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Join the conversation with physicians in training as they explain the fundamentals of medicine. All the knowledge you need to survive and thrive on the wards. We create digestible, delectable, bite-sized knowledge bits suitable for medical students and junior physicians aged 6 and up.

Davor, Rahul and Bec


    • Sep 20, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 79 EPISODES


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    Perioperative Medication Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 59:19


    The MedConversations crew may not fly the surgical flag very much but we love flying into the melee of perioperative management. So get peri with Bec and Scott as we dance around and about* the drug chart of the pre-op … Continue reading →

    Hypertension Part 3 (Assessment, Management and Secondary Causes)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 94:42


    Weary traveller, let Rahul, Bec and Jupiter's 79 moons be your guides as we haul you up the third and final segment of the hypertension series. At the summit we take you on a high pressure hike through the assessment … Continue reading →

    COVID-19 – Clinical Diagnosis and Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 92:28


    This episode is for everyone who is sick of COVID-19 but needs to finally learn how to diagnosis and manage it, rather than how to out-argue your uncle about whether the plan-demic will end democracy. We go through diagnosis, testing, … Continue reading →

    Gram Negative Bacteria and Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 84:50


    Nasty Bugs. You gotta treat ‘em! In this, truly, tremendous second antibiotic episode, Sleepy Scott, Deranged Davor, Crooked Bec (and Obama Zala) cover all the gram negative bacteria – from microbiology to antibiotics and resistance. Believe me, you'll be tired … Continue reading →

    Depression part 2 – evaluation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 85:16


    This is part 2 of our series on depression. Davor and Dean chat about how to evaluate someone you think might have depression. As fascinating as part 1 was, this is much more clinically relevant. Filled with Dean's wisdom and … Continue reading →

    Depression overview – definitions, epidemiology, pathophysiology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 70:37


    This episode is a bit of new thing we're trying – interviews with our friends! As we've progressed in our careers, we've all started specializing and become increasingly unqualified to talk about large swathes of medicine. On the flipside, our … Continue reading →

    Gram Positive Bacteria

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 75:00


    Welcome seeker. All the bacteria. All the antibiotics. Join us on our ambitious multi-episode trek to summarise all bacteria and their treatment starting this episode with gram positives. Your journey will teach the ancient wisdom that tazocin does not fix … Continue reading →

    Hypertension Part 2 (Drugs and their Mechanisms)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 54:45


    Curious about what all those party drugs you’ve been taking with your grandma down at the local aged care facility are? Wondering why you always need to cough after you’ve taken your morning ramipril? Jump on board the high pressure … Continue reading →

    Radiculopathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 61:23


    Episode on radiculopathy! Davor, Bec and Scott sit down and chat about nerve roots. Well, to be honest, it’s more like Davor relentlessly interrogates Bec and Rahul about radiculopathy for an hour. Although ethically questionable, it appears to have worked … Continue reading →

    Hypertension Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 58:21


    We’re back with a mammoth topic. Often consigned to a 1-liner in the past history – it’s time to find out just how little you know about the silent killer. Much like the mounds of hair that accumulate in your … Continue reading →

    Low back pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 51:03


    Low back pain! Rahul and Davor discuss one of the most common presentations in medicine. What are the most common causes? What are the most serious causes? Who do you image? What on earth does Rahul mean when he says … Continue reading →

    Functional Neurology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 56:51


    There’s been a lot of demand for off in the weeds neurology podcasts. Luckily we have our arcane neurology specialist Davor ‘The Slovenian Sledgehammer’ Pavlin-Premrl ready and waiting. Rahul and Davor discuss cartesian dualism and hysteria, and then after about … Continue reading →

    Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 51:58


    We’re back in the COVID era all the way from dirty Melbourne to breathe around your masks and cough on your food. Have you been fighting with your bed-partner about excessive nocturnal noise emissions? Struggling to stay alert whilst reviewing … Continue reading →

    Infective Endocarditis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 44:57


    Drugs. Death. Hidden infections. Bad mix tapes.No, you’re not tripping out on LSD at your uncle’s mail-order bride wedding, you’re just listening to MedConversations’ latest educational podcast packed full of infective endocarditis wisdom and copyright infringing references to one of … Continue reading →

    Glomerulonephritis Part 2 – Nephritic Syndromes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 45:51


    If you naively thought that part 2 of glomerulonephritis would never come and you could spend the rest of your summer wallowing in glorious ignorance of those confusing glomerulonephritidis then you were wrong. Here are the rest of the nephritic … Continue reading →

    Polyneuropathies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 49:47


    Davor’s back doing his Davor thing and sprucing neurology to the world (whether they want to hear about it or not). So, if the holiday blues have you feeling numb to the world or passion for the new year has … Continue reading →

    Fluid Assessment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 44:13


    Has your troubled history of pot plant homicide led to legal action over your plant carer registration AND/OR  your grandmother giving up on you and gifting all her cuttings to her previously second favourite grandchild? We can’t help you with … Continue reading →

    Hypercalcaemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 42:07


    Dust off your ear horn, ruffle up your ruffles and prepare your first-born son for a painful but career-favouring transition. Bec and Scott are back and hitting every high note as they croon, roar and trill their way through hypercalcaemia

    Glomerulonephritis Part 1 – Nephrotic Syndromes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 50:10


    Get your amphora ready to catch some of the golden stuff and see if you have the blood and the protein to raise some nephrologist eyebrows. We’ve heard the requests of the people and taken on GN in an epic … Continue reading →

    Epilepsy Syndromes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2019 43:01


    Think you might have what it takes to join the extraordinary league of gentle-people against epilepsy? Well you’ll need some training first. Come join Davor and Rahul for a shake-down of the epilepsy world. P.S. I tried my best to … Continue reading →

    First Seizures

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2019 53:36


    Charge your batteries and prepare for a shock to the brain. Today we witness the return of a MedConversations legend, Davor who joins Rahul to get your jumbled signals back in alignment about first seizures. Hot take, listen in for … Continue reading →

    Hepatitis B

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 40:34


    Join Medconversations for an melodramatic tale of a plucky Siamese fighting fish and one man’s journey to virological purity inspired by his faith in the Good Lord above. Along the way you’ll finally learn how to interpret hepatitis B serology.

    Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (Interstitial Lung Disease)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2019 52:22


    Free your mind from the tyranny of the Lamestream media and discover the TRUTH about diffuse parenchymal lung disease (ILD) with your snowflake bustin’ hosts Rahul and Scott! Its a long one, so buckle down with your extra doomsday preppin’ … Continue reading →

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Xmas Edition!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2018 37:47


    Merry Christmas from Medconversations with our long awaited ep on inflammatory bowel disease. Fake a smile and pretend its just the gift you wanted as Scott and Rahul explore the length of the disease from the mouth to the azathioprine. … Continue reading →

    MET calls: what you can bring (even when you don’t know a thing)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2018 40:16


    You know when people invite you to dinner and tell you not to bring anything, but actually if you got your act together and brought a salad they’d be really glad? MET calls and interns are kind of like that. … Continue reading →

    Hyponatraemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 39:27


    Pour yourself a hydralyte on the rocks to sip while you absorb this latest ep, and don’t get salty while Bec and Scott drone on about their Drone-At-Home™ program  and quasi-current affairs.  

    Hepatitis C

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 45:25


    Call up your injection crew and gather around the gramophone, it’s time for Scott and Rahul to bring you the good news about Hepatitis C – there’s a cure and we’ve distilled it here ready for an acoustic injection. Keep … Continue reading →

    Chronic Kidney Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 36:12


    You’ll be hiccuping with joy as Bec and Scott waltz you through chronic renal failure to the soothing strains of Medconversations’ favourite regional dialect.

    Giant Cell Arteritis

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 31:56


    Missing a bit of Scott and Rahul in your life? Satisfy your morning stiffness by taking a bite out of this dissection of Giant Cell Arteritis.

    HIV

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2018 41:26


    Dont forget your PrEP and barrier protection for this intimate all-male episode as Scott and Rahul take you through the racey fundamentals of HIV –  from virology and antivirals to the unadulterated thrill of municipal libraries. And keep the knowledge … Continue reading →

    Research – The How and Why

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 37:56


    Ever pondered whether you might suit the professorial lifestyle? This episode, featuring special guests Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Nitesh Nerlekar, will run through what the appeals of including research in your career are and some basics on how to … Continue reading →

    Primary Biliary Cholangitis (née Cirrhosis)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 26:25


    Scratch the itch: let’s get biliary. Join Bec and Scott on a scintillating exploration of the key TLA’s of gastro: PBC, ANA, AMA, PSC, IgM and LFTs.   Test yourself with the Quizlet And here’s a summary of the topic from … Continue reading →

    Staph Aureus Bacteraemia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2017 40:56


    Wash your hands before and after Scott and Bec lead you through this sticky podcast on staph aureus bacteraemia. Just like your momma tried and failed to teach you.

    Acute stroke evaluation and management

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2017 41:28


    Davor and Scott take you through the code stroke process. We couldn’t find any funny relevant pictures, so here’s a photo of some unsung medconversations heroes instead.  

    Stroke syndromes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2017 49:46


    Scott and Bec do their best to reign in an excited Davor as he rambles on about stroke syndromes

    Cirrhosis part II: complications

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2017 49:18


    After a long break in the middle of a two part episode we’re back! Hoping to equip you with the skills to differentiate between boy, girl and ascitic fluid.

    Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 39:47


    If you’re jonesing for some teaching on rheumatic fever, we’ve got the podcast for you.   Link dump: Clinical manifestations of rheumatic fever by time course  

    Cirrhosis part 1: pathophysiology, aetiology and clinical features

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017 36:50


    Rahul is temporarily back in our fair island nation, so here’s a cis-pacific podcast on cirrhosis. Part two will follow eventually, but like the course of this chronic disease, you probably know that the natural history of MedConversations can sometimes … Continue reading →

    Mitral regurgitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 33:01


    Davor and Bec regurgitate everything they know about MR.

    Asthma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 46:28


      Another breathtaking pedagogical podcast from the MedConvos team as we wheeze our way through an approach to asthma.     Link dump: Asthma handbook – all you need to know (especially good for management) (The quizlet will be with … Continue reading →

    Sarcoidosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2017 39:39


    Frequently thought of, infrequently seen. Have a listen so you too can chip in with “could it be sarcoid?” at roughly appropriate times.

    Parkinson’s disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 33:36


    Movement disorders – one of the last bastions of medicine where clinician is king. Listen to this podcast and learn how to make this important diagnosis equipped with little more than a keen eye Here’s the quizlet

    Medication management in acute kidney injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2017 26:28


    This one’s a shout out to the new interns, the soon-to-be interns and anyone who needs a refresher. But mostly it’s for the pharmacists, who are worried about using up the national stocks of purple ink.   Quiz yourself here

    Syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 32:51


    Ah, the rich tapestry of the great imitator. Here we talk about 15th century nationalism, disgustingly unethical experiments and Nietzsche. And syphilis. Revision quizlet is here. Also, speaking of transmission…help spread the word on MedConversations and shoot us a review … Continue reading →

    Hyperthyroidism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 25:41


    Today we discuss swiss traditional dress. High-waisted skirt, embroidered blouse, shawl, and a nice kropfband to show off that shapely toxic thyroid adenoma. You’ll hear there’s a new voice joining us for this one – meet Scott, our delightful physician-in-training … Continue reading →

    Facial droop

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016 15:22


    Does neuro ring your bell? Bell’s Palsy vs stroke vs other. The facial droop standoff. Please do join us.

    Gout

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 43:03


    Benjamin Franklin once wrote a play. The two main characters were himself, and gout, and most of the dialogue is along the lines of “eh! oh! eh!”. If you want to learn about gout, probably just read that. But here’s a … Continue reading →

    Atrial Fibrillation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2016 54:16


    Join your irregularly irregular boys for a chat about atrial fibrillation. It’s sweet AF.

    Pneumonia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2016 36:25


    How to recognise the Captain of Death and show him the door. *Oldmonia will be discussed in a separate episode

    Aortic stenosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2016 27:55


    What to do when the aortic valve starts murmuring sweet nothings in your ear…

    Pulmonary Embolism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 37:29


    Not as fun as dodgeball but slightly better than the beep test, the letters PE have taken on a different meaning since we started medicine.

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