around the world have at least some access to vaccines (debatable). Sit back and relax as the team takes a look back at the year that was 2020

In our last episode for this season we discuss some of the ways one can protect your peace in the workplace and foster a healthy work environment.