All Episodes

TopMedTalk - The challenges of AI in healthcare, a conversation with Dr Joe Alderman

Wellbeing and Occupational Health

A Conversation with Prof Pierre Foex and Prof Helen Higham

Global Emergency & Operative Care: Challenges and Opportunities

Living with MND: Andy’s Story

AI and patient information

Anaesthesia 2025 podcast - Paediatric regional anaesthesia

Anaesthesia 2025 podcast - Human Factors - Hewitt lectureship

The experience of becoming a consultant anaesthetist

CPOC patient safety 2025 prizewinner podcast

Portfolio pathway - episode 5: Assessor viewpoint

Portfolio pathway - episode 4: SIAs

Portfolio pathway - episode 3: Clinical domains

Portfolio pathway - episode 2: Non-clinical domains)

Portfolio pathway - episode 1: Introduction to the Portfolio Pathway programme

Remembering the Omagh bombing - Anaesthesia 2025 podcast

GPC Hub - Anaesthesia 2025

Nociception monitoring - Anaesthesia 2025

Simulation-based education in anaesthesia

Creativity and clinical practice

The benefits of cold water swimming - re-published

Diagnosing death

Shared decision making - a joint CPOC/RCoA podcast, part 2

Shared decision making - a joint CPOC/RCoA podcast, part 1

Obesity metabolic syndrome - Paleolithic diets and diabetes

Parenting and the impact on training

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 13: The Support Project: Communication during Neonatal Resuscitation

Churchill House: Where Did the Fellows' Money Go?

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 12: Top Tips for obstetric anaesthetics beyond the IACOA

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 11: Prevention and management of pain during caesarean section

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 10: The postpartum visit

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 9: Obstetric anaesthetic drugs

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 8: Pain management in labour

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 7: Anaesthetic emergencies in obstetrics

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 6: Obstetric emergencies part 2

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 6: Obstetric emergencies part 1

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 5: Call the midwife

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 4: Maternal pathophysiology

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 3: What do anaesthetists do on labour ward?

An interview with our new President, Dr Claire Shannon

NovPod - Season 2, Episode 2: Maternal physiology

NovPod - Season 2 Episode 1: A typical day on labour ward

NovPod, a beginner's guide to anaesthetics, Episode 16 - top ten tips

Is War Good for Medicine? Motivation and Innovation

Is War Good for Medicine? Challenging the Protocol

Is War Good for Medicine? The Process and the Process Zoo

Guided relaxation to prepare you for the FRCA examination: Moving into stillness

Relaxation and preparation for the FRCA exam

GLP-1 receptor agonists - Anaesthesia 2024 podcast

Communicating risk - Anaesthesia 2024 podcast

Metabolomics and sepsis - Anaesthesia 2024 podcast

Sustainability - Anaesthesia 2024 podcast

Transoral robotic surgery - Anaesthesia 2024 podcast

The importance of civility in healthcare

Black Anaesthetists Roundtable

The Power of Observation

Simulation: Working with the new ASPiH standards

The perioperative management of patients with ME and Long COVID

International Women's Day 2024 - Women In Medicine International Network

Hypnotherapy and the anxious patient

The History of Military Anaesthesia Part 2

The History of Military Anaesthesia Part 1

Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 4, Capacity Building in Surgical Care on Mercy Ships

Hypnocommunication and the nocebo effect - Interview with Allan Cyna

Anaesthetists and Aerospace Medicine

Wellbeing and the anaesthetic trainer-trainee relationship

Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 3, The building of GADP (ZADP/ EADP)

SAS as Educators

Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 2, Working at the BKL Walawalkar hospital in Dervan, India

Blood transfusion during hip fracture – insights from research

Global Anaesthesia Series: Episode 1, Mercy Ships

S2 Ep15: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 15: Life after the IAC

S2 Ep14: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 14: Wellbeing for the anaesthetic trainee with Ramai Santhirapala

S2 Ep13: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 13: Breaking down the IAC

S2 Ep12: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 12: Drugs, part 2

S2 Ep11: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 11: Anaesthetic emergencies

S2 Ep10: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 10: On calls

S2 Ep9: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 9: Recovery

S2 Ep8: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 8: Maintenance and emergence

S2 Ep7: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 7: Induction and airways

S2 Ep6: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 6: Drugs, part 1

S2 Ep5: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 5: Anaesthetic plan

S2 Ep4: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 4: Preparing for theatre

S2 Ep3: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 3: Pre-assessment

S2 Ep2: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 2: The first day

S2 Ep1: NovPod, a beginner’s guide to anaesthetics, Episode 1: Introducing the NovPod

Heritage Series Episode 3: 75 Years of the NHS

S1 Ep77: History of the Journals Episode 2 Part 2: Peer Review, Fraud and the continuing influence of the journals

S1 Ep76: The Heritage Series: Episode 2 Part 1: The early history of the journals

Neurodiversity in anaesthesia

S1 Ep74: Heritage series, Episode 1: Going viral - contagion, pestilence and pandemics

S1 Ep73: International Women's Day 8th March 2023

S1 Ep72: Safety in Formula 1 Motorsport: Part 2

S1 Ep71: Safety in Formula 1 Motorsport: Part 1

S1 Ep70: Patient Safety: How lessons learned in theatre can be transferred to the ward

S1 Ep69: New National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPS)

S1 Ep68: PatientsVoices@RCoA

S1 Ep67: A Festive Message from the College

S1 Ep66: Leadership in Anaesthesia; lessons learnt from the Military

S1 Ep65: Volatile versus intravenous anaesthesia in major non-cardiac surgery - VITAL Trial led by Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network

S1 Ep64: Pre-surgical health optimisation: what is the impact of asking patients to lose weight before joint replacement surgery

S1 Ep63: Black History Month: actions not words

S1 Ep62: SAS advocate role - needs advocacy

S1 Ep61: SAS Doctors from a Leader's Perspective

S1 Ep60: Surgery and Opioids

S1 Ep59: Improving the experience of anaesthesia and perioperative care for Black, Asian and minority ethnic patients

S1 Ep58: The effects of general anaesthesia on the developing brain

S1 Ep57: Workforce wellbeing and compassionate leadership

S1 Ep56: The benefits of cold water swimming

S1 Ep55: Unintended oesophageal intubation. LISTENER NOTE - guidance has since changed.

S1 Ep54: SNAP 3 - Frailty and delirium: What's it all about and how to get involved

S1 Ep53: GPAS (Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services) - The Good Department

S1 Ep52: Reflections on COP26 and sustainability

S1 Ep51: Dr Fiona Donald: The RCoA Presidency & Me

S1 Ep50: Experience of being on the MTI (Medical Training Initiative) programme

S1 Ep49: My Life in Global Health

S1 Ep48: A Festive Message from Dr Claire Mallinson

S1 Ep47: Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice: Identifying and mitigating latent safety threats using in-situ simulation with human factors feedback delivered by pilots

S1 Ep46: Experiences of the ACSA anaesthetic department accreditation scheme

S1 Ep45: Debate: this house believes doctors tackling COVID-19 be immune from negligence liability claims: (For) (Against)

S1 Ep44: How to sustain a career in anaesthesia?

S1 Ep43: PTSD and wellbeing in the COVID era

S1 Ep42: Global perspectives: The COVID-19 response in Zambia

S1 Ep41: RCoA Curriculum podcast: The assessments - episode 3 (part 2)

S1 Ep40: RCoA Curriculum podcast: The assessments - episode 3 (part 1)

S1 Ep39: Data science and artificial intelligence for better healthcare

S1 Ep38: Trainees with an interest in Perioperative Medicine (TRIPOM)

S1 Ep37: RCoA Curriculum podcast: The philosophy.

S1 Ep36: What can we learn from COVID-19

S1 Ep35: RCoA 2021 Curriculum podcast - episode 1

S1 Ep34: Procedure induced anxiety in children

S1 Ep33: How to turn waiting lists for surgery into preparation time

S1 Ep32: The New GMC guidance on consent and decision making

S1 Ep31: Prescribing drugs for nerve pain for Anaesthetists

S1 Ep30: Neuromuscular blockade and monitoring: enhancing patient safety

S1 Ep29: Being an Event Clinical Lead: a chance to shape the RCoA education programme

S1 Ep28: Obstetric anaesthesia and ethics

S1 Ep27: An Insider's View - Experiences in writing and submitting articles

S1 Ep26: Preparing for CCT and beyond episode 3

S1 Ep25: Preparing for CCT and beyond episode 2

S1 Ep24: Anaesthesia 2021 preview - PRISM trial

S1 Ep23: Anaesthesia 2021 preview - Improving tracheostomy care

S1 Ep22: Preparing for CCT and beyond

S1 Ep21: A career in Anaesthesia

S1 Ep19: Anaesthesia 2021 preview - Proton Beam Therapy

S1 Ep18: An Insider's View - Why become an Event Speaker?

S1 Ep17: Knocked out – what you need to know about receiving anaesthesia

S1 Ep16: Delivering babies – obstetric anaesthesia

S1 Ep15: Managing crisis situations - anaesthetists during COVID-19

S1 Ep14: Anaesthesia Associates

S1 Ep13: Nothing works: simplifying the management of complex pain in hospitals

S1 Ep12: Obstetric anaesthesia and current challenges

S1 Ep11: Gillie Lyons interviews Dr Sian Jaggar on mentoring

S1 Ep10: COVID-19 – how does this affect Anaesthetists in Training

S1 Ep9: Mitigating the effects of stress from working day to day with COVID-19

S1 Ep8: Resource Management For COVID - 19

S1 Ep7: Safe airway management for the patient with COVID-19 - The IntubateCOVID Project

S1 Ep6: Safe airway management for the patient with COVID-19

S1 Ep5: RCoA podcast on Career breaks and return to work - Dr Lucy Williams interviews Dr Jill Horn and Dr Caroline Kane

S1 Ep4: RCoA Podcast on Workforce in Anaesthesia

S1 Ep3: RCoA Podcast - Dr Matthew Tuck - The Junior Doctors Contract

S1 Ep1: RCoA Podcast - Professor Bryn Baxendale - The RCoA Simulation Strategy

S1 Ep2: RCoA Podcast - Dr Michael Moneypenny - Mastery Learning