Pathology

Episode 30 – Pathology of Fluids, Haemodynamics and Haematology with Dr. Ben Wingrove

Shock, DIC and the coagulation cascade!  Dr. Ben Wingrove joins me today for a feature length random mash-up of things that happen in the circulation. We cover a range of topics here which feels similar to what you will be exposed to in the exam. Some of the diseases are covered in a lot of …

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Episode 25 – Respiratory Pathology with Dr Issie O’Conor

Asthma, asbestos and ALLLL the pneumonias. Yes! Primary Cast is BACK after a hiatus where your host has been having a bit of downtime and living the locum life. I am hoping to get a few more episodes up in the lead in to the November Vivas so…watch this space. The incredibly lovely Dr. Issie O’Conor joins me on this episode to cover Resp Physiology.

Episode 22 – Pathology of Healing, Immunity and Neoplasia with Dr. Weeda Beg

Wound healing, hypersensitivity and paraneoplastic syndromes. Look, it’s a pretty dry episode but you have to know it for the exam so here we are. I’m joined by the wonderful Dr. Weeda Beg to go through some of those questions that are just really hard to get motivated for. Hypersensitivity and paraneoplastic syndromes come up …

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Episode 17 – Infectious Diseases Pathology with Dr. Josh Monester

Staph, Strep and maybe even COVID…? Josh is BACK to cover the infectious diseases section of pathology. Most of these questions are about pathogenesis, clinical features and outcomes. There are quite a few ‘regulars’ in this topic – that is, many of these questions have come up across multiple years. We also reckon that the …

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Episode 14 – Gastrointestinal Pathology with Dr. Kristian Heise

Hepatitis, cholecystitis and ischaemic gut! Episode 14 is jam-packed full of high yield path that is not only super relevant for the exam but is also kind of handy for your clinical life, too. I was joined by the effervescent & charming Dr. Kristian Heise, who divides his time between being an emergency registrar, an …

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Episode 6 – Cellular Injury and Inflammation with Dr. Janet Boromeo

Apoptosis, inflammatory mediators and cellular adaptations! For this episode I am lucky to be joined by the wonderful Dr. Janet Boromeo to tackle one of the more dry topics of this exam. Luckily, there are only so many questions they can ask you on this topic and we have recorded most of them for you …

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Episode 2 – Cardiovascular Pathology with Dr. Monica Leung

For Episode 2 I was joined by Dr. Monica Leung, a colleague and friend from my primary exam study group. Mon is an Emergency Registrar working in Darwin and an accomplished musician who can sometimes be found within the flute section of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra or in the ED Musos. This is a big …

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