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Clinical Conversations Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
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Rheumatology in MAU: Giant cell arteritis (20 Mar 2023)
In this episode, Dr Amy Prideaux interviews Professor Patrick Kiely about giant cell arteritis (GCA; a.k.a. temporal arteritis), covering diagnosis and management of this rheumatology emergency.
Professor Patrick Kiely is a consultant rheumatologist and Professor of Practice in Clinical Rheumatology.
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British Society for Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez672
Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1613849
Tocilizumab for treating giant cell arteritis – NICE Technology appraisal guidance [TA518]
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta518
Sound issues: We apologise for the audio disturbances in this episode.
Recording date: 24 August 2022
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The Abnormal Skin Lesion (06 Mar 2023)
This week Dr Jonny Bardgett and Dr Jonny Guckian discuss abnormal skin lesions and how medics should approach them during the acute medical take.
Dr Jonny Guckian is a dermatology registrar in Leeds. He is Co-Chair of the RCPE Trainees and Members' Committee, Director for Social Media and Communications for ASME and Podcast Associate Editor for the British Journal of Dermatology.
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https://dermnetnz.org/topics/seborrhoeic-keratosis - Seb K
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/cutaneous-squamous-cell-carcinoma - SCC
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/basal-cell-carcinoma - BCC
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/melanoma - Melanoma
https://dermnetnz.org/topics/abcdes-of-melanoma - ABCD
https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/information-gps/gp-resources/skin-cancer/skin-cancer-diagnosis - Glasgow 7 point checklist
https://www.aad.org/media/stats-indoor-tanning - sunbed stats
https://www.blackandbrownskin.co.uk/ and https://www.blackandbrownskin.co.uk/mindthegap - clinical signs on black and brown skin
Recording Date: 21 July 2022
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The Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (20 Feb 2023)
Dr Marilena Giannoudi talks with Victoria Watson about the role of the rapid access chest pain clinic (RACPC).
Victoria Watson is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Cardiology at Bradford Teaching Hospitals and leads the chest pain service. Victoria has been qualified for 23 years always having worked in Cardiology.
Dr Marilena Giannoudi is the T&MC Podcast Lead and Vice-Chair for Careers and Communications, and a clinical academic trainee in cardiology in Yorkshire and Humber.
Recording date: 26 September 2022
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Occupational Therapy in AMU (6 Feb 2023)
In this episode Lynsey Alexander gives us a valuable insight into the role, involvement and contribution of Occupational Therapists working in the Acute Medical Unit, as an essential part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
Lynsey Alexander is an Occupational Therapist within the Medical assessment Unit. She also has a keen interest in quality improvement.
Recording date: 9 August 2022
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Toxidromes in AMU (23 Jan 2023)
Dr Hannah Preston discusses toxidromes with Dr Euan Sandilands.
In this episode of Clinical Conversations, Dr Hannah Preston discusses toxidromes (different poisoning presentations) and their management in the acute medical unit (AMU) with Dr Euan Sandilands, with a focus on hyperthermic toxidromes.
Dr Euan Sandilands is Consultant Physician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the National Poisons Information Service - Edinburgh unit.
Dr Hannah Preston is a Renal Registrar in Edinburgh and Co-Chair of RCPE's Trainees and Members' Committee (T&MC).
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TOXBASE: https://www.toxbase.org/
Recording date: 1 August 2022
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POCUS - An Extension of Clinical Skills (12 Dec 2022)
This week on Clinical Conversations we have two episodes on clinical skills.
In the second episode, Dr Jonathan Bardgett talks with Dr Sarbjit Clare about Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) and its use in clinical practice.
Dr Sarb Clare MBE is the Deputy Medical Director and Acute Medical Consultant at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. She is the NHSEI Midlands Regional Advisor for AIM. She was the first appointed Acute Physician at City Hospital in 2008 where she set up Acute Medicine from infancy and she has been pivotal in developing acute medicine regionally and nationally. She is a national pioneer in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) which she lectures and teaches on nationally. She runs a yearly course “Ultrasound at the Front Door” and has created many free online learning tools and released her first medical book “Ultrasound For the Generalist – A Guide to Point of Care Imaging” with Cambridge University Press in 2021.
Recording date: 11 August 2022
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