Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell

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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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. 

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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.

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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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.

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!

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 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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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.

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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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.

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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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.

Influenza season is coming and this episode Amie is joined by Dr Steven Montgomery Laird FRCP, MPH.

Dr Laird is a Consultant Medical Microbiologist working at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

We discuss how a patient with influenza may present, how to treat and the importance of vaccination and the potential cardiovascular complications of flu.

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

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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.

Amie remembers a patient that she saw on the acute take with chest pain, Ben works through his diagnoses and they reflect on how things aren't always as they seem.

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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.

Have you ever wondered how to investigate a genital rash?  Amie and Dr Steve Laird are here to demystify rashes as they talk through a case presenting to the general internal physicians.

They also discuss how journalistic reporting of conditions could influence our diagnoses.

Can you get the diagnosis before Amie?

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.