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Digital Health Podcast- Royal Society of Medicine

Healthtech careers for clinicians with Dr Azeem Alam- Co-founder of BiteMedicine

Jun 19, 2023
33:41

Episode Description

This episode features a conversation with Dr Azeem Alam, member of the RSM Digital Health Council and co-founder of Bitemedicine, the creators of Bitelabs, a healthtech and innovation fellowship for clinicians

Discussion points include:

- The bitelabs fellowship
- Ways clinicians can gain experience in digital health
- How you can combine tech experience with clinical training 
- Roles for clinicians within healthtech companies

Resources/opportunities discussed during the podcast:

Bitelabs: @BiteLabsHealth https://bitelabs.io

Fellowships/programmes:

- Topol Digital fellowships:⁠ ⁠⁠Topol Digital FellowshipsHealth Education Englandhee.nhs.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://topol.hee.nhs.uk › digital-fellowships⁠Fellowships in Clinical Artificial Intelligence : aicentre.co.uk/fellowships" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.aicentre.co.uk/fellowships
- National medical director's clinical fellow scheme (digital roles available): fmlm.ac.uk/programme-services/individual-support/national-medical-directors-clinical-fellow-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.fmlm.ac.uk/programme-services/individual-support/national-medical-directors-clinical-fellow-scheme
- Royal College of Physicians Flexible portfolio training (clinical informatics stream): rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/flexible-portfolio-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/flexible-portfolio-training
- Clinical entrepreneur programme: england.nhs.uk/aac/what-we-do/how-can-the-aac-help-me/clinical-entrepreneur-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.england.nhs.uk/aac/what-we-do/how-can-the-aac-help-me/clinical-entrepreneur-programme
- Digital health leadership programme hee.nhs.uk/digital-academy/programmes/digital-health-leadership-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://digital-transformation.hee.nhs.uk/digital-academy/programmes/digital-health-leadership-programme
- Harvard health tech fellowship iq.harvard.edu/healthtechfellowship/fellowship-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/healthtechfellowship/fellowship-overview
- Stanford biodesign innovation fellowship:stanford.edu/programs/fellowships/innovation-fellowships.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://biodesign.stanford.edu/programs/fellowships/innovation-fellowships.html
- Faculty fellowship: https://faculty.ai/fellowship-fellows/
- Entrepreneur First: joinef.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.joinef.com/

Events:
- Royal Society of Medicine Digital health council events
- HETT
- Digital health Rewired
- SomX events
- Intelligent Health 
- Med-tech World

Blog article about different roles for clinician in digital health:
https://medium.com/@annabellepainter/what-is-a-digital-doctor-db14522ec398

Range- Generalism book:
https://davidepstein.com/the-range/

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