Study Guide – Orthopaedics + Rheumatology

by Thomas Perkins | Mar 28, 2020

We’ve designed our comprehensive Study Guides to help guide your study.

This Study Guide features A LOT of material from AFP, AJGP, Checks, past exams, with the aim of covering the curriculum, and aligned to the podcast content.

Module 1	Ortho/Rheum in the AFPs
Unit 1	Septic arthritis in children
Unit 2	Heel pain: a practical approach
Unit 3	Exercise in pregnancy
Unit 4	Predicting recovery from whiplash injury
Unit 5	Hip pain in young adults
Unit 6	Sports-related concussion (2014)
Unit 7	Case - Wrist Osteolysis
Unit 8	Tendon injuries
Unit 9	Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Unit 10	Case - spinal osteomyelitis
Unit 11	Clubfoot
Unit 12	Meniscal tears
Unit 13	Shoulder injuries
Unit 14	Cervical spine Assessment following trauma
Unit 15	Hands, fingers, thumbs - Common injuries
Unit 16	Initial assessment of the injured shoulder
Unit 17	The Ottawa knee rules
Unit 18	Bennett fracture dislocation
Unit 19	Mallet finger
Unit 20	Skier’s thumb
Unit 21	Musculoskeletal pain – presentations to general practice
Unit 22	Charcot osteoarthropathy of the foot
Unit 23	Slipped upper femoral epiphysis in children
Unit 24	Sports related concussion Management in general practice ( 2010)
Unit 25	Sports ankle injuries Assessment and management
Unit 26	Shin pain in athletes Assessment and management
Unit 27	Sports knee injuries Assessment and management
Unit 28	Persistent foot pain
Unit 29	Tendon injuries
Unit 30	Osteomyelitis
Unit 31	Upper cervical spine injuries
Unit 32	Plantar fasciitis
Unit 33	The challenge of managing mid-foot pain
Unit 34	Evaluation of digital clubbing
Unit 35	Case - Septic Sternoclavicular joint
Unit 36	Polymyalgia rheumatica
Unit 37	Hip pain in young adults
Unit 38	Rheumatoid arthritis
Unit 39	Osteoarthritis
Unit 40	Viral arthritis
Unit 41	Neck pain
Unit 42	Ankylosing spondylitis
Unit 43	Systemic lupus erythmatosus
Unit 44	Case Distal Radial Osteolytic lesion
Unit 45	Returning to work
Unit 46	Chronic fatigue syndrome
Unit 47	Case -dermatomyositis - Rash + weakness
Unit 48	Osteoporosis
Unit 49	Paget disease of bone
Unit 50	Osteoporosis prevention and detection
Unit 51	Osteoporosis pharmacological prevention and management
Unit 52	Fibromyalgia
Unit 53	Polymyalgia rheumatica
Unit 54	Whiplash patients
Unit 55	Osteoarthritis
Unit 56	Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Unit 57	Living with rheumatoid arthritis
Unit 58	Case - Osteoporosis
Unit 59	Case - flexor tenosynovitis
Unit 60	Carpal tunnel and workplaces
Unit 61	Tendon injuries
Unit 62	Case - benign acute childhood myositis (BACM).[AJGP]
Unit 63	A GP primer on incisional hernia [AJGP]
Unit 64	developmental dysplasia of the hip [AJGP]
Unit 65	Low back pain: Can we mitigate the inadvertent psycho-behavioural harms of spinal imaging? [AJGP]
Unit 66	A general practitioner primer on groin hernias [AJGP]
Unit 67	Neck pain: What if it is not musculoskeletal? [AJGP]
Unit 68	Temporomandibular dysfunction [AJGP]
Unit 69	Osteosarcopenia: A new geriatric syndrome [AJGP]
Unit 70	Rheumatology and the adolescent patient [AJGP]
Unit 71	Lisfranc injuries [AJGP]
Module 2	Ortho/Rheum in HTT
Unit 1	Non-arthritic hip pain in adults
Unit 2	Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis
Unit 3	Soft tissue injuries of the knee
Unit 4	Psoriatic arthritis
Unit 5	Foot pain
Unit 6	Paediatric hip and knee pain
Unit 7	Ankle pain
Unit 8	Doping in sport
Unit 9	Ankylosing spondylitis/ spondyloarthritis
Unit 10	Osteoarthritis of the hip
Unit 11	Assessment of a red, hot and swollen knee
Unit 12	Osteoarthritis of the knee
Unit 13	Special issues in female athletes
Unit 14	Hernias of the abdominal wall
Unit 15	What’s new in foot and ankle surgery?
Unit 16	New agents in rheumatology - biologics and small molecules
Module 3	Ortho/Rheum in the Checks
Unit 1	553.1 – Plantar Fasciitis
Unit 2	553.2 – Knee Osteoarthritis
Unit 3	553.3 - Osteoporosis
Unit 4	553.4 – Chronic Pain
Unit 5	531.1 – Hip Pain in 19yo – CAM impingement
Unit 6	531.2 – Heel Pain – Severs Disease
Unit 7	531.3 – Exercise-Induced Asthma
Unit 8	531.4 – Foot Pain – Navicular stress fracture
Unit 9	531.5 – Recurrent hamstring tear

Study Guide – ECGs in Cardiology

by Thomas Perkins | Mar 25, 2020

We’ve designed our comprehensive Study Guides to help guide your study.

This Study Guide features every high yield ECG case we could find from LITFL, Check, AJGP, AFP – all organised and laid out so you can get a fast appraisal and overview of the relevant ECG pictures and cases

Dr Thomas Perkins

Smoke 'em if you got 'em, GP Core Content

Module 1	LITFL - Myocardial Infarction ECGs
Unit 1	Anterolateral STEMI + Wellens
Unit 2	Anteroseptal STEMI
Unit 3	Anteroseptal STEMI + RBBB
Unit 4	Inferior STEMI
Unit 5	Infero-posterior STEMI
Unit 6	Infero-postero-lateral STEMI
Unit 7	Extensive infero-postero-lateral STEMI
Unit 8	Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) Occlusion
Unit 9	Posterior STEMI
Unit 10	Tombstone STEMI
Unit 11	High Lateral STEMI
Unit 12	Positive Sgarbossa
Module 2	LITFL - Tachy ECGs
Unit 1	AF
Unit 2	AF + WPW
Unit 3	Atrial Flutter 2:1 Block
Unit 4	Atrial Flutter with 2:1 AV Block
Unit 5	Atrial Flutter with Variable Block
Unit 6	AVNRT
Unit 7	AVNRT 2
Unit 8	SVT
Unit 9	SVT with aberrancy
Unit 10	SVT 2
Unit 11	VT
Unit 12	VT 2
Unit 13	VT + LBBB
Unit 14	TCA Overdose
Unit 15	TCA Overdose 2
Unit 16	TCA Overdose 3
Unit 17	COPD
Unit 18	Pulmonary Embolism
Module 3	LITFL - Brady ECGs
Unit 1	Hyperkalaemia
Unit 2	Severe Hyperkalaemia
Unit 3	Hypokalaemia
Unit 4	Hypothermia
Unit 5	Hypothermia 2
Unit 6	Sick Sinus Syndrome
Module 4	LITFL - Normo ECGs
Unit 1	Critical Hyperkalaemia
Unit 2	Severe Hypokalaemia
Unit 3	2nd Degree Block
Unit 4	2nd degree AV block with Mobitz I
Unit 5	3rd Degree Heart Block
Unit 6	Raised Intracranial Presure
Unit 7	Digoxin Toxicity
Unit 8	Pericarditis
Unit 9	Normal Paeds ECG
Unit 10	Wellens
Unit 11	Wellens 2
Unit 12	WPW
Unit 13	WPW 2
Unit 14	WPW 3
Unit 15	Brugada Syndrome
Unit 16	Brugada 2
Unit 17	LVH
Module 5	AJGP + Checks - all ECGs
Unit 1	AF
Unit 2	AF 2
Unit 3	AF 3
Unit 4	Pericarditis
Unit 5	Pericarditis 2
Unit 6	Previous MI
Unit 7	ACS
Unit 8	Takotsubo
Unit 9	HCM
Unit 10	Athletic Heart
Unit 11	Methadone -> QT Prolongation
Module 6	Online ECG Resources
Unit 1	Paid Resources
Unit 2	Free Resources

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Study Guide – Cardiology

by Thomas Perkins | Mar 24, 2020

We’ve designed our comprehensive Study Guides to help guide your study.

They feature curated high yield articles in Cardiology from HTT, AJGP, AFP, Checks, RACGP guidelines, with discussions, links to relevant past exam resources, podcasts and original GP Core Content material.

Enjoy this Cardiology Study Guide: We hope it gets into your heart.

Dr Thomas Perkins

Smoke 'em if you got 'em, GP Core Content

Module 1	Cardiology in the AFPs
Unit 1	Cardiology in past AFPs
Unit 2	---- OVERVIEW ----
Unit 3	Overview - Heart Failure
Unit 4	Overview - Palliative Care of End Stage Heart Failure
Unit 5	Overview - APO
Unit 6	Overview - Palpitations
Unit 7	Overview - AAA
Unit 8	Overview - AAA
Unit 9	Overview - AAA Surveillance
Unit 10	Overview - Non-aortic aneurysms
Unit 11	Overview - Chest Pain in GP [AJGP]
Unit 12	Overview - ACS
Unit 13	Overview - Pacemakers
Unit 14	Overview - Familial hypercholesterolaemia
Unit 15	Overview - PVD
Unit 16	Overview - Hyperosmolar Hyperglyaemic State (HHS) [AJGP]
Unit 17	Overview - Home BP Monitoring - Tips
Unit 18	Overview - Warfarin
Unit 19	Overview - Rheumatic Fever
Unit 20	Overview - Imaging in Cardiac Disease
Unit 21	Overview - hypertension - Ambulatory and Nocturnal Hypertension
Unit 22	---- CASE ----
Unit 23	Case - Hypercholesterolaemia [AJGP]
Unit 24	Case - Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic syndrome (HHS)
Unit 25	Case - Dizziness in Arrythmia
Unit 26	Case -Angioedema from ACE Inhibitor
Unit 27	Case - Dual Antiplatelets after STEMI
Unit 28	Case - Elevated Troponin
Unit 29	Case - TTE
Unit 30	Case - Takotsubo
Unit 31	Case - Pericarditis
Unit 32	Case - Previous MI
Unit 33	Case - Euglycaemic DKA [AJGP]
Unit 34	Case - Metabolic Syndrome
Unit 35	Clinical Challenge - AAA
Unit 36	Teaching patients with type 2 diabetes to self-administer insulin
Unit 37	Hyperglycaemic presentations in type 2 diabetes
Unit 38	Approach to palpitations [AJGP]
Unit 39	sudden cardiac death in the young [AJGP]
Unit 40	Case - Metabolic Syndrome [AJGP]
Unit 41	Medication management of type 2 diabetes in residential aged care [AJGP]
Unit 42	Gestational diabetes mellitus
Unit 43	chest pain in primary care
Unit 44	Abdominal aortic aneurysm: An update
Unit 45	Updates on AAA screening and surveillance
Unit 46	Pericarditis
Unit 47	Pulmonary embolism: An update
Unit 48	Troponin testing in the primary care setting
Unit 49	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the adolescent
Unit 50	Pharmacotherapy for obesity
Unit 51	Case - DKA stroke in a 20yo
Module 2	Cardiology in the Checks
Unit 1	560.2 - T2DM
Unit 2	557.2 - Familial Hypercholesterolaemia
Unit 3	554.2 - Hypertensive Retinopathy
Unit 4	554.4 - CKD
Unit 5	551.6 - Diabetic Retinopathy
Unit 6	545.1 - Weight Loss Assistance
Unit 7	545.2 - Lifestyle Weight Gain
Unit 8	536.2 - CKD
Unit 9	536.6 - Heart Failure
Unit 10	535.5 - Obesity and Diabetes Management
Unit 11	526.1 - AF
Unit 12	526.4 - Haemochromatosis
Unit 13	526.5 - AF
Unit 14	527.1 - DVT
Unit 15	527.3 - APO
Unit 16	534.1 - PVD
Unit 17	534.2 - Familial Hypercholesterolaemia
Unit 18	534.3 - Hypertension
Unit 19	534.4 - CHD
Unit 20	534.5 - Heart Failure
Module 3	Cardiology in Past Exams
Unit 1	2019.1.3 - Myocardial Infarct - Post-Acute Management
Unit 2	2019.1.4- Thrombophlebitis
Unit 3	2019.1.15 - Chest Pain
Unit 4	2019.1.18 - Resistant Hypertension
Unit 5	2019.1.20 - ?Heart Failure
Unit 6	2018.2.4 - Chest Pain and Erectile Dysfunction
Unit 7	2018.1.9 - Palpitations and Dyspnoea
Unit 8	2018.1.15 - Deep Vein Thrombosis
Unit 9	2017.2.10 - Pericarditis
Unit 10	2017.2.13 - Acute Dyspnoea
Unit 11	2017.2.14 - Hypertension
Unit 12	2017.2.26 - Syncope
Unit 13	2017.1.15 - Heart Failure
Unit 14	2017.1.23 - Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Risk
Unit 15	2016.2.5 - Hypertension and Renal Disease
Unit 16	2016.2.21 - Leaking Aortic Aneurysm
Unit 17	2016.1.3 - Heart Failure in a Nursing Home
Unit 18	2019.2.21 - Chest Pain
Module 4	Cardiology in HTT
Unit 1	Chest pain - from a cardiac perspective
Unit 2	Palpitations
Unit 3	The assessment of CVD risk and treatment of dyslipidaemia
Unit 4	Myocarditis
Unit 5	Investigations in cardiology
Unit 6	Diabetic kidney disease
Unit 7	Lifestyle management of overweight and obesity
Unit 8	Iron overload syndrome
Unit 9	Managing essential hypertension
Unit 10	Heart failure
Unit 11	How to read a paediatric ECG
Unit 12	Abdominal aortic aneurysms
Unit 13	Personalised care with new type 2 diabetes agents
Module 5	Original Cardiology KFP Questions, by GP Core Content
Unit 1	Cardiology KFP 1.1 - Steven needs a check up
Unit 2	Cardiology KFP 1.2 - Bill has chest pain
Unit 3	Cardiology KFP 1.3 - Bob has palpitations
Unit 4	Cardiology KFP 1.4 - Scott has chest pain
Unit 5	Cardiology KFP 1.5 - Alan has an ECG
Unit 6	Cardiology KFP 1.6 - Cam passed out
Unit 7	Cardiology KFP 1.7 - Shelly has a sharp chest pain
Unit 8	Cardiology KFP 1.8 - Peter is Tired
Unit 9	Cardiology KFP 1.9 - Jane is breathless
Unit 10	Cardiology KFP 1.10 - Bob has SOB

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