Pre PACES Podcast

Sam sits down for another solo episode to discuss the lessons he learned from failing PACEs. This episode is full of advice and will hopefully help those of you who aren't successful at your first attempt! Ultimately, it's not the end of the world and life will go on, whether or not you pass at the first attempt! Thanks for listening! 

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This episode Sam was joined by #MedTwitter royalty in the form of Dr Ben Beska. Ben's MRCP PACES journey has been publicly followed on Twitter for all to see (and satirise). Discussion focussed on multiple exam delays, maintaining focus during the exam preparation and Ben's top tips for the most high yield activities during his revision. You can find more medical meme content from Ben on twitter! 

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This episode Sam was joined by Acute Medical SpR with a specialist interest in Stroke Medicine, Dr Jen Collinson where they discussed typical elements of a history, a focussed examination as well as the investigations and management of these patients! 

Timestamps:

1:42 Introduction

5:43 History

20:10 Examination

26:02 Differential Diagnosis

33:39 Investigations & Management

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Consultant Cardiologist Dr Angus Nightingale joins Sam to discuss the broad and varied topic of Hypertension. Quiz the Consultant returns as Angus answers questions on the Italian detective novels featuring Inspector Montalbano!

Timestamps:

1:52 Introduction

5:07 History

20:48 Examination

26:29 Examiner Questions

55:13 Quiz the Consultant

Music:

Chase & Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Our first ever return guest on the podcast! We welcomed back Dr Jennie Gough who gives her very best advice on sitting PACES after she had multiple cancellations to the exam. We talked about organisation and logistics, as well as managing exam nerves and gut feelings after the exam! 

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This week Sam was joined by Dr Luke Bennetto, Consultant Neuro-opthalmologist, to discuss the topic of Optic Neuropathy. Quiz the Consultant returns where Luke answers questions on the England Rugby Union team!

Timestamps:

1:52 Introduction

7:02 History

21:26 Differential Diagnosis

39:17 Examination

47:53 Examiner Questions

1:00:13 Quiz the Consultant

Music:

Chase & Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Following on from our episode on collapses, Sam was joined by Neurology registrar Dr Hamish Morrison to discuss seizures. They discussed the key differentiating factors which was distinguish a seizure from a collapse from another cause as well as talking about some all important lifestyle advice for patients who suffer from seizures including advice relating to lifestyle, driving and pregnancy. 

Hope you enjoy the show! 

Timestamps

1:52 Introduction

5:27 History

23:54 Examination

26:08 Differential Diagnoses

28:56 Investigations & Management

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Sam was joined by Dr Ashley Nisbet, Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute to discuss the approach to the assessment, investigations and management of a patient who has collapsed. Regular feature Quiz the Consultant returns as Ashley answered questions on 1980's music! As always, wishing you the best of luck with your exam preparation and we hope the podcast is giving you a small helping hand towards success in your MRCP PACES! 

1:52 Introduction

6:00 History taking

26:16 Examination

29:14 Investigations and Management

39:18 Examiner Questions

41:46 Quiz the Consultant

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This episode Sam was joined by President of the British Heart Valve Society, Dr Benoy Shah, to discuss prosthetic valves which commonly come up in Station 3, the cardiology station of PACES. They talk through the important findings to look for on examination, how to present your case and cover the answers to some of the most commonly asked examiner questions. 

Quiz the Consultant returns as Benoy answers questions on the Cricket World Cup! 

Timestamps: 

1:52 Introduction

5:20 Examination

25:27 Presentation & Examiner Questions

37:52 Quiz the Consultant

Music:

Chase & Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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For the first time Sam goes solo for this episode where he unearths some important lessons he learned from sitting PACES. These lessons may be helpful for your revision or maybe at least to try and help you gain perspective on PACES in the context of your medical career. 

1:40 Changing your approach 

4:05 Detect the signs

5:38 Maximise patient exposure

9:42 Make yourself known

11:42 What's within your control?

13:18 Taking advantage 

15:11 Avoiding burnout

17:24 Relation to clinical practice

20:30 Being a Med SpR

22:37 Pass or Fail

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