Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Raj Persaud in conversation - the podcasts

Sep 10, 2014

Headstarters Part 4 - Raj Persaud in conversation with young psychiatrists

The research indicates that there are two kinds of medical student - those who know what they are going to specialise in before they start medical school and those who choose afterwards - is psychiatry as a medical speciality different in this...


Sep 10, 2014

Headstarters Part 3 - Raj Persaud in conversation with young psychiatrists

Many medical students have chosen medicine because they were inspired by drama series on TV such as ER where the excitement and intensity of high stakes medicine is absorbing - is one of the reasons that psychiatry appears less popular, is...


Sep 8, 2014

Despite playing the role of grumpy old man and attempting to discourage them from entering the field - do these young enthusiastic psychiatrists take the bait and run? Or do they argue with Raj that psychiatry has a lot going for it as a career choice for a young doctor?


Sep 3, 2014

Headstarters Part 8! Raj Persaud in conversation with young psychiatrists

Medical students seem to be put off choosing psychiatry as a career by their psychiatric attachment during medical school. Why is this and can anything be done about it? Raj Persaud Consultant Psychiatrist in Private Practice in Harley Street...


Aug 30, 2014

Headstarters Part 1 - Dr Raj Persaud in conversation with young psychiatrists

Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud in conversation with young psychiatrists on what its like to choose this speciality as a career in medicine.