Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell

By Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben LovellMedicine Health & Fitness Education

Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell episodes

June 16Unexplained Shortness of Breath
Real Cases, Real Thinking, Real Medicine
Amie and Ben discuss a case of 29 year-old male with shortness of breath and weakness.
Can Amie figure out what is going on?
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?
Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
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Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
37 min
June 02"It feels like I have Bruised Lungs Doctor" - Managing Clinical Uncertainty
Amie and Ben discuss a case of a 33-year-old woman attending SDEC with a sensation of "bruised lungs" and night sweats.
Can Ben figure out what is going on?
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?
Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
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Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
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Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
41 min
May 19Altered Consciousness
Real Cases, Real Thinking, Real Medicine
Amie and Ben discuss a case of 47-year-old male who was found collapsed in the street.
Can Ben figure out what is going on?
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?
Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
Connect With Us
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
39 min
May 05Acute Kidney Injury
Real Cases, Real Thinking, Real Medicine
Amie and Ben discuss a case of 72-year-old male presenting with vomiting and lethargy.
What initially appears to be a straightforward becomes a cautionary tale about cognitive bias.
Can Amie figure out what is going on?
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?
Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
Connect With Us
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
39 min
April 21Unusual Behaviour
Real Cases, Real Thinking, Real Medicine
Amie and Ben discuss a simple case of collapse that evolved over a weekend on call.
Can Ben figure out what is going on?
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?
Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
Connect With Us
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
41 min
April 07Lethargy - Case 2
What would Amie do when a 34 year old male presents with a 6 week history of tiredness and fever?
Find out how Ben managed this case on the post take ward round.
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?

Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
Connect With Us
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
30 min
March 24HyperCRPaemia
Amie challenges Ben to work through a case of high CRP and fever.
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in the situation?

Links & Resources
RCPE Education: rcpe.ac.uk/education
Connect With Us
Email: [email protected]
YouTube: Home of Medicine Channel
Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
39 min
March 10 To D-dimer, or Not to D-dimer? That is the Question
We are back with one of our favourite subjects—the D-dimer.
In this episode, Ben reflects on a case involving a 26-year-old pregnant woman presenting with pleuritic chest pain.
As you listen, ask yourself: can you figure out the diagnosis? What would you have done in this situation?
As ever, we look into the reality of cognitive bias, the necessity of risk-taking, and the psychological weight of consultant-level decision-making.
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Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
36 min
February 24 A Cognitive Autopsy - What's Wrong with Me?
Ben and Amie are joined once again by the world-renowned expert on clinical decision-making, Professor Pat Croskerry.
Pat presents a challenging case involving a 25-year-old woman with "Baby Blues".
Is bias always bad, or is it a necessary tool for survival in error-prone environments?
We discuss the importance of following up on patients to improve future performance and how burnout and physical exhaustion can make us more susceptible to biases.

Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
28 min
February 10 Anchors Away with Professor Pat Croskerry
In the first of two very special episodes, Amie and Ben are joined by Amie's hero, Professor Pat Croskerry, a leading expert on cognitive bias and how doctors think.
We go back to basics and cover all things critical thinking.

Croskerry, P. (2020) The cognitive autopsy: a root cause analysis of medical decision making. 1st edn. New York: Oxford University Press.
Groopman, J. (2007). How doctors think. Houghton Mifflin Company. To find locally: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1040496921
Montgomery, Kathryn, How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment And The Practice Of Medicine (New York, NY, 2005; online edn, Oxford Academic, 31 Oct. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195187120.001.0001 To find locally: https://search.worldcat.org/title/58452493
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Disclaimer: All patient stories discussed in Home of Medicine are informed by real patient interactions. However, all identifying details have been removed or appropriately modified to protect patient confidentiality.
This podcast is intended for education and professional development and should not replace independent clinical judgement or specialist consultation.
54 min

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Welcome to the Home of Medicine podcast with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell, in association with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Each episode explores real clinical cases,…