Surgery 101

In this episode, patient Shelly tells us about her experiences of being diagnosed with and treated for cancer.

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the diagnosis and management of recurrent cancer. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the concepts of cancer cure and recurrence explain the concept of 5-year survival list the tests that can be used to re-stage disease recurrence describe how a patient with a cancer recurrence is managed Running time 15:39

  In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the diagnosis and management of recurrent cancer. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the concepts of cancer cure and recurrence explain the concept of 5-year survival list the tests that can be used to re-stage disease recurrence describe how a patient with a cancer recurrence is managed Running time 15:39

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses follow-up care for patients who have had cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the purpose of follow-up for the cancer patient list four main methods of cancer follow-up and describe how each is used Running time 13:18

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses follow-up care for patients who have had cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the purpose of follow-up for the cancer patient list four main methods of cancer follow-up and describe how each is used Running time 13:18

Here are the PDF notes for Surgery 101 episode 86.  

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the post-operative pathology report and adjuvant treatment After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain how definitive staging information is obtained, and describe synoptic reporting interpret the key elements of a pathology report and explain them to a patient explain the purpose of adjuvant treatment for cancer, and describe the...

    In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the post-operative pathology report and adjuvant treatment After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain how definitive staging information is obtained, and describe synoptic reporting interpret the key elements of a pathology report and explain them to a patient explain the purpose of adjuvant treatment for cancer, and describe...

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In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the cancer operation. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the importance of deciding on resectability and goals of surgery list the key parts of a cancer operation explain the use of frozen section and outline the concept of R0, R1 and R2 resection describe a typical post-operative discussion with the patient having cancer...

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the cancer operation. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the importance of deciding on resectability and goals of surgery list the key parts of a cancer operation explain the use of frozen section and outline the concept of R0, R1 and R2 resection describe a typical post-operative discussion with the patient having cancer...

Here is the PDF for Surgery 101 episode 84.

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses staging in patients undergoing cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the purpose of staging outline how a cancer spreads list common imaging modalities used in staging describe at least two systems of cancer staging, including the TNM staging system be aware of the limitations of pre-operative staging Running...

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses staging in patients undergoing cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: explain the purpose of staging outline how a cancer spreads list common imaging modalities used in staging describe at least two systems of cancer staging, including the TNM staging system be aware of the limitations of pre-operative staging Running...

Here is the PDF for episode 83.

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the general approach to making a diagnosis in patients undergoing cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: list the four most common cancers briefly outline how to counsel a patient with suspected cancer explain the importance of diagnostic tests and pre-operative biopsy describe some basic steps in communicating a cance...

In this episode Dr Jonathan White discusses the general approach to making a diagnosis in patients undergoing cancer surgery. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: list the four most common cancers briefly outline how to counsel a patient with suspected cancer explain the importance of diagnostic tests and pre-operative biopsy describe some basic steps in communicating a cance...

In this episode Dr Leah Gramlich discusses parenteral nutrition. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: list the components of parenteral nutrition list the indications for parenteral nutrition outline common delivery methods of parenteral nutrition and describe when each is used list the complications of parenteral nutrition describe how parenteral nutrition prescriptions are...

In this episode Dr Leah Gramlich discusses parenteral nutrition. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: list the components of parenteral nutrition list the indications for parenteral nutrition outline common delivery methods of parenteral nutrition and describe when each is used list the complications of parenteral nutrition describe how parenteral nutrition prescriptions are...

Here is the PDF for episode 81.

In this episode Dr Troy Bornes discusses the diagnosis and management of patients with fractures of the hip. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: describe the typical mechanism of hip fracture list the risk factors for hip fracture outline how hip fractures are classified, distinguishing intra-capsular from extra-capsular fractures describe how patients with hip fractures are...

In this episode Dr Troy Bornes discusses the diagnosis and management of patients with fractures of the hip. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: describe the typical mechanism of hip fracture list the risk factors for hip fracture outline how hip fractures are classified, distinguishing intra-capsular from extra-capsular fractures describe how patients with hip fractures are...

In this episode Dr Dennis Djogovic discusses the treatment of shock. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: define “shock” list the four categories of shock outline common causes of shock describe treatment of the patient with shock Running time 16:33

Here is the PDF for episode 79.

In this episode Dr Dennis Djogovic discusses the treatment of shock. After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: define "shock" list the four categories of shock outline common causes of shock describe treatment of the patient with shock Running time 16:33