In this episode I am joined by Professor Nicola Cooper, a physician and and expert in clinical reasoning education, we dissect a case of abdominal pain.

We reflect on night brain and how being sleep deprived can affect our decision making processes and how the night team should never be criticised. 

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Murthy, V.K., O’Brien, B. and Dhaliwal, G. (2018). An Inquiry Into the Early Careers of Master Clinicians. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 10(5), pp.500–506. doi:https://doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-18-00208.1.

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.

In this episode I am joined by the fantastic Sam, for the pre PACES podcast. I am put in the hot seat as Sam and I talk through a challenging case of shortness of breath and chest pain on a night shift. 

We discuss overcoming your fears, the importance of reflection and the value of a collateral history. 

For more from Sam listen @ https://www.prepacespodcast.com/

Visit www.efimacademy.org for interactive e-modules to help develop your clinical reasoning.

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.

Welcome to another enlightening episode with Ben and I.  Ben presents a case with an unexpected blood result and we share our experiences and insights as to how we would handle the situation.  

Subscribe, share, and join us as we try and unravel the unexpected blood result. 

Visit www.efimacademy.org for interactive e-modules that can help develop your clinical reasoning. Happy learning!

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.

Ben and I are back and we discuss feeling overwhelmed in ED. 

Ben, as ever, helps me process a challenging day and how to improve my palliative care skills.   We talk through diagnosing dying and reflect on if we have ever been taught how to do it. 

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.

Amie discusses a man who presented with chest pain, and how things could have been very different if she hadn't sent him home. 

Ben, as usual provides excellent analysis of the situation as we discuss cognitive biases and time pressures at work. 

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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

Visit www.efimacademy.org for further interactive e-modules.

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

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.

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. 

Visit www.efimacademy.org for further interactive e-modules.

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

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.