Clinical Conversations

Dr Hussun-Ara Shah interviews Dr Phil Crosbie about the Lung Health Check Pilot, the new national lung health checks and supporting patients with smoking cessation. Dr Crosbie is a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester. His main clinical and research interest is lung cancer with a specific focus on early detection and screening. Phil is res...

Dr Anda Bularga interviews Dr Eoin O'Sullivan about cognitive bias and how it impacts on clinical decision making. Dr Eoin O'Sullivan is a Kidney Research UK Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and a Renal Registrar at the Department of Renal Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Recording date: 26 February 2022 -- Useful Links -- https://twitter.com/eoinrenal Society to Improve...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Gill Aitken, Programme Director of Clinical Education postgraduate study at the University of Edinburgh. Gill and Jonathan discuss the difference between Medical Education and Clinical Education, mentorship and tips on creating helpful teaching sessions. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/ev...

Dr Jim Parry talks to Dr Ashling Lillis about Acute Oncology and Oncology in the AMU. Dr Ashling Lillis is a consultant and Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine at Whittington Hospital in London and is also a National Clinical Advisor for Macmillan Cancer Support. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk...

Dr Hannah Preston interviews Professor James Dear on paracetamol overdose in the Acute Medical Unit, the role of NAC and the new SNAP regime. Professor Dear is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh and Consultant Clinical Toxicologist in NHS Lothian and for the National Poisons Information Service. Recording date: 20 January 2022 -- Useful Links -- https://www.toxbase.o...

Dr Patrick Kiely discusses with Dr Amy Prideaux the advances made in his career in rheumatology, what this has meant to patients, and why this is such a fascinating specialty. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk This podcast is from the Trainees & Members' Committee (T&MC) of the Royal College o...

Dr James Parry talks to Dr Anna Olsson-Brown about Immuno-oncology and managing patients on immunotherapies during the acute take. Dr Olsson-Brown is a consultant medical oncologist at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. Throughout her clinical work she has been involved with the use of oncological immunotherapies, their uses and toxicities. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -...

Dr Anda Bularga discusses with Dr Meghan Perry, the variety and complexity of cases which present with pyrexia of unknown origin, and how experience, clinical skill and detective work contribute in this fascinating area of medicine. Recording date: 23 June 2021 -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.u...

Dr Bardgett asks Drs Oliver Koch and Frauke Weidanz about their ongoing experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk This podcast is from the Trainees & Members' Committee (T&MC) of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE).

Dr Rachel Sutherland talks to Dr Jon Miles about the importance of good management of ambulatory care patients in a same day emergency care setting. Dr Miles is a recently retired Consultant in Acute & General Medicine with particular interest in Same Day Emergency Care. Dr Rachel Sutherland is Consultant in Acute Medicine specialising in Same Day Emergency Care. -- Follow us -- https://www.instag...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Gillian Bain about managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr Bain is a consultant gastroenterologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and is Trainee Programme Director for Gastroenterology in the north of Scotland. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE Events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk This podcast is f...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Rob Hallifax about Pneumothoraces. Dr Hallifax is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer the University of Oxford. He studied an MSc in Natural Sciences in Cambridge before training in medicine at the University of Oxford. He won an MRC Clinical Training Fellowship for his DPhil: "Understanding Pneumothorax: epidemiology, physiology and outcomes". Dr Hallifax was the...

Dr Bularga discusses medical training and delivery of healthcare in Malawi with Dr Isaac Chirwa, Consultant Endocrinologist in Lilogwe and Dr Michael MacKenzie, Consultant in Infectious Diseases in Lilogwe. Both Dr Chirwa and Dr MacKenzie have experience of undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in the UK and Malawi. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RC...

Dr Bularga discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi and its impact on the country's healthcare system. Dr Isaac Chirwa and Dr Michael MacKenzie share their experience over the past 18 months including the set up of the vaccination programme. We also give a timely update on the Omicron variant and its impact on the healthcare system in Malawi and other parts of Africa so far. -- Fol...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr David Breen about Parkinson's Disease. How PD is diagnosed, and discussion of different therapies used to treat, therapies to avoid, and side-effects of medications. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events -- Become an RCPE Member -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/membership/join-college Feedback:...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Ollie Lloyd about the types and causes of meningitis and the approach to identifying when the patient presents, management and when to carry out a lumbar puncture and what to look for. Dr Lloyd is a registrar (ST5) in Infectious Diseases at RIDU, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh -- Resources -- https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd004405.pub5 https://doi.org/10....

Dr Rachel Williamson discusses the assessment and management of patients presenting to the Acute Medical Unit with signs and symptoms of thyroid disease. Dr Williamson is a consultant endocrinologist at the Borders General Hospital, with an interest in teaching and medical education. She is also Secretary of the Scottish Society of Physicians. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrain...

Dr David Ryan interviews Dr Xiao Liu about machine learning in diagnostic testing, the current state of research and use in real-world medicine. Dr Liu is an ophthalmology doctor and clinical researcher at the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham. She is interested in clinical evaluation and implementation of digital health technologies (particularly machine learning algori...

Dr George Thomas interviews Dr Mike Wilkinson about the role of SAS doctors, how and why doctors might consider this type of role, and the route to the specialist register via CESR. Dr Wilkinson is an Associate Specialist in Geriatrics and SAS Tutor for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. HEE NE & North Cumbria Associate Dean for SAS Doctors & Dentists, and SAS Representative for RCPE Trainees...

Dr Phil Reid, a Respiratory Consultant in Edinburgh, talks about assessing the patient with lung cancer in the acute medical admissions unit. -- Follow us -- https://www.instagram.com/rcpedintrainees -- Upcoming RCPE events -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events -- Become an RCPE Member -- https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/membership/join-college Feedback: cme@rcpe.ac.uk This podcast is from the Trainees & Members...

Dr Tina Ryan interviews Dr Lara Mitchell about syncope. They discuss assessment, the importance of a history taking, driving advice, and how to setup a syncope service. Dr Mitchell is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where she setup a syncope service. -- Resources -- Syncope Unit Rationale - https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euv115 Syncope pathway arti...

Dr Anda Bularga interviews Dr Justin McKee, Consultant in Medical Ophthalmology in NHS Lothian. He talks about the ocular manifestations of systemic illnesses and clinical presentation and management of these patients. Dr McKee also gives an overview of the training path and a career in Medical Ophthalmology. Dr McKee works between the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion and Department of Clinical Neu...

Dr Tina Ryan talks to Dr Rosie Baruah about microaggressions, how to recognise them and actions you can take. Dr Baruah is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Western General Hospital and Hon. Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh -- The Seven Acts of Allyship -- Appetite – Do you have the appetite to immerse yourself in the complex, emotive world of race equality? Ask – Ask quest...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Murray Blackstock, a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia. He talks about the presentation and management of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and gives some useful advice on how to refer these patients to neurosurgery and critical care. He refers to NICE guidance and his own personal experience of managing the patient with acute onset...

Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Snehashish Banik about the importance and practicalities of using point of care ultrasound in the acute medical admissions unit. He talks about how trainees can learn this specialist skill. Dr Banik is Consultant Physician in Acute and General Internal Medicine. He is a FAMUS (Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound) supervisor in Scotland. www.acutemedicine.org.uk/fam...