Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell

Amie and Ben are back and discussing a mysterious case of back pain.

All is not as it seems when Ben reviews an individual with thoracic back pain.   They discuss pyjama paralysis and Amie wants to bring back the ward day room.

Can you figure out what is going on before Ben and Amie?

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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 are back! This time they discuss potential causes of sudden paralysis.

Amie discusses her neurophobia and Ben discusses his fear of being called to review patients on the gynae ward.

Want more from Ben? Take a look at his excellent book;

Eureka: Clinical Skills, Diagnostics and Reasoning; By Ben Lovell, Mark Lander and Nick Murch

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.

In this episode I am joined by Professor Andrew Elder, the current President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK.   Professor Elder has extensive experience in bedside teaching and was the Medical Director of the MRCP (UK) exams. 

In this enlightening episode, we discuss bedside medicine and how it has been affected by the pandemic.   What can we do to recover bedside education, or has it been changed forever.  Does good bedside education play an important role  in preventing medical errors?

Coming soon Season 2...............

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 again joined by the fantastic Dr Sarb Clare. 

We discuss abdominal pain and once again work through a variety of diagnoses.

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 Amie is joined by Dr. Steven Laird, a Consultant in Medical Microbiology in Coventry, UK. 

Amie and Steven discuss a mysterious case of severe fatigue. Can you diagnose the case before Amie?

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 are back for episode 10 to discuss a patient presenting with a rash. Can you identify what is happening in this 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.

Amie and Ben are back with another case to reflect and learn from.   Would you approach this case differently?

For further reading;

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)30724-X/fulltext

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 special bonus episode I chat with Prof. Ewelina Biskup, Prof. Evelyne Bischof, MD, MPH, FEFIM. 

Ewelina has an interest in longevity medicine and we discuss what longevity medicine is and the role internal physician can play in this growing field of medicine. 

To learn more;

Advanced Course, launched for free for everyone and specifically also on the NHS platform; https://longevity-degree.teachable.com/p/longevity-medicine-101

Women In Longevity Medicine And The Rise Of The Longevity Physician

https://www.longevity.technology/bridging-the-gap-between-longevity-science-and-clinicians/?fbclid=IwAR2x47GGbjC9Rx0Mbr0D1e32tqozEJcb-f8oWGGCzyeswLL77tmblP4K0zM

http://agingpharma.org/workshop

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 is joined by Dr Sarb Clare, an Acute Physician who works in Birmingham, UK. They discuss a case in which ultrasound plays an important role.

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.

Amie and Ben are here to reflect on challenging shifts at work and discuss a patient with shortness of breath. 

Can you reach the diagnosis before Ben?

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.