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Med School Radio - Simon R. Downes — 394 episodes
Episode 394: General review - 4-24-2024
Episode 393: FA REVIEW PP 724-725
Episode 392: FA REVIEW PP 722-723
Episode 391: FA REVIEW PP 720-721
Episode 390: FA REVIEW PP 718-719
Episode 389: FA REVIEW PP 716-717
Episode 388: FA REVIEW PP 714-715
Episode 387: FA REVIEW PP 712-713
Episode 386: FA REVIEW PP 710-711
Episode 385: 50 EOs, March 25th, 2024
Episode 384: FA CS CASE 3
Episode 383: FA CS CASE 2
Episode 382: FA CS CASE 1
Episode 381: FA CS - COMMON QUs TO ASK THE PT
Episode 380: FA CS MINI CASES 7
Episode 379: FA CS MINI CASES 6
Episode 378: FA CS MINI CASES 5
Episode 377: FA CS MINI CASES 4
Episode 376: FA CS MINI CASES 3
Episode 375: FA CS MINI CASES 2
Episode 374: FA CS MINI CASES 1
Episode 373: USMLE prep, September 11th, 2023
Episode 372: 50 EOs, April 9th, 2023
Episode 371: 50 EOs for the USMLE - Feb 14th, 2023
Episode 370: 50 EOs for USMLE - Feb 11th, 2023
Episode 369: 25 EOs Feb 2, 2023
Episode 368: EOs Feb 1sr 2023
Episode 367 - Review
Episode 366: More EOs
Episode 365: 50 EOs for the USMLE
Episode 364: World’s oldest medical student EOs 3
Episode 363: World’s oldest medical student - USMLE EOs 2
Episode 362 : FA Malabsorption syndromes
Episode 361: WORLD’s OLDEST MEDICAL STUDENT - USMLE EOs 1
Episode 360: MCQs
Episode 359: Neuroscience
Episode 358: Microbiology and infectious diseases
Episode 357: Nutrition
Episode 356: Biochemistry 1
Episode 355: Respiratory system 2
Episode 354: Respiratory system 1
Episode 353: Reverse MCQs for Immunopathology - USMLE Step 1
Episode 352: USMLE Step 1 review #29
Episode 351: Interview with Oceania University of Medicine
Episode 350: ようこそ MED SCHOOL RADIO へ！(introduction in Japanese)
Episode 349: Using DIT and Dr. Fischer's Integrated cases (MedQuest)
Episode 348: MSR NEWS INJECTION FOR USMLE STEP 1
Episode 347: MSR NEWS INJECTION FOR USMLE STEP 1
Episode 346: Reading Zanki
Episode 345: USMLE Step One Revision #28
Episode 344: USMLE Step 1 review #27
Episode 343: Reading Reproductive ANKI (ZANKI) while waiting for RAPID COVID results
Episode 342: USMLE Step 1 review #26
Episode 341: FA 2020 - p122 Therapeutic antibodies
Episode 340: FA 2020 - p120-121 Immunosuppressants and recombinant cytokines and clinical uses
Episode 340: FA 2020 - p119 transplant rejection
Episode 339: FA 2020 - p116-118 immunodeficiencies
Episode 338: FA 2020 - p114-115 blood transfusion reactions and autoantibodies
Episode 337: FA 2020 - p112-113 hypersensitivity types
Episode 336: FA 2020 - p111 Vaccination
Episode 335: FA 2020 - p110 cell surface proteins, passive versus active immunity
Episode 334: FA 2020 - p109 The respiratory burst and interfons
Episode 333: FA 2020 - p108 Important cytokines
Episode 332: FA 2020 - p107 Complement disorders
Episode 331: FA 2020 - p106 Complement
Episode 330: FA 2020 - p105 Immunoglobulin isotypes, antigen type and memory
Episode 329: FA 2020 - p104 Antibody structure and function
Episode 328 : FA 2020 - p103 T and B cell activation
Episode 327 : FA 2020 - p102 differentiation of T cells, +/- selection etc
Episode 326 : FA 2020 - p101 Functions of natural killer cells / major functions of B/T cells
Episode 325: FA 2020 - p100 MHC 1 & 2, HLA subtypes
Episode 324 : FA 2020 - p99 Innate vs adaptive immunity
Episode 323: FA 2020 - p98 Spleen and thymus
Episode 322: FA 2020 - p97 lymphatic drainage
Episode 321: FA 2020 - p96 lymphoid structures
Episode 320: USMLE Step 1 review #25 - Microbiology only
Episode 319: Reading FA 2020 - p. 709, Easily confused medications
Episode 318: USMLE Step 1 review #24 - FA Key Associations
Episode 317: USMLE Step 1 review #23
Episode 316: NBME sample questions - Behavioral sciences
Episode 315: USMLE Step 1 review #22
Episode 314: USMLE Step 1 review #21 FACEBOOK LIVE
Episode 313: USMLE Step 1 review #20 (Microbiology only)
Episode 312: USMLE Step 1 review #19
Episode 311: Opportunistic fungi - Aspergillus fumigatus
Episode 310: Cutaneous mycoses - Dermatophytes
Episode 309: Cutaneous mycoses - Sporothrix schenckii
Episode 308: Cutaneous mycoses - Malessezia furfur
Episode 307: Systemic mycoses - Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Episode 306: Systemic micoses - Blastomycoses dermatitidis
Episode 305: Systemic mycoses - Coccidiodes immitis
Episode 304: Systemic mycoses - Histoplasma capsulatum
Episode 303: Spirochetes - Leptospirosis
Episode 302: Spirochetes - Treponema pallidum
Episode 301: Spirochetes - Borrelia burgdorferi
Episode 300: Mycobacteria - Mycobacterium leprae
Episode 299: Mycobacteria - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Episode 298: Gram indeterminate - Rickettsia rickettsii
Episode 297: Gram indeterminate - Rickettsia prowazekii
Episode 296: Gram indeterminate - Rickettsia overview
Episode 295: Gram indeterminate - Mycoplasma pneumonia
Episode 294: Gram indeterminate - Gardenerella vaginalis
Episode 293: Gram indeterminate - Chlamydia trachomatis
Episode 292: Gram negative rods - Bartonella henselae
Episode 291: Gram negative rods - Pasteurella multocida
Episode 290: Gram negative rods - Coxiella burnetti
Episode 289: Gram negative rods - Francisella telarensis tularemia
Episode 288: Gram negative rods - Brucella
Episode 287: Gram negative rods - Legionella
Episode 286: Gram negative rods - Hemophilus influenza
Episode 285: Gram negative rods: Bordatella pertussis
Episode 284: Gram negative bacilli - Vibrio cholera
Episode 283: Gram negative bacilli - Salmonella
Episode 282: USMLE Step 1 review #18 (Physiology only)
Episode 281: USMLE Step 1 review #17 (Physiology only)
Episode 280: USMLE Step 1 review #16
Episode 279: USMLE Step 1 review #15
Episode 278; Gram negative bacilli - Pseudomonas
Episode 277: Gram negative bacilli - Helicobacter pylori
Episode 276: Gram negative bacilli - Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia
Episode 275: Gram negative bacilli - Campylobacter jejuni
Episode 274: Gram negative bacilli - Escherichia coli
Episode 273: Gram negative bacilli - Shigella
Episode 272: Gram negative bacilli - Yersinia enterocolitica & Yersinia pestis
Episode 271: Gram negative bacilli - Proteus mirabilis
Episode 270: Gram negative cocci - Neisseria meningitides
Episode 269: Gram negative cocci - Neisseria gonorrhea
Episode 268: USMLE Step 1 review # 14 (Micro only)
Episode 267: USMLE Step 1 review #13
Episode 266: USMLE Step 1 review #12
Episode 265: Gram positive bacilli - Cornybacterium diphtheria
Episode 264: Gram positive branching filamentous rods - Neisseria overview
Episode 263: Gram positive branching filamentous rods - Actinomyces israelii
Episode 262: Gram negative cocci - Nocardia
Episode 261: Gram positive bacilli - Listeria monocytogenes
Episode 260: Gram positive bacilli - Clostridium perfringes
Episode 259: Gram positive bacilli - Clostridium difficile
Episode 258: Gram positive bacilli - Clostridium botulinum
Episode 257: Gram positive cocci - Enterococcus - E. Faecalis and E. Faecium
Episode 256: Gram positive bacilli - Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus
Episode 255: Gram positive bacilli - Clostridium tetani
Episode 254: Gram positive cocci - Staph epidermidis and Staph saprophyticus
Episode 253: Gram positive cocci - Group A strep - strep pyogenes
Episode 252: Gram positive cocci - strep pneumonia and strep viridans
Episode 251: Gram positive cocci - Group B strep, Strep agalactiae
Episode 250: Gram positive cocci - Staphlococcus aureus
Episode 249 - USMLE Step 1 Review #10
Episode 248 - USMLE Step 1 review #9
Episode 247 - USMLE Step 1 review #8
Episode 246 - USMLE Step 1 review #7
Episode 245 - USMLE Step 1 review #6
Episode 244 - USMLE Step 1 review #5
Episode 243 - USMLE Step 1 review #4
Episode 242 - Sketchy: Staphylococcus aureus
Episode 241 - Pediatrics / Neonatology shelf exam review session
Episode 240 - USMLE review #3
Episode 239- USMLE Step 1 review #2
Episode 238- USMLE Step 1 review #1
Episode 237- Decompensated heart failure
Episode 236 - Pathologystudent.com - The three causes of portal hypertension
Episode 235- FA USMLE Review - 3
Episode 234 - A 30-year-old woman with unsteady gait and numbness of both legs
Episode 233 - A 69-year-old woman with progressive difficulty of vision
Episode 232 - A 60-year-old man with a cough for two months
Episode 231 - Lightheadedness and dizziness that resolve after eating a meal
Episode 230 - A 16-year-old boy is undergoing evaluation for jaundice
229. FA USMLE Review - 2
228. FA USMLE Review - 1
227. Lang biochem - Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase deficiency
226. Lang biochem - Systemic primary carnitine deficiency
225. Lang biochemistry - Carbohydrate metabolism review
224. Lang biochem - Carbohydrate metabolism contents
223. Guess the autoantibody for these conditions
222. Pathologystudent.com - Zollinger Ellison syndrome
221. Pathologystudent.com - Two types of gastric carcinoma
220. Pathologystudent.com -The Sister Mary Joseph nodule
219. Pathologystudent.com - The gist of GISTs
218. Pathologystudent.com - Super short, super high yield food poisoning pearl
217. Pathologystudent.com - Pseudomembranous colitis
2016. Pathologystudent.com - Menetrier disease
215. Pathologystudent.com - Dietary influences on gastric cancer
214. Pathologystudent.com - Cholera
213. Pathologystudent.com - Angiodysplasia
212. Pathologystudent.com - Abetalipoproteinemia
211. Pathologystudent.com - What's the name of the spaghetti and meatballs yeast
210. Pathologystudent.com - Uremia
209. Pathologystudent.com -Two ways osteoblasts make bone
208. Pathologystudent.com - Two types of esophageal carcinoma
207. Pathologystudent.com - Two developmental neck cysts
206. Pathologystudent.com - Top three renal causes of nephrotic syndrome
205. Pathologystudent.com - Three similar words, three totally different cells
204. Pathologystudent.com - Small round blue cell tumor mnemonic Mr. Sleep
203. Pathologystudent.com - Six GI polyposis syndromes
202. Pathologystudent.com - Renal cell carcinoma
201. Pathologystudent.com - Remember how the glands look in different parts of the stomach
200. Pathologystudent.com - PSGN mnemonic
199. Pathologystudent.com - Paget disease and jigsaw puzzles
198. Pathologystudent.com - Nephrotic vs. nephritic syndrome symptoms
197. Pathologystudent.com - Nephrotic vs nephritic syndrome (ways to remember them)
196. Pathologystudent.com - Minimal change disease
195. Pathologystudent.com - Microscopic colitis
194. Pathologystudent.com - Meckel diverticulum
193. Pathologystudent.com - Mallory-Weiss syndrome
192. Pathologystudent.com - How to study diseases - Use four categories
191. Pathologystudent.com - Intestinal obstruction
190. Pathologystudent.com - Small round blue cell tumor mnemonic Mr. Sleep
189. Pathologystudent.com - Six GI polyposis syndromes
188. Pathologystudent.com - Renal cell carcinoma
187. Pathologystudent.com - Remember how the glands look in different parts of the stomach
186. Pathologystudent.com - PSGN mnemonic
185. Pathologystudent.com - Paget disease and jigsaw puzzles
184. Pathologystudent.com - Nephrotic vs. nephritic syndrome symptoms
183. Pathologystudent.com - Nephrotic vs nephritic syndrome (ways to remember them)
182. Pathologystudent.com - Minimal change disease
181. Pathologystudent.com - Microscopic colitis
180. Pathologystudent.com - Meckel diverticulum
179. Pathologystudent.com - Mallory-Weiss syndrome
178. Pathologystudent.com: How to study diseases - Use four categories
177. Pathologystudent.com - Hirschsprung disease
176. Pathologystudent.com - Helicobacter pylori a strong little bugger
175. Pathologystudent.com - Esophageal webs
174. Pathologystudent.com - Esophageal causes of hematemesis
173. Pathologystudent.com - Eosinophillic esophagitis
172. Pathologystudent.com - Causes of peritonitis
171. Pathologystudent.com - Brittle bone disease
170. Pathologystudent.com - Azotemia
169. Pathologystudent.com - Are hemolytic-uremic syndrome & thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura related?
168. Pathologystudent.com - Acute tubular necrosis
167. Guillan-Barre syndrome
166. Ornithine transcarbamoylase deficiency & hyperammonemia
165. Lesions of the subthalamic nucleus & contralateral hemiballism
164. Neisseria meningitidis & Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome
163. Uncal herniation and CN3 palsy
162. Lesions of the inferior frontal gyrus (expressive aphasia)
161. Subacute and chronic subdural hemorrhages
160. Pineal masses and Parinaud syndrome
159. The BBB, dopamine and L-Dopa
158. Delirium tremors and alcohol
157. GLUT4 insulin-dependent glucose transporters
156. Chronic pancreatitis and steatorrhea
155. Fibrocystic breast changes
154. Absence of uridine diphosphate glucuonyl transferase
153. How excessive thyroid hormone affects the cardiovascular system
152. Hunter syndrome
151: Ethacrynic acid
150. Primary sclerosing cholangitis
149. Donepezil
148. Bupropion
147. Neuroblastoma
146. Ependymoma
145: Common variable immunodeficiency
144. Acute onset of altered mental status
143. Massive proteinuria in children
142: Alcoholics and aspiration pneumonia
141: Bedtime FA: resistance, pressure, flow & cardiac and vascular function curves
140: Bedtime FA: Cardiac output equations
139: Pathologystudent.com - A simple summary of glomerulonephritis
138: Peptic Ulcer Disease
137: Pathlologystudent.com - Four things that make helicobacter pylori particularly nasty
136: Osmosis.org - Von Hippel Lindau disease
135: Osmosis.org - Decreased fetal movement revealed an amniotic fluid volume that was lower than expected for gestational age
134: Osmosis.org - An 86-year-old woman presents with elevated serum creatinine
133: Osmosis.org - A 65-year old man with shortness of breath on exertion, pitting edema and crackles at the lung bases
132: Osmosis.org - A 62-year-old woman has extreme weakness, stage 4 in renal disease, and it has been 6 days since her last dialysis
131: Osmosis.org - A 55-year-old man comes to the office because of feeling thirsty and frequent urination for 1 week
130: Osmosis.org - A 28-year-old woman comes to the office because of blood in her urine
129. Osmosis.org - A 55-year-old man who has smoked for the past 35 years is experiencing seizures
128: Lower GI bleed
127: Upper GI bleed
126: Crohn disease
125: IBS - Irritable bowel syndrome
124: Chronic pancreatitis
123: Acute pancreatitis
122: Ejection fraction
121: what is the calculation for stroke volume?
120: Myocardial oxygen demand
119: Afterload
118: Preload
117: Heart muscle contractility
116: Stroke volume: SV CAP
115: Coronary blood supply
114: Basic anatomy of the heart and the pericardium
113: Fetal-postnatal derivatives
112: Fetal circulation
111: Outflow tract formation and valve development
110: Septation of the chambers
109: Cardiac looping
108. Heart embryology
107. BNP & ANP
106. What is an S3 Gallop?
105. What can cause drug induced lupus?
104. The fourth heart sound
103. Takayasu arteritis
102. Common causes of pneumonia listed by age group and special groups
101. Bugs that cause diarrhea
100. A nine month old girl with PKU
99. What is the cause of anemia in this HIV patient?
98. Understanding restriction enzyme analysis on polyacrylamide gels
97. What is a six-year-old’s understanding of death?
96. A drug for pain with movement of hands and feet
95. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
94. What is the mechanism of action of sildenafil?
93. What are the hepatic findings in diabetic ketoacidosis?
92. How would you diagnose this lung examination?
91. What is the cause of this man’s severe abdominal pain?
90. What is the cause of this woman’s painful mass in her breast?
89. Diabetes causing atherosclerosis and pain in a man’s foot
88. What is the cause of the edema in this woman’s leg?
87. Where should you insert the needle in a thoracocentesis?
86. Rheumatic fever - know it.
85. Can you recognize anaphylaxis?
84. What is the cause of this baby’s cyanosis?
83. What is the cause of his decreased ejection fraction?
82. A reaction to a tetanus booster
81. FUNCTION is the key between normal and abnormal
80. Which pharmacotherapy would you use first to treat OCD?
79. Know the difference between endotoxins and exotoxins
78. Another acid-base question - don’t be scared!
77. Remember the side effects of aminoglycoside antibiotics
76. Delayed separation of the umbilical stump
75. Be able to recognize fever and acute LLQ pain in an older person
74. Recognizing Kartagener syndrome
73. Medial medullary syndrome (Dejerine syndrome)
72. Know the psychiatric manifestations of medical conditions
71. When urine excretion of sodium and potassium are inappropriately high
70. How to tell if it is an insulinoma
69. When NSAIDs, methotrexate, and colchicine fail
68. A surprising result of being bedridden and unable to attend to personal needs
67. What is the difference between eclampsia and preeclampsia?
66. What hip flexor is up in the abdomen near the appendix?
64. What causes the 45, X karyotype?
63. Remember the relationship between dopamine and prolactin
62. Remember the effects of an aspirin overdose
61. Unexpected result after taking a nasal decongestant
60. What happens after being intubated for a long time?
59. Know your vitamin deficiencies
58. Pyknosis & nuclear fragmentation
57. SCID
56. Know your UMN/LMN signs
55. Progressive shortness of breath on exertion
54. ITP vs TTP
53. How to convince a patient to have a mammography
52. Memorize the drugs that induce and inhibit CYP 450
51. Cognitive, social & motor development
50. How to advise a self-medicating patient
49. Sumatriptan for Increasingly severe unilateral throbbing headaches
48. Classic Wernicke’s encephalopathy
47. Practice with interpreting hepatitis panels
46. Tamoxifen use and vaginal bleeding
45. Weight loss, watery diarrhea after returning from Thailand
44. A two-year-old boy with LUQ pain
43. A four-year-old who chews his fingers and lips
42. What is the bird’s beak appearance?
41. A chromosome that appears truncated
40. Rigidity, confusion, fever, autonomic instability
39. Female with cramping pain in rt. lower abdomen
38. Result of stress & fatigue
37. Understanding reactive hyperemia
36. Cause of a vesicular rash in a T8 dermatomal distribution
35. Recognizing MCAD
34. Lymphatic spread of disease
33. A clostridium difficile infected bedpan
32. Hematemesis and alcoholism
31. Differentiating endemic fungal diseases
30. Human papillomavirus infection
29. Treatment for wood alcohol consumption
28. Group B streptococcus and sepsis
27. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
26. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
25. Volume loss and ADH (vasopressin)
24. Verapamil and Sumatriptan for cluster headaches
23. Uses for Taxol (Paclitaxel)
22. Remember Reed-Sternberg cells?
21. Recognizing trisomy 21
20. Craniopharyngiomas: solid, cystic & calcified
19. DPP-4 inhibitors (gliptins)
18. Fetal macrosomia and hypoglycemia
17. Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
16. What enzyme is deficient in McArdle disease?
15. What happens in Conn’s disease?
14. Glucokinase and gestational diabetes
13. Dopamine agonists for a prolactinoma
12. Don’t give a nonselective beta blocker to a diabetic patient
11. Bone pain as a result of not getting enough sun
10. What is a lingual thyroid?
9. Multiple endocrine neoplasia
8. Chromaffin cells
7. Hypoparathyroidism as a result of thyroid surgery
6. Problems with fructose metabolism
5. Gigantism and Jak-Stat
4. HAART therapy and body fat redistribution
3. Bisphosphonates and osteomalacia
2. Hypophosphatemia
1. Clostridium difficile infection