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Charlotte

friend · in 8 sources (2017–2018)

Speaks in 3 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2017: 3 · 2018: 5

Also named in the threads: Ali says that because he and his SixMed colleagues graduate next year (2018) and may not have time to run the courses, he is slowly putting the interview course content on YouTube.

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Molly Hunt (10) · Euthanasia (6) · Assisted suicide (5) · Four principles of medical ethics (3) · Medical ethics (3) · Imperial College London (2) · United Kingdom (3) · Emmanuel College (2) · Medicine interview (4) · University of Cambridge (4)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-01-10 · Euthanasia - Medical Ethics and Law at the end of life — a guest: In the case Charlotte and Molly present, Lillian, a long-term patient of her consultant, suffers terribly with arthritis and is a palliative patient who will never get better. — 00:00:58
    • a guest: Charlotte and Molly call "passive euthanasia", meaning withdrawing or withholding treatment so that someone dies, an unhelpful term: euthanasia is illegal, while withdrawing treatment in a patient's best interests is good clinical practice. — 00:05:00
  • 2018-01-17 · Legalising Assisted Suicide? - Medical Ethics and Law — a guest: Charlotte and Molly say Lord Falconer's bill was thrown out of the House of Commons, where MPs voted overwhelmingly against it. — 00:15:37
    • a guest: Charlotte and Molly say legalising assisted suicide will keep being brought up again and again because it is a really emotive subject. — 00:15:37
    • Charlotte gives the argument that legal euthanasia and assisted suicide could pressure vulnerable and elderly people to end their lives because they feel a burden to their families and the NHS. — 00:20:11
    • Charlotte argues against legalisation that the aim of medicine is to preserve life, and legalising one form of intentional killing is a slippery slope. — 00:23:15
  • 2018-04-24 · Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32 — recommendation: Charlotte, a sixth-year medic at Emmanuel College, revises clinical communication skills alongside active recall: knowing everything is not good care if you cannot explain it well and thoroughly to patients. — 00:01:54
    • Charlotte says stress about GCSEs and A levels is natural, but students should keep perspective: if exams go badly it is not the end of the world, they can always resit, so they should not pin everything on one set of exams. — 00:02:31
    • Charlotte says the grades written on the exam results paper do not define who you are, and your worth should not lie in them. — 00:03:00
    • Revising with Charlotte, Ali draws the acromegaly and Cushing's examination diagrams from memory and fills the gaps from a master diagram, then she draws them and he fills her gaps: teaching her is active recall for him, so it helps both. — 00:03:29
  • 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — Ali: Charlotte is coming over for a takeaway in a couple of hours, and she and Ali will discuss SixMed matters. — 00:12:31
  • 2018-06-09 · iPad Pro vs iPad (2018) comparison for college / university students — Ali: Writing notes on each other's devices, Ali's friend Charlotte could notice no difference between her 2018 iPad and his iPad Pro, and Ali noticed only a very slight difference. — 00:00:29
  • …and 5 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2017

  • 2017-12-14 · How to answer Medical Ethics interview questions — recommendation: Charlotte would approach the bariatric-surgery case by taking each of the four principles in turn and addressing it with the case at hand. — 00:05:04
    • Charlotte: Under beneficence, Charlotte says the woman is at significant risk of heart attacks, strokes and diabetes, so offering her the surgery would improve her health and long-term outcomes. — 00:05:39
    • Charlotte: Under non-maleficence, Charlotte says doctors want to minimise the woman's risk of complications of being overweight, such as stroke, diabetes and hypertension. — 00:06:01
    • Charlotte: Under autonomy, Charlotte says that if the woman is over 18 and has the mental capacity to decide, she has a right to choose her own treatment. — 00:06:01
    • Charlotte: Under justice, Charlotte says bariatric surgery is expensive: it needs experienced surgeons, nurses and theatre staff, a hospital admission and nursing care, plus its opportunity cost. — 00:06:45
    • Charlotte says justice is about deciding the best use of resources, because the NHS has finite resources and cannot give everyone everything. — 00:07:14
    • Charlotte asks how else the cost of the bariatric surgery could be used: if it cost £20,000, the same money might start a smoking cessation service reaching 200 people. (hypothetical) — 00:07:57
    • Charlotte says the NHS is founded on the principle of discriminating only on the basis of clinical need. — 00:08:27
    • Charlotte says the aim is to discuss the case with the interviewer and show that you appreciate the complexities of allocating resources. — 00:08:27
    • Charlotte explains QALYs: the years of life an intervention adds, weighted by their quality on a scale of zero to one, where one is a year in perfect health. — 00:11:59
    • Charlotte says NICE suggests that an intervention costing less than about £30,000 per QALY is probably cost-effective and can probably be offered on the NHS. — 00:12:55
  • 2017-12-22 · Singing carols in the hospital - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #18 — Ali and Charlotte prepare for their finals in his room; one of the finals papers is a short essay paper on public health ethics and law. — 00:01:22
  • …and 2 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

Also named in: Consent, Capacity and Jehovah's Witnesses - Medical Ethics & Law for interviews