Through The Keyhole

For the new series of Through the Keyhole, Prof Tan is joined by Miss Lucy Huppler and Miss Lydia Newton to consider the path of a trainee surgeon and the  challenge of life balance in the early years as a doctor . They discuss their broader interests and the impact that elective-year travel had on their training and perspective. Lucy and Lydia will be supporting series 2 as guest presenters to bring their perspective of surgery at the start of a career. 

Tan is joined by Dr Paul Barach from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. They discuss the challenges of managing complex systems and how keeping the guiding principles of patient safety, high quality of care, staff satisfaction and financial sustainability central. They discuss the central importance of ongoing training and learning from other complex industries ...

Tan and Lucy are joined by Professor Dr April Roslani, Dean of the University of Malaya. Professor April reflects on the her journey of training and the broader challenges of surgical training, both historically and in contemporary circumstances. She reflects on the evolving medical curricula and structure that medical trainees follow...

Prof Tan is joined by Dr. Jordan Tsigarides, an  Academic Clinical Fellow  based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and Norwich Medical School. Jordan is the VR lead for the NNUH and is responsible for the development of multiple educational programmes utilising immersive technologies. They discuss the role of augmented and virtual technology in ongoing professional training and the potential of the technology for cost-effective simulation based learning.

In this episode Lydia and Tan talk with Mr Saxon Connor, an HPB surgeon from Christchurch, New Zealand. They discuss some of importance of team work in surgical teams before focusing specifically to the challenges surrounding crisis trauma events such as the earthquake and terrorist events that Christchurch suffered in the past decade.  

Kat is a Consultant  Colorectal Surgeon at  Oxford University Hospital. Lydia, Tan and Kat discuss the process of finding a first role as a consultant and the benefit experience beyond training. Kat reflects on the benefit she drew from an overseas surgical fellowship in Australia and her period in non-clinical research positions. They also discuss the balance and stamina needed to start a family whilst continuing to progress in specialist training. 

Lucy and Lydia talk with Mr Justin Morgan, a consultant general and transplant surgeon  at  Southmead Hospital in Bristol. 

Justin reflects on his early career as a general surgeon before discussing the benefits of specialism and his particular interest endocrine and transplant surgery. They also discuss his wider interest in medical education and his role as the  Dean of the North Bristol Academy for the University of Bristol. 

In the first of two episodes, former England cricket captain Graham Gooch joins Tan to discuss elite performance and getting the best from teams.  They discuss attitude, coaching, commitment, skill, feedback, concentration and reducing complications. 

In the second episode with Ex England Cricket Captain, Graham Gooch, Tan discusses the challenges of team management and how to get the best from others. They also discuss the transition when  senior professionals step back from front line services and the pleasure in develop the skills of coaching and training others.

Consultant Surgeon Meg Finch-Jones joins Lucy and Tan to reflect on her career in HPB surgery. They discuss her own journey into this area of surgery and some of the unique challenges of the specialism. They consider the evolution of role, the importance of coaching younger trainees, and the job satisfaction from complex surgery.