MEM Cast

In the last of our 6-part series on Clinical Reasoning with Dr Nicola Cooper, we discuss metacognition, reflection, and how it influences our decision making. 

Whilst knowledge definitely matters in diagnosing and managing cases, research in psychology shows other things matter too. As well as motivation (including empathy), mood, ambient conditions and cognitive style has a significant impact – our tendency to look for evidence, weigh things up, be aware of context, have a healthy scepticism about other people’s diagnoses, and think about our own thinking. While some people are naturally good at this, others are not. 

BUT... these are skills that can be cultivated by the way we teach/supervise during case-based learning! Listen here to find out more...

Join us again this week, we continue from last week's episode and discuss a few cases to explain the principles of escalating care in our daily practice. We are delighted to have Dr Latif Rahman join us once again. Listen for some valuable advice and clinical examples. Enjoy listening. 

Join us this week for an excellent episode on the principles of escalation of patients that need enhanced care. Dr Latif Rahman, Chief Registrar in Leicester Hospitals explains his process of thinking. Extremely valuable for your on calls. 

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sue Carr, Consultant Nephrologist at Leicester General Hospital. We are discussing acute kidney injury in pregnancy, how to diagnose it and how we as physicians, can manage it without being overwhelmed. Essential episode to download/listen. 

This week, Dr Cooper (Acute Medical Consultant and Associate Professor of Medical Education at the University of Nottingham) joins MEMcast to discuss cognitive biases. 

Do cognitive biases help or hinder? 
How much do they contribute to diagnostic error compared with knowledge deficits? 
Listen here to find out more...

We are delighted to be joined this week once again by Dr Patrick Davey Consultant Cardiologist. We are discussing management and outcome of pulmonary hypertension in this second part of our Pulmonary Hypertension podcast. Enjoy listening, 

Listen here to our latest episode of MEMcast. Dr Nicola Cooper talks about Problem Representation – what it is and why it matters... Language and memory are heavily intertwined. The language we use when representing a problem mentally (before trying to solve it) makes a dramatic difference to diagnostic accuracy, especially in complex cases. 

We are delighted to welcome back Dr Davey, Consultant Cardiologist to discuss pulmonary hypertension diagnosis. This is the first out of 2 parts so please stay tuned as we discuss management and outcome in one of our next episodes. Enjoy listening. 

Dr Tanzida Haque gave us a brief overview of Depression. 

Studies show even qualified Health Care Professionals are poor at understanding basic concepts such as sensitivity, specificity (measures of test accuracy) and issues to do with probability… 
Do you know what Bayes’ Theorem is? 
Do you know your predictive values? 
Why can even highly sensitive tests miss diseases?

Listen to the weeks episode of MEMcast with Dr Rachel Saville and Dr Nicola Cooper to find out!