Catch-up with the AMSS: Recent Episodes
AMSS Podcast
Catch-up with the AMSS is your one-stop-shop for updates from the Adelaide Medical Students' Society! Join your hosts, Huy Pham and Sachini Perera as they catch you up on AMSS events, opportunities, news and shout-outs!
Tune in every episode to catch up on some study as we tackle the latest CBL case, that gold standard approach to an OSCE or interview someone on what being a future doctor is really like!
Join us as we catch up with the AMSS! This week’s EdCorner is on Abnormal Uterine Bleeding ft. some clinical cases (time stamp: 4:50). We go through:
- Definitions
- Brief overview of menstrual cycle
- FIGO classification: PALM-COEIN
- History and examination approach
- 3 x clinical cases with investigation principles
- Management principles
Shoutout to Dr Nicole Edge who taught us everything we know! Resources/guidelines we refer to are:
- PPG guidelines: https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/clinical+resources/clinical+programs+and+practice+guidelines/womens+and+babies+health/perinatal/perinatal+practice+guidelines/perinatal+practice+guidelines
- RANZCOG: https://ranzcog.edu.au/statements-guidelines?searchtext=midurethral+sling&searchmode=anyword
- Armando Hasudungan on menstrual cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_owp8kNMus
- Symonds, IM & Arulkumaran, S n.d., Essential obstetrics and gynaeocology, Sixth Edition., Elsevier, Edinburgh
Season 2 of Catch-Up with the AMSS is here! And this week, after our usual AMSS catch up of upcoming events, we start off the semester by going through Type 1 Diabetes (EdCorner timestamp 07:42)! You’ll find out about:
- Type 1 vs Type 2,
- Pathogenesis of Type 1,
- Clinical features of Type 1,
- DKA Presentation,
- DKA Management Approach
Key resources:
RCH guidelines for DKA, UpToDate, eTG
Nothing crazy here! This episode we're reviewing Traveller's Diarrhoea (Gastroenteritis). Expect to come away with a fool-proof approach to conceptualizing gastro especially after we take you through 5 common bugs and their presentations in our clinical cases.
Key Resources:
- Toronto Notes
- Bad Bug Book
- CDC Yellow Book on Traveller's Diarrhoea
Peace!
This week on a bit of teaching and a lot of banter Sach and Huy rush through catch-up before smashing out some high-yield thyroid learning! Get your learning about:
- Quick look at thyroid homeostasis and HPT Axis
- Clinical differences between hyper and hypo thyroidism
- What makes Graves different?
- Work-up of thyroid
- Principles of Management
Short, sharp and shiny ep this week! Join Huy and Sach in catch-up where they talk through some quick updates, chat BookClub and maybeeeee a Convention Academic Speaker reveal.
In the EdCorner this week, expect to learn all about hypertension from its definition to the principles of management. There's something here for everyone. Whether you need a highly convoluted analogy for RAAS or just looking to review the step-wise pharmacological approach to management, we've got you covered!
Key Resources:
What is Blood Pressure - Khan Academy Renin Control - Armando Hasudungan RAAS from Calgary Guide Sherwood - Covers control blood pressure very well Quick Overview of Secondary Aetiologies of Hypertension - AMBOSS Heart Foundation Guidelines on Management of Hypertension
A short, sharp and shiny episode this week! Just like the lil needle they use to help you donate blood for Vampire Cup! Sit back and relax as Huy and Sach take you through some quick updates before running through a broad approach to anaemia. (Concentrating on iron-deficiency anaemia.)
EdCorner includes:
- How to think about the pathophysiology and aetiology of anaemia
- Using the Complete Blood Examination to conceptualise anaemia
- 2 HIGH YIELD clinical cases
- The fool-proof approach to iron studies
- Principles of management
Key Resource this week is on iron metabolism! Check out Armando's video for a great and simple approach.
Thanks for listening! <3
Well, aren't you a bunch of lucky ducks! Dr. Simon Cousins takes us through the most valuable exploration of Major Depressive Disorder in this episode. Hyper-relevant to 2nd through 6th years with endless clinical gems and high-yield take-aways.
Also catch-up as Huy and Sach hype you up for Jazznight and chat through a couple of updates for this week!
Sorry for the sound quality, we had some tech difficulties
Key resources to come...
EdCorner from ~10mins!
What's higher yield than heart failure, strokes and COPD? Not much, but community-acquired pneumonia is up there and something you'll no doubt treat countless times in the future!
Listen as Sach and Huy D.E.A.D.M.A.N their way thought C.A.P using S.M.A.R.T.C.O.P with G.Ts and some good ol fashioned B.A.N.T.E.R!
AMSS catch-up will shoutout some special members, give some quick updates and showcase a candid and ever-wise Dr Grace Goodwin as she discusses her experiences and lessons from refugee healthcare!
Tip-top Resources for your perusal!
- SA Health CAP Guidelines - Runs through SMARTCOP and the specific drugs used in SA
- ETG Guidelines. This article explains the principles of antibiotic choice really well
[EdCorner from 13:13!] Enormous shout-out to all the 2nd years for running MedCamp! In-fact, we're so happy we decided to dedicate an entire EdCorner to help you catch-up! Start with some updates from the AMSS and a cheeky commentary of the rugby before deep-diving into:
Major arterial supply of the brain and how it relates to presentation! Key facts and presentations to know FOUR follow-at-home clinical cases AND a bunch of resources to supplement your learning!
Whether it's interesting facts for 1st years, CBL-relevant for 2nds or nice revision for 3-6, there's something in this for everyone!
Key Resources
Blumenfeld's - Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases! (Especially chapter 10!) GeekyMedics (Cranial Nerves) - click me! OSCEStop - (Cranial Nerves) - click me! TeachMeAnatomy - (Cranial Nerves) - click me! AMBOSS - (Stroke Syndromes) - click me! RACGP - TIA Guidelines - click me!
Addits! We forgot to mention that basal ganglia lacunar infarcts may also present with clumsy hand dysarthria syndrome! This presents differently to a hemiballismus presentation. Essentially it's all about the specific parts of the BG and how severely they're affected that will determine this certain presentation.
Is the episode after the pilot episode 1 or 2? Either way, join us this week while we Roam-with-the-AMSS on O'Day interviewing first years! Then stay around for EdCorner where Huy interviews Billy Ray Cyrus about his shortness of breath before we deep dive into exam-relevant management of heart failure!
Cool resources for heart failure! ♥️
- Heart Failure Guidelines from The Australian Heart Foundation (Y4-6)
- Heart Failure Mechanisms on Calgary Guide (Y1-3)
- How to take a cardiovascular history on Geeky Medics (Y1-3)
- Your MedTransit and P2P tutors! (Y1-2)
Disclaimer alert! Wee-oo 🚨While we have made every reasonable effort to fact-check and provide good quality, relevant education information, the AMSS and this podcast are not responsible for your learning and do not accept any liability for the inclusion of incorrect information of the exclusion of other relevant information. Please follow university content, teaching and official resources.
Welcome to our pilot episode of Catch-up with the AMSS! In our first ever episode listen to Sachini and Huy stumble through our busy AMSS calendar, interview big-dog Pres PK (woof woof), mic-roam some high-yield firstie gems and rapid-fire tackle the S.N.A.P.V.A.F approach to lifestyle management in Y3/4/5 OSCEs. It's a wild ride so join us for this one and many more to come!
Podcast Notes on the pneumococcal vaccine! 📝:
- The vaccine funded for older non-Indigenous Australians on the National Immunisation Program will be 13vPCV (Prevenar 13), instead of 23vPPV (Pneumovax 23).
- The age for immunising older Australians has been raised from 65 years and over to 70 years and over.
- All non-indigenous adults who don't have a medically at-risk condition for pneumococcal disease who turn 70 after 1 July 2020 should have one dose of Prevenar 13, even if they have previously had Pneumovax 23. This is a bit different to what mentioned about now becoming "eligible" for the pneumococcal vaccine if you have COPD.
- All non-Indigenous adults who are already over 70 on 1 July 2020 are also eligible for a single funded dose of Prevenar 13.
- For Indigenous Australians, pneumococcal immunisation is NIP funded at age 50 years plus. This encompasses 1 dose of 13vPCV and 2 subsequent doses of 23vPPV.
- Young Indigenous children in NT, Qld, SA, and WA – in addition to the 4 doses of 13vPCV they already receive, should also now be given 2 NIP-funded doses of 23vPPV pneumococcal vaccine.
Disclaimer alert! Wee-oo 🚨While we have made every reasonable effort to fact-check and provide good quality, relevant education information, the AMSS and this podcast are not responsible for your learning and do not accept any liability for the inclusion of incorrect information of the exclusion of other relevant information. Please follow university content, teaching and official resources.