This week on Clinical Conversations we have two episodes on clinical skills.

In the first episode, Dr Jonathan Bardgett and Dr Anda Bularga talk with Professor Andrew Elder about clinical skills in postgraduate medicine. They discuss how medical education has changed over the years internationally.

Professor Andrew Elder is the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) and an NHS Consultant in Medicine for Older People. Since 2013 he has built collaborations with a number of centres in North America, most notably Stanford and Johns Hopkins, serving as a Visiting Scholar and Fellow at the former, where he has supported teaching and assessment of core bedside skills and co-founded the Society of Bedside Medicine to promote those skills.

Recording date: 19 July 2022

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This week on Clinical Conversations we have two episodes on clinical skills.

In the second episode, Dr Jonathan Bardgett talks with Dr Sarbjit Clare about Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) and its use in clinical practice.

Dr Sarb Clare MBE is the Deputy Medical Director and Acute Medical Consultant at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. She is the NHSEI Midlands Regional Advisor for AIM. She was the first appointed Acute Physician at City Hospital in 2008 where she set up Acute Medicine from infancy and she has been pivotal in developing acute medicine regionally and nationally. She is a national pioneer in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) which she lectures and teaches on nationally. She runs a yearly course “Ultrasound at the Front Door” and has created many free online learning tools and released her first medical book “Ultrasound For the Generalist – A Guide to Point of Care Imaging” with Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Recording date: 11 August 2022

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Dr Marilena Giannoudi discusses pericardial disease with Professor Abdallah Al-Mohammad.

In this episode of Clinical Conversations, Dr Marilena Giannoudi discusses pericardial disease with Professor Abdallah Al-Mohammad. Professor Al-Mohammad provides a detailed overview of pericardial disease and offers helpful insights, especially highlighting the importance of gaining detailed histories and requesting targeted investigations when receiving these patients at the front door.

Professor Al-Mohammad is a Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Cardiology for Sheffield Teaching Hospital. Their interests are in heart failure, infective endocarditis and cardiac imaging.

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In this episode, Dr Kate McLaren shares her experiences with Dr Hannah Preston of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), also discussing who needs to be involved in the process.

Dr Kate McLaren is a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine with a particular interest in the integrated management of chronic lung disease.

Recording date: 28 June 2022.

This week on Clinical Conversations Dr Jonathan Bardgett talks with Mr James Milburn and Dr Umesh Basavaraju about jaundice and patients presenting with or without accompanying pain. By discussing cases and highlighting the surgical and gastroenterological focus, both speakers offer helpful advice and advocate for the multidisciplinary approach when treating jaundiced patients.

Mr Milburn is a Consultant General & Hepatobiliary Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Dr Basavaraju is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Their main interest is interventional endoscopy in biliary and pancreatic conditions.

Recording date: 21 June 2022.

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In this episode of Clinical Conversations Dr Jonathan Bardgett interviews Dr Gourab Choudhury on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Drs Bardgett and Choudhury discuss what COPD is, why it is important to recognise its symptoms and talk through a case to give advice on how to manage a COPD exacerbation in the Acute Medical Unit.

Dr Choudhury is a Respiratory Consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Respiratory Managed Clinical Network Lead in NHS Lothian.

Recording date: 28 June 2022.

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Drs Bardgett and Guckian in conversation about recruitment.

This week, Drs Jonny Bardgett and Jonny Guckian share their experiences of medical recruitment, discuss the application points system and give advice on how to utilise your skills and experience in application and interview.

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Oriel - https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/

IMT Recruitment - https://www.imtrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring

HST Recruitment - https://phstrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/applying/application-scoring

Recording date: 21 July 2022.

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Dr Marilena Giannoudi discusses with Drs Jivendra Gosai and Louise Mundy, their experience of taking part in Out of Programme Opportunities, the variety of opportunities available and how to get the most out of these opportunities.

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Dr Hannah Preston interviews Professor Tony Heagerty on the clinical management of hypertension, including lifestyle changes to lower blood pressure.

Professor Tony Heagerty is Head of the School of Medical Sciences in The University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Physician/Professor of Medicine at Manchester Foundation Trust. He is Past President of the British Hypertension Society, European Society of Hypertension and International Society of Hypertension. His research interests are in hypertension management, diabetes and obesity.

Recording date: 17 May 2022

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Dr Kate Gatenby discusses with Dr Marilena Giannoudi the various aspects of this fascinating specialty and describes her journey so far.

Recording date: 18 March 2022

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