Richard Tennant

The FCP Podcast

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Information and learning podcast for first contact practitioners in primary care. During the podcast episodes Emma and Richard will be discussing first contact cases commonly seen in General Practice with experienced clinicians with a background in a certain clinical area. The cases will review the approach to history taking, red flags and the appropriate investigations. The cases will be based around the FCP - Paramedics roadmap core clinical competencies, to unsure appropriate knowledge . These podcast's should serve as a supplement to your learning as a first contact practitioner. You wi...

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging In General Practice with Dr Mai Elftise 'Doing the RIGHT thing' 22.05.2024 34:53

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes back Dr Mai Elftise to the podcast to discuss Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) in General Practice. During the episode Mai defines EDIB , including the legislation and what this means in General Practice. We then discuss how EDIB can affect patient assessments and how to you may consider adapting your consultations. Thank you to Scott for you...

MSK - Shoulder Assessment with Ed Baker 'think of active and passive movements for potential shoulder pathology' 16.04.2024 52:24

Send us Fan Mail Richard is joined by regular MSK specialist - Ed Baker, FCP Physio and ambassador for the episode. During the episode Ed discus's the assessment of patients with possible shoulder pathology. This includes history taking, physical examination , investigations, red flags and referral. Ed then discus's cases in including subacromial impingement syndrome and frozen should...

Cardiology assessment with Professor Derek Connolly episode 2 'This is heart failure until proved otherwise' 25.03.2024 51:27

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes back consultant cardiologist Professor Derek Connolly to the podcast. During the episode we discuss cases including patients presenting with leg swelling / orthopnea, and patients with palpitations. Derek give us he's specialist knowledge on how to assess's these patient presentations including history, red flags, investigations and referral. Please fol...

Cardiology assessment with Professor Derek Connolly Episode 1 'Is this cardiac or could it be cardiac' 28.02.2024 50:54

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes Professor Derek Connolly to the show who is a consultant cardiologist at Birmingham City Hospital. During the episode, Derek discus's how he assesses patients with possible cardiac pathology's. We discus, history taking , red flags, investigation and referrals. We then discus a case of a patient presenting with chest pain in general practice, which in...

Respiratory Assessment with Dr Mai Elftise 'Make sure to assess patients inhaler technique in your assessments' Episode 2 30.01.2024 44:57

Send us Fan Mail Richard and is joined by guest presenter Sophie and Dr Mai Elftise to discuss respiratory assessment. During the episode we discus's the assessment of patient cases including wheezing, prolonged cough and sleep apnea. This includes history taking, red flags, investigations and referrals for these patient presentations. As always thank you Scott for your input. GINA guideli...

Respiratory Assessment with Dr Mai Elftise Episode 1 'Make sure your in the right body system' 27.01.2024 32:10

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes Dr Mai Elftise to the podcast who is a GPwSI in respiratory medicine. During the episode we discuss the assessment of patients who present with protentional respiratory pathology. This includes history taking , red flags, investigations and referrals. We use Dr Mai's knowledge to introduce a case of a patient with possible COPD to assess and arrange appro...

MSK - Hip pain assessment 'consider the patients age when thinking about pathology in the hip joint' 18.01.2024 56:44

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back FCP ambassador and physio Ed Baker to discuss hip pain assessment. Ed discus's his assessments of patients that present in his clinics with hip pain. Ed discus's history taking , physical examination and potential pathology's of the hip joint. Ed, then discus's a case of hip osteoarthritis and how he applies his assessment skill...

MSK - Knee Pain Assessment 'remember one up one down' 18.11.2023 1:10:21

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back Ed Baker who is a FCP - MSK physio in general practice and a FCP ambassador at Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub. During the episode we discuss the approach to patients that present with knee pain and how to carry out a effective knee assessment. Including, history taking, common examination findings and knee pathology. Ed discus's when w...

Mental Health Assessment with Dr David Palmer - Part 2 'Share the care with the patient' 07.11.2023 46:59

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back Dr David Palmer, who is a GPwSI in mental health. During the the podcast we discuss patient presentations including substance abuse, psychosis and post natal depression. David give us his incite into mental health assessments including history taking , investigations and appropriate referrals. As always special thank you to Scott and Martin for your...

Mental Health Assessment with Dr David Palmer - Part 1 'There's no health without mental health' 17.10.2023 47:45

Send us Fan Mail Emma's back and we are discussing mental health assessment with Dr David Palmer, who is a GP with a keen interest in mental health. During the episode we discuss the importance of mental health assessment, David give his guidance of how he approach's mental health assessment. We they apply his knowledge to two cases including depression and anxiety. Thank you to Martin...

Skin lesions with Dr Lupini 'If your not sure, ask!' 03.10.2023 48:23

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes back Dr David Lupini who is a GP partner and GPwSI in dermatology. During the episode we discuss the assessment of skin lesions. Dr Lupini discus's how he started to assess skin lesions in primary care without the use of a dermatoscope. We apply the assessment to 3 cases including melanoma , squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Within the cas...

Heath Coaching Awareness Week 2023 'Making that foggy mirror become clear' 17.09.2023 46:59

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes Jo Taylor a personalised care ambassador and Katie Chuter a heath and well being coach. Within the episode we look to celebrate the new role within heath care which is health and wellbeing coaching. During the episode we discuss where heath and wellbeing coaching came from, who is a heath and wellbeing coach and what does the training involved. We look to iden...

MSK - Back Pain Assessment with Ed Baker 12.09.2023 1:01:28

Send us Fan Mail Richard welcomes FCP ambassador and MSK physio Ed Baker to the podcast . During the episode we discuss the assessment of patients with lower back pain, including red flags , pertinent history taking and investigations in general practice. We apply this knowledge in some cases, including a patient with mechanical back pain and inflammatory spondyloarthropathy. Please follow us o...

Women Health assessment with Dr Heidi Kerr - Part 2 16.08.2023 46:37

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back Dr Heidi Kerr who is a GPwSI in Women's Health. Within the episode Dr Heidi Kerr discus's the assessment of Women who present with pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding. Dr Heidi Kerr has given up her free time, please feel free to give feedback, I know I enjoyed the episode and learnt lots I will use in my practice. As always thank you to Mar...

Women's Health Assessment with Dr Heidi Kerr - Part 1 07.08.2023 45:16

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome Dr Heidi Kerr who is a GPwSI in Women's Health to the podcast. Within the episode Dr Kerr discus's her approach to patient assessments in women's health. We then discuss common general practice presentations including breast pains and vaginal discharge. Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on twitter @FCPParamedicpod. As always...

Dermatology Assessment - With Dr David Lupini - Part 2 18.07.2023 43:40

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back Dr David Lupini who is a GPwSI in Dermatology. Within the episode we discuss a range of common Dermatology cases in General Practice and use his expertise to ensure an affective patient assessment. Within the episode Dr Lupini discus's cases include systemic rash, pruritus and acne. Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on twitter @F...

International Paramedic Day 2023 01.07.2023 1:10:56

Send us Fan Mail International Paramedics Day will be held on 8th July 2023 to build a better understanding of the breadth and depth of work carried out by paramedics around the world. Paramedicine and the Paramedic, is relatively young profession but it is growing rapidly with a very wide range of paramedic roles being carried out in different fields and we want to showcase this diversity in 202...

Dermatology Assessment - With Dr David Lupini - Part 1 18.06.2023 32:00

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome Dr David Lupini who is a GPwSI in Dermatology. Dr Lupini discus's his approach to patient presenting with skin complaints. Dr Lupini then applies his assessment to a single site rash. He discus's potential differential diagnosis and clinical reasoning in the assessment of skin presentation. Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on t...

Gastroenterology - Patient assessment with Ian Allwood - Part 2 27.05.2023 45:00

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome back Dr Ian Allwood who is a GPwSI in gastroenterology. We would highly recommend listening to episode one where Ian discus's his process to assess abdominal pain. Dr Ian Allwood discus's gastroenterology patient presentations which include perinate history taken, appropriate examination and investigations. The cases include :- Change in bowel...

Gastroenterology - Patient Assessment with Dr Ian Allwood - Part 1 20.05.2023 31:44

Send us Fan Mail Richard and Emma welcome Dr Ian Allwood who is a experienced GP with a specialist interest in gastroenterology. Dr Ian Allwood discusses the assessment of patient's presenting with gastroenterology complaints including a overview of taking abdominal pain history, epigastric pain and distension. Please follow us on twitter for updates @FCPParamedicpod Always great to here com...

Introduction to the FCP roadmap for Paramedics 01.05.2023 42:55

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode of the FCP podcast. During the podcast Emma and Richard discuss the FCP roadmap, specially for Paramedics with Lily Dixon. Lily discusses the FCP roadmap in depth including the role of a FCP - Paramedic, the FCP roadmap, including stage one and stage two, clinical supervision and how to get started. Please feel free to leave any feedback and to follow us...