MEM Cast

In this week’s episode, Dr Bowman talks through another of the NICE chest pain guidelines: CG126 (2016) – which covers the management of Stable Angina.    We’re not talking about primary prevention of coronary artery disease; we’re talking about symptom management of stable angina.    We’ll discuss:  ·      Drugs  ·      Lifestyle modifications ·      Invasive management options   Have a go at our...

Did you get our question of the week right over on our instagram page?  If you haven't had a go, check it out @mem.cast to test your knowledge before listening to this weeks episode... Dr Bowman and Dr Saville discuss Stable Angina in more detail, focussing on the investigations most appropriate in this setting. Happy listening!

Introducing Dr Richard Bowman, one of our MEMcast team and Acute Medical Registrar in the East Midlands. We talk about NICE guidelines in this episode, with an introduction to the chest pain clinical guideline - NICE CG95.  Find out: - How and why NICE guidelines are written  - Why NICE guidelines might be different to the protocols / guidelines in your local hospital  - How to risk stratify your...

In the last of our 6-part series on Clinical Reasoning with Dr Nicola Cooper, we discuss metacognition, reflection, and how it influences our decision making.    Whilst knowledge definitely matters in diagnosing and managing cases, research in psychology shows other things matter too. As well as motivation (including empathy), mood, ambient conditions and cognitive style has a significant impact –...

Join us again this week, we continue from last week's episode and discuss a few cases to explain the principles of escalating care in our daily practice. We are delighted to have Dr Latif Rahman join us once again. Listen for some valuable advice and clinical examples. Enjoy listening. 

Join us this week for an excellent episode on the principles of escalation of patients that need enhanced care. Dr Latif Rahman, Chief Registrar in Leicester Hospitals explains his process of thinking. Extremely valuable for your on calls. 

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sue Carr, Consultant Nephrologist at Leicester General Hospital. We are discussing acute kidney injury in pregnancy, how to diagnose it and how we as physicians, can manage it without being overwhelmed. Essential episode to download/listen. 

This week, Dr Cooper (Acute Medical Consultant and Associate Professor of Medical Education at the University of Nottingham) joins MEMcast to discuss cognitive biases.  Do cognitive biases help or hinder?  How much do they contribute to diagnostic error compared with knowledge deficits?  Listen here to find out more...

We are delighted to be joined this week once again by Dr Patrick Davey Consultant Cardiologist. We are discussing management and outcome of pulmonary hypertension in this second part of our Pulmonary Hypertension podcast. Enjoy listening, 

Listen here to our latest episode of MEMcast. Dr Nicola Cooper talks about Problem Representation – what it is and why it matters... Language and memory are heavily intertwined. The language we use when representing a problem mentally (before trying to solve it) makes a dramatic difference to diagnostic accuracy, especially in complex cases. 

We are delighted to welcome back Dr Davey, Consultant Cardiologist to discuss pulmonary hypertension diagnosis. This is the first out of 2 parts so please stay tuned as we discuss management and outcome in one of our next episodes. Enjoy listening. 

Dr Tanzida Haque gave us a brief overview of Depression. 

Studies show even qualified Health Care Professionals are poor at understanding basic concepts such as sensitivity, specificity (measures of test accuracy) and issues to do with probability…  Do you know what Bayes’ Theorem is?  Do you know your predictive values?  Why can even highly sensitive tests miss diseases? Listen to the weeks episode of MEMcast with Dr Rachel Saville and Dr Nicola Cooper...

This weeks episode of MEMcast with Dr Rachel Saville and Dr Nicola Cooper discusses the problems of teaching history and examination skills in its 'traditional' format, and how it can contribute to diagnostic error. We let you know where to find the info you need to practice evidenced based medicine yourselves. Don't forget to subscribe to MEMcast or follow us on instagram @mem.cast so you don't m...

On this episode Dr Rafid Ahmed, Trainee Specialty Registrar,  talks us through an overview of heart blocks and how to approach as junior doctors. 

In this episode, we welcome Dr Nicola Cooper to MEMcast for the first of 6 episodes on Clinical Reasoning - explaining what it is and what it isn’t, the problem of diagnostic error and discussing the international consensus that Clinical Reasoning needs to be taught explicitly and systematically in the healthcare professions.

We are happy to be joined once again by Dr Tom Skinner, Haematology Registrar in Taunton and Somerset. Dr Skinner is going to discuss immune thrombocytopaenic purpura or ITP and go through diagnosis and management. Have a listen to improve your haematology knowledge, excellent discussion if we may say so ourselves. 

On this episode we covered the presentations, diagnostic criteria, investigation, treatment and prognosis of MND. Dr Hina Khan, Specialty Registrar, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has delivered this very informative talk. 

In this episode of MEMcast, we discuss paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer with guest speaker, Dr Emma O'Dowd (consultant respiratory physician at NUH) and your host, Dr Rachel Saville. Listen here to learn a little about lambert eaton myaesthenic syndrome, limbic encephalitis and hypercalcemia and more.

We are happy to be joined by Dr Radek Debiec Cardiology and Congenital heart disease registrar at Glenfield hospital. Dr Debiec is going to discuss Coarctation of Ao- diagnosis and management. Listen to know more about one of the most common congenital heart disease. 

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by a headache, seizures, altered mental status and visual loss. This week we have Dr Mahjabin Islam, Academic Clinical Fellow , NIHR, currently working at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, guiding us through PRES. 

Listen to our latest episode on pleural infection, with our guest speaker Dr Nicola Downer (consultant respiratory physician at Kings Mill Hospital). Find out how to interpret pleural taps, get yourself up to date with the new BTS guidelines on pleural infection and its management, and learn when to involve the surgeons or consider intra-pleural therapies. 

We are delighted to be joined once again by Dr Ameen Jubber, Consultant Rheumatologist at Leicester. Dr Jubber is going to discuss early inflammatory arthritis in general and give us a rheumatoid arthritis refresher in particular. 

Migraine is a common disabling condition that is often encountered in clinical settings. This week we have Dr Mahjabin Islam, NIHR academic fellow, currently working in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, discussing about migraine. 

This week, Dr Rachel Saville (Respiratory Registrar) explains the 2015 BTS guidance for home oxygen, the difference between LTOT and SBOT, NOT, and AOT! She describes the recommendations for blood gas testing, followup and runs though a 'standard' home oxygen prescription. Happy listening!