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#136 Calling Microbiology

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:20:32 GMT

Returning guests, Callum from the ID:IOTS podcast, joins Sam to discuss all things microbiology and how we can work with our ID collegues in looking after patients with infections.

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#135 Headache (part 2)

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Sam continues his chat with Dr Yezen Samaraiee in Sam's Cranium Pain Guessing Game!

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#134 Headache (part 1)

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:05:18 GMT

Sam is joined once again by Dr Yezen Samaraiee, neurology SpR and founder of Quesmed for a show with a new format covering Headache as a clinical consultation station.

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#133 Haemochromatosis

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Dr Jeremy Shearman, consultant gastroenterologist, joins Sam to speak about all things iron as they discuss haemochromatosis!

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#132 PP Interstitial lung disease

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:54:52 GMT

Our Perfect Presentations format returns with one of the most popular PACES station: interstitial lung disease.

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#131 Hyponatraemia

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:00:00 GMT

An episode worth its salt! Sam is joined by Dr Layla Thurston, consultant in endocrinology and diabetes at Imperial College London to discuss everything hyponatraemia!

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#130 Best of 2025! (part 2)

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:34:18 GMT

Sam brings you some more of his favourite clips from the year gone by in 2025!

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#129 Christmas Special 2025!

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:34:38 GMT

As the festive period approaches, Sam brings you the best bloopers from this year on the podast!

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#128 Best of 2025! (part 1)

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:21:30 GMT

Welcome to the first episode of our Best of 2025 compilation! Sam brings you the very best clips from our range of expert speakers who are featured on the podcast this year!

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#127 Medical Educatalks REPOST

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:00:00 GMT

Sam is interviewed by Dr Michael Hannides about his career in medical education podcasting

Medical Educatalks Podcast can be found here!

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#126 Hand examination

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:00:00 GMT

Sam gives you an outline to a comprehensive hand exam as well as a 'Perfect Presentation' of rheumatoid arthritis in the context of a clinical consultations station.

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#125 Reddit's PACES FAQs

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:00:00 GMT

Dr Becci Crook returns as Sam dives into PACES FAQs frequently posted by the doctorsUK subreddit!

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#124 PP: Parkinsonism

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Sam goes solo for this episode where we recap the perfect presentation for a patient presenting with Parkinsonism!

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#123 BAMR: Nights

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:34:35 GMT

Sam welcomes along Dr Jennie Gough for this episode discussing everything you need to consider when approaching night shifts as the medical reg!

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#122 Vasculitis

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Sam welcomes back Dr Richard Haigh, consultant rheumatologist to discuss the wide and varied topic of vasculitis. We answer the question of what is vasculitis, what are the commonest vasculitic conditions and what are the elements that would help you distinguish between them? Hope you enjoy!

Vasculitis Up To Date - table is very helpful!

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#121 Fever in a returning traveller (part 2)

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Join Sam for the second in this double header episode on fever in a returning traveller with Callum & Jame, specialists in infectious disease working in Scotland. Here they cover the differential diagnosis, investigations and management crucial to your discussions with the examiner at the end of the station!

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#120 Fever in a returning traveller (part 1)

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Sam welcomes along, not one, but two expert guests in Infectious Disease in the form of Jame and Callum from the ID:IOTS podcast which you can LISTEN TO HERE! This handsome trio discuss all things infectious disease, how to structure your approach to this presentation and a HUGE range of differential diagnoses that come attached. Callum and Jame were so generous with their time that we have another DOUBLE HEADER on our hands! We hope you enjoy the first part of this double header episode!

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#119 REPOST: Lung surgery

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Sam relives another one of his favourite episode with Dr Aranthakrishnan Raghuram, where they discussed the very frequent topic of lung surgery in PACES.

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#118 REPOST: Aortic stenosis

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:39:37 GMT

Here we relive one of Sam's favourite episodes, and we're going back to where it all started, discussing aortic stenosis with Cardiology consultant in structural intervention, Dr Steve Dorman!

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#117 QUESMED GIVEAWAY RESULTS

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:01:17 GMT

Sam reveals the winners of our Quesmed PACES Handbook giveaway with a VERY special guest!

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#116 BAMR: Pleural disease

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:51:46 GMT

In this episode, Sam welcomes back Dr James Walters, consultant respiratory physician from the Royal United Hospital in Bath to discuss managing tricky scenarios involving pleural disease on the medical take.

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#115 Interstitial lung disease

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:55:43 GMT

In this episode, Sam welcomes along Dr Huzaifa Adamali, consultant respiratory physician at North Bristol NHS Trust to the podcast to discuss everything interstitial lung disease in PACES and beyond!

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#114 BAMR: Calling Cardiology (Pacing & effusions)

Sun, 25 May 2025 18:00:00 GMT

This second part of our two parter series on Calling Cardiology features Dr Bunny Saberwal and Dr Retesh Bajaj discussing temporary pacing and pericardial effusions!

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#113 BAMR Calling Cardiology (STEMIs)

Sun, 11 May 2025 18:30:43 GMT

We welcome back Dr Bunny Saberwal and Dr Retesh Bajaj in this first of two BAMR episodes on Calling Cardiology. Here, we discuss STEMI management as the Med SpR on call.

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#112 QUESMED GIVEAWAY!

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Dr Holly Theaker is welcomed to the podcast as a member of Team Quesmed! Holly gives her insights into pursuing a career hiatus outside of clinical medicine but also unveils an exciting giveaway for three lucky podcast listeners! More details will be revealed in the episode...you will NOT want to miss this!

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#111 Perfect Presentations: Pleural effusion

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:17:28 GMT

Welcome to another Perfect Presentations episode, this time Sam gives his overview of pleural effusions and gives you his ideas for how best to present the patient with a pleural and gives some exemplar answers to some common examiner questions!

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#110 BAMR: ED referrals

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Dr Alicia Cole, ST6 in Emergency Medicine joins Sam for this episode where we discuss how to build cohesive team partnerships with our ED colleagues, when you're the medical SpR on call!

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#109 Perfect Presentations: Renal transplant

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:00:32 GMT

Sam goes solo this week in another perfect presentations episode! This time Sam gives his exemplar presentation of a renal transplant station, perfect to supplement your own preparation for your PACES exam!

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#108 Infective endocarditis

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 19:38:23 GMT

Dr Sharareh Vahabi, consultant cardiologist with specialist interest in cardiac imaging, joins Sam to discuss infective endocarditis. Something often seen on the wards and absolutely fair game to come up in PACES too! We talk through the pertinent risk factors in these patients, the importance of blood cultures and all the pertinent management tips for your clinical practice.

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#107 Liver transplant

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:36:43 GMT

Dr Emma Saunsbury, post CCT fellow in Hepatology at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, joins Sam to discuss liver transplant in PACES. Emma brings a huge amount of value for anyone sitting their PACES or anyone on a gastroenterology post who looks after complex liver patients!

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#106 Peripheral neuropathy

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 19:00:17 GMT

This week we bring you a massive PACES favourite: peripheral neuropathy with Dr Shadi El-Wahsh, a consultant in neurology in Sydney, Australia. Shadi brings a wealth of expert knowledge on this critical PACES topic and gives us a BRILLIANT mnemonic for the causes of peripheral neuropathy! We hope you enjoy the show!

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BONUS: Vasculitis in SDEC

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:00:12 GMT

Sam brings you a bonus slice of SDEC pie in the form of Dr Richard Haigh telling us what he might expect if you assess a patient coming into SDEC with suspected vasculitis.

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#105 SLE

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:00:20 GMT

Welcome to our first episode of 2025 with Dr Richard Haigh, consultant rheumatologist, and we have an extra special thank you to give you Dr Rachel Haigh who mentioned that Richard is her dad and would be a great fit for the show and he certainly was! We talk through everything SLE including the constellation of symptoms and signs as well as the important facets of management!

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#104 Best of 2024! (part 2)

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:00:03 GMT

We flick through some highlights from our favourite episodes from the second half of 2024, featuring such brilliant guests including fan favourite Kim Monks, my cardiology brothers from other mothers - that's Retesh Bajaj and Bunny Sabarwal as well as brilliant knowledgeable guests such as Gavin Brittain and Rob Miller - all this to come to I hope you enjoy!

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#103 Christmas Special 2024!

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:19:09 GMT

We hope you enjoy this festive treat from Sam et al of the Pre PACES Podcast! We wish you all a restful and joyous festive period, especially those of you working and keeping your communities safe over the Christmas period!

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#102 Best of 2024! (part 1)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:00:29 GMT

Sam recaps the best bits of the podcast from 2024 including a range of expert guests: Dr's Dan Furmedge, Matt Wells, Kim Monks, Ben Mulhearn and Suzy Morton. Thank you so much to all of our fantastic guests and most of all, thank you to all of our wonderful listeners for making the podcast what it is! We wish you a restful festive period!

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#101 Perfect Presentations: Aortic stenosis

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 19:00:00 GMT

We step into the Christmas period with an exclusive present for our listeners: a new episode format! Always grateful for your feedback on this, we need to know if this type of episode is helpful so please do let us know at prepacespodcast@gmail.com! Was it helpful? Could we make it better - if so how? PLEASE do let us know!

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#100 EPISODE ONE HUNDRED!

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:47:43 GMT

Sam goes back to where it all began and is joined by Dr Jennie Gough to reflect on their years of experience on being the medical reg on call, how to pick a medical specialty, making the most of your study leave and how things sometimes ARE as simple as they seem!

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#99 Clinical reasoning

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:00:31 GMT

Sam welcomes along Professor Nicola Cooper, co-author of the ABC of Clinical Reasoning to discuss this fascinating topic. We shed light on cognitive biases, common diagnostic pitfalls within clinical practice and the value of effective teaching. Visit Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education Group website here >> CREME

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#98 Cerebellar syndrome

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:00:38 GMT

This week Sam welcomes along Dr Yezen Sammaraiee to help us tackle cerebellar syndrome in PACES. Yezen is CEO & Founder of popular revision resource Quesmed. Along with that he is also a neurology registrar, currently on sabbatical to focus on growing the Quesmed brand! We discuss everything cerebellar including differential diagnosis, investigations, management and what the difference is between sensory and cerebellar ataxia!

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#97 BAMR: Decision fatigue

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Sam is joined once again by Dr Josh Davies and Dr Luke Austen who discuss decision fatigue: what it is, what it means for us and our patients, and what we can do to combat it and make our on-calls generally a lot less stressful!

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#96 Jaundice

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:58:56 GMT

This episode Sam welcomes along Dr Rob Miller, Gastroenterology SpR, to discuss jaundice! We talk through everything pertinent to a PACES station; history, examination, differential diagnosis, investigations and management!

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#95 Multiple sclerosis

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:02:59 GMT

Sam welcomes along Dr Gavin Brittain, star of the Pastest revision videos, to discuss MS and how it might be presented in a PACES station, including the important elements of the

Link to the rapid neurology exam Gavin mentions.

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#94 Dysphagia

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:49:34 GMT

This week Sam has Gastro SpR Dr Simone Lin on the podcast to tackle Dysphagia as it might be presented in a Clinical Consultation station! We go through the broad range of differential diagnoses and Sim gives her approach to appropriately investigating these patients!

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#93 Chest pain

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:29:05 GMT

Dr Retesh Bajaj and Dr Bunny Saberwal, both interventional cardiologists, join Sam in discussing patients presenting with chest pain. This episode is jam-packed with learning points, not just for PACES but your clinical practice too!

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#92 Eye movement palsies

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:00:14 GMT

Sam welcomes back Neurology SpR Dr Kim Monks as a follow up to her INO episode to discuss other eye movement palsies as they might be presented in PACES! We go into detail of cranial nerve 3, 4 and 6 palsies! Towards the end of the show, Kim tackles a Harry Potter related Reg Against The Machine!

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#91 Friedreich's ataxia

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 18:48:28 GMT

Sam sits down for a solo episode this week where he discusses absent ankle jerks and upgoing plantar reflexes before going into more detail on one of the differential diagnosis for this presentation: Friedreich's ataxia.

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#90 Supporting your team (part 2)

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 18:00:27 GMT

Welcome to the second part of Sam's conversation with Dr Luke Austen and Dr Josh Davies on supporting juniors. Herein Sam, Luke and Josh discuss giving and receiving feedback, hot debriefs and underperforming trainees.

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#89 Supporting your team (part 1)

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:00:27 GMT

Sam sits down with anaesthetics CT3 and author Luke Austen, and IMT3 Joshua Davies to discuss how we can support our postgraduate or resident doctor colleagues when working as the medical registrar on call!

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#88 Acute monoarthropathy

Sun, 26 May 2024 18:00:47 GMT

Rheumatology SpR (soon to be consultant!) Dr Ben Mulhearn joins Sam on the podcast to discuss the acutely hot swollen joint and how to approach this in PACES but also in your everday clinical practice!

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#87 Pleural effusion

Sun, 12 May 2024 18:00:43 GMT

Sam is joined by Respiratory physician, Dr James Walters on the show this week to discuss your approach to this critical PACES station.

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#86 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:00:59 GMT

A fantastic new guest, Dr Kim Monks, joins Sam on the podcast to discuss INO in PACES including a full run down of the anatomy, physiology and examination findings. Kim also tackles Reg Against the Machine on a quiz topic that will get your eyes popping!

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#85 Medical error

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 19:43:35 GMT

Sam goes solo this episode in discussing medical error as it might be presented in a communications station in PACES.

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#84 CXRs & Cardiac Devices

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:00:48 GMT

Dr Stewart Brown, Cardiology SpR and devices fellow joins Sam to discuss cardiac devices, how they appear on chest x-rays and how to structure your approach to managing these patients when they present on the medical take!

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#83 PACES pitfalls

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:00:04 GMT

Dr Dan Furmedge joins Sam again to discuss the most common PACES pitfalls he has observed in his years examining PACES! We talk through each marking domain and how to avoid the most common pitfalls that candidates fall into.

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#82 Splenomegaly

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:53:12 GMT

Sam welcomes back returning guest Dr Suzy Morton, Consultant Haematologist to discuss this ever-popular PACES topic!

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#81 Giant cell arteritis

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 20:38:22 GMT

Sam is joined by Dr Matt Wells, Rheumatology registrar, on the show this week to discuss Giant Cell Arteritis. This is a brilliant topic which we know comes up in PACES and Matt takes us through all the critical points to include in your station!

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BONUS: PACES Ahead Review

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:00:00 GMT

Sam catches up with Megan, Varvara and Maria who all attended PACES Ahead in January 2024 and get their first hand opinion of how they found the course!

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#80 Memory loss

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 19:00:10 GMT

Sam was joined for this episode by Dr Dan Furmedge, consultant in Geriatric medicine, regional IMT TPD and active PACES examiner. Dan runs Sam through the PACES approach to a patient presenting with cognitive impairment and what we can realistically expect from this sort of station in a PACES context.

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#79 Home of Medicine (repost)

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 19:00:57 GMT

This episode is a REPOST from the fantastic Home of Medicine podcast, hosted by Dr Amie Burbridge. Amie has featured TWICE before on the podcast and so it only felt right that Sam returned the favour by featuring on Home of Medicine. Listen to Sam describe tackling an interesting case during a night shift on-call as the Medical SpR. Would you have done anything differently? Get in touch via the website or our twitter!

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#78 Best of 2023! (part 2)

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 19:00:43 GMT

Welcome to the second part of Sam's highlight of 2023! More of the best bits from the year gone by. We will be back to usual programming in the next couple of weeks! Enjoy the episode!

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#77 Christmas Special 2023!

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:00:10 GMT

Filling the stocking of your podcast feed this Christmas Eve is the Pre PACES Podcast Christmas Special! Have a listen to this year's bloopers in this bite-sized episode whilst driving home for Christmas!

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#76 Best of 2023 (part 1)

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 19:00:57 GMT

As 2023 winds it way to its merry end, we take the opportunity to look back at some of Sam's highlights from 2023! All of these are Sam's person highlights that provide YOU the listeners with the best bang for your buck. Hear all the best bits from the year gone by in this episode!

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#75 Behind the Scenes

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:00:27 GMT

As we wind down towards Christmas, the tables are turned this episode as Dr Jennie Gough interviews Sam and the process behind producing the Pre PACES Podcast is brought to you the listeners! Who is your podcast host and what goes into producing the podcast - find out in this episode!

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#74 Same Day Emergency Care

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:20:53 GMT

Sam was DELIGHTED to be joined by Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell, both consultants in Acute Medicine to discuss Same Day Emergency Care. How can medical trainees gain meaningful experience in SDEC and learn important skills to develop themselves in their quest to consultancy!

Home of Medicine podcast

Amie's twitter: @amieburbridge

Ben's twitter: @drbenlovell

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#73 Dermatology in PACES

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 20:07:29 GMT

Dermatology registrar, Dr Naomi Jones, joins Sam to discuss everything dermatological related to PACES. Naomi is also our next guinea-pig on Reg Against the Machine!

DermnetNZ and BAD patient leaflets

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#72 Consenting for procedures

Sun, 22 Oct 2023 19:07:14 GMT

Sam's going solo this week discussing his process for consenting patients for invasive procedures with three examples of lumbar puncture, chest drain and ascitic drain.

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Lumber puncture sources:

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/patient-leaflet/lumbar-puncture/

https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/CMS-Documents/Patient-leaflets/Neurology/5561-1Lumberpunctureandconsent.pdf

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lumbar-puncture/

https://www.esht.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0957.pdf

Chest drain sources:

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/150028/thoracics_04.pdf

https://policyonline.nhslothian.scot/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Chest%20Drain%20Insertion%20Consent%20Form.pdf

https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/media/279437/CT-5-Insertion-of-a-Chest-Drain-llt-v1-print.pdf

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/health-information/chest-drain

Ascitic drain sources:

https://patientinfo.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk/Liver/Abdominal%20Paracentesis%20%28drainage%20of%20ascites%29.pdf

https://hgs.uhb.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/Tapping-Ascites-guidelines-03.05.19.pdf

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/media/659993/ascitic%20tap-drain.pdf

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#71 Aortic regurgitation

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 18:10:19 GMT

Dr Sarah Verhemel, structural heart disease fellow at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, joins Sam to discuss aortic regurgitation in PACES.

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#70 Systemic sclerosis

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:00:02 GMT

This episode's PACES classic topic is Systemic sclerosis, brought to you with a smile by Dr Sam Williams (as usual) and Dr John Pauling, consultant rheumatologist at North Bristol NHS Trust. This episode covers all the key elements of Systemic sclerosis as it might be presented in a PACES style scenario and is surely essential listening for your PACES preparation.

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#69 Palpitations

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:00:34 GMT

Sam welcomes Dr Alex Carpenter, cardiology registrar with a specialist interest in electrophysiology to tackle the topic of palpitations. This is such a common topic with tons of clinical crossover and we discuss the common causes of palpitations, how they typically present and how you can tease this out in your history. We also talk through how to strategise the investigation of your patients and the various types of ambulatory ECG monitoring.

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#68 Chronic liver disease (part 2)

Sun, 27 Aug 2023 19:00:59 GMT

In this second episode of Sam's chat with Dr Phil Berry, consultant hepatologist at Guy's & St Thomas's hospital in London, we cover the investigations, management, common examiner questions of chronic liver disease. Phil also tackles his all important Quiz the Consultant topic of STAR WARS - one NOT to be missed!

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#67 Chronic liver disease (part 1)

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 19:00:07 GMT

Dr Phil Berry, consultant hepatologist at Guy's & St Thomas's is Sam's next expert guest on the podcast to discuss another HUGE PACES station that comes up time and time again - chronic liver disease. This is absolutely essential for your PACES preparation. In this episode, Sam and Phil cover the examination of your patient, the presentation to the examiner and the differential diagnosis!

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#66 BAMR: Calling Stroke (part 2)

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 19:00:48 GMT

The second part of Sam's chat with Dr Paul Sellors covers thrombectomy, hyperacute stroke theory and then ANOTHER up to date chat on the updated National Clinical Guideline for Stroke. We cover the important updates in the guidelines published in 2023 on thrombectomy, posterior strokes and wake-up strokes. Essential listening for anyone expected to cover the thrombolysis calls whether in-hours or out-of-hours!

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#65 BAMR: Calling Stroke (part 1)

Sun, 16 Jul 2023 19:00:49 GMT

We welcome another fantastic returning guest in the form of Dr Paul Sellors, consultant in stroke medicine at North Bristol Hospital NHS Trust. Sam and Paul discuss tricky cases in Stroke medicine including stroke mimics, the modified Rankin score, the NIHSS, thrombolysis and thrombectomy! Plenty to unpack in this episode so sit back and enjoy!

03:00 Basic stroke nomenclature and physiology

11:00 Thrombolysis and stroke assessment

22:20 Seizure activity and stroke

28:00 Contraindications to thrombolysis

38:00 Calling the Stroke Consultant

42:00 Digression: BP control in stroke

47:30 Digression: Glucose control in stroke

50:00 Wake-up strokes

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#64 Bell's palsy

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 19:00:08 GMT

Dr Tom Minton, neurology registrar in the Severn deanery joins Sam again in this episode of the podcast to discuss Bell's palsy including the important differentials and the critical management steps to take.

09:00 Presentation

14:30 Examination

19:20 Differential diagnosis

27:45 Management

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#63 Motor Neurone Disease

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:00:00 GMT

Dr Alex Thompson, honorary consultant neurologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, joins Sam for today's episode looking at motor neurone disease in PACES. We talk through the history, examination signs, differential diagnoses, investigations and management of this condition and Alex gives us an insight into his current research looking at treating this condition.

04:00 Basics of MND:

13:00 Presenting symptoms

21:30 Examination

27:15 DDx

36:35 Investigations

40:50 - Management

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#62 PACES 2023 UPDATE

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 18:00:23 GMT

Sam goes solo this week to perform a full review of the recent RCP Webinar with an update on the PACES 2023 format with some more information and Sam's opinion on some of this new information.

Link found here:

https://www.mrcpuk.org/PACES23Webinar

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#61 Cushing's syndrome

Sun, 21 May 2023 18:57:41 GMT

Dr Sajini Wijetilleka, acute medical consultant with dual accreditation in endocrine and diabetes, joins Sam this episode to discuss Cushing's syndrome in a PACES setting. As always, we discuss the important symptoms, signs, investigations, management and common examiner questions.

See Sajini's fantastic Sri Lankan food Instagram page here!

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#60 Functional Neurology

Sun, 07 May 2023 18:00:47 GMT

This week Sam is joined by consultant neurologist at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, Dr Beth Mallam, who has a sub-specialist interest in functional neurology.

Sam & Beth talk through the difficulties in positively diagnosing this cohort of patients and importantly, some signs which will help you determine whether a seizure is a tonic-clonic seizure or a non-epileptic attack. The website Beth talks about is : https://neurosymptoms.org/en/

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#59 Rheumatoid arthritis (part 2)

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:00:36 GMT

We complete our discussion with Dr Arrianne Laws, looking at the investigations, management and common examiner questions of rheumatoid arthritis.

Listen to more of Arrianne on the Medical Take Podcast!

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#58 Rheumatoid arthritis (part 1)

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 19:00:29 GMT

Consultant Rheumatologist and co-host of the Medical Take podcast, Dr Arrianne Laws, joins Sam on the podcast this week to discuss another PACES classic of rheumatoid arthritis.

Listen to more of Arrianne on the Medical Take Podcast! Click here!

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#57 Overcoming obstacles feat. Tim Nye

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:00:31 GMT

Dr Time Nye joins Sam on the show this week to discuss a PACES success story with a twist....how does an ACCS anaesthetics trainee, working in a small hospital, as the only person sitting PACES manage to achieve success in the exam? Find out by listening in to Tim's best advice in how he overcame multiple obstacles and achieved success in the MRCP PACES.

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#56 BAMR: Calling ICU

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 19:00:30 GMT

Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics, Dr Andy Foo joins Sam on the podcast to discuss an essential topic for any budding Medical SpR on-call and that is escalating the sickest patients in the hospital to the highest levels of care. Andy gives a brilliant insight into his thought process as an ICU consultant and also his best advice to take on board when we escalate referrals as the Medical SpR on-call.

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#55 Lung surgery

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:00:03 GMT

BEWARE OF THE BIG DOG. Sam was delighted to be joined this week by BIG DOG in the Royal College of Physicians and the first MBE to feature on the show: Dr Aranthakrishnan Raghuram, known affectionately as Raghu, Respiratory medicine consultant at Gloucester & Cheltenham hospitals. This is an absolutely critical station to get right and one of the most common to come up in PACES.

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#54 Hemiparesis (part 2)

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:00:25 GMT

In our second episode covering hemiparesis, Sam & Dr Paul Sellors, Consultant in Stroke Medicine at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, finish off the discussion on examining our patient as well as covering the pertinent investigations, management steps, presenting your patients and the all important examiner questions.

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#53 Hemiparesis (part 1)

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:00:49 GMT

Dr Paul Sellors, Consultant in Stroke medicine at North Bristol NHS Trust joins Sam to discuss the first steps in assessing a patient in PACES with hemiparesis!

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#52 PACES 2023

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:00:15 GMT

Sam was joined once again by fan favourite Dr Jennie Gough to outline the new information available on NEW PACES FORMAT coming in the third diet of 2023.

Sam is also joined by a very special mystery guest so listen out for that later in the show!

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#51 Best of 2022! (part 2)

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 18:00:13 GMT

Welcome to our best bits from 2022, with more brilliant learning points from some of the fantastic guests we had on the show during the second half of the year. We wish you all the very best for 2023 and hope you will stick around to listen for at least another year!

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#50 Christmas Special 2022!

Sun, 25 Dec 2022 07:00:27 GMT

It's the present that nobody needed, wanted, hoped or asked for - it's the Pre PACES Podcast Christmas Special! Featuring bloopers from some of the fantastic guests who have joined us on the show over the past 12 months! We are so grateful to all our wonderful listeners for continuing to help make the show what it is. From all of us here at the Pre PACES Podcast, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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#49 Best of 2022! (part 1)

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:00:47 GMT

We look back through Sam's best bits from the first half of 2022. We are so grateful to all of you for your continued support for the podcast and don't forget to keep your eyes and ears peeled for a special Christmas treat coming down your chimney's on Christmas Day! We love you all for listening & hope you manage to take some time to rest and relax with friends, family and loved ones at this festive time of year.

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#48 BAMR: Handover

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:00:36 GMT

Sam welcomes along Dr Alice Hoole, A-cute Medical SpR in the Wales Deanery to discuss the highs and lows of handing over. This is something you'll have done as a junior doctor, but how is it different as a medical SpR? All is revealed in this episode!

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#47 BAMR: Calling Gastro OOH

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:00:21 GMT

Sam was delighted to welcome back consultant gastroenterologist Dr Ajay Verma to the show! This episodes looks at the management of acutely unwell gastro patients which may require out-of-hours discussion with the Gastro consultant on call.We take a particularly close look at upper GI bleeds, what the on-call endoscopist needs to know and what your initial management should consist of!

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#46 Polycythaemia

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:00:40 GMT

This week we cover probably one of the first episodes most likely to be seen in a History-taking station: Polycythaemia. Sam was joined by Consultant Haematologist Dr Suzy Morton, co-host of the fantastic Blooducation podcast series (link below).

BLOODUCATION with Dr Suzy Morton et al

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BONUS IMT applications 2023

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:00:19 GMT

Internal Medical Training applications are looming on the horizon. With this in mind Sam is joined by Dr Manuela Amaya (Manny) to run through the timeline of events around IMT applications and talk through the application self-assessment which is submitted with your application. Sam and Manny give their best advice on how to maximise your score for your IMT portfolio and how you can score as many points as possible to secure that all important interview. All information correct at the time of recording and, of course, is liable to change depending on events occurring out of our control. (Don't you just love medical training?)

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#45 Mitral Regurgitation

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:00:40 GMT

This week Sam was joined by consultant cardiologist at St George's Hospital in London, Dr Rajan Sharma. Rajan is a subspecialist in cardiac imaging including complex echocardiography and gave us a fantastic insight into mitral regurgitation in PACES. Rajan tackles 1980s music as his Quiz the Consultant topic!

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#44 Polycystic kidney disease

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:00:57 GMT

We love our returning guests on the show and this week, Consultant Nephrologist Dr Revathi Whittaker-Jain joined Sam again to discuss polycystic kidney disease in PACES. This station 1 classic is covered in comprehensive detail and as always covers examination, investigations and management of this important station. We hope you enjoy it!

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Examination: 20:30

Presentation and DDx: 31:45

Investigations: 39:30

Management 44:20

Examiner Qs: 50:55

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#43 Ask An Assessor feat. Dr Ashley Nisbet

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:00:55 GMT

Peeking behind the magician's cloth is only reserved for the wonderfully select audience of the Pre PACES podcast. In this episode Dr Ashley Nisbet gives us her experience as a PACES examiner including how the day normally plays out for PACES examiners. Ashley also gives her best advice on the common pitfalls for candidates that don't pass, and the features which are often found in really outstanding candidates!

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A Short Word

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 20:53:21 GMT

Our thoughts go out to the Royal Family & all those grieving the loss of Queen Elizabeth II

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#42 BAMR: Running the Take

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 19:00:23 GMT

Next up in our Being a Med Reg (BAMR) series we have a masterclass on running the medical take. This is often seen as one of the hardest skills to master as the medical reg on call. Acute Medical SpR, Dr Jen Collinson helps us filter out the noise and gives us her best advice followed by her top 5 tips for running the medical take.

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#41 Retinitis pigmentosa

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:00:52 GMT

Sam's first solo episode of 2022 comprises a comprehensive review of retinitis pigmentosa. This is clearly a rare condition but has all the hallmarks of a classic PACES station. Sam tackles a number of syndromic causes for RP which are possible differential diagnoses, as well as touching on some specific elements of investigations and management for these patients.

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#40 Fundoscopy

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 19:00:55 GMT

This week Sam was joined by Mr Steve Lash, Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust. We take a squinted look at all the fundoscopy favourites that might come up in PACES and also covered the approach to a patient presenting with gradual visual loss. Steve also tackles sports psychology as his Quiz the Consultant topic!

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Timestamps:

5:00 Approach to assessing the patient

11:30 Cataracts

20:20 Glaucoma

27:20 ARMD

31:20 Diabetic retinopathy

38:05 Retinitis pigmentosa

43:29 Quiz the Consultant

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#39 Partial seizures

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:00:06 GMT

Sam was joined once again by Dr Hamish Morrison, neurology SpR in the Severn Deanery to discuss partial or focal seizures. It's a shorter and sweeter episode this week to account for time Sam has spent packing up his flat for a big move to another hospital for a new training post. Thank you so much for all your continued support!

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#38 Managing Stress

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 19:00:54 GMT

Sam was joined this week by Dr Sarmila Sinha, Consultant Psychiatrist and expert in Stress Management to discuss managing exam stress and stress in the NHS. Sarmila is a best-selling author of 'An Expert Guide to Stress Management' and founder of Living Life Stress Free.

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#37 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 19:00:36 GMT

Sam was joined this week by cardiology consultant, Dr Omar Asghar, who sub-specialises in inherited cardiac conditions, cardiac MRI and devices. Omar tackles Quiz the Consultant: despite living and working in Manchester his entire life...he chooses Liverpool FC as his topic - listen right to the end to find out why!

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Timestamps:

12:15 Examination

23:10 Differential diagnosis

25:35 Investigations

32:35 Management

45:45 Quiz the Consultant

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#36 BAMR feat. Dr Amie Burbridge

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 19:00:39 GMT

This week in our Being A Med Reg (BAMR) series, we welcome along fantastic host of the Home of Medicine podcast, Dr Amie Burbridge, Acute Medicine Consultant in Coventry & Warwickshire. Amie tells of her extensive experience as a medical SpR, as well as giving us her top 3 attributes of fantastic medical registrars. You can listen to the Home of Medicine on the link below!

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#35 Parkinsonism

Sun, 22 May 2022 19:21:39 GMT

This week Sam was joined by Dr Iain Wilkinson, consultant geriatrician and fantastic host of the MDTea podcast (link below!). Sam & Iain discuss the basics of Parkinsonism, features on examination, differential diagnoses, investigations and management. Iain tackles Quiz the Consultant on the topic of Folk Music!

07:00 Basics of Parkinsonism

15:35 Examination

33:00 Differential diagnoses of Parkinsonism

38:36 Investigations

42:40 Management

53:00 Quiz the consultant

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#34 Being a New Med Reg

Sun, 08 May 2022 19:00:17 GMT

This episode we invited back Dr Jennie Gough, to reflect on her IMT training program. She gives us the good, the bad and the ugly of the new internal medical training programme. Sam & Jenn also reflect on their time being the Med Reg on call and give a ton of advice that they would have wanted to know on starting as a new medical reg!

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#33 Bronchiectasis

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:00:29 GMT

Sam was joined this week by Respiratory Consultant, Dr Diana Kavanagh, host of the Respiratory GURU podcast to discuss Bronchiectasis as a PACES station. We talk through every aspect of examination, investigations and ongoing management. Diana also tackles Quiz the Consultant, choosing George Ezra as her specialist subject!

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06:30 Basics of bronchiectasis

09:45 Examination

25:00 Presentation

30:00 Differential diagnosis

35:15 Investigations

43:50 Management

1:00:00 Quiz the Consultant

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#32 Pregnancy in PACES (part 2)

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 19:00:23 GMT

Welcome to the second part of Sam's sit down with Dr Anita Banerjee (@anitaobsmed), Consultant in Obstetric Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes and General Medicine. In this episode, Sam and Anita discuss hypertension in pregnancy along with asthma, epilepsy and heart failure. Anita also tackles Harry Potter as her Quiz the Consultant topic!

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Timestamps:

02:30 Hypertension in pregnancy

13:00 Investigations and management of HTN in pregnancy

24:30 Asthma in pregnancy

25:40 Epilepsy in pregnancy

29:25 Heart failure in pregnancy

38:00 Quiz the Consultant: Harry Potter

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#31 Pregnancy in PACES (part 1)

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:00:21 GMT

In this episode, Sam was joined by Dr Anita Banerjee (@anitaobsmed) to discuss the topic of pregnancy in PACES and the emerging specialty of Obstetric Medicine! In this first part, Anita and Sam discuss two HUGE topics of gestational diabetes and venous thromboembolism in pregnancy, covering all the pertinent aspects of managing these patients which can be, at best, daunting and, at worst, TERRIFYING.

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#30 Myotonic dystrophy

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:00:00 GMT

Sam chats to neurology SpR Dr Tom Minton about Myotonic dystrophy, covering every possible clinical sign whether it's a peripheral nerve examination or a cranial nerve examination.

Tom also tackles Reg Against the Machine on a topic very close to his heart....you'll have to listen to find out!

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Timestamps:

Basics of MD: 3:30

Cranial nerve exam 9:40

Peripheral nerve exam 12:50

Gold star signs: 16:45

Differential diagnosis, investigations and management 18:30

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#29 Confidentiality

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 20:00:00 GMT

This episode Sam brings Dr Tommy Isaac aboard the podcast to discuss a topic which comes up very often in PACES and that is confidentiality. Given this is a topic which spans across all ages I should probably provide full disclosure that Tommy is a paediatric registrar, but he's been generous enough to take some time out from watching cartoons and colouring in to join us to discuss this potentially hazardous topic!

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Timestamps:

3:36 Principles of confidentiality

22:51 Case scenarios

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#28 Inflammatory bowel disease (part 2)

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 19:00:00 GMT

Welcome back to the second part of Sam's sit down with Dr Ajay Verma to discuss inflammatory bowel disease!

This episode looks at the investigations and management of IBD before covering some tricky examiner questions & after that Ajay tackles Premier League goalscorers as his Quiz the Consultant topic!

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Timestamps:

01:00 Investigations

5:50 Management

15:30 Examiner questions

24:10 Quiz the Consultant

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#27 Inflammatory bowel disease (part 1)

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:00:00 GMT

This episode Sam sits down with Twitter Gastro Guru Dr Ajay Verma to discuss inflammatory bowel disease. Ajay was so generous with his time and expertise that this is another double header episode! Look out in future for the next episode where Ajay will face Quiz the Consultant with the specialist topic of Premier League top goalscorers!

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#26 Myasthenia Gravis

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the first episode of 2022! This time round Sam was joined by Neurology SpR Dr Anna Francis to discuss Myasthenia Gravis!

We covered the pertinent history points, examination, investigations and management of these patients before Anna was subjected to Reg Against the Machine!

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Timestamps:

3:55 Introduction (including neurology station top tips)

10:05 History

24:20 Differential Diagnosis

34:20 Examination

45:20 Investigations

51:30 Management

56:44 Reg Against the Machine

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#25 Best of 2021! (part two)

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:00:00 GMT

Welcome to 2022 listeners! As a last final hurrah to 2021 we are finishing off with some more of our best bits from the first year of the Pre PACES Podcast! We've been joined by so many fantastic registrar and consultant guests, and have been so grateful for them giving up their time to provide some education for you, wherever you are in your medical training.

We hope you've found the pod helpful so far and look out for more episodes coming in early 2022!

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#24 Best of 2021! (part one)

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:00:00 GMT

Welcome to our roundup of best bits of all of our podcasts over the course of 2021. All of these bits have been hand picked for their high value and how helpful they might be if you encounter a similar situation in PACES! Thank you ALL for your contributions, tweets, emails and most of all for taking the time out to listen to the pod. We really appreciate all the support and hope you'll continue to listen going into 2022!

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#23 Difficult Conversations

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 19:00:00 GMT

In this episode Sam sat down with Dr John Platt, an NHS Geriatrician and Stroke physician with over 30 years of NHS experience under his belt. John gave us great insight into how we can best structure and approach our conversations with relatives of patient's regarding DNAR decisions, withdrawal of feeding and end of life care.

Quiz the Consultant returned as John tackled the mildly obscure topic of Dr Samuel Johnson, the intellectual titan who wrote and published one of the first ever published dictionaries!

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#22 Consent & Capacity

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 23:03:17 GMT

Welcome back listeners to another solo sit down with Dr Sam Williams to discuss a communication station topic: consent and capacity! It's sort of like sense and sensibility without the posh accents or the dresses.

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Timestamps:

2:34 Consent

9:28 Patients lacking capacity

14:15 DOLS

17:22 Clinical cases

Special mentions in this episode go to Mumma Williams who made her podcast acting debut as 'concerned daughter' and 'upset wife', to add to her 30-year role of 'disillusioned mother'. Cousin Dave also makes his debut as 'disgruntled man' - I couldn't be more grateful to them for filling a gap which in reality, I probably could've done myself, it just would've been more boring.

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#21 COPD

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:00:00 GMT

This week Sam was joined by Dr Drew Davies, Respiratory registrar in the Peninsula Deanery to discuss the important topic of COPD as it might be presented in PACES. They discussed the important features to look for on examination, as well as the factors you need to include in your presentation, investigations and management! Drew also faces THE MACHINE on a seemingly random quiz topic - find out towards the end of the show!

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Timestamps:

2:55 Introduction

8:40 Examination

27:32 Presentation

32:10 Investigations

38:24 Management

49:19 Reg Against the Machine

Writing credit goes to Dr Alice Watson

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#20 Being a Great Revision Buddy

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 18:30:00 GMT

Sam sits down with his very own revision buddy, Dr Becci Crook to discuss how you can succeed in the MRCP PACES by being the greatest ever revision buddy! Becci gives us a list of 10 superb tips to make sure you give yourself and your friends / colleagues the best chance of passing!

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#19 Acromegaly

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:00:00 GMT

Sam was joined by consultant endocrinologist Dr Alison Evans to discuss acromegaly, a potential PACES curveball in a station 5 scenario. We talk through the typical presenting symptoms, important elements of a focussed examination, before covering the investigations, management and common examiner questions!

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Timestamps:

1:40 Introduction

7:59 History

21:00 Examination

28:36 Presentation

30:42 Investigations

40:50 Management

48:24 Examiner Questions

52:51 Quiz the Consultant

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#18 Renal transplant (part 2)

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:00:00 GMT

The second part of our mammoth deep dive into renal transplants featuring renal physicians Dr Jim Moriarty and Dr Revathi Jain. This episode confronts the investigations, management as well as tackling the common examiner questions in this critically important PACES station.

Go to www.kidneyfailurerisk.com for more information on the use of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation.

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Timestamps:

1:40 Introduction

2:57 Investigations

6:32 Examiner Questions

34:05 Quiz the Consultant

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#17 Renal transplant (part 1)

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:00:00 GMT

In this first part of our first ever double-header episode, Sam was joined by renal physicians, Dr Jim Moriarty and Dr Revathi Jain to discuss this absolute BEHEMOTH of a PACES topic. We covered the systematic examination and comprehensive presentation of a patient with a renal transplant, setting you up perfectly to smash this station if it comes up in your exam!

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Timestamps:

1:42 Introduction

6:00 Peripheral Examination

20:00 Abdominal Examination

31:56 Presentation

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#16 Back pain

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:22:09 GMT

This week Sam was joined by Dr Tom Batty, Rheumatology SpR, to discuss back pain with a focus on Ankylosing Spondylitis! Tom is also the first guinea pig on Reg Against The Machine - but what does the machine do? You'll have to listen to find out!

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Timestamps:

1:30 Introduction

4:53 History

21:30 Ankylosing Spondylitis

38:42 Examination

44:40 Investigations

49:50 Management

58:06 Reg Against the Machine

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#15 Lessons from FAILING PACES

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:26:42 GMT

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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#14 The Curious Case of Benjamin Beska

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 17:00:00 GMT

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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#13 Transient Ischaemic Attacks

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 22:51:25 GMT

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!

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Timestamps:

1:42 Introduction

5:43 History

20:10 Examination

26:02 Differential Diagnosis

33:39 Investigations & Management

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#12 Hypertension

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 18:00:00 GMT

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!

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Timestamps:

1:52 Introduction

5:07 History

20:48 Examination

26:29 Examiner Questions

55:13 Quiz the Consultant

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#11 Passing PACES with Dr Jennie Gough

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 20:54:06 GMT

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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#10 Optic Neuropathy

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:21:20 GMT

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!

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Timestamps:

1:52 Introduction

7:02 History

21:26 Differential Diagnosis

39:17 Examination

47:53 Examiner Questions

1:00:13 Quiz the Consultant

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#9 Seizures

Sun, 23 May 2021 21:17:42 GMT

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.

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Timestamps

1:52 Introduction

5:27 History

23:54 Examination

26:08 Differential Diagnoses

28:56 Investigations & Management

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#8 Collapses

Sun, 09 May 2021 20:27:44 GMT

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!

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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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#7 Prosthetic Heart Valves

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:49:42 GMT

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!

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Timestamps:

1:52 Introduction

5:20 Examination

25:27 Presentation & Examiner Questions

37:52 Quiz the Consultant

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#6 Lessons from sitting PACES

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:00:00 GMT

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.

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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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#5 Thyroid disease

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:11:25 GMT

Sam was joined by Dr Jodie Sabin, consultant endocrinologist, to discuss how thyroid disease may be presented in PACES and the best ways to structure your approach to this tricky station including how to master the history, examination and answer those difficult examiner questions! Quiz the Consultant also makes a return as Jodie answers questions on the Great British Bake Off!

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Timestamps:

05:03 Vignette

08:00 History-taking, eye disease, neck lumps, thyrotoxic symptoms

22:13 Examination

31:46 Presentation

35:30 Investigations & management

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#4 Breaking Bad News

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 22:15:01 GMT

In this episode, Sam welcomes Dr Tessa Nicholas, a post-CMT doctor with an interest in palliative care and oncology. They discuss the recurring themes in station 4, focussing on Breaking Bad News and the SPIKES model*

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02:00 Structure, format, recurring themes of Station 4

17:30 Approaching Station 4

20:45 SPIKES model

37:50 Summary

*Baile WF, Buckman R, Lenzi R et al (2000) SPIKES - a Six Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News: Application to the Patient with Cancer. Oncologist.

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#3 Aortic Stenosis

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:00:53 GMT

In this episode, Sam was joined by Dr Stephen Dorman, Consultant Cardiologist in TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) to discuss Aortic Stenosis - a cardiovascular classic. Steve is given a baptism of fire on new regular feature Quiz the Consultant where he answers questions on his own specialist topic of Windsurf foils! Please like, subscribe and most importantly, enjoy the show!

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Timestamps:

01:52 Intro

05:58 Examination

17:40 Presentation & differential diagnoses

23:40 Examiner questions

34:42 Quiz the Consultant

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#2 Top 10 Tips & PACES during COVID

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:20:38 GMT

This week Sam was joined by Dr Alex Batty, an IMT2 who has recently passed MRCP PACES. Sam and Alex give you their Top 10 Tips to boost your revision and Alex gives us the inside track on the changes to the structure and format and some COVID-related curveballs that got thrown his way during his exam.

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#1 Basics of PACES

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:35:57 GMT

Welcome to the first episode of the Pre PACES Podcast with Dr Sam Williams. Sam was joined this week by Dr Jennie Gough, an IMT2 doctor who was just getting start with PACES revision when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Jennie and Sam cover the structure and format of PACES and answer some FAQs. Like, Comment, Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!

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