Clinical Update

In this episode, Dr Sundhya Raman speaks to Dawn Liz Powell about how to ensure that lifestyle advice is culturally appropriate, specifically for people who are South Asian. She says that while white European people tend to eat more ultra-processed food, South Asian people are more likely to cook with the ‘wrong sorts of fat’. Therefore, lifestyle advice should take account of these cultural differences. 

Dr Raman also discusses how to encourage people (of all cultures) to engage with lifestyle modifications. She states that healthcare professionals should try to make ‘every contact count’ and ask what they can do to help patients make lifestyle changes. 

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Type 2 diabetes in South Asian and African-Caribbean populations

Identifying and managing young-onset type 2 diabetes

Management of diabetes during Ramadan

The five S’s of 24-hour physical behaviours for type 2 diabetes

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How might the all-party parliamentary report on birth trauma impact primary care? What red flags should clinicians look for in pregnant patients? Are you confident in managing diabetes in pregnancy? And what are the latest recommendations on diagnosing hyperemesis gravidarum?

Join the MIMS Learning editors for this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, in which we consider the all-party parliamentary report on birth trauma, and health inequalities in maternity care, as well as common challenges in pregnancy such as pre-eclampsia, hyperemesis and coexisting diabetes.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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MIMS Learning modules discussed in this episode

A guide to providing trauma-informed maternity care

Pregnancy - red flag symptoms

Ectopic pregnancy: clinical review

Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum: clinical review

Diabetes in pregnancy: clinical review

Safer prescribing for chronic conditions in pregnancy

Equity in maternity care - lessons from MBRRACE-UK

Further reading

MBRRACE-UK. Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2019-21. October 2023.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Birth Trauma. Listen to Mums: Ending the Postcode Lottery on Perinatal Care. 13 May 2024.

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Join us for this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, in which our guest, GP Dr Farzana Hussain, talks about the insights she gained from talking to patients who declined COVID vaccination, how these lessons can be extrapolated to other vaccination programmes, and what primary care professionals can do – on a practical level – to tackle vaccine hesitancy. 

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Equity in maternity care - lessons from MBRRACE-UK

Tackling health inequalities through inclusion: homelessness

Podcast: health inequalities

COVID-related myocarditis: infection versus vaccine

Further reading

NHS England. Dr Farzana Hussain. A ‘simple and convenient front door’ is vital in ensuring everyone can easily get their life-saving vaccinations. 13 December 2023.

The Strategy Unit. Increasing Vaccine Uptake: A Good Practice Example. Accessed July 2024. 

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Is this child’s rash an infectious disease, or something else? It can be hard for GPs to tell. Infectious conditions affecting children are the topic of this Clinical Update podcast, with our presenters, the MIMS Learning editors, passing on expert clinicians’ tips on diagnosing paediatric pertussis, measles, skin rashes, and scarlet fever. They also discuss the MIMS Learning campaign on health inequalities.

After listening to this module, healthcare professionals should be more aware of signs and symptoms of common conditions, and of how to manage contacts and cases.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

Useful links

Downloadable PDF of health inequalities resources

Health inequalities PDF

MIMS Learning modules discussed in this episode

Paediatric pertussis clinical review

Acute erythematous rashes in children

Measles update

Podcast: breathlessness, diabetes and frailty and measles

Scarlet fever

Invasive group A streptococcus

Fever of unknown origin in children

Further reading

UK HSA. Whooping cough cases continue to rise. 9 May 2024.

UK HSA. Latest data on scarlet fever. 4 April 2024.

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What clinical features set hayfever apart from COVID and/or asthma? What are the major risk factors for developing melanoma? And what key conditions do you need to be aware of in the hotter months?

In this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, MIMS Learning editors Rhiannon Ashman and editor Pat Anderson will discuss how to distinguish hayfever from COVID-19, red flags of more serious conditions, and advice around treatment. 

For our interview section, Rhiannon speaks to consultant dermatologist Dr Suchitra Chinthapalli about what GPs need to know about the prevalence of melanoma, its risk factors and guidelines for safe sun exposure. 

Finally, we will look at three key points on summer illnesses, including Lyme disease, diarrhoea and fever in adults.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Hayfever

Key questions on hayfever

Skin cancer

Dermatology research briefing: focus on melanoma

Management of non-melanoma skin cancer in older people 

Seasonal conditions

Erythema - red flags

Diarrhoea - red flag symptoms

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Why do GPs have to take a more active role in lipid management? How was a GP able to support a patient with an overwhelming fear of vomiting? And what’s important to know about latest osteoporosis guidelines?

In this episode we interview Dr Pipin Singh to find out why statistics on heart disease, and the availability of more therapeutic options, make a compelling case for GPs to be more proactive about lipid management. 

The MIMS Learning editors discuss a case of emetophobia, a fear of vomiting, and also digest the latest recommendations from national guidance on preventing osteoporotic fractures. 

This podcast is worth a recommended 0.5 CPD hours. You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Lipid management

Guidance update: latest NICE guidelines on cardiovascular disease risk assessment and reduction

MIMS Learning Live London

Emetophobia

Case study: emetophobia

Osteoporosis

Guidance update: NOGG guidance on osteoporosis

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How can GPs minimise health inequalities in cancer diagnosis? How can care for transgender patients be improved? What simple, practical changes can improve outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people?

In this episode we hear from guest Dr Anthony Cunliffe, GP and National Lead Medical Advisor for Macmillan, on health inequalities in cancer diagnosis. Also, the MIMS Learning editors discuss issues faced by transgender patients, and offer key learning points on improving equity in maternity care. 

This podcast is worth a recommended 0.5 CPD hours. You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

Useful links

Health inequalities

Targeting health inequalities campaign

Transgender healthcare

Transgender healthcare: why is it important?

Resources to support better healthcare for LGBTQ+ people

Cancer diagnosis

Health inequalities: earlier cancer diagnosis

Guidance update: latest NICE guidelines on recognition and referral of suspected cancer

Skin cancer in skin of colour

Maternity care

Equity in maternity care - lessons from MBRRACE-UK

Diabetes in pregnancy: clinical review

Safer prescribing for chronic conditions in pregnancy

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What can GPs do to manage a woman with chronic pelvic pain? What do you need to know about hearing loss? How can heart failure be diagnosed early in primary care?

Medical editor Dawn Powell interviews our guest for this episode, Professor Clare Taylor, on red flags that a GP might see in a patient with heart failure and how GPs can diagnose this condition early. The MIMS Learning editors discuss the potential causes of chronic pelvic pain, and how best to manage it in primary care. We also look at three things GPs need to know about hearing loss.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Pelvic pain

Chronic pelvic pain

Pelvic floor dysfunction

Pelvic organ prolapse

Heart failure

Improving heart failure outcomes through earlier detection

Heart failure: latest developments learning plan

Hearing loss

Hearing loss - red flag symptoms

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In this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, the MIMS Learning team review the diagnosis and management of painful diabetic neuropathy and outline three things GPs need to know about delirium.

Also, MIMS Learning editor Pat Anderson speaks to award-winning resilience trainer Dr Farnaaz Sharief about what GPs can do to improve their own and their colleagues' wellbeing. 

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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MIMS Learning homepage

MIMS Learning

Painful diabetic neuropathy 

Understanding painful diabetic neuropathy

Best use of neuropathic pain medication

Depression and anxiety in people with chronic pain

Wellbeing

Wellbeing masterclass

Delirium

Delirium: clinical review

Delirium – red flag symptoms

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What’s the difference between ordinary worry and excessive worry, and how can healthcare professionals help people for whom anxiety has an impact on their everyday life?

In this episode, the MIMS Learning editors discuss key points from a learning module on generalised anxiety disorder.

Our guest for this episode, MIMS Learning contributor Dr Ivan Koay, discusses the impact of research on clinical practice in paediatrics and beyond. 

Last but not least, we look at Dr Atul Gupta’s expert perspective on chronic cough in children.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

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Generalised anxiety disorder

Generalised anxiety disorder: clinical review

Depression and anxiety in people with chronic pain

Cough in children

Management of chronic cough in children

Management of acute cough in children 

Paediatrics research

Paediatrics research briefing September 2023

Paediatrics research briefing November 2023

Paediatrics research briefing January 2024

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