Case-based clinical reasoning for first contact care.
The FCP Podcast is a clinical learning show built around cases seen in general practice. Richard Tennant brings in experienced clinicians to work through assessment, red flags, investigations, referral points, and the reasoning behind day-to-day decisions.
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The FCP Podcast is a focused clinical education series for first contact practitioners working around general practice. It stays close to real appointments. Episodes are built from common presentations, then shaped into case discussions with clinicians who know the subject in depth. Richard Tennant introduces the clinical problem, sets up the cases, and keeps returning to the practical questions that matter in primary care. What should the history cover? Which findings are red flags? Which investigations help? When does a patient need referral or secondary care input? The renal function episodes show the format clearly. With Dr Debu Banerjee, the show looks at everyday interpretation of renal function tests and separates broad principles from specific abnormalities. Potassium gets treated through both high and low results. Sodium gets similar attention, with hypernatremia and hyponatremia used to explore fluid volume, medication effects, serum and urine osmolarity, confusion, and the risks of fast correction. The language is clinical but conversational. It often repeats important points, which suits material where a missed step can change management. The skin lesion material takes the same case-based approach. With Dr David Lupini, the show works through skin lesions that appear routinely in general practice, including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma. The emphasis is not cosmetic description; it is assessment, uncertainty, and knowing when to ask for another opinion. That gives the series a useful rhythm. It does not chase big medical headlines. It concentrates on the presentations that arrive in ordinary clinics and on the decision-making that turns concern into a plan. The result is best for healthcare professionals who want structured refreshers, especially when moving between body systems or sharpening primary care assessment habits. It is educational support, and the show is explicit that it does not replace clinical judgment or local guidance.
Made for: Healthcare professionals and first contact practitioners who want practical refreshers on common general practice presentations. It is not intended as medical advice for members of the public.
What sets it apart: The show anchors each topic in cases, then follows the clinical reasoning step by step: history, red flags, investigations, treatment cautions, and referral decisions. Its strength is practical interpretation rather than broad medical commentary.
Information and learning podcast for first contact practitioners in primary care. During the podcast episodes Emma and Richard will be discussing first contact cases commonly seen in General Practice with experienced clinicians with a background in a certain clinical area. The cases will review the approach to history taking, red flags and the appropriate investigations. The cases will be based around the FCP - Paramedics roadmap core clinical competencies, to unsure appropriate knowledge .These podcast's should serve as a supplement to your learning as a first contact practitioner. You will require further learning, support and self directed study to develop int...
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A practical sodium guide that treats confusion, drug effects, and safe correction as one clinical problem.
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This episode teaches first contact practitioners how to assess and manage common skin lesions in primary care, focusing on melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma.