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Join Dr. Kiki Syrad, Director of Research and Innovation at Great Ormond Street Hospital, as she takes you inside the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children. In this episode, Dr. Syrad shares groundbreaking achievements in rare disease research and the crucial role innovation plays in advancing treatments. She’s joined by Professor Manju Kurian, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and leading researcher in neurogenetics. Together, they explore the latest on rare disease trials, funding challenges, equitable access to gene therapies, and Professor Kurian's work in neurodevelopmental disorders. Tune in to hear how GOSH is shaping the future of paediatric care for rare diseases. * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, and your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad | Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad

Welcome to PlayPods, the new series from the GOSH Learning Academy and the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Play Team are an indispensable part of the MDT at both Great Ormond Street Hospital and in children's wards across the country. Play is vital for promoting wellbeing in babies, children, young people, and their families. It offers a safe outlet for big emotions, a space to feel grounded and it can act as a means of understanding and navigating the complicated and scary world of healthcare. In this four episode series we're going to explore the power of play and the role of the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In today's episode we talk to Amy, Jodie and Claudia about the use of normalising and developmental play for children in hospital. * You can find the GOSH Play Team on Instagram at @GOSHPlayTeam * The Play Team at GOSH is fully funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity). It’s just one example of how the charity’s supporters, partners and fundraisers help give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhoods possible. As well as vital support services that help save childhoods, GOSH Charity funds groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment and child-centred facilities that help save lives, too. Visit gosh.org to learn more about GOSH Charity’s role and how it supports services like the Play team. * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh…learning-academy/. Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to PlayPods, the new series from the GOSH Learning Academy and the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Play Team are an indispensable part of the MDT at both Great Ormond Street Hospital and in children's wards across the country. Play is vital for promoting wellbeing in babies, children, young people, and their families. It offers a safe outlet for big emotions, a space to feel grounded and it can act as a means of understanding and navigating the complicated and scary world of healthcare. In this four episode series we're going to explore the power of play and the role of the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In today's episode we talk to Holly, Charlotte and Sian (on behalf of Cheryl) who are going to talk to us about how play is used around procedures such as blood tests and cannulas.  * You can find the GOSH Play Team on Instagram at @GOSHPlayTeam * The Play Team at GOSH is fully funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity). It’s just one example of how the charity’s supporters, partners and fundraisers help give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhoods possible. As well as vital support services that help save childhoods, GOSH Charity funds groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment and child-centred facilities that help save lives, too. Visit gosh.org to learn more about GOSH Charity’s role and how it supports services like the Play team.  * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to PlayPods, the new series from the GOSH Learning Academy and the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Play Team are an indispensable part of the MDT at both Great Ormond Street Hospital and in children's wards across the country. Play is vital for promoting wellbeing in babies, children, young people, and their families. It offers a safe outlet for big emotions, a space to feel grounded and it can act as a means of understanding and navigating the complicated and scary world of healthcare. In this four episode series we're going to explore the power of play and the role of the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In today's episode we talk to Sian, Helen and Ben, three members of the Play Team who are going to give us an introduction to the importance of play - what is play and why does it matter?  * You can find the GOSH Play Team on Instagram at @GOSHPlayTeam * The Play Team at GOSH is fully funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity). It’s just one example of how the charity’s supporters, partners and fundraisers help give seriously ill children the best chance and the best childhoods possible. As well as vital support services that help save childhoods, GOSH Charity funds groundbreaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment and child-centred facilities that help save lives, too. Visit gosh.org to learn more about GOSH Charity’s role and how it supports services like the Play team.  * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Hello, and welcome to PlayPods, the new series from the GOSH Learning Academy.  Today, Tuesday the 11th of June 2024, is the first ever International Day of Play. Play can foster empathy, creativity, and resilience. For those children and young people in hospital it is vital for promoting wellbeing, offering a safe outlet for big emotions, a space to feel grounded, and even as a means of understanding and navigating the complicated and scary world of health care. We created this series to highlight the vital role the Play Team at GOSH play in creating spaces for play for the babies, children, and young people who are treated in our hospital.  Keep an ear out for the first episode dropping 7th August 2024. We can't wait to see you there. * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, concise introductions to specialist conditions treated at GOSH. In today's episode we speak to Dr Hoong Wei Gan, consultant in paediatric endocrinology medicine, about Brain Tumour Late Effects. Peer review by Dr Harshini Katugampola * Did you know that GOSH runs Mock Exam sessions for the MRCPCH? Find out more here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/education-and-training/postgraduate-medical-education/mrcpch-examinations/mock-examinations/ * Resources mentioned: Gan HW, Morillon P, Albanese A, et al. National UK guidelines for the management of paediatric craniopharyngioma. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2023;11(9):694-706. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(23)00162-6  Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group https://www.cclg.org.uk/ International Guideline Harmonization Group https://www.ighg.org/ * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

This new podcast features the medical student ambassadors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, along with GOSH's undergraduate lead and NICU consultant, Dr Cristine Sortica Da Costa. In each episode they will be focussing on a different specialty within paediatrics, and interviewing a consultant in that specialty about their daily routine, their personal career pathway, the highlights of their job, as well as their advice to medical students and junior doctors interested in a future career in paediatrics. In this episode Cristine talks to Ms Dhanya Mullassery, a paediatric general surgeon at GOSH.  This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, concise introductions to specialist conditions treated at GOSH. In today's episode we speak to Dr James Davison, consultant in metabolic medicine, about Pompe Disease. We talk about pathophysiology, inheritance and presentation, investigation, diagnosis, management and current research.  Peer review by Dr Andrew Broomfield * Did you know that GOSH runs Mock Exam sessions for the MRCPCH? Find out more here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/education-and-training/postgraduate-medical-education/mrcpch-examinations/mock-examinations/ * Resources mentioned: Association for Glycogen Storage Diseases UK: https://agsd.org.uk/ * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, concise introductions to specialist conditions treated at GOSH: In today's episode we speak to Prof Juan Kaski, consultant cardiologist and the director of the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit at GOSH. We talk about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, covering definitions and aetiology, presentation, screening and diagnosis, and management. Peer review by Dr Gabrielle Norrish. * Did you know that GOSH runs Mock Exam sessions for the MRCPCH? Find out more here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/education-and-training/postgraduate-medical-education/mrcpch-examinations/mock-examinations/ * Resources mentioned: European Society of Cardiology "Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies": https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Cardiomyopathy-Guidelines HCM Risk Kids Score: hcmriskkids.org * We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Today on Practicing Paediatrics we are joined by Dr Reem Elfeky and CNS Helen Braggins from the immunology team at GOSH to discuss chronic granulomatous disease. As well as discussing the aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of this rare condition we discuss the CGD Day Reem and Helen have organised for January 2024 - find out more here https://courses.gosh.org/event/CGD2024#init Resources mentioned:  European Society for Immunodeficiences CGD guidelines https://www.esid.org/Education/Chronic-Granulomatous-Disease CGD Society CGD Society - CGDSociety    We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

On today's episode we talk to Dr Glyn Williams, consultant in paediatric pain at GOSH, about chronic pain in children and the new paediatric pain rehabilitation service. We discuss the biopsychosocial approach to pain and the importance of taking a holistic MDT approach to management.  Resources mentioned: Schechter NL, Coakley R, Nurko S. The Golden Half Hour in Chronic Pediatric Pain-Feedback as the First Intervention. JAMA Pediatr. 2021;175(1):7-8. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1798 e-Learning For Health: ePain https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/391439 RCPCH Learning: Pain Management Pain Management – RCPCH Learning  Refer a patient to the GOSH Pain Control Service: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/health-professionals/refer-patient-pain-control-service/

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Join us on Practicing Paediatrics as we explore the world of paediatric audiovestibular medicine. In this episode Dr Maria Tsitsika speaks to Dr Surangi Mendis about vestibular dysfunction, covering definitions, anatomy, physiology, examination, investigation and management. Peer reviewed by Dr Hannah Blanchford. Glossary PoTs - Postural tachycardia syndrome. CMV - congenital CMV. CHARGE syndrome - a disorder that affects many areas of the body. CHARGE is an abbreviation for coloboma, heart defects, atresia (choanal), growth retardation, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities. Usher syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome that affects vision and hearing as well as the vestibular system in some children. Pendred syndrome - a genetic disorder that causes hearing loss, thyroid dysfunction and vestibular difficulties in some children. Saccades - rapid movement of the eye between fixation points. Smooth pursuit - eye movement when the eye remains fixated on a moving object.   Additional resources Dasgupta, S., Mandala, M., Salerni, L., Crunkhorn, R., & Ratnayake, S. (2020). Dizziness and balance problems in children. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 22, 1-19.   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, the series where we explore specialist topics in Paediatric medicine with experts from Great Ormand Street Hospital (GOSH). In the second of this two part episode we are talking to Dr Khushnuma Mullanfiroze, a speciality doctor at GOSH, about bone marrow transplants (BMTs). Part 2 focusses on the transplant process, complications and follow up.  We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, the series where we explore specialist topics in Paediatric medicine with experts from Great Ormand Street Hospital (GOSH). In the first of this two part episode we are talking to Dr Khushnuma Mullanfiroze, a speciality doctor at GOSH, about bone marrow transplants (BMTs). Part 1 focusses on the principles behind BMTs, types of BMT, and BMT indications.  We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics. Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/.  Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcadInstagram: @GOSHLearnAcadSound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

This new podcast features the medical student ambassadors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, along with GOSH's undergraduate lead and NICU consultant, Dr Cristine Sortica Da Costa. Each week they will be focussing on a different specialty within paediatrics, and interviewing a consultant in that specialty about their daily routine, their personal career pathway, the highlights of their job, as well as their advice to medical students and junior doctors interested in a future career in paediatrics. In this episode Cristine and Vickey chat to Dr Richard Lin, a paediatric anaesthetist at GOSH. Keep an eye out for more episodes arriving this Autumn! This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

In recognition of Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2023, GOSHpods brings you a short series of podcasts looking at breastfeeding in a hospital setting. For the first two episodes, we are joined by Lyndsey Hookway, lactation consultant, former paediatric nurse and author of Breastfeeding the Brave. We discuss the unique challenges faced by breastfeeding mums when their little ones are admitted to hospital, and look at what support healthcare staff can offer to help overcome these challenges. Essential listening for all healthcare staff looking after babies and children! Links to the research papers discussed in this podcast: Infant feeding survey 2010: https://sp.ukdataservice.ac.uk/doc/7281/mrdoc/pdf/7281_ifs-uk-2010_report.pdf Breastfeeding disruption during hospitalisation for bronchiolitis: https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000158 Breastfeeding sick children in hospital: mothers' experiences -https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.13489 Lactation skill gaps in paediatric healthcare professionals - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jhn.13172 Barriers to optimal breastfeeding in the medically-complex child - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jhn.13202   This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

In recognition of Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2023, GOSHpods brings you a short series of podcasts looking at breastfeeding in a hospital setting. For the first two episodes, we are joined by Lyndsey Hookway, lactation consultant, former paediatric nurse and author of Breastfeeding the Brave. We discuss the unique challenges faced by breastfeeding mums when their little ones are admitted to hospital, and look at what support healthcare staff can offer to help overcome these challenges. Essential listening for all healthcare staff looking after babies and children! Links to the research papers discussed in this podcast: Effect of breastmilk oligosaccharides on mucositis in mice: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8688723/ Breastfeeding sick children in hospital: mothers' experiences -https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.13489 This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

GOSHpods goes Green is BACK for a second series, focussing on air pollution. Over the next eight weeks, we will explore the impact of air quality on our health, factors contributing to air pollution, and start to think about what we can do as individuals and as healthcare professionals to improve our air quality and advocate for change! In the final episode we speak to two more staff members, Nicola Wilson and Johanna Andersson, about a recent initiative at GOSH, incorporating air quality data in to our patient record system. They discuss the technical and educational aspects of this project and consider how it will help clinicians to have important conversations about air quality with their patients. This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

GOSHpods goes Green is BACK for a second series, focussing on air pollution. Over the next eight weeks, we will explore the impact of air quality on our health, factors contributing to air pollution, and start to think about what we can do as individuals and as healthcare professionals to improve our air quality and advocate for change! On the podcast this week we focus our attention back on GOSH, looking at some of the air quality initiatives that have been undertaken within our Trust. I'm joined by two staff members, Magali Thomson and Vincent Lee, who are passionate about sustainability and improving our public spaces around the hospital. This podcast is brought to you the GOSH Learning Academy. To find more about our work you can visit our website here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/   We would love to get your feedback on our podcasts, or your suggestions for future topics you would like to hear! Please help us by filling out our feedback survey at: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GOSHpodcasts/ Twitter: @GOSHLearnAcad Instagram: @GOSHLearnAcad Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com