E83: Dr. Lisa Ashmore - Gynae Narrative Project

**Trigger Warning**Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara catch up with Dr. Lisa Ashmore as part of Education and Workforce Development (Part 27).Discussion about Lisa’s career and various roles, the gynae narratives project for people living with and beyond gynaecological cancers. To use this podcast as CPD, look at these reflection points: 1) Reflect on your practice, are there any moments when the service got in the way of delivering dignified care? Moments patients reported as part of the Gynae Narratives were not having gowns available, having their concerns acknowledged or the story Lisa talked about relating to the keys for the brachytherapy suite. 2) Read through the RCR National Radiotherapy Consent forms. https://www.rcr.ac.uk/clinical-oncology/service-delivery/national-radiotherapy-consent-forms How much do you know about the causes of each of the effects listed? How would you explain these to a patient in a way that didn’t minimise the potential of the effect.3) Read the papers associated with this podcast and reflect on your learning.Complete this form for your accredited digital badge: https://bit.ly/3GbtR1X.Links from podcast:You can order a free copy of We need to Talk … About Radiotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer here: https://tinyurl.com/GynaeNarrativesWe also have some publications from the Gynae Narratives project:Stewart H, Ashmore L, Kragh-Furbo M, Singleton V, Hutton D. Ghosts in the machinery: Living with and beyond radiotherapy treatment for gynaecological cancer. Health. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/13634593221114749 D. Hutton, L. Ashmore, M.K. Furbo, H. Stewart, V. Singleton, Patient voices: An essential piece in Radiotherapy's data jigsaw, Radiography, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.01.011 .The Society and College of Radiographers guidance on Clinical Academic roles is here: https://www.sor.org/download-file/?f=267948a8-53ee-44d5-8608-d152588c1256&t=m Also, the Pelvic Radiation Disease Association Best Practice Pathway for Pelvic Radiation Disease: https://www.prda.org.uk/prd-best-practice-pathway/  Cancer Research Uk have produced helpful guidance on Public and Patient Involvement in research: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/patient-involvement-toolkit-for-researchers/planning-your-patient-involvement/choosing-your-patient-involvement-method/using-focus-groups-to-gather-patient-insightPlease like and subscribe to Rad Chat on your podcast library.Our links:Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/radchat Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RadChatPodcast/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rad__chat/ LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/radtalk Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rad_chat Twitter: https://twitter.com/rad__chat?lang=en © Rad Chat 2025. All rights reserved.  We (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in this podcast and all related content, online and offline.  You may not use, copy, modify, download, archive, reproduce, distribute, display, publish, licence, create derivative works from or commercially exploit any part of our content unless we expressly agree in writing.  You must not use any images, audio, video, graphics or clips separately from their accompanying context.  Please acknowledge Rad Chat (and any identified contributors) clearly whenever referencing or sharing our content.