Congratulations Roy

No Mow May.
Look at some of the delights in my lawn last year.
Please don’t mow, for #biodiversity sake.

Congrats to Rose Penfold who has won this important award. Rose is truly dedicated to this field, and is also exceptionally gifted at research and participating in the research community.
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A brand new episode in which we look at a case of urinary retention during pregnancy ⁦Ben Lovell⁩

We reflect on knowing what we don’t know and how we continue to learn as we get older and wiser 😊

#MedEd #MedTwitter podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hom…

Good conversation on educational and clinical supervisor roles.

Reflecting on what Dr.Ronan collins said last week The situation isn’t either/or (acute or community) its both/and. We need to get serious about #rehabilitation across the continuum of care #investinrehab

This is a fantastic project from our RCPEdin Heritage Department. If you are a teacher, or know a teacher (or a pupil!) please spread the word.

‘Domestic Medicine’ by William Buchan was one of the most popular medical guides of the 18th & 19thc. According to Buchan, cholera was not only spread by dirty living conditions but also eating cherries, drinking strong spirits and having excessive ‘passions of the mind’

If you missed our FREE webinar on our online MScs delivered with The University of Edinburgh: MSc Internal Medicine and MSc Critical Care there's still time to catch-up. Visit: learning.rcpe.ac.uk/course/view.ph… RCPE/UoE Edinburgh Critical Care Online internalmeded

Delighted that the team are delivering the NHS Lothian NHS Lothian Medical Education Grand Round on 15th May #ScotLDWeek

How do you look for papilloedema on intensive care (or anywhere else)?
High tech MRI? Nope

Low tech… #ExamineYourPatient w/ an ophthalmoscope…Arclight…solar powered, it works! Lanyard so you don’t lose it…available via St. Andrews University
Brief Neuro Exam

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‘Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him’

Paracelsus writing 400 years before Osler

Chris Boes Andrew Elder Gavin Francis John Launer

The right policies could stop this. Increasing 4 hour access standard to 78% from 76% doesn’t work. Instead focus on 12 hour length of stay, it’s already in the contract. Not doing this puts elderly people’s lives at risk

It’s here! ⁦Ben Lovell⁩ and I reflect on a case I saw last year and we reveal the final diagnosis.

Kindness and compassion at work are also discussed and we want to bring back the mid ward round coffee break

#MedEd #bringbackthecoffeebrrak podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hom…

Thanks for this thread Peter, and for highlighting these issues for Deep End GP Scotland practices and the communities they serve. It is very much appreciated 🙏

The latest issue of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh now ready to view. Read the full JRCPE digital issue online, or download and read offline.

Visit: europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/sageuk/j… #MedTwitter

At #rcpeHongKong24 on 2 May we are covering:

➡️Progress and Novel Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
➡️Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease
➡️The Success Story of Peritoneal Dialysis in Hong Kong

More info: tinyurl.com/4f532we4 #rcpeHongKong24

Some educational updates on long covid and MECFS. Please get booked in and share around. Catch up recording will be available for 6months #mecfs #longcovid