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Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, BJS Academy Director, semi-retired Consultant Vascular Surgeon.

With audio content is becoming a preferred mode of learning, here is the BJS Academy podcast on how to make a podcast. Listen to the podcast or read the article: This is a podcast about, well, how to make a podcast. I have been making podcasts for about 10 years to advertise and promote the BJS, British Journal of Surgery and its output of surgical science. More recently I’ve been promoting BJS Academy, an educational website for surgeons worldwide. My podcasts usually describe new material on the sites, and act as a teaser to try and encourage surgeons to access the published material. The aim of this podcast is to tell you how I make a podcast quickly and easily. I expect to be able to make a five to 10 minute podcast in little over an hour from start to finish. Podcasts are made for many different reasons. Lots of people listen to them every day for entertainment and many celebrities make them for their fans and to promote their own work and ideas. In surgery, more and more people are making podcasts to enhance their surgical research. My interest is in the education and training of surgeons by disseminating and discussing surgical scientific research. So that’s my focus making podcasts. Obviously that’s different from popular podcasts made by celebrities for you to listen to in the car or on the train. So this podcast will focus on promoting surgical science, by providing a snapshot of what is available with recommendations about what to read..

Jonothan J Earnshaw DM FRCS