The Medical Women Podcast

Hello! The 22nd of April is Earth Day and this week is Greener Allied Healthcare Professionals week so we're talking about sustainability on the podcast. Our guest, Dr Becki Taylor-Smith is an anaesthetist, coach and alumni of the Chief Sustainability Officer's Clinical Fellowship. She shares with us why it is important to think about sustainability in all that we do. And you'll see how important Nuthana thinks this is too. Becki has kindly donated a coaching prize for our MWF Spring raffle too, with proceeds shared between MSF and MWF. ** Last few tickets left for our spring conference on 10th May in Cambridge ** To register click here Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello! Over the weekend, you may have spotted that NHS England decommissioned practitioner health services for secondary care doctors.... and then did a U turn yesterday! Good to know that we can all use our voices to collaborate and make change. This week's episode explores the sensitive topic of doctors mental health. Our guest this week is someone who bravely and openly shares their experiences on social media. It's time to have the conversations that don't always happen. Please know that if you are struggling, you are not alone. You can seek help at: https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/ https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjww_iwBhApEiwAuG6ccLRvBlfGqQ5vtFSFG-U2igliX3z5pGntfZaxRz6M6SZYHf27RqOt9BoCreoQAvD_BwE To register click here Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello everyone! Happy April! This week's episode is perfect for this time of year when it is Spring and we're all feeling exhausted from winter. Post pandemic, burnout has reached record levels in staff working in healthcare around the world. Dr Claire Ashley is a GP, burnout specialist and clinical entrepreneur on a mission to help overwhelmed professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses to recognise, prevent and overcome burnout and other mental wellbeing problems in the workplace. In this episode, we cover how to recognise burnout, how we can prevent and treat it. ** Our Spring conference is on 10th May in Cambridge ** To register click here Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello!!! Welcome to Season 5 of the podcast! We're kicking off with the amazing Dr Tamsin Holland Brown - paediatrician, founder of Hear Glue Ear and mum of five. Tamsin shares with us her journey of becoming a clinical entrepreneur and how she juggles that with all her other plates! Our Spring Conference is in Cambridge on 10th May and we have a few tickets left! To register click here Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello, happy International Women's Day 2024! This year's theme is Inspire Inclusion which is what the MWF is all about. We're doing a recast of our special episode hearing from all our Past Presidents of the MWF. This episode first aired for IWD 2022 and is one of our most listened to episodes. ** Our Spring Conference in Cambridge is on 10th May and we would love to see you there! ** To register click here Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Welcome back to The Medical Women Podcast! It's the season of applications and interviews in the medical world, so I thought you might appreciate a boost in your confidence and owning your achievements. This week's guest is the fabulous life coach and author, Tiwalola Ogunlesi. Tiwa runs a company called Confident and Killing it. She is on a mission to help us unlock our most confident selves. Tiwa’s book Confident and Killing it Tiwa’s book recommendations: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms by Vishen Lakhiani Save the date! Our next MWF Conference is on Friday 10th May 2024 in Cambridge. Booking opens soon! We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Storytelling is a really important skill for speaking to patients, presentations and pitching. Yet it is not a skill that we are routinely taught at medical school. This week's guest is actor and coach Serena Evans. In this episode, Serena shares her top tips for connecting with your audience and telling a great story. ** Save the date - our MWF Spring Conference is on Friday 10th May 2024 in Cambridge ** We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Do you get nervous when you need to give a presentation, presenting patients on ward round, or speaking at a meeting? We all have a voice, and to be empowered to use our voice, we have the fabulous singer and executive voice coach Anouska Taylor as our guest this week. Anouska shares exercises we can all do to look after our voices and to speak with confidence. ** SAVE THE DATE - Our MWF Spring Conference is on Friday 10th May 2024 in Cambridge ** We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

"You're ambitious". It's sometimes used in a negative way to describe a woman. But let's claim being ambitious and owning our worth. Our guest this week is Shellye Archambeau, one of tech's first Black female CEOs and bestselling author of Unapologetically Ambitious. In this episode, Shellye shares her top tips on how we can be unapologetically ambitious. ** Save the date! ** Our MWF Spring Conference is going to be on Friday 10th May 2024 in Cambridge, Tickets will be on sale soon! We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Welcome to the fourth episode of our mini-series on women's health, sponsored by Health Innovation Kent Surrey and Sussex. In this episode, we hear from dermatologist and author Dr Anjali Mahto. Anjali explains what products we actually need to use on our skin at different stages of our lives. Anjali's book The Skincare Bible is a really helpful resource for anyone wanting to dive a bit deeper into this. Our MWF Spring Conference will be on Friday 10th May in Cambridge. Please save the date! We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Last week was World Menopause Day so this week we have the second episode on this very important topic. This week's guest is Dr Louise Newson, GP and menopause specialist. Louise shares with us how we can manage and support women during menopause. A must listen for all of us. Dr Newson’s book The definitive guide to the Perimenopause and Menopause We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram. Thank you to Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex for sponsoring this mini-series on women's health.

Hello! 18th October is World Menopause Day so we are covering this important topic this week and next week! Our guest this week is the fantastic Katharine Gale - Consultant Nurse, Coach and Trainer and Director of FluxState. Katharine supports women through menopause to that they can continue to work and enjoy their lives. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello! Welcome to this special mini series on women's health which is a collaboration with Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex who we are delighted to have as sponsors of these episodes. Dr Nuthana is joined by Dr MaryAnn Ferroux, Medical Director of HIKSS to introduce this series and episode. Our guest today is Jess Kasriel who is a nutritionist specialising in helping women to optimise their fertility. Jess shares how she went from a pro tennis player to nutritionist and top tips on how we use nutrition and exercise to support ourselves at different stages of our menstrual cycle and to optimise fertility. We hope you find this a really helpful episode! We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello! We've got two fabulous guests on the podcast this week. Dr Chelcie Jewitt and Dr Becky Cox, so-founders of Surving in Scrubs. Sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault are commonplace in the healthcare workforce. Becky and Chelcie launched Surviving in Scrubs to tackle this problem, giving a voice to women and non-binary survivors in healthcare to raise awareness; and to end sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault in healthcare. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello lovely listeners! Today's wonderful guest is Miss Samantha Tross, the UK's first female of Afro-Caribbean descent to become a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon. Many of us won't be the 'first' to do something, but this is a fabulous example of someone being what they can't see. Sam speaks about the importance of mentorship and sponsorship, and how we can sponsor trainees. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello! Welcome to Season 4, the season of 'how to....' Our guest today is the fabulous comedian and author Viv Groskop. Viv has written several best selling books including her newest book Happy High Status. Viv herself is a podcaster and host of How to own the room. In this episode, we discuss what happy high status is, top tips from how to own the room and from Viv's career in stand-up comedy. Viv’s books mentioned in the podcast: Happy High Status by Viv Groskop How to own the room by Viv Groskop Lift as you climb by Viv Groskop We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Hello everyone! Season 4 of The Medical Women Podcast is coming up and here's a sneak peak of this 'How to....' season. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram.

Good luck to all those starting new rotations today, and a very warm welcome to our new FY1 colleagues!! The first Wednesday in August marks changeover for most trainees in the UK. This is one of our most popular episodes which we are recasting - our junior doctor members share their top tips for changeover and starting FY1. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram. Our cover art and social media posters are designed by Ms Danielle Nwadinobi.

Dr Anthea Mowat was Honorary Secretary of the Medical Women's Federation until January 2023 when she had to step down due to ill health. Sadly Anthea passed away this week so we wanted to re-release her podcast episode in memory of our friend and colleague. Anthea was a gem of a person, incredibly kind, modest and capable. She was a champion of SAS doctors and medical women. Her knowledge of byelaws and statutes was astounding. We shall miss her very much and send love to Anthea's family. We have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram. Our cover art and social media posters are designed by Ms Danielle Nwadinobi.

It's the season 3 finale! This week, we have a live podcast from our MWF Spring Conference featuring a fantastic panel discussing the future of the NHS work force; supporting flexible working and SAS careers. The panellists are Dr Rob Fleming (Specialty Doctor in Anaesthetics and a wonderful advocate for SAS doctors), Prof Partha Kar (NHSE lead for diabetes), Prof Kamila Hawthorne (Chair of the RCGP), Prof Angharad Davies (Consultant microbiologist and clinical academic) and Dr Vaishali Parulekar (Chair of the BMA SAS Committee). This was a great session at our conference and we are delighted to share it with you! We'll be taking a break for a few weeks and then we will be back for Season 4! In the meantime, you can catch up on all of our episodes. We have a very special announcement to make - we have made membership to the MWF only £5 for all medical students! Sign up at this link: https://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/members/join-us Follow the Medical Women’s Federation on social media: Website: Click here to join the Medical Women’s Federation or sign up to our free newsletter Twitter: @medicalwomenuk Instagram: @medicalwomenuk Facebook: MedWomen For any enquires about the Medical Women's Federation, email admin@medicalwomensfederation.org.uk To get in touch about the podcast, email medicalwomenpodcast@gmail.com This podcast is produced on behalf of the Medical Women's Federation by Dr Nuthana Bhayankaram & Ms Jenna MacKenzie. Our music is composed and played by Dr Kethaki Bhayankaram. Our cover art and social media posters are designed by Ms Danielle Nwadinobi.