AO Access to success

About AO Access to success

Welcome to AO Access to success, the podcast series developed by the AO Access Task Forces to broaden your perspectives for personal and professional development.

Publisher

AO Foundation

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Oct 2021

Latest episode

31 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2025

   Ep27 - Beyond the scalpel: Why nonclinical competencies matter

   In this episode of AO Access to Success, Dr. Yeshaswini Thelekkat joins host Tatjana Topalovic to explore why nonclinical competencies communication, empathy, and presence are not soft skills, but the foundation of truly human medicine.

2. 

   25 Oct 2025

   Ep26 - How leadership and role models are changing medicine

   In this episode host Tatjana Topalovic is joined by Inger Schipper, trauma surgeon, educator, and influential leader within Dutch and international professional organizations, and multiple ethics and leadership committee to explore what leadership truly means in medicine and why role models matter more than ever in driving meaningful and sustainable change.

3. 

   20 Aug 2025

   Ep25 - Voices that shift cultures: strategic communication and role modeling

   In this episode of AO Access to Success, Professor Amir Elbarbary explores how strategic communication and authentic role modeling can transform leadership and shift culture across global surgical communities.

Who has been a guest on AO Access to success

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Jeff Karp
• Dr Jess McCarthy
• Dr Geraldo Capuchinho
• Dr Rafael Cypriano
• Dr Raphael Guerra

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

15

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32