Episodes
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The Transport Series: Flight Physicians
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The Transport Series: Episode 2 - Dr. Michael Steuerwald
In the second episode of the Surgery Sett Transport Series, Dr. Michael Steuerwald supplements our "Piloting a Medical Helicopter" episode with his own perspective. Dr. Michael Steuerwald is a flight physician, and the medical director for UW Med Flight. He shares his experience providing care in a helicopter, as well as the innovations that are making his job more efficient.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Piloting a Medical Helicopter
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Episode 1 - UW Med Flight Senior Lead Pilot Phil Jennings
In the first episode of the Surgery Sett Transport Series, Dr. Kohler sits down with Senior Lead Pilot Phil Jennings of UW Med Flight. Flying medical helicopters is strategic, calculated work, and contributes greatly to the health and safety of patients. Phil discusses the considerations that go into every flight and his journey to becoming a pilot. And we listen to an actual UW Med Flight dispatch.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Systemic Racism in Healthcare
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Episode 105: Dr. Girma Tefera
Dr. Kohler invites Dr. Girma Tefera on the show to discuss racial inequality and prejudice that healthcare workers face. Dr. Tefera urges everyone to reflect, honestly, on the biases you have learned throughout your own life. People of color face inequality in every facet of our society- it is not an issue of the past. Any discrimination is an unacceptable amount, and until it is 100% resolved, our country will continue to be plagued by it.
Just Mercy (Free): https://www.justmercyfilm.com/
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm
Sunday May 17, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: Mental Health
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 16 - Dr. Gwynneth Schell
Throughout this pandemic, we've experienced intense isolation, great loss, and, for many, unprecedented stress in the workplace. It comes as no surprise that the era of coronavirus may have a lasting impact on people's mental health. So how can we work through it? What are mental health care providers doing to make services accessible and effective? Dr. Gwynneth Schell discusses how her services have changed, and the impact of the pandemic on our mental health.
Dr. Gwynneth Schell, LPC: https://www.uwhealth.org/findadoctor/profile/gwynneth-e-schell-lpc/10970
UW Health Behavioral Health and Crisis Numbers: https://www.uwhealth.org/mental-health-behavioral-health-services/46535
"If" by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---
If you or someone you know is having a mental health emergency:
Dane County Crisis: (608) 280-2600
National Suicide Prevention Line: 800-273-8255
Or call 911
Tuesday May 05, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: The Role of Engineers
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 15 - Peter Adamczyk
As we continue to understand the coronavirus pandemic as a collaborative effort from journalists to surgeons, we have yet another role to add to our ever-growing list of contributors: engineers. Peter Adamczyk is the co-director of the College of Engineering's COVID response here at UW-Madison. His team at the UW maker space has been designing face shields and other vital equipment for the UW Hospital in the midst of shortages. Peter discusses how this collaboration came to be, and gives advice for engineers hoping to follow in his footsteps.
Wired Magazine article: https://www.wired.com/story/tinkerers-created-face-shield-being-used-hospitals/
Sector 67: http://www.sector67.org/blog/
More on the UW-Madison College of Engineering's COVID response: https://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/covid-19-impact-how-engineers-are-making-a-difference/
Peter Adamczyk: https://uwbadgerlab.engr.wisc.edu/lab-members-new/peter-adamczyk/
The Plague by Albert Camus: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679720218
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: The Role of Surgeons
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 14 - Dr. Ben Zarzaur
Although there is no surgical operation that can be done to treat COVID-19, the pandemic calls for all hands on deck. Where initially we may have predicted that the fight against coronavirus would require us to free up resources and make room for medicine, Dr. Ben Zarzaur has proven that surgeons, too, have a role in this fight. Dr. Zarzaur discusses how he put his ideas, and his past experiences, into action to mobilize surgeons during the crisis.
Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID Resources: https://www.sccm.org/disaster
FEMA Trainings: https://training.fema.gov/
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43281/the-lake-isle-of-innisfree
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: Communication is Key
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 13 - Dr. Elizabeth Bojsza and Dr. Susmita Pati
The coronavirus pandemic has upturned a lot of the everyday functions of our lives, and of our work. Perhaps the biggest way it has affected the nation is the way we communicate. Where we once had direct eye contact, we have masks or a screen between us. With the added stress the pandemic has caused, communicating in healthcare is proving to be more difficult nowadays. Luckily, Dr. Elizabeth Bojsza and Dr. Susmita Pati from the Alda Center are helping us navigate this new terrain.
The Alda Center: https://www.aldacenter.org/
Alan Alda’s Clear & Vivid podcast: https://www.aldacommunicationtraining.com/podcasts/
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? by Alan Alda: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812989151
"Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver: http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html
Monday Apr 20, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: The Century Ride
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 12 - Josh Marshall
The frontlines of COVID doesn’t only include healthcare workers, it also includes journalists. In an era where information is so important, journalists are facing threats of their own. With an advertising drought caused by the economic crash associated with COVID, many news providers are having to make sacrifices as they struggle to continue covering the pandemic. Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, joins Dr. Kohler for the Surgery Sett’s 100th episode to discuss how he is navigating this crisis.
Talking Points Memo: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
The Josh Marshall Podcast: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/podcast-series/the-josh-marshall-podcast
The TPM List of Key Coronavirus Crisis Links: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/covid-19-community
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: Convalescent Plasma
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 11 - Dr. Bill Hartman and Dr. Joe Connor
In what has been a seemingly endless fight against COVID, Dr. Bill Hartman and Dr. Joe Connor arrive with some hopeful news. Through the use of convalescent plasma, or the antibodies found in the blood of a recovered patient, a potential treatment for COVID-19 is being tested. Dr. Hartman and Dr. Connor discuss how they streamlined the process of developing such a therapy at unprecedented speeds, and share how you can help!
UW Convalescent Plasma: https://news.wisc.edu/plasma-from-recovered-covid-19-patients-tested-as-therapy-for-seriously-ill-patients-at-uw-health/
National website: https://www.uscovidplasma.org/
Hotline: +1(608)262-8300
Toll-free number: +1(833)306-0681
“Sometimes” poem: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sometimes-416/
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: Organizing a Decentralized Structure
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 10 - Dr. Barbara Boyer
Dr. Barbara Boyer is the president of the medical staff of her hospital, which has a decentralized structure. They don't share a common email system, in the past they had met in-person once a month, and now they are faced with trying to organize under the conditions of COVID. Dr. Boyer shares how she's gone about distributing resources and disseminating information, while facing the threat of coronavirus and the obstacles of social distancing.
Some Good News with John Krasinski:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5pgG1M_h_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilZ1hNZPRM&t=4s
"To Be of Use" by Marge Piercy: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/to-be-of-use