Whether you are working in suburban Melbourne or a refugee camp in Bangladesh, bacterial meningitis is a diagnosis that sends shivers up doctor’s spines and makes lumbar puncture needles suddenly impossible to find. Join us as we demystify that most red-flag of infections, covering everything from what to order on the LP to impress the ID team, how…

Tired of getting yellow cards from the infectious diseases team for prescribing meropenem for 3 months? Sick of Scott appearing behind you with a cat o’ nine tails to administer the requisite antibiotic punishment? Well this episode has it all – what is antimicrobial stewardship? why do so many people care about it? what can you do to avoid being o…

2023 got you feeling out of rhythm? Finding yourself a bit behind the beat when it comes to pacemakers? Pour yourself a frosty, frothy, fibre-filled glass of your favourite plum juice and strap on your electric earmuffs. We’re going charging on an audio adventure from cathode to anode with Scott and Rahul which will help you nail pacemakers with ap…

You know that feeling when you find a surprise $100 note in a coat pocket you haven’t worn for a while? Yeah, we don’t either. But we can imagine it feels kind of like discovering we have a MedConversations episode we forgot to publish! Open this 2022 time capsule with us and treat your tympanic membranes to Bec and Scott talking all* things hypoth…

Intimidated about caring for immunosuppressed patients full of mibs, mabs or stem cell jabs? Here is the infection protection guide to investigate and manage your patient’s neutropenic slump – without resorting to well-evidenced super foods like goji berries or sheep placenta extractBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Psychiatry registrar Dr Dean Whitty is back on the MedConversational airwaves again to talk with Bec about taming the black dog in our final ep of the three-part depression series. Dean’s soothing voice takes us on a nice guided tour through lifestyle, psychotherapy, antidepressants and ECT. The content is great med school exam fodder but also broa…

The MedConversations crew may not fly the surgical flag very much but we love flying into the melee of perioperative management. So get peri with Bec and Scott as we dance around and about* the drug chart of the pre-op patient and allay your surgery rotation pager fears. *We take the scenic route through salmon sperm, bridge championships, dead rat…

Weary traveller, let Rahul, Bec and Jupiter’s 79 moons be your guides as we haul you up the third and final segment of the hypertension series. At the summit we take you on a high pressure hike through the assessment and secondary causes of the old HTN under the auspices of a curiously one dimensional character called Mountain.…

This episode is for everyone who is sick of COVID-19 but needs to finally learn how to diagnosis and manage it, rather than how to out-argue your uncle about whether the plan-demic will end democracy. We go through diagnosis, testing, and all the juicey new therapeutics available – enough mabs and mibs here to level up your wordle game.…

Nasty Bugs. You gotta treat ‘em! In this, truly, tremendous second antibiotic episode, Sleepy Scott, Deranged Davor, Crooked Bec (and Obama Zala) cover all the gram negative bacteria – from microbiology to antibiotics and resistance. Believe me, you’ll be tired of winning!By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

This is part 2 of our series on depression. Davor and Dean chat about how to evaluate someone you think might have depression. As fascinating as part 1 was, this is much more clinically relevant. Filled with Dean’s wisdom and clinical pearls, listen on if you want to smash your psych OSCEs or perhaps even to be a better doctor.…

This episode is a bit of new thing we’re trying – interviews with our friends! As we’ve progressed in our careers, we’ve all started specializing and become increasingly unqualified to talk about large swathes of medicine. On the flipside, our mates have done the same thing in all manner of interesting fields, so we’ve decided to start utilizing th…

Welcome seeker. All the bacteria. All the antibiotics. Join us on our ambitious multi-episode trek to summarise all bacteria and their treatment starting this episode with gram positives. Your journey will teach the ancient wisdom that tazocin does not fix all problems and that “beta lactamase inhibitor” is not just a mantra ID registrars use to co…

Curious about what all those party drugs you’ve been taking with your grandma down at the local aged care facility are? Wondering why you always need to cough after you’ve taken your morning ramipril? Jump on board the high pressure conga line with Rahul and Davor as we cover the ins, outs and sideways of hypertension therapy.…

Episode on radiculopathy! Davor, Bec and Scott sit down and chat about nerve roots. Well, to be honest, it’s more like Davor relentlessly interrogates Bec and Rahul about radiculopathy for an hour. Although ethically questionable, it appears to have worked because by the end they seemed to understand which nerve roots are damaged by which disc, how…

We’re back with a mammoth topic. Often consigned to a 1-liner in the past history – it’s time to find out just how little you know about the silent killer. Much like the mounds of hair that accumulate in your drain pipes, hypertension is known for a sudden and unexpected day-wrecking by blocking up your plumbing. Sit back, grab the saltiest nuts yo…

Low back pain! Rahul and Davor discuss one of the most common presentations in medicine. What are the most common causes? What are the most serious causes? Who do you image? What on earth does Rahul mean when he says “test the anal reflex”? Listen in to find out the answers to these eternally-vexing questions and more.…

There’s been a lot of demand for off in the weeds neurology podcasts. Luckily we have our arcane neurology specialist Davor ‘The Slovenian Sledgehammer’ Pavlin-Premrl ready and waiting. Rahul and Davor discuss cartesian dualism and hysteria, and then after about half an hour of philoso-broing we get to some stuff that might (emphasis on the might) …

We’re back in the COVID era all the way from dirty Melbourne to breathe around your masks and cough on your food. Have you been fighting with your bed-partner about excessive nocturnal noise emissions? Struggling to stay alert whilst reviewing the latest hydroxychloroquine ‘Orange’ Paper from the White House? Well we’ve got the podcast to get you i…

Drugs. Death. Hidden infections. Bad mix tapes.No, you’re not tripping out on LSD at your uncle’s mail-order bride wedding, you’re just listening to MedConversations’ latest educational podcast packed full of infective endocarditis wisdom and copyright infringing references to one of our most beloved fictional drug dabblers.…

If you naively thought that part 2 of glomerulonephritis would never come and you could spend the rest of your summer wallowing in glorious ignorance of those confusing glomerulonephritidis then you were wrong. Here are the rest of the nephritic syndromes in all their rosé tinted beauty. https://media.blubrry.com/medconversations/content.blubrry.co…

Davor’s back doing his Davor thing and sprucing neurology to the world (whether they want to hear about it or not). So, if the holiday blues have you feeling numb to the world or passion for the new year has you unexpectedly weak at the knees then tune in because, as usual, we’ve got the balm for your blues. Join Rahul and Davor as they lead you wi…

Has your troubled history of pot plant homicide led to legal action over your plant carer registration AND/OR your grandmother giving up on you and gifting all her cuttings to her previously second favourite grandchild? We can’t help you with your congenitally absent green thumb AND/OR unlovable personality but this practical episode on clinical fl…

Dust off your ear horn, ruffle up your ruffles and prepare your first-born son for a painful but career-favouring transition. Bec and Scott are back and hitting every high note as they croon, roar and trill their way through hypercalcaemiaBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Get your amphora ready to catch some of the golden stuff and see if you have the blood and the protein to raise some nephrologist eyebrows. We’ve heard the requests of the people and taken on GN in an epic two-part podcast. This podcast will deal with general approach to glomerulonephritis as well as nephrotic syndromes. On another note, despite th…

Think you might have what it takes to join the extraordinary league of gentle-people against epilepsy? Well you’ll need some training first. Come join Davor and Rahul for a shake-down of the epilepsy world. P.S. I tried my best to stop Davor from inflicting another neurology episode on us all, but the man is just so damn charismatic.…

Charge your batteries and prepare for a shock to the brain. Today we witness the return of a MedConversations legend, Davor who joins Rahul to get your jumbled signals back in alignment about first seizures. Hot take, listen in for some big news.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Join Medconversations for an melodramatic tale of a plucky Siamese fighting fish and one man’s journey to virological purity inspired by his faith in the Good Lord above. Along the way you’ll finally learn how to interpret hepatitis B serology.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Free your mind from the tyranny of the Lamestream media and discover the TRUTH about diffuse parenchymal lung disease (ILD) with your snowflake bustin’ hosts Rahul and Scott! Its a long one, so buckle down with your extra doomsday preppin’ supplies.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Merry Christmas from Medconversations with our long awaited ep on inflammatory bowel disease. Fake a smile and pretend its just the gift you wanted as Scott and Rahul explore the length of the disease from the mouth to the azathioprine. Get into the consumerist holiday spirit and share/comment this status for a chance to win an authentic Santa toil…

You know when people invite you to dinner and tell you not to bring anything, but actually if you got your act together and brought a salad they’d be really glad? MET calls and interns are kind of like that. This ep is for the interns-in-gestation: we teach you how to make salad. (Anyone disappointed in the low salad content of this ep should head …

Pour yourself a hydralyte on the rocks to sip while you absorb this latest ep, and don’t get salty while Bec and Scott drone on about their Drone-At-Home program and quasi-current affairs.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Call up your injection crew and gather around the gramophone, it’s time for Scott and Rahul to bring you the good news about Hepatitis C – there’s a cure and we’ve distilled it here ready for an acoustic injection. Keep the naloxone on standby, we’ll be your spiritual guides as we go deep!By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

You’ll be hiccuping with joy as Bec and Scott waltz you through chronic renal failure to the soothing strains of Medconversations’ favourite regional dialect.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Missing a bit of Scott and Rahul in your life? Satisfy your morning stiffness by taking a bite out of this dissection of Giant Cell Arteritis.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Dont forget your PrEP and barrier protection for this intimate all-male episode as Scott and Rahul take you through the racey fundamentals of HIV – from virology and antivirals to the unadulterated thrill of municipal libraries. And keep the knowledge pot simmering with Lucy’s great summary here HIV-Summary-MEDCONVERSATIONS…

Ever pondered whether you might suit the professorial lifestyle? This episode, featuring special guests Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Nitesh Nerlekar, will run through what the appeals of including research in your career are and some basics on how to get started. Drs. Brown and Nitesh are academic cardiologists from Monash Health in Melbourne and have me…

Scratch the itch: let’s get biliary. Join Bec and Scott on a scintillating exploration of the key TLA’s of gastro: PBC, ANA, AMA, PSC, IgM and LFTs. Test yourself with the Quizlet And here’s a summary of the topic from the fantastic Lucy Desmond, intern extraordinaire.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Wash your hands before and after Scott and Bec lead you through this sticky podcast on staph aureus bacteraemia. Just like your momma tried and failed to teach you.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Davor and Scott take you through the code stroke process. We couldn’t find any funny relevant pictures, so here’s a photo of some unsung medconversations heroes instead.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Scott and Bec do their best to reign in an excited Davor as he rambles on about stroke syndromesBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

After a long break in the middle of a two part episode we’re back! Hoping to equip you with the skills to differentiate between boy, girl and ascitic fluid.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

If you’re jonesing for some teaching on rheumatic fever, we’ve got the podcast for you. Link dump: Clinical manifestations of rheumatic fever by time courseBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Rahul is temporarily back in our fair island nation, so here’s a cis-pacific podcast on cirrhosis. Part two will follow eventually, but like the course of this chronic disease, you probably know that the natural history of MedConversations can sometimes be slow and unpredictable. Sorry about that.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Davor and Bec regurgitate everything they know about MR.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Another breathtaking pedagogical podcast from the MedConvos team as we wheeze our way through an approach to asthma. Link dump: Asthma handbook – all you need to know (especially good for management) (The quizlet will be with you shortly)By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Frequently thought of, infrequently seen. Have a listen so you too can chip in with “could it be sarcoid?” at roughly appropriate times.By Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Movement disorders – one of the last bastions of medicine where clinician is king. Listen to this podcast and learn how to make this important diagnosis equipped with little more than a keen eye Here’s the quizletBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

This one’s a shout out to the new interns, the soon-to-be interns and anyone who needs a refresher. But mostly it’s for the pharmacists, who are worried about using up the national stocks of purple ink. Quiz yourself hereBy Davor, Rahul, Bec and Scott

Ah, the rich tapestry of the great imitator. Here we talk about 15th century nationalism, disgustingly unethical experiments and Nietzsche. And syphilis. Revision quizlet is here. Also, speaking of transmission…help spread the word on MedConversations and shoot us a review on iTunes if you like us and can tolerate dubious segways like this one.…