The GenerEhlist - CCFP Exam Prep, Low Risk Obstetrics & Canadian Primary Care Medicine

Obesity Canada published a guideline in 2020 that we will be referring to a lot in this episode. It defines obesity as a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease characterized by the presence of adiposity that impairs health and social well-being.

So today you'll learn what you need to know for the exam, but also some practical considerations for real life visits that take into account the pressures of diet culture, and how we as physicians can provide evidence based advice that doesn't isolate and judge our patients. And because we know language matters, you'll hear us use terms like "large bodies", instead of saying someone is fat. There are advocates who have reclaimed the term fat, but today we'll stick with medical jargon and terms aimed to avoid stigma.

Syncope = a brief loss of consciousness and postural tone that resolves spontaneously with a return to baseline neurological function within seconds or a few minutes.

Presyncope = near LOC. Should be worked up the same as we know it portends a similar risk of downstream badness as syncope. presyncope is "I almost lost consciousness and then recovered" → more of acute thing. The final common pathway of syncope is the same regardless of the underlying cause. In general, 10 seconds of interrupted blood flow to the brain.

An update episode for 2023 on some tips and tricks for both the SAMP and SOOs from the founders of The Review Course: Dr Paul Dhillon and Dr Simon Moore.

• New bundled labs that are okay
• What guidelines are too new?
• Review the SNO PQRST method

AND, get $100 off The Review Course in 2024 by using the code 'GenerEhlist' when you register.

Written By: Savannah Leigh Bennet and Samantha Kent, FM PGY-2s, Memorial University

Expert Review By: Dr Gillian Morrison, Geriatrician, St John's Newfoundland

Hello and welcome to another episode of The GenerEhlist's CFPC 105 topics podcast.

● Today's topic is renal failure

● This episode was written by Vaishvi Patel, a third-year medical student from the University of Alberta, and Ronan Noble an MD/PhD student from the UofA as well, and it was reviewed by Dr. Whitney Hung, an internal medicine senior resident in Edmonton, AB.

• Episode Written By : Kyla Freeman PGY3
• Content Reviewer : Dr. Charley Boyd, FP working Obstetrics
• Hosts : Kyla Freeman, Patricia Massel
• Artwork : Aikansha Chawla

In today's episode we review the basics of gestational diabetes screening and management. We also briefly discuss the newborn hypoglycemia screening protocol for infants born to gestational parents with diabetes and first steps of management.

• Written By: Cezara-Maria Latcu
• Peer Review By: Bianca-Mariana Baila FM PGY1

Check also the CCFP 105 Topics: Periodic Health Assessment Part One and Two episodes.

So, first things first: Who should be assessed for osteoporosis and fracture risk?

There are three categories:

1. All women and men aged 65 or more;

2. Adults aged 50-64 who are at high risk of fracture or have already experienced a fragility fracture;

3. Younger adults under the age of 50 who are at high risk of fractures.

We know who, let's see „How?"

• Written By:
  • Vaishvi Patel, a third-year medical student from the University of Alberta, and
  • Ronan Noble an MD/PhD student from the UofA
• Expert Review By: Dr. Whitney Hung, an internal medicine senior resident in Edmonton, AB.

We have a bread-and-butter family medicine topic ready for you today – immunizations!

This episode was:

• written by Sean Wang, a third-year Dalhousie medical student out of Halifax, Nova Scotia and
• peer-reviewed by another East-Coaster, Dr. Melissa Power, Dalhousie Family Medicine Staff and the Faculty Undergraduate Coordinator of South-West Nova.

This is a large topic and don't worry, we won't just repeat routine vaccine schedules to you the whole time; rather the CCFP objectives focus on the more nuanced details of vaccines – which we all need to have a solid grasp on.