September 2022 - Dr Mohamad Saab with Guest Hosts Assoc Prof Nicole Rankin & Dr Claire Nightingale

Today we are lucky to have two guest hosts. Both members of the PC4 Scientific Committee, we are joined by Associate Professor Nicole Rankin, Head of the Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit at the Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne and Dr Claire Nightingale, Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Claire and Nicole are speaking with Dr Mohamad Saab from University College Cork, Ireland. He is a Lecturer in the UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery and a Registered General Nurse. They discuss Mohamad’s newly published paper, Referring high-risk individuals for lung cancer screening: A systematic review of interventions with healthcare professionals. Mohamad covers many aspects of screening including lung cancer screening services in Ireland vs. the US, the difference between screening and early detection and the importance of using blame-free language when discussing lung cancer.