

MEM Cast
Medicine East Midlands
A series of education podcasts for core medical trainees and medical students covering the whole curriculum for the MRCP exam.
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Oct 17, 2025 • 20min
Episode 277: Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)
This week Dr Sanjida Chowdhury, Neurology Trainee, discusses RCVS, it's overview, psychophysiology, clinical presentation, investigation and treatment.

Sep 26, 2025 • 20min
Episode 276: Medical ethics and communication
In this episode, we tackle some of the most common ethical and professionalism scenarios you’ll face in the PACES exam. We’ll walk through the core principles of medical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice) and show you how to apply these concept in clinical practice.

Sep 19, 2025 • 15min
Episode 275: Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
CPPD is a common occurrence in our elderly inpatients. It can cause significant disability and is important to diagnose and treat. Dr Thomas Bond covers the common and rarer manifestations of this condition to make sure you are confident in treating patients suffering with CPPD.

Sep 5, 2025 • 34min
Episode 274: Understanding Asthma
In this episode, we explore how to recognise asthma mimics, when to question the diagnosis, and how bedside tests and updated guidelines can guide management. We break down what every clinician should know.

Aug 31, 2025 • 15min
Episode 273: Subacute Combined Degeneration of Spinal Cord
This week Dr Sanjida Chowdhury discussed about Subacute Combined Degeneration of Spinal Cord, it's causes, and Management approach.

Aug 22, 2025 • 21min
Episode 272: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis
This week we are joined by the connective tissue disease lead at University Hospitals Leicester, Dr Shireen Shaffu, to talk about diagnosing lupus. Dr Shaffu provides excellent insight into a systematic approach for lupus assessment. We discuss various disease manifestations, diagnostic criteria and investigations. If you have ever wanted to get one over on Dr House, this week is your week!

Aug 17, 2025 • 19min
Episode 271: Alcohol Withdrawal
Dr Anirudh Kumar discusses practical aspects of assessment and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in this episode.Please see the following resource referenced in today's podcast:CIWA-Ar ScaleFollow us on Instagram!Join our Discord server or follow our podcast via our Linktree!

Aug 8, 2025 • 19min
Episode 270: Nephrotoxicity
Not all that’s prescribed is harmless, especially to your kidneys. Our latest episode is now live. In this episode, we’re diving deep into drug-induced nephrotoxicity. You’ll learn: Which medications are most nephrotoxic, how they damage the kidneys, and how to approach management when a drug is suspected

Aug 1, 2025 • 28min
Episode 269: Spasticity
This week, Dr Javvad Haider joins us once again to talk about the management of spasticity. This episode covers a good chink of neurophysiology and pathophysiology to help understand how spasticity is triggered, so we can arrange the best treatments

Jul 25, 2025 • 19min
Episode 268: Ascitic Tap and Abdominal Paracentesis Part 2
Dr Katarina Vojtekova Nizamis, Gastroenterology Registrar in Nottingham, takes us through practical aspects of Abdominal Paracentesis in the second of two parts on this topic.Please see the following two videos referenced in today's podcast:]Royal Derby Hospital - Abdominal Therapeutic Paracentesis VideoMedical Education Lothian - Preparing you for Ascitic InterventionsWe recommend considering listening to the following other podcast episodes to supplement this episode:Episode 16 - Ascites and TIPS ProcedurePodomatic Apple Podcasts SpotifyEpisode 262 - Ascitic Tap and Abdominal Paracentesis Part 1Podomatic Apple Podcasts SpotifyFollow us on Instagram!Join our Discord server or follow our podcast via our Linktree!


