Medical Specialties - Geriatric Medicine (4 Dec 2024)

Medical Specialties - Geriatric Medicine (4 Dec 2024)

From Career Conversations by Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

December 3, 2024 · 27 min

About this episode

Dr Marilena Giannoudi interviews Dr Kat Ralston about the geriatric career path, discussing daily responsibilities, challenges, and resources for aspiring geriatricians.

This week, Dr Marilena Giannoudi focuses on the geriatric career path with Dr Kat Ralston. This episode covers the day-to-day as well as the advantages, challenges, and the pathway to this profession. Dr Ralston provides many resources to inform your journey into geriatric medicine and discusses a few interesting cases she has encountered. Dr Kat Ralston is a geriatric medicine registrar in Edinburgh. She is also the Education Co-Vice Chair and the joint Podcast Lead for the RCPE Trainee & Members' Committee (T&MC). Dr Marilena Giannoudi is a cardiology registrar based in Leeds. She is Co-Chair of the Trainees and Members’ Committee, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and is currently undertaking a PhD. --Useful Links-- Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment - https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/geriatric-medicine British Geriatrics Society https://www.bgs.org.uk/ Clinical Frailty Scale - https://www.bgs.org.uk/sites/default/files/content/attachment/2018-07-05/rockwood_cfs.pdf REDMAP Framework https://www.spict.org.uk/red-map/ Think Delirium Toolkit…

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Host: Dr Marilena Giannoudi

Guest: Dr Kat Ralston

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Organizations: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, British Geriatrics Society, Higher Education Academy, RCPE Trainee & Members' Committee

Places: Edinburgh, Leeds

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