Ben and I are back and we discuss a case of a 35 year old male presenting with palpitations. 

Ben takes us back to the 1980's, where he discusses the importance of the CAST trial, Cardiac Arrhythmia Supression Trial. 

We work through the case and how different we approach things in the ED department. 

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A very special episode with Ben and Dr Zack Ferguson,  a trainee in acute internal medicine. 

We discuss a case of abnormal liver function tests and debate if we should we admit to investigate further.   

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This episode I am joined by Dr Dror Dicker,  Dror has published many articles on obesity and in this episode we go to basics and discuss what obesity is and the pathophysiology. 

Dror is head of Internal Medicine & the Obesity Clinic at Tel Aviv University and Associate Professor and he is president of the Israeli Association for the Study of Obesity.

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Ben and I are back. We discuss a case of chest pain and leg weakness that I saw over a weekend.

The all important cognitive biases are discussed and Ben works through this challenging case.

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Dr Ben Lovell joins me for another fascinating case discussion. This time I am in the hot seat, Ben presents a case of hypertension and I work through how I would approach the case, reflecting on those all important cognitive biases. 

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This episode comes all the way from a very snowy Northern Sweden. 

I was at the European School of Internal Medicine - Winter School, and was very fortunate to meet Dr Fraz Mir, a Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. He is also an Affiliated Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

In this episode we discuss a case of an individual presenting to hospital after taking an overdose. 

I apologise for the background noise, we were recording in a hotel.

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Amie and Ben discuss a case of shortness of breath and the importance of a complete physical examination.

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The EFIM Academy aims to develop your clinical reasoning by working through real life cases. Happy learning!

Dr Ben Lovell is back and we discuss a case of collapse.  A presenting complaint that has so many potential diagnoses, we begin to unpick how to investigate.

Ben and I also discuss 'Gut Instinct' and is it a valuable tool in our diagnostic tool box?.

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In this episode I am joined by Dr Steven Laird and we discuss common and less common cases that we see in Internal Medicine.  We delve into how to investigate unilateral respiratory consolidation and possible causes.

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Season 2 is here. The Home of Medicine team are back with more clinical conundrums and interesting cases.

In this episode Amie is in the hot seat and Dr Steve Laird is putting Amie through her paces regarding a patient who is a returning traveller with diarrhoea.    Can you pick up the clues from Steve before Amie?

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