99 Topics for the CCFP
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99 Topics for the CCFP
A podcast series and accompanying study notes for the Canadian Certification Examination in Family Medicine, and practice beyond. #FOAMED
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Fractures
Co-host: Dr. Chris Beavington (FMR3 in Sports and Exercise Medicine)
This week, Dr. Chris Beavington tackles the orthopedic content for the Fami...
Asthma
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
All that wheezes is not asthma! But it's a good place to start.
This week's links:
Cancer
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
This week, Mike and I discuss cancer care. The best takeaway from this talk: sometimes patients can disappear into a "c...
Infertility
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
This week, Mike and I discuss how to approach the common presenting complaint of "we've been trying, but we can't seem...
Dyspepsia
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Remember: H. pylori serology does not indicate current infection!
This week's links:
Low Back Pain
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Happy Thanksgiving!
(This talk was recorded in July 2016 — it's a good one!)
Links from this week's talk:
Periodic Health Assessment Screening
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Links from this week's talk:
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
This week Mike and I talk Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). This topic overlaps with pulmonary embolism (PE) somewhat, which...
Special: Practicing for the SOOs
Guest hosts: Dr. Sonali Srivastava, Dr. Mark Karanofksy — Family physician at Jewish General Hospital (McGill University training site)
This we...
Fever
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
This week we talk about fever, which is a super common presenting complaint both in Primary Care and in the Emergency D...
Hypertension
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Arguably, the last of the "core" chronic disease topics this week: Hypertension! The 2015 Canadian Hypertension Educati...
Hyperlipidemia
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Yet another core Family Medicine topic this week, hyperlipidemia. The best reading you can do for the exam around this...
Diabetes (Part 2)
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
And the second part of our two-parter discussion of Diabetes.
Thanks to Dr. Alain-Philip Gendron (FMR1) for help...
Diabetes (Part 1)
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
The first part of our two part discussion of Diabetes (what a huge topic!), certainly one of the most prevalent disease...
Depression
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
This week, we discuss depression: one of the most common presentations in Family Medicine. I managed to not record my c...
Chest Pain
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
Another week, another topic! A favourite topic for GP/Emerg docs everywhere, and Dr. Mike Kirlew is back to talk Chest...
Anaphylaxis
Co-host: Dr. Mike Kirlew
We have a special treat this week - Dr. Mike Kirlew, of the famous (infamous?) Dr. Mike Kirlew's CCFP Podcasts has join...
Epistaxis
And we're back, but dammit, we have a nosebleed this week. Blame it on the dry northern Saskatchewan air.
Key points this week:
Thanks to...
Antibiotics
Exams are over, time to celebrate!
This week, we talk antibiotics.
Probably the most important thing know about antibiotics is having a fi...
Anemia
This week, we talk anemia — a fairly big topic!
As an aside, another great study resource for you: Dr. Mike Kirlew’s CCFP podcasts, from Sioux L...
Allergy
This week, we talk about allergy and anaphylaxis.
"The key to treating patients with anaphylaxis is to have a low threshold to treat. The most i...
ACLS
The second of the 99 topics, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). A much more manageable topic this week, thank goodness!
As we're just getting...
Abdominal Pain
Our first podcast kicks off with a bang — the massive topic of Abdominal Pain!
As we're just getting started, feedback (and corrections) are gre...
Study Resources
Here are some resources I have used and would recommend for your study for the CCFP Exam, roughly in order of how effective I feel they are:
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