Pre PACES Podcast
The Pre PACES Podcast aims to help you pass the devilishly difficult MRCP PACEs exam. We’ll provide the best expertise from both seasoned consultants who have examined on PACEs for years, as well as tips and tricks from junior doctors who are fresh out of sitting the exam. Most of all, we want you to enjoy listening and ultimately succeed in passing the exam. Best of luck! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#151 Alternative certificate for training
Sam is joined once again by Dr Nidhi Gupta, Consultant in Acute and General medicine, to discuss how training physicians can progress their career outside the confines of national training programmes via the alternative certificate for eligibility for higher specialty training.
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#150 PP: CLD
Sam is back with another perfect presentation episode, this time covering the critical topic on chronic liver disease.
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#149 AI in PACES
Sam speaks to Dr Tom Hebden, digital education fellow at Quesmed about all things AI in PACES including a try-before-you-buy preview of Quesmed's PACES AI platform.
Tom provided some helpful resources on AI and encouraged us to learn about it so links are attached below!
Demis Hassabis talk
The 3 Risks:
Never Skilling
Deskilling
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#148 Vertigo
Sam is joined once again by Dr Nidhi Gupta, Consultant Acute physician at Lewisham and Greenwich Hospitals, to discuss vertigo with plenty of clinical pearls for your PACES as well as your clinical practice
Clinical Skills Pro
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#147 Speech assessment
Brand new guest Dr Toni Saad, neurology registrar, puts Sam through his paces (sorry!) on speech assessment.
Toni wanted me to include his references which are below:
O'Sullivan M, Brownsett S, Copland DLanguage and language disorders: neuroscience to clinical practice Practical Neurology 2019;19:380-388.Fuller G. Neurological examination made easy. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2019.^_^ SUPPORT THE SHOW ^_^
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#146 PP: Peripheral neuropathy
Sam brings you another perfect presentation episode, this time tackling peripheral neuropathy.
Scroll back and listen to EPISODE 106 for our full review on peripheral neuropathy!
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#145 REPOST: Bronchiectasis
Sam brings you another repost of one of his favourite ever episodes featuring Dr Diana Kavanagh, consultant in respiratory medicine, where they discussed bronchiectasis
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#144 REPOST: Parkinsonism
Sam rewinds the clock back to this brilliant episode with Dr Iain Wilkinson, consultant geriatrician and expert in all things movement disorders!
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#143 Covering Communication
Sam is in conversation with Nidhi Gupta, Consultant in Acute and General Medicine and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust to discuss all things communication in PACES
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#142 Funky SOB (cardiac edition)
In this episode, Sam builds on our previous episode of funky causes of breathlessness, except this time we encounter it from a cardiology perspective.
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#141 Funky SOB
Sam interviews Dr Giles Dixon, Respiratory SpR on some of less common causes of breathlessness which may feature in the clinical consultation station.
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#140 PP: Prosthetic heart valves
Sam brings you another Perfect Presentations episode format, this time covering prosthetic heart valves.
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#139 Imposter syndrome
Dr's Amie Burbridge and Ben Lovell from the Home of Medicine podcast join Sam for another podcasting collaboration, this time on imposter syndrome.
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#138 BAMR: Cardiac arrests (part 2)
Jennie Gough joins Sam for the second part of their conversation on the art of managing a cardiac arrest as the Med Reg.
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BONUS BIG NEWS!
Sam brings you an exciting new project and would love for you to come along for the ride!
SPOTIFY
APPLE PODCASTS
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#137 BAMR: Cardiac arrests (part 1)
Sam is joined once again by Dr Jennie Gough to discuss the challenging topic of managing cardiac arrests.
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#136 Calling Microbiology
Returning guests, Callum from the ID:IOTS podcast, joins Sam to discuss all things microbiology and how we can work with our ID collegues in looking after patients with infections.
Listen to the ID:IOTS podcast here!
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#135 Headache (part 2)
Sam continues his chat with Dr Yezen Samaraiee in Sam's Cranium Pain Guessing Game!
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/airstream/game-show
License code: 3QRBJPHTHNV5SZDW
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#134 Headache (part 1)
Sam is joined once again by Dr Yezen Samaraiee, neurology SpR and founder of Quesmed for a show with a new format covering Headache as a clinical consultation station.
Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/airstream/game-show
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#133 Haemochromatosis
Dr Jeremy Shearman, consultant gastroenterologist, joins Sam to speak about all things iron as they discuss haemochromatosis!
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#132 PP Interstitial lung disease
Our Perfect Presentations format returns with one of the most popular PACES station: interstitial lung disease.
Listen to our dedicated ILD episode HERE
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#131 Hyponatraemia
An episode worth its salt! Sam is joined by Dr Layla Thurston, consultant in endocrinology and diabetes at Imperial College London to discuss everything hyponatraemia!
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#130 Best of 2025! (part 2)
Sam brings you some more of his favourite clips from the year gone by in 2025!
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#129 Christmas Special 2025!
As the festive period approaches, Sam brings you the best bloopers from this year on the podast!
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#128 Best of 2025! (part 1)
Welcome to the first episode of our Best of 2025 compilation! Sam brings you the very best clips from our range of expert speakers who are featured on the podcast this year!
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#127 Medical Educatalks REPOST
Sam is interviewed by Dr Michael Hannides about his career in medical education podcasting
Medical Educatalks Podcast can be found here!
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#126 Hand examination
Sam gives you an outline to a comprehensive hand exam as well as a 'Perfect Presentation' of rheumatoid arthritis in the context of a clinical consultations station.
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#125 Reddit's PACES FAQs
Dr Becci Crook returns as Sam dives into PACES FAQs frequently posted by the doctorsUK subreddit!
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#124 PP: Parkinsonism
Sam goes solo for this episode where we recap the perfect presentation for a patient presenting with Parkinsonism!
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#123 BAMR: Nights
Sam welcomes along Dr Jennie Gough for this episode discussing everything you need to consider when approaching night shifts as the medical reg!
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#122 Vasculitis
Sam welcomes back Dr Richard Haigh, consultant rheumatologist to discuss the wide and varied topic of vasculitis. We answer the question of what is vasculitis, what are the commonest vasculitic conditions and what are the elements that would help you distinguish between them? Hope you enjoy!
Vasculitis Up To Date - table is very helpful!
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#121 Fever in a returning traveller (part 2)
Join Sam for the second in this double header episode on fever in a returning traveller with Callum & Jame, specialists in infectious disease working in Scotland. Here they cover the differential diagnosis, investigations and management crucial to your discussions with the examiner at the end of the station!
ID:IOTS Podcast Website HERE
ID:IOTS Podcast Spotify link HERE
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#120 Fever in a returning traveller (part 1)
Sam welcomes along, not one, but two expert guests in Infectious Disease in the form of Jame and Callum from the ID:IOTS podcast which you can LISTEN TO HERE! This handsome trio discuss all things infectious disease, how to structure your approach to this presentation and a HUGE range of differential diagnoses that come attached. Callum and Jame were so generous with their time that we have another DOUBLE HEADER on our hands! We hope you enjoy the first part of this double header episode!
ID:IOTS Podcast Website HERE
ID:IOTS...
#119 REPOST: Lung surgery
Sam relives another one of his favourite episode with Dr Aranthakrishnan Raghuram, where they discussed the very frequent topic of lung surgery in PACES.
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#118 REPOST: Aortic stenosis
Here we relive one of Sam's favourite episodes, and we're going back to where it all started, discussing aortic stenosis with Cardiology consultant in structural intervention, Dr Steve Dorman!
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#117 QUESMED GIVEAWAY RESULTS
Sam reveals the winners of our Quesmed PACES Handbook giveaway with a VERY special guest!
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#116 BAMR: Pleural disease
In this episode, Sam welcomes back Dr James Walters, consultant respiratory physician from the Royal United Hospital in Bath to discuss managing tricky scenarios involving pleural disease on the medical take.
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#115 Interstitial lung disease
In this episode, Sam welcomes along Dr Huzaifa Adamali, consultant respiratory physician at North Bristol NHS Trust to the podcast to discuss everything interstitial lung disease in PACES and beyond!
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#114 BAMR: Calling Cardiology (Pacing & effusions)
This second part of our two parter series on Calling Cardiology features Dr Bunny Saberwal and Dr Retesh Bajaj discussing temporary pacing and pericardial effusions!
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#113 BAMR Calling Cardiology (STEMIs)
We welcome back Dr Bunny Saberwal and Dr Retesh Bajaj in this first of two BAMR episodes on Calling Cardiology. Here, we discuss STEMI management as the Med SpR on call.
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