Round Three presentations, more success

Hello all,

Today we had another wide range of topics that were delivered, with every person in the session passing, so well done one and all.

The subjects analysed were Smoking, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, BRCA, Breast Cancer, Kidney Failure, ME, Children's Oral Health, IBS and Schizophrenia.

I really enjoyed the presentations again and crucially, (like all attendees), learned lots.

One thing is for sure, you have all (in the three sessions) stepped up and delivered some exceptionally strong presentations, and as an assessor, I cannot ask for any more in terms of commitment and standards.

For those who delivered today, please lend your thoughts in the comments box below as always.

I will see you all next week where we will use the first hour of the class to reflect on the presentation assessment. In the second half I will tidy up any assessments not already passed with any luck.

Great stuff and I look forward to seeing you all next Thursday as a whole class, it’s been a while!

"I don’t want to tell alcoholic patients to keep drinking, but I have to"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/12/alcoholic-patients-keep-drinking-doctor

Although it goes against her instincts as a doctor, the lack of funding for drug and alcohol services means she has no choice, says Mariam Alexander, an NHS consultant liaison psychiatrist.

This is worth a read and any thoughts you have on the topic are, as ever, welcome below in the comments section.

Best of luck to those going for interview at UWS tomorrow

Hello all,


Just a wee post to say good luck to all of you who are interviewing tomorrow for UWS.


Don't forget, you are on the SWAP course so you are all more than capable of study at University, you are doing well, you are learning all the time, you are constantly developing new skills, in classes and in assessments.


So be calm, don't overthink things and most important of all, be yourselves and try and enjoy the experience.


This is what you want to do, you have done brilliantly to get on the course and this is your time.


Please let me know how the day goes, what you had to do and as always, pop some reflective comments down afterwards if you can. Sharing and discussing the experience is always a good thing I believe.


Best of luck everybody,


Mark

Stammer to sermon: A priest's struggle with words

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-46425370

Hello all, this is a great article about a Priest, Father Patrick Lagan, who would struggle to say certain words out loud and his stammer got progressively worse as he grew up.

He later joined the McGuire Programme, which offers a method of controlling stuttering, and it changed his life "completely".

This is an important message. Sometimes we encounter barriers and challenges. But as they say, nothing is impossible.

All the best,

Mark

Presentation Success, Part Deux!

Well done to all seven presenters this afternoon who produced some great talks and all attendees passed.




The range of talks again was fantastic and today's topics were: Cystic Fibrosis, Nystagmus, Crohn's Disease, Dextro Cardia, IVH, Huntington's Disease, Stillbirth.




Very well done to all and some feedback below would be ideal, thank you. Thank you to all contributors to the feedback so far, it really does help all the presenters I think.




If you are delivering on 13th December and haven't e mailed me your talk yet, please do so by Tuesday latest please.


All the best,




Mark

Tyson Fury has beaten his demons to become a champion for mental health

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/05/tyson-fury-champion-mental-health-boxer-depression-addiction

Like me, you may have watched the boxing bout in the early hours of Sunday morning, perhaps you  are aware of Tyson Fury's controversial philosophies (and there have been many) and some of you may simply be thinking who is this guy?

He divides opinion, for sure, and quite rightly so, but for me this is a very interesting article about a man who has had to fight plenty of his own demons. And has chosen to do so very publicly. 

Post-fight he pledged to donate his £8m fee to the homeless and declared: “For all the people out there with mental health problems, I did it for you guys.”

I feel that Mr. Fury has probably won himself a new army of fans with his very open and candid comments about his struggles. 

I will be very interested to read your comments. From a boxing perspective, I still cannot believe he didn't win the fight though. But that's boxing for you, it is certainly very subjective!

Scots top UK drink death rates but numbers are falling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46441009

Scotland is the only country in the UK to have seen a significant reduction in alcohol-related deaths this century, an official report has revealed.

But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Scotland still has more deaths per head of population than any other nation. 

This is worth a read and as always, your considered opinions are welcomed in the comments box below.

Mark