Professor Christine Porath is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and helps organizations build thriving workplaces. She’s the author of the award winning books, Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace and Mastering Community: The surprising ways coming together moves us from surviving to thriving. Her speaking and consulting clients include Google, United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Genentech, Marriott, National Institute of Health, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, Department of Justice, and National Security Agency.  Christine has written for the Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, McKinsey Quarterly, Washington Post, Psychology Today, and Thrive Global. She serves on the Advisory Council for the Partnership for Public Service. Porath has been recognized as a Top 100 Leadership Speaker and Top MBA Professors of 2017. Her work has been featured on 20/20, Today, FoxNews, CNN, BBC, NBC, msnbc, CBS, ABC, NPR, Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Fortune, Forbes, NY Times, The Washington Post, L.A. Times and other outlets.  In this episode we ask her about: Her amazing career Research Incivility  Advice for medical students and doctors  Christine Porath: http://www.christineporath.com/ Mastering Civility: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Civility-Manifesto-Christine-Porath/dp/1455568988 For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Dr Aidan Fowler is the National Director of Patient Safety in England and a Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Department of Health and Social Care. Aidan started off his career as a surgeon, working as a consultant colorectal surgeon in Gloucestershire for 10 years. He then transitioned into a series of senior leadership roles including Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety and Director of the 1000 Lives Improvement Service for NHS Wales, with responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety across the Welsh NHS. Currently he is the National Medical Director for Patient Safety. Aidan also trained as an Improvement Advisor with the Insittute of Healthcare Improvement in Boston. In this episode we ask him about: His career Patient safety Leadership Advice for medical students and doctors  For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh started off his career as a cardiac surgeon, eventually becoming professor of cardiac surgery at University College London. He then transitioned into leadership roles most notably of which he was the National Medical Director of NHS England for 10 years, during which he helped implement a whole raft of changes that shaped the state of our NHS. He is widely recognised as one of the UK's leading medics and was knighted for services to medicine in 2003. In this episode we ask him about: His career Cardiac surgery Leadership Future of the NHS Advice for medical students and doctors  Bruce Keogh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Keogh For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Sir Robert Francis is an eminent British barrister who specialises in medical law, including medical and mental health treatment and capacity issues, clinical negligence and professional discipline. Sir Robert has been a barrister since 1973 and became a King’s Counsel in 1992. He has appeared in a number of healthcare-related inquiries and chaired the Independent Inquiry into the care provided by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, and subsequently the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, and the Freedom to Speak Up review. Throughout his career he has been a tireless advocate for patients, and the findings from his reviews are essential reading for all healthcare professionals. He is a non-executive director of the CQC, current President of the Patient's Association and past Chair of Healthwatch England. In this episode we ask him about: His career Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry Freedom to Speak Up Review  How to handle mistakes Healthwatch England and the Patient's Association Advice for healthcare professionals Mid Staffs Executive Summary: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279124/0947.pdf Freedom to Speak Up Review: http://freedomtospeakup.org.uk/the-report/ Sir Robert Francis KC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Francis_(barrister) For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Dame Marianne is one of the most influential and longest-serving senior leaders in the NHS, having served nearly 14 years as chief executive of UHSussex and its predecessor organisations, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHT). Under her leadership, hospitals in West Sussex became the first to be rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in all key inspection areas and hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath were recognised as the fastest improving in the country. In 2018 Marianne was named the top chief executive in the Health Service Journal’s ranking of NHS bosses, a title she retained in 2019, having been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year Honours List for services to the NHS. In this episode we ask her about: Her career Western Sussex and Brighton What makes an outstanding hospital Her Patient First approach Leadership Advice for healthcare professionals Patient First approach: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/about/patient-first/ For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Dr Fiona Donald is President Royal College of Anaesthetists and a consultant anaesthetist working in Bristol. Fiona’s main area of clinical and research interest is obstetric anasthetisa concentrating on improvements in safety through team training. She has a longstanding commitment to teaching and training, having been College Tutor, Chair of the Board of the Bristol School of Anaesthesia and an FRCA examiner. In this episode we ask her about: Her career Anasthetics Priorities as President Patient safety Advice for medical students and doctors For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Professor Dame Parveen Kumar is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and a consultant gastroenterologist. She has had an immensely successful career as a researcher, medical educator, leader and clinician. Professor Kumar was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) at its inception in 1999 and resigned this post in 2002 when she was appointed as the Chairman of the Medicines Commission UK. She has been President of the British Medical Association, President of the Royal Society of Medicine and vice president of the Royal College of Physicians. She was awarded DBE for services to Medicine. Perhaps she is best known for her incredible textbook “Kumar and Clark’s clinical medicine”, now in its 10th edition and used by medical students and doctors worldwide.   During this episode we discuss: Her career Gastroenterology Her flagship textbook Leadership Advice for medical students and doctors For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Professor Dame Clare Gerada who is a GP and President of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Clare initially trained as a psychiatrist at the Maudsley. This contributed to her lifelong interest in managing drug users and also the huge amount of work to support the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers. She founded Practitioner Health and is Chair of the charity Doctors in Distress. In 2020 she was made a Dame for services to general practice. In this episode we ask her about: Her career General Practice Mental wellbeing of healthcare practitioners Leadership Advice for medical students and doctors Clare's book: "Beneath the White Coat: Doctors, Their Minds and Mental Health" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55927135-beneath-the-white-coat For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Dr Jeanette Dickson is President of the Royal College of Radiologists and a consultant clinical oncologist at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. Her main clinical interest is in the multimodal management of thoracic malignancies. She has held a series of senior roles within the Royal College before becoming President and also maintains a strong interest in medical education. In this episode we ask her about:     Her career Oncology Priorities as President Issues facing the Royal College Advice for medical students and doctors For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast

Professor Andrew Goddard is President of the Royal College of Physicians and a consultant gastroenterologist in Derby. His main clinical and research interests are bowel cancer screening, H. Pylori, iron deficiency anaemia and inflammatory bowel disease. He has extensive experience in the RCP, having been director of the RCP Medical Workforce Unit, Registrar then becoming the youngest President to be elected for 400 years and first from the East Midlands. He created a document "keeping medicine brilliant". In this episode we ask him about: His career Medicine Priorities as President Leadership Advice for medical students and doctors Keeping medicine brilliant: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/keeping-medicine-brilliant For comments, collaboration or feedback, contact us via email or Twitter. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @medspirepodcast