The GenerEhlist - CCFP Exam Prep, Low Risk Obstetrics & Canadian Primary Care Medicine

Episode Written By : Kyla Freeman PGY3 Content Reviewer : Dr. Charley Boyd, FP working Obstetrics Hosts : Kyla Freeman, Patricia Massel Artwork : Aikansha Chawla In today's episode we review the basics of gestational diabetes screening and management. We also briefly discuss the newborn hypoglycemia screening protocol for infants born to gestational parents with diabetes and first steps of managem...

Written By: Cezara-Maria Latcu Peer Review By: Bianca-Mariana Baila FM PGY1 Check also the CCFP 105 Topics: Periodic Health Assessment Part One and Two episodes.  So, first things first: Who should be assessed for osteoporosis and fracture risk?  There are three categories: 1.    All women and men aged 65 or more; 2.    Adults aged 50-64 who are at high risk of fracture or have already experienced...

Written By: Vaishvi Patel, a third-year medical student from the University of Alberta, and Ronan Noble an MD/PhD student from the UofA Expert Review By: Dr. Whitney Hung, an internal medicine senior resident in Edmonton, AB.

  We have a bread-and-butter family medicine topic ready for you today – immunizations! This episode was: written by Sean Wang, a third-year Dalhousie medical student out of Halifax, Nova Scotia and  peer-reviewed by another East-Coaster, Dr. Melissa Power, Dalhousie Family Medicine Staff and the Faculty Undergraduate Coordinator of South-West Nova. This is a large topic and don't worry, we won't...

Written By: Andrea Brabant – FM PGY1 - NWT Expert Review By: Dr Katherine Breen, ER Physician NWT Meningitis is defined as inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It is most commonly due to infection, either bacterial or viral. This can happen through hematogenous spread, when bacteria invade the bloodstream (often from the upper airway), and gradually make...

Episode Written By : Patricia Massel MD, CCFP Content Reviewer : Natasha White, L&D RN and Breastfeeding Coach Hosts : Kyla Freeman, Caitlin Blewett, Patricia Massel Artwork : Aikansha Chawla In today's episode we will review some tips around breastfeeding including how to give the breastfeeding pitch to expectant parents. We will review some common challenges parents face that can contribute to c...

Written By: Shaila Gunn, FM PGY2, Calgary AB Expert Review: Dr Darby Ewashina, ER Psychiatrist, Calgary AB @doc.darbs on Instagram   Why should a family physician learn about personality disorders? Well, to start, we are the first point of contact with the patients who have them, and often the first to recognize they have a personality disorder. While psychiatrists may have a role in their treatme...

A new topic added by the CCFP with the recent increase to 105 Key Topics. Written By: Vaishvi Patel, MS3 - University of Alberta Expert Review By: Dr Stephen Yam - Family Physician with expertise in Oncology and Palliative care - Fort McMurray AB  

Episode Written By : Kyla Freeman, FM PGY3 Episode Reviewed By : Dr. Vanessa Poliquin, OBGYN Hosts : Kyla Freeman (FMR3) & Patricia Massel (MD-CCFP) Artwork : Aikansha Chawla MS4 In this episode we dive into the hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. We will review the various hypertensive disorders, but our main focus will be on preeclampsia. We will go over screening, ASA starts, and calcium supple...

Written By: Christopher Clarke, FM PGY2, Victoria BC Expert Review: Dr Jaques De Jager, GP, CFB Edmonton AB We are talking Low Back Pain. Amanda is a 32 year old Search and Rescue Technician with the Royal Canadian Airforce based out of Canadian Forces Base - Comox here on the island. Two days ago, she was on a mission med-evacing a patient from a fishing vessel of the coast.    She and her fellow...

Written By: Jessica Dawson , FM PGY2 in Edmonton       Expert Review By: Dr. Brent Crawford, an Emergency Medicine physician at Westview Health Center in Stony Plain Alberta.   Lacerations come in many shapes and flavours - big ones, little ones, simple ones, dirty ones, bloody ones, complicated ones - . . .you get it. As family physicians we tend to encounter accidental lacerations (as opposed to...

In this episode we review some of the liver diseases of pregnancy including cholestasis, HELLP syndrome, Acute Fatty Liver Disease of Pregnancy, Cholecystitis, and Hepatitis B and C. We hope this episode helps you broaden your differential when it comes to these patients as well as think about and recognize some rare, but serious liver disorders in pregnancy.

Written By: Timothy Collier, PGY1 FM, Memorial University - Newfoundland Peer Review By: Dr Sarah Donnelly, PGY3 IM, University of Alberta - Edmonton All the CCFP Objectives recommended for Hepatitis!

Written By: Braedon Paul, FM PGY2, Victoria Peer Review: Alysha Thomson, FM PGY2, Victoria BC Audio Production: Braedon Paul Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Green Eggs and Ham, Osteoporosis, Diabetes and Hyperlipidaemia screening, updated STI screening, Immunizations recommendations, and we tidy it up.

CCFP 105 Topics: Periodic Health Assessment Author: Braedon Paul (FM R2, Victoria) Peer Review: Alysha Thomson (FM R2, Victoria) Audio Production: Braedon Paul BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR PERIODIC EXAM Let's read off those objectives, right up front, so you know what you're getting yourself into: 1.     Do a periodic health assessment in a proactive or opportunistic manner (i.e., address health m...

This episode was written by Two incredible Family medicine residents out of Memorial University in Newfoundland, Sarah Vincent and Kelly Mitchelmore. It was expert review by Dr Sean Hamilton, Divisional Chief of Rheumatology for Eastern Health, in Newfoundland. As well as Ian Parsons, FM and Sports Medicine physician, Newfoundland. In Part Two of Joint Disorders we continued with the remaining obj...

Written By: Sarah Vincent (PGY1 FM, Memorial University) and Kelly Mitchelmore (also PGY1 FM, Memorial University) Expert Review By: Dr Sean Hamilton, Head of Rheumatology for Eastern Health in St Johns Newfoundland.

Episode Written by : Cadence MacPherson, Family Medicine PGY2 Episode Reviewed by : Dr. Farrukh, Family Doctor Hosts : Kyla Freeman FMR3 in obstetrics & Cadence MacPherson FMR2 Episode Art : Aikansha Chawla MS4 Today we are making a splash! We will review premature rupture of membranes, both at term (Term PROM) and premature rupture (PPROM) as well as pre-term labour. We are going to talk about wh...

  Written By: Shaila Gunn - PGY , Calgary AB Expert Review: Dr Darby Ewashina, ER Psychiatrist, Calgary AB @doc.darbs It is important that as family physicians, we learn to not only diagnose insomnia but learn to counsel patients in the management, both behavioral and pharmacological. Insomnia is a common problem, impacting 35-50% of adults. However, only 12-20% of patient with symptoms of insomni...

  Written by:  third-year medical student, Kim Papp, and Expert Review By: Dr. Meghan Smith, PGY-5 in Ophthalmology, University of Alberta

Episode Written By : Kyla Freeman, FM-PGY3 Episode Reviewed By : Jillian Gilroy, OBGYN-PGY3 Hosts : Kyla Freeman PGY3, Patricia Massel MD-CCFP, Caitlen Blewett PGY1 Art : Aikansha Chawla   In today's episode we sloooow it right down and go back to basics to review "what is labour" and when is labour prolonged or arrested? We will review the stages of labour as well as how to recognize and manage p...

  Written By: Sonja Poole, PGY2 FM - Yellowknife NWT Reviewed By: Dr Andrew Kotaska OBGYN, - Yellowknife NWT Some definitions: Infertility = inability to conceive or carry to term after 1 year of regular, unprotected intercourse Primary infertility = infertility in the context of no prior pregnancies Secondary infertility = infertility in the context of a prior conception As a disclaimer, we are g...

  Today's episode is a little unique - Dr. Patricia Massel interviews Nicole Schmitt, a pelvic floor physio to get a whole bunch of tips and pearls about how to support your patient in pregnancy and post-partum with their pelvic floor concerns. They said they'd be 30 minutes, but you know of course it's longer to hopefully enhance your knowledge in this important, yet under-discussed area of pregn...

  Written By: Karkirat Singh, FM PGY1 - Vancouver BC Review By: Dr Hermeen Dhillon Hosted By: Braedon Paul and Caleb Dusdal  

    Written By: Christopher Clarke - FM Resident, Victoria BC Review By: Dr Ajay Bains - IM PGY4 - UBC Sound Editing By: Braedon Paul Hosted By: Christopher Clarke & Caleb Dusdal As a brief review, ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease can be thought of as a spectrum that ranges from stable angina to unstable angina which may progress to myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death....