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Information and learning podcast for first contact practitioners in primary care. During the podcast episodes Emma and Richard will be discussing first contact cases commonly seen in General Practice with experienced clinicians with a background in a certain clinical area. The cases will review the approach to history taking, red flags and the appropriate investigations. The cases will be based around the FCP - Paramedics roadmap core clinical competencies, to unsure appropriate knowledge .
These podcast's should serve as a supplement to your learning as a first contact practitioner. You will require further learning, support and self directed study to develop into a qualified FCP.
These podcasts are for health care professionals only and should not be used for medical advice by members of the public. The content is based on the interviewees opinion and interpretation of best clinical practice at the time of the recording. These podcasts should support your learning and should not replace your clinical judgement or local guidelines.
Special thanks to Scott Edwards for audio and Martin Berrisford for editing.
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Richard welcomes back Dr Mai Elftise to the podcast to discuss Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (EDIB) in General Practice. During the episode Mai defines EDIB , including the legislation and what this means in General Practice. We then discuss how EDIB can affect patient assessments and how to you may consider adapting your consultations.Thank you to Scott for your help and support as as well.Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions or content us via e...
Richard is joined by regular MSK specialist - Ed Baker, FCP Physio and ambassador for the episode. During the episode Ed discus's the assessment of patients with possible shoulder pathology. This includes history taking, physical examination , investigations, red flags and referral. Ed then discus's cases in including subacromial impingement syndrome and frozen shoulder. As always thank you Scott for your help and support.Please feel free to leave comments and contact u...
Richard welcomes back consultant cardiologist Professor Derek Connolly to the podcast. During the episode we discuss cases including patients presenting with leg swelling / orthopnea, and patients with palpitations. Derek give us he's specialist knowledge on how to assess's these patient presentations including history, red flags, investigations and referral.Please follow us on X @FCPParamedicpod and Derek @DrDerekConnolly As always special thank you to Scott for your help.British Socie...
Richard welcomes Professor Derek Connolly to the show who is a consultant cardiologist at Birmingham City Hospital. During the episode, Derek discus's how he assesses patients with possible cardiac pathology's. We discus, history taking , red flags, investigation and referrals. We then discus a case of a patient presenting with chest pain in general practice, which includes when to refer, what is involved in the rapid access to chest pain clinic and perinate history which co...
Richard and is joined by guest presenter Sophie and Dr Mai Elftise to discuss respiratory assessment. During the episode we discus's the assessment of patient cases including wheezing, prolonged cough and sleep apnea. This includes history taking, red flags, investigations and referrals for these patient presentations.As always thank you Scott for your input. GINA guidelinesGlobal Initiative for Asthma - Global Initiative for Asthma - GINA (ginasthma.org)Primary Care Respira...
Richard welcomes Dr Mai Elftise to the podcast who is a GPwSI in respiratory medicine. During the episode we discuss the assessment of patients who present with protentional respiratory pathology. This includes history taking , red flags, investigations and referrals. We use Dr Mai's knowledge to introduce a case of a patient with possible COPD to assess and arrange appropriate investigations and referrals when needed. As always thank you to Scott for your help and support....
Richard and Emma welcome back FCP ambassador and physio Ed Baker to discuss hip pain assessment. Ed discus's his assessments of patients that present in his clinics with hip pain. Ed discus's history taking , physical examination and potential pathology's of the hip joint. Ed, then discus's a case of hip osteoarthritis and how he applies his assessment skills to this case. As always thank to Scott and Martin for your help and support. Please follow us on X @FCPParamedi...
Richard and Emma welcome back Ed Baker who is a FCP - MSK physio in general practice and a FCP ambassador at Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub. During the episode we discuss the approach to patients that present with knee pain and how to carry out a effective knee assessment. Including, history taking, common examination findings and knee pathology. Ed discus's when we should be investigating knee pain and what investigations should requested. Ed then relates his ...
Richard and Emma welcome back Dr David Palmer, who is a GPwSI in mental health. During the the podcast we discuss patient presentations including substance abuse, psychosis and post natal depression. David give us his incite into mental health assessments including history taking , investigations and appropriate referrals. As always special thank you to Scott and Martin for your support in the podcast and for David for giving up his time to record the episode.Please rate and subsc...
Emma's back and we are discussing mental health assessment with Dr David Palmer, who is a GP with a keen interest in mental health. During the episode we discuss the importance of mental health assessment, David give his guidance of how he approach's mental health assessment. We they apply his knowledge to two cases including depression and anxiety. Thank you to Martin and Scott for you help as always.Please feel free to rate the podcast and follow us on @FCPParamedicpod on twitte...
Richard welcomes back Dr David Lupini who is a GP partner and GPwSI in dermatology. During the episode we discuss the assessment of skin lesions. Dr Lupini discus's how he started to assess skin lesions in primary care without the use of a dermatoscope. We apply the assessment to 3 cases including melanoma , squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Within the cases we discuss red flags in skin lesions and the correct referral pathway for these patients.Please ...
Richard welcomes Jo Taylor a personalised care ambassador and Katie Chuter a heath and well being coach. Within the episode we look to celebrate the new role within heath care which is health and wellbeing coaching. During the episode we discuss where heath and wellbeing coaching came from, who is a heath and wellbeing coach and what does the training involved. We look to identify what the expected benefits for the patient, the service and what the future looks like in...
Richard welcomes FCP ambassador and MSK physio Ed Baker to the podcast . During the episode we discuss the assessment of patients with lower back pain, including red flags , pertinent history taking and investigations in general practice. We apply this knowledge in some cases, including a patient with mechanical back pain and inflammatory spondyloarthropathy.Please follow us on twitter @FCPParamedicpod As always special thank you Scott and Martin for your help.Versus Arthrit...
Richard and Emma welcome back Dr Heidi Kerr who is a GPwSI in Women's Health. Within the episode Dr Heidi Kerr discus's the assessment of Women who present with pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding. Dr Heidi Kerr has given up her free time, please feel free to give feedback, I know I enjoyed the episode and learnt lots I will use in my practice. As always thank you to Martin and Scott for your input. Coventry and Warwickshire Training HubHome - Coventry & Warwickshire Trainin...
Richard and Emma welcome Dr Heidi Kerr who is a GPwSI in Women's Health to the podcast. Within the episode Dr Kerr discus's her approach to patient assessments in women's health. We then discuss common general practice presentations including breast pains and vaginal discharge.Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on twitter @FCPParamedicpod. As always special thank you to Martin and Scott for your input on the podcast. If you wish to contact Dr Heidi Kerr about trainin...
Richard and Emma welcome back Dr David Lupini who is a GPwSI in Dermatology. Within the episode we discuss a range of common Dermatology cases in General Practice and use his expertise to ensure an affective patient assessment. Within the episode Dr Lupini discus's cases include systemic rash, pruritus and acne.Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on twitter @FCPParamedicpod. Dr Lupini kindly gave up his own time for these podcasts, please join Richard and Emma t...
International Paramedics Day will be held on 8th July 2023 to build a better understanding of the breadth and depth of work carried out by paramedics around the world. Paramedicine and the Paramedic, is relatively young profession but it is growing rapidly with a very wide range of paramedic roles being carried out in different fields and we want to showcase this diversity in 2023. . Richard presents a special episode for International Paramedic Day 2023, which I based around #wha...
Richard and Emma welcome Dr David Lupini who is a GPwSI in Dermatology. Dr Lupini discus's his approach to patient presenting with skin complaints. Dr Lupini then applies his assessment to a single site rash. He discus's potential differential diagnosis and clinical reasoning in the assessment of skin presentation. Please feel free to leave comments and follow us on twitter @FCPParamedicpod. Dr Lupini kindly gave up his own time for these podcasts, please join Richard ...
Richard and Emma welcome back Dr Ian Allwood who is a GPwSI in gastroenterology. We would highly recommend listening to episode one where Ian discus's his process to assess abdominal pain. Dr Ian Allwood discus's gastroenterology patient presentations which include perinate history taken, appropriate examination and investigations. The cases include :- Change in bowel habit,Nausea / vomitingand rectal bleeding. Please follow us on twitter for updates @FCPParamedicpodAlways g...
Richard and Emma welcome Dr Ian Allwood who is a experienced GP with a specialist interest in gastroenterology.Dr Ian Allwood discusses the assessment of patient's presenting with gastroenterology complaints including a overview of taking abdominal pain history, epigastric pain and distension.Please follow us on twitter for updates @FCPParamedicpodAlways great to here comments about the episodes. Our guests give up their time to record these episodes so please feel free to leave f...
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