Podcast appearances and mentions of rob radcliffe

This week, the positive duo of Rob and David tackle the negativity that indie authors face, whether it is from readers, book shops or even themselves. Don't worry, it's not a downer of an episode. In fact, they discuss how they channel it productively, and offer hints and tips on how to build resilience when tackling life as an indie author.Rob Radcliffe, a 'lad-lit' author, joins the duo for the 'Seven Questions' and to discuss his life as an independent author. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author Rob Radcliffe joins me as we discuss he books, his muses and what drives him to write books from different genres. Rob talks to me about starting out and his thoughts about blogging, self publishing and how to do it easily. We look at his most successful books and his plans for the next few books in the pipeline. Rob is hilariously honest and forthcoming with his opinions and thoughts... A brilliant chat, from a brilliant author of some of my most favourite books ever!

Author Rob Radcliffe joins me as we discuss he books, his muses and what drives him to write books from different genres. Rob talks to me about starting out and his thoughts about blogging, self publishing and how to do it easily. We look at his most successful books and his plans for the next few books in the pipeline. Rob is hilariously honest and forthcoming with his opinions and thoughts... A brilliant chat, from a brilliant author of some of my most favourite books ever!

I am delighted to have been able to interview; and chat to, one of my genuine favourite authors, Rob Radcliffe over Skype Rob has written some exceptional books, covering Lad Lit, Fantasy and semi-autobiographical. We discuss the reason we came into contact and the point at which Rob moved forward with his love of writing. We talk about his thought processes when writing a book, his muses and inspirations, as well as what gives him the ideas for his books and how writing sequels/prequels to his books proves harder than the first. Rob is candid and open and a genuinly amazing guy to talk to, giving some amazing insight into the life of a self published author; which we cover, and how he feels about seeing his books on the digital shelf, so to speak. Rob also gives some excellent advice on how to begin writing a book... I really would encourage anyone to download his free books on Amazon, Meat Market (one of my all time favourite books!), Rant! and Checking Out part 1, as well as absolutely downloading the rest once you are done, you really wont be disappointed!

I am delighted to have been able to interview; and chat to, one of my genuine favourite authors, Rob Radcliffe over Skype Rob has written some exceptional books, covering Lad Lit, Fantasy and semi-autobiographical. We discuss the reason we came into contact and the point at which Rob moved forward with his love of writing. We talk about his thought processes when writing a book, his muses and inspirations, as well as what gives him the ideas for his books and how writing sequels/prequels to his books proves harder than the first. Rob is candid and open and a genuinly amazing guy to talk to, giving some amazing insight into the life of a self published author; which we cover, and how he feels about seeing his books on the digital shelf, so to speak. Rob also gives some excellent advice on how to begin writing a book... I really would encourage anyone to download his free books on Amazon, Meat Market (one of my all time favourite books!), Rant! and Checking Out part 1, as well as absolutely downloading the rest once you are done, you really wont be disappointed!

Funnel plots are a central part of how the results of a meta analysis are presented. Learn what they are, what they mean and how to interpret them with Rob Radcliffe.

If you think that relative risk is worrying that Uncle Brian will start dancing at the wedding, then you need to watch this podcast by Rob Radcliffe. Rob explains and helps you define, recognise and avoid bias in trials and explains what relative risk and odds ratio are, and the difference between them. Essential listening if you want to be able to read and interpret others research, or design your own. Also very useful for those pesky exams and academic stations in selection processes. Rob Radliffe is a former maths teacher and current Urology Registrar in the East Midlands, UK.

There are 2 test I can use to see if this patient has got cancer, which one is best? How do I know? How can I compare them?? These were just some of the thoughts going through the candidates mind as his stared at the paper in the academic viva in national selection! If only they'd listened to Rob Radcliffe, who is on hand to explain how you do just that using receiver operating characteristic curves, a really easy way to compare the performance of tests and probably the most useful to medicine thing that had its origin in WW II radar technology. Starting with a review of sensitivity and specificity (see http://schoolofsurgery.podomatic.com/entry/2014-05-02T00_31_49-07_00 for full revision) Rob shows how sensitivity and specificity vary with the cut off point for a test and demonstrates the best test you can design and the worst and shows you how to construct a ROC curve. Real life examples are discussed and how to compare test visually from their curves, and how this can be qualified (and so compared statistically to find the best performing test) using Area Under the Curve (AUC) is also explained. This is the clearest explanation you will find anywhere for this commonly used comparison (check out the Wikipedia page on this if you don't believe me). Is is essential to know as ROC curve feature often in medical literature and often in exams and academic interviews. Rob Radcliffe was a maths teacher in a former life and is now a trainee in Urology in the East Midlands, UK

How confident are you with confidence intervals? Perhaps not 95%.... In this podcast Rob Radcliffe explains what confidence intervals are, how to interpret them and how they provide a deeper understanding of data and the p value. Essential viewing for any student, trainee or consultant/attending reading a scientific paper and wanting to interpret the data correctly. Rob Radcliffe is a former maths teacher and is now a trainee in Urology in the East Midlands, UK

The interview was going well until at the academic station the interviewer asked: "Can you tell me what you understand by the power of a trial and what was the sensitivity of the test used in this study?" A bead of sweat appeared on the forehead of the applicant. If only she'd listened to Rob Radcliffe explaining binary tests, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and power she wouldn't have to come back next year and try again! These terms are in regular use in medical studies, tests and trials. They are often very poorly explained and even less well understood. Rob takes you though binary tests and power in a step by step manner which is easy to understand. You will not find this more clearly explained anywhere else. This video podcast will help you to understand and critique research and help you to design your own studies. Watch this and you will need all you ever need to know. Rob Radcliffe is a former teacher of mathematics and is now a trainee in the School of Surgery in the East Midlands, UK.

"Why would you do a t-test on these data and what is it?" asked the interviewer in a national selection interview. "Errrrrrr...." replied the trainee surgeon who was beginning to think they wished they had watched the video podcast on hypothesis testing using this test. Oh well - he thought, I can always try again next year.... In the third podcast on hypothesis testing, Rob Radcliffe tells you all about t-test, what t is, how you use the t-test and what it actually means. This podcast is the clearest explanation of the most commonly used test in medical statistics you will find anywhere. Watch it and know all you will ever need to know

What's a population? Easy question? Or not? What's a representative sample? What's a random sample from the population and how do you decide if the set of data you have is the same or different from your population. How many samples do you need to take to be representative of the whole population? Rob Radcliffe explains these concepts and much more, passing through central limit theorem - the very core of medical statistics - to explain all of these easy sounding but difficult concepts in a clear and easy to understand video podcast. Biased and unbiased estimators, sampling distribution of the mean, the difference between standard deviation and standard error and the key principles underlying the statistical tests we all use all the time are explained. See this podcast and you will understand what you are doing when you are looking at the results of a paper, be able to answer questions in exams with more confidence and be on the way to designing your own study and the analysis of the data. Essential viewing for medical students, core trainees (junior residents) and higher trainees (senior residents) as exams approach, and also fro anyone starting or in the middle of a research project. There are lots of books on statistics out there, but none as clear as these vodcasts. Next time: statistical testing

Statistics is a bit of a mystery to most of us. Help is here from former maths teacher and current surgical trainee, Rob Radcliffe. In the third in this series explaining medical statistics, Rob explains hypothesis testing. This is fundamental to just about all we do when cam paring data in trials. The null hypothesis is explained and when it is safe to reject it (how to tell if 2 distributions are the same or different and by how much). This podcast also makes it clear where the "magic" p

Do you have an average number of legs? Most likely you have slightly more than the mean number of lower limbs if you think about it. It is important to be able to describe data properly so that we convey the correct and accurate meaning. In his second podcast on medical statistics, Rob Radcliffe takes us through descriptive statistics, central tendency and normal distribution in an accessible and painless fashion. Easy to understand explanations are supplemented with diagrams and charts so that you will know how to apply descriptive statistics to data by the end of the podcast and also how to interpret others data when you see it in publications. This podcast gives you an essential basis in medical statistics which you will need to understand before moving onto the the next in the series, which will explain hypothesis testing. It is essential viewing for all medical students, trainees in surgery and even senior surgeons who want an easy to understand refresher and were afraid to ask. A knowledge of statistics and competency in data interpretation are now integral parts of many interview, exam and selection processes. Rob Radcliffe is a former mathematics teacher and is currently a trainee in surgery in the East Midlands School of Surgery, UK

In the first of his series on medical statistics, Rob Radcliffe, maths graduate, former maths teacher and current trainee in surgery in East Midlands School of Surgery, talks us through a way to clearly formulate clinical questions. Correct formulation of these questions is fundamental to research, the correct use of statistics in clinical settings and will help you to read, interpret and critique a scientific paper. Rob describes, using an example from his own practice, the PICO method to help with logical formulation of clinical questions each time we want to ask them. This podcast is aimed at medical students, core trainees in surgery (junior residents), trainees in higher surgical training, consultants and anyone interested in research, reading, writing or reviewing an academic paper. This, and the rest of the series, will be especially useful to trainees coming up to interview or examination where there will be an academic component with an expectation of a working knowledge of statistics. The next part of the series will cover descriptive statistics