There have been a lot of discussions recently on clinical reasoning. Clinical reasoning: The process by which practitioners collect and process information. Clinical reasoning is a skill which can be learned, and taught. It’s an elusive concept, and involves both reasoning and pattern recognition, but it entails even more than that. It embodies experience and logic. For some, it...
Read MorePlease note the content of this episode is more than seven years old. Some content may no longer be best practice. In this webinar excerpt with John Kelly, we discuss HYPERTENSION. The Heart Foundation’s latest Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults have some changes which are highlighted. John discusses the diagnosis...
Read MoreHow do you explain a diagnosis to a patient in a concise, understandable, succinct way? During a recent discussion with a registrar, a few universal tactics were discussed: find out what the patient already knows about the condition tailor the information to the individual use simple language that will be easily understood provide written information (there are...
Read MoreI was reflecting on how much great content is available online for pursuing lifelong learning. Thinking back, when I was preparing for fellowship exams, if there was something I wanted a tutorial on, I could find it in the format I wanted – be that a podcast, a video or written material. I wish that...
Read MoreIn this months interview, I speak with the RVTS CEO and director of training, Pat Giddings. We discuss the unique training model RVTS utilises, which includes remote supervision, weekly webinars, workshops twice a year, clinical teaching visits, an online learning platform with interactive modules and online discussion forums. RVTS is unique in that it trains via...
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