Health & Fitness:Medicine
E104: Stepping Out of the ‘Box’ to Code the Future - Dr Arron Thind (GP Trainee & CodeMed Co-founder)
2022-06-12
In this week’s episode we are joined by Arron who shares his journey from doctor to coder, and his philosophy of living outside the box. We delve into the early years of his career, his love and passion for coding. Arron shares how he developed his coding skills from scratch while an FY1 to building an antibiotic calculator app to more recently an EPR simulator. We delve into the founding story of CodeMed and their vision to equip healthcare professionals the skills to be at the forefront of digital innovation in the NHS.
Arron shares his insights into why being a doctor has incredible value and the opportunities that arise as a result, advising us to avoid developing a limited mindset.
Dr Arron Thind is a GP trainee at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, DigitalHealth.London Fellow and a clinical tutor at Kings College London. Prior to entering GP training, he was Deputy Lead of Emerging Technology for the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care.
Arron is the co-founder of Code Med: a startup which teaches clinicians and medical students across the UK how to code, empowering them with the skills to transform healthcare services using digital technology.
Learn more about Arron
Twitter: @ArronThind
LinkedIn: @arron-thind
https://codemed.co.uk/course/
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