What is learning in med ed?
I’ve just enrolled in the University of Dundee distance PGCert in MedEd. It’s a little daunting at first. Moodle is a visual cacophony. The first activity is to ask ourselves…
Category: Medical Education
A cute ischaemic limb
Eric M Bolly is a 66 year old man who presents to A&E with severe left calf and foot pain. This came on suddenly two hours ago. He has…
Hay Fever vs GCSEs
A 16 year old boy has his GCSEs coming up and feels his hayfever is stopping him from concentrating. He has tried antihistamines before with some success, but he is…
Hb 65, ESR 110. Differentials?
A 67 year old woman had an unexplained Hb of 65 g/L. The only previous Hb result was 103 g/L from over four years ago. She felt generally tired with…
Aortic Regurgitation: My favourite valvulopathy
This may seem like a very sad title for a blog post. That’s because it is. My last 6 month rota in A&E (working 3 in 4 weekends, with stretches of 5…
Urine dipstick atheism
I’ve seen the light. I had been worshipping the urine dipstick a wee bit too much. To summarise everything that’s about to follow, you can rank the usefulness of urine…
Red fright or green light? | A child with fever
A 14 month year old boy has a fever for the past 4 days. The fever peaked at 38.5°C as measured at home. The child has been irritable and clingy…
3kg baby replaced by 3kg of urine
I’m going to have a withdrawal bleed once I leave O&G’s hormonal fuelled adventures behind. It has been a mix of the high (on entanox) and the low (lying placenta)….
Unsweetened vomit
Pregnant women vomit a lot. I don’t just mean morning sickness. Pregnancy can result in altered taste and smell, which means certain foods and smells make them feel violently sick….
How to convince a surgeon to accept a RIF pain referral
I just love gyane on call. A 43 year old woman is brought to A&E complaining of severe right iliac fossa pain for the past day. A pregnancy test is…