Clinical Medicine

Articles for medical students and doctors on clinical topics

Making a Radiology Request: Essential Tips for Requesting Ultrasound Scans

Author: Dr Vidisha Vaidya, Consultant Radiologist, Director of Medical Education (Clinical Radiology); RANZCR Director of Training SKG Radiology; Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Australia. Referring and preparing patients for radiology is often performed in a sub-optimal way. Here, Dr Vidisha Vaidya, a Consultant Radiologist, takes us through her essential tips for requesting and preparing patients […]

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Making a Radiology Request: Essential Tips for requesting MRI scans

Author: Dr Vidisha Vaidya, Consultant Radiologist, Director of Medical Education (Clinical Radiology); RANZCR Director of Training SKG Radiology; Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Australia. Referring and preparing patients for radiology is often performed in a sub-optimal way. Here, Dr Vidisha Vaidya, a Consultant Radiologist, takes us through her essential tips for requesting and preparing patients

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Making a Radiology Request: Essential Tips for requesting CT scans

Author: Dr Vidisha Vaidya, Consultant Radiologist, Director of Medical Education (Clinical Radiology); RANZCR Director of Training SKG Radiology; Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Australia. Referring and preparing patients for radiology is often performed in a sub-optimal way. Here, Dr Vidisha Vaidya, a Consultant Radiologist, takes us through her essential tips for requesting and preparing patients

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Plastering Tutorial: Colles Fracture

Demonstrator: Dr Stephan Grainger, Emergency Physician Disclaimer: These tips are based on the physician’s own preferences and experiences. We would recommend using these tips a guide only. In this video demonstration, Dr Stephen Grainger (Emergency Physician) takes us through the basic principles and process of plastering a Colles fracture in the Emergency Department (ED).

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Specialty Insights: Top 5 PROs & CONs of Anesthesia (ANZCA) Training

Author: Dr Lee Jervis, Anaesthesia Provisional Fellow, West Australian Rotational Training Program. Currently working as an anaesthesia fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. 5 things I like about anaesthesia training 5 challenging aspects of training (and how I view these challenges in retrospect at the end of training)

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