Career Conversations

Podcast by RCPE's Trainees & Members' Committee (T&MC) about medical careers, from job applications to career insights to preparing for exams.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh · Digital health literacy and careers (2 Sep 2026)

New to Career Conversations?

Here are some great episodes to start with.

Managing Work and Life (6 May 2026)

Preparing for CCT (1 Apr 2026)

Importance of sleep - Shift work, fatigue and burnout (15 Mar 2023)

Less Than Full-time Training, Barriers and Future Needs (9 Apr 2025)

IMT Application Process - 2025 Update (05 Nov 2025)

Demystifying PACES - Communication [Stations 1 & 4] (19 Dec 2023)

Demystifying PACES - Consultation [Stations 2 & 5] (21 Dec 2023)

Demystifying PACES - Abdominal [Station 4] (26 Jan 2024)

Recent Episodes

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Sept. 2, 2026

Digital health literacy and careers (2 Sep 2026)

In this episode of Career Conversations, Dr Emma Spencer discusses the importance of digital health literacy - the ability to access, understand and use digital health tools - with Professor Mahmood Adil, RCPE's outgoing Clinical Data & Digital Health Lead.

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July 1, 2026

Medical Specialties - Dermatology (1 Jul 2026)

In this episode, Dr Heather Kennedy talks with Dr Amy Perkins about a career in Dermatology.

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June 3, 2026

Who is the medical registrar? Survivor, solver, supporter (3 Jun 2026)

In this episode, Dr Marilena Giannoudi talks with Dr Toby Merriman about what it means to be the medical registrar.

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May 6, 2026

Managing Work and Life (6 May 2026)

In this episode Dr Marilena Giannoudi talks to Dr Clare Bostock about the important topic of work-life balance.

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April 1, 2026

Preparing for CCT (1 Apr 2026)

Dr Katherine Ralston (Consultant Physician and Geriatrician) joins Aoife Duignan (RCPE Trainees and Members' Committee) to discuss preparing to finish training and achieving your certificate of completion of training.

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March 4, 2026

Medical Specialties - Aerospace Medicine (4 Mar 2026)

This is a co-release with our sister podcast, Clinical Conversations. In this episode, Dr Marilena Giannoudi talks with Dr Manav Sharma about the specialty, Aerospace Medicine. They discuss the pathways which lead to the specialty and some interesting cases.

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About the Hosts

Dr Marilena Giannoudi

Host

Chair and Podcast Lead of RCPE's Trainees and Members’ Committee and Cardiology Registrar based in Leeds, currently undertaking a PhD.

Dr Kat Ralston

Host

Previously of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee.

Dr Aoife Duignan

Host

Co-Chair & Vice Chair - Representation for the Trainees and Members' Committee and specialist trainee in geriatric and general medicine in South East Scotland.

Dr Emma Spencer

Host

Co- Vice Chair - Education

Dr Heather Kennedy

Member of the Trainees and Members' Committee (T&MC) and an ST4 in Acute Internal Medicine in Southeast Scotland.

Dr Hannah Preston

Host

Previously of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee.

Dr Anda Bularga

Host

Previously of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee.

Dr Jonathan Bardgett

Host

Previously of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee.

RCPE T&MC

T&MC

With thanks to all RCPE T&MC members who have contributed to the podcast.

RCPE Staff

Staff Team

With thanks to staff (past and present): Marie Allan, Natasha Armstrong, Russell Davidson, Chris Graham, Perrin Grant, Alice Heywood, Charlotte Holmes, Isobel Macdonald Powney, Thais Poyo Gonzalez, Colin Reekie, Laura Stenhouse, Claire Tay.