Episodes

  • Progress+ Part 2
    Jul 4 2023
    In this episode of Dragon Bytes we chat to Dr Cathryn Chadwick (Vice President for Training and Assessment, RCPCH) and Dr Emma Dyer (Chair of the Trainees Network, RCPCH), about the new Progress+ curriculum that is being brought into action later this year. Part 2 of 2.
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    43 mins
  • Progress+ Part 1
    Jun 27 2023
    In this episode of Dragon Bytes we chat to Dr Cathryn Chadwick (Vice President for Training and Assessment, RCPCH) and Dr Emma Dyer (Chair of the Trainees Network, RCPCH), about the new Progress+ curriculum that is being brought into action later this year. Part 1 of 2.
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    33 mins
  • Dreamflight
    Mar 13 2023
    This week our Dragon Bytes hosts, Dr Assim Javaid and Dr Zoe Johnson, are joined by two members of the Dreamflight charity, Dr Chris Course and Gillian Ticehirst, Together they discuss the Dreamflight charity and what healthcare professionals can do to help.
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    46 mins
  • OOP - University Hospital of Wales Teaching Fellow
    Feb 6 2023
    As part of our series exploring opportunities that trainees can take advantage of while going out of programme, Dr Assim Javaid (Dragon Bytes host) discusses the teaching fellowship available at the University Hospital of Wales with Dr Sian Williams (Paediatric Trainee, Wales).
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    33 mins
  • Dragon Bytes Basics - Fragile X Syndrome
    Jan 30 2023
    Dragon Bytes Basics - This subseries is aimed at teaching some basic paediatric concepts to healthcare students. Each week medical students from Wales will be joined by a paediatric doctor to discuss common paediatric conditions. These episodes are just introductions and aren’t meant to replace standard revision – remember there will be some regional variations in practice and practice will change as new evidence comes to light. However, this is paediatrics made easy to help listeners get their heads around some thing new. In this episode of Dragon Bytes Basics, Georgia Parry (former Cardiff University medical student, now qualified Doctor) speaks to Dr Emily Sloper (Clinical Genetics Registrar) about Fragile X Syndrome.
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    15 mins
  • Rheumatology - Investigating Arthritis
    Jan 23 2023
    This week our Dragon Bytes host, Dr Assim Javaid, is joined by Dr Dana Beasley (General Paediatrician, Morriston Hospital, Swansea) and Dr Nick Wilkinson (Consultant Paediatrician specialising in Rheumatology and Chronic Pain, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff). Together they discuss how ti investigate cases of suspected arthritis.
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    27 mins
  • Dragon Bytes Basics - Brain Tumours
    Jan 16 2023
    Dragon Bytes Basics - This subseries is aimed at teaching some basic paediatric concepts to healthcare students. Each week medical students from Wales will be joined by a paediatric doctor to discuss common paediatric conditions. These episodes are just introductions and aren’t meant to replace standard revision – remember there will be some regional variations in practice and practice will change as new evidence comes to light. However, this is paediatrics made easy to help listeners get their heads around some thing new. In this episode of Dragon Bytes Basics, Georgia Parry (former Cardiff University medical student, now qualified Doctor) speaks to Dr Blanche Lumb (Paediatric Trainee, Wales) about brain tumours.
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    17 mins
  • OOPE - GOSH Simulation Fellow
    Jan 9 2023
    As part of our series on out of programme experiences, Drgon Bytes host Dr Assim Javaid chats to Dr Laura Potts, a Welsh paediatric trainee, about her year out as a simulation fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London,
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    19 mins