Medical Leadership On The Go: Recent Episodes
West Midlands Psychiatry Leadership Board
Join Psychiatry Higher Trainees from West Midlands in conversations with leaders. These podcasts will allow for reflection on "real-world experiences" to supplement leadership theory. Get an insight into what it takes to be a leader in Medicine and beyond. Want to share your leadership journey on our podcast? Send an email to westmidlandsleadership@gmail.com.
Dr Hilary Grant is a Forensic and CAMHS consultant, in the role of Medical Director for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation from 2016- June 2022.
Hilary spoke about her humble beginnings, working in a cheese factory, developing new cheese to get herself through medical school, through to becoming a medical director- and so many experiences in between.
We spoke about the use of QI within a team and how it stopped an essential service from being closed down, reducing from 100 assaults to <1 assault a month, and reducing 2 million pound overspend.
With Hilary retiring from her role as Medical Director we caught her in her last 5 days in the post, a perfect time to reflect on her career.
This is a must-listen to ensure this learning can be carried forward!
We are back with a new episode, featuring Dr Gary Redfeather, the programme lead for Post Graduate Clinical Leadership, Eduation and Research degree at De Montford University.
Gary has a wealth of experience in coaching, mentoring, education, and developing leadership programmes for people from all backgrounds.
In this podcast you can find out more about the programme.
As podcast host I also share my experience of completing the Certificate and Diploma level of the degree and how it is helped shaped my training.
You can connect with Gary via LinkedIn .
Dr. Tobias Rowland is an ST6 trainee in general adult psychiatry, currently completing an acting-up consultant post. Tobias has completed all his training within the West Midlands at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. During his ST5 year in Coventry, he completed a QI project within the Home Treatment Team.
QI is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate, and more importantly, develop leadership skills. In this episode, Tobias demystifies the process of starting and leading a QI project as a trainee. It started with a clear vision of wanting to improve care for patients and evolved into a multi-disciplinary project, which has been sustained even in Tobias' absence.
This episode of inspiring, refreshing and is the perfect listen to boost your confidence if you want to embark on a QI project.
For more resources on QI check out the following links:
QI training: NHS England » Improvement Fundamentals
Trainee QI training booklet: Layout 1 (rcpsych.ac.uk)
Why QI? general-adult-gapqibooklet.pdf (rcpsych.ac.uk)
In this conversation I speak to Dr Amitav Narula General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, working in Black Country Partnership Trust. He shares his experience of becoming Director of Medical Education, and his top tips for leadership.
As a trainee I often feel, how did that Consultant get to that position. Dr Narula shares his career journey, to give us an insight into making your higher trainee years count, towards a career in leadership.
Welcome to our first episode!
My name is Dr Devika Patel (ST4 General Adult Trainee) and I'm joined by Shay-Anne Pantall (ST6 Forensic Trainee). We are two of the three, Honorary Leadership Tutors and will be talking about what to expect from the new leadership programme over the next 6 months!
We will be uploading an episode every month, in conversation with senior leaders and trainees.
If you'd like to be a guest on the show e-mail us on westmidlandleadership@gmail.com
Welcome to Medical leadership on the go, a monthly podcast, brought to you by higher psychiatry trainees in the West Midlands. We bring you conversations with senior leaders within Psychiatry and beyond. These conversations will give an insight into the career journey of the CEO, medical directors and your fellow trainees, with a focus on how you can develop your leadership skills. The podcast was produced to improve access to “real-world” leadership experience, which you can access on the go. You can reflect on these podcasts, and put your learning into action, to evidence engagement with leadership activities in your portfolio.
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