Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
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Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
Cases that changed me - why you should ask about the beetroot (26 May 2025)
Clinical Conversations
39 minutes 43 seconds
5 months ago
Cases that changed me - why you should ask about the beetroot (26 May 2025)
In this episode, Dr Kat Ralston hears about a case that changed the practice of Dr Chris Tiplady. They discuss the importance of recognising when a patient may be entering the last phase of life, what we owe to patients and families in understanding what matters to them, and how we can navigate managing uncertainty and being wrong as clinicians.
Dr Chris Tiplady has been a Consultant Haematologist in Northumbria since 2001 and has held a number of roles in postgraduate and undergraduate medical education over the years. He has been a Director of Medical Education in two trusts and now leads the Master of Medical Education course at Sunderland University. He also has a regular blog published by the Royal College of Pathologists, discussing professionalism in medicine.
Dr Kat Ralston is a geriatric medicine registrar in Edinburgh. She is also the Education Co-Vice Chair and the joint Podcast Lead for the RCPE Trainee & Members' Committee (T&MC).
Recording date: 14 April 2025
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NHS England, Last 1000 days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HynytVepxZc
REDMAP toolkit for future care planning conversations - https://www.spict.org.uk/red-map/
The King's Fund, Patients' preferences matter: stop the silent misdiagnosis (May 2012) - https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/reports/patients-preferences-matter
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Clinical Conversations
Welcome to Clinical Conversations! This new podcast series is brought to you by the Trainees & Member’s Committee of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. We aim to discuss a multitude of clinical topics ranging from interesting clinical cases and diagnostic conundrums to updates on clinical guidelines. These clinical podcasts will be relevant for doctors at any stage of training and we will also provide discussion on other related topics such as training, MRCP examinations and quality improvement.
We hope you enjoy them and share them with colleagues. Feedback and suggested future topics are very welcome, please contact us via email at: cme@rcpe.ac.uk
Dr Anda Bularga (Podcast lead) & Dr Ailsa Oswald (Vice Chair for Education),Trainee & Member’s Committee.
