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WRITTEN COURSE SCHEDULE 2021

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Airway

Tuesday 5th January 2021 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Difficult Airway Assessment - beyond LEMON RODS SMART and MOAN
An approach to Airway Exam Questions
Common airway questions
An approach to Rapid Sequence Intubation in difficult scenarios
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Saturday 9th January 2021 9:30- 11:30am (Brisbane time)
Selected Airway Management Exam Questions
TOPICS COVERED in webinars recorded, LIve and trial EXAMS
Supraglottitis
Lateral Neck Xray
Difficult Airway Assessment
Le Murs (Lemon Moan Rods Smart)
Airway algorithms
crash airway
failed airway
failed airway
awake oral intubation
delayed sequence intubation
Rescue Techniques
supraglottic devices
Bag valve mask 
intubating LMA
Fibreoptic endoscope
videolarygoscopy
blind nasotracheal intubation
Rapid sequence intubation- what is a good starting point? 
RSI TARGETS
SPO2>90; HR 90; SBP>90; Pt<90
The P's
Preparation/ equipment
Positioning- ramped/ Upright
Pre-oxygenation- Active vs Passive 
Pre treatment: HHAARRMMS
Paralysis and induction agent

fentanyl/ ketamine- cardiostable
prepofol
midazolam
thiopentone
ketamine contraindications- Glucoma/ herniation
Suxamethomium contraindications
Place Tube
confirmation ETT placement 
Post intubation Care
Weakness in a child- DD
GB Syndrome D
Procedural sedation ketamine complications (UTD)
Critical Incident Administrative management (DUNN)
Pneumonia ventilator settings and principles (UTD)
Asthma ventilator settings and principles (UTD)
Hypoxia trouble shooting post RSi (UTD)
Hypotension trouble shooting post RSi (UTD)
Adult Epiglottitis: Laterla neck imaging; clinical examination 
Epiglottitis: GOld Standard Aiway mgt
Paediatric Croup; Lateral Neck Xray; clinical features
Croup: Gold Std airway Mgt
The head injured/ traumatised child: Airway principles
Paediatric vs Adult airways
RSI in the head injured pt
Ludwigs 
Angina
Adult Egiglottitis
Difficult airway Mx options
Arterial Blood Gas interpretation
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Resuscitation  and Shock 

Monday 11th January 2021 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Resuscitation algorithms - ILCOR Guidelines
Shock Classification and ultrasound shock protocol integration
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
ILCOR 2015 Updated guidelines
ECMO in ED - indications, principles and methods
ECMO protocol
Post ROSC priorities
RSI and Proxygenation
Neonatal Sepsis recognition
Neonatal sepsis risk factors
GBS guidelines
RSI in Neonatal sepsis
Sepsis definitions
Fluid and inotrope refractory shock 
Shock Chapter: Rosens
ILCOR Guidlines 2015, Updates 2016,17,18,19
Atrial Flutter 2:1 + Broad LBBB
vs VT
Brugada Criteria
Management of AF algorithm- DCCV vs Amioderrone
BLS Algortithm
Surviving Sepsis Campaign; UTD Ch pn Sepsis
ILCOR update topics 
Chest compressions
Post Cardiac Arrest Cae

RSI considerations: tiem to desat/Pre Oxygenation
Desaturation time in- 
Sepsis
Thyrotoxic crisis
geriatric patient
paediatric patients
trauma patients
Strategies for PreOxgenation- Active vs PAssive
Different Modes of Mechanical Ventilation in ED
Differential diagnosis of shock- the primary types of shock
Septic vs Cardiogenic vs Toxicologic
LBBB interpretation- Sgarbossa Criteria
ABG interpretation in shock: HAGMA, Anion GAP, Bocarb Gap
CXR interpretation; Bilateral Alveolar Opacification- Differentail Diagnosis
Bedside USS shock protocol- RUSH protocol
Left Ventricular Dysfunction on POCUS
IVC assessment on USS
Pulmonary USS and Pulmonary Oedema
AMI and Cardiogenic Shock Management 

Respiratory Disease

Saturday 16th January 2021 9:30am-11:30am (Brisbane time)
Common Respiratory Exam Questions

Monday 18th January 2021 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Plain Film CXR Interpretation for the exam

Thursday 21st January 2021 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Chest Xray and Lung Ultrasound Exam Questions
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS

Immuno -compromised and chest disease - UTD

Pmeumomediastinum - rabi et al / Rosen’s / UTD
CXR interpretation - Rabi Et al
Immunocompromised pneumonia (UTD)
Aspiration Pneumonia (UTD)
ABG interpretation 
Anion Gap : Na - Cl - HCO3
Bicarbonate Gap (delta gap) : Na - Cl - 39 
Aa gradient : 
[FiO2 x (713) - 1.2 (pCO2) ] - PaO2
PaO2/FiO2 ratio = 480 normal value
Pneumonia & RSI
Pneumonia ventilator strategies 
Alveolar airspace opacification - heart failure vs pneumonia vs ARDS
HFNCO2 & NIV
Cavitation, CXR, DD
Pleural Effusion and lights criteria
CXR- Fibrosis- Differential Diagnosis (Dunn)
Sarcoidosis, TB and lymphoma (Dunn)
Hemoptysis- Differential Diagnosis (Rosens)
CXR Alveolar Nodular Opacification (rabi et al)
RSI in massive hemootysis (LITFL UTD)
Hemoptysis management options (Dunn)
Granulomatosis with polyongiitis/ Wegners (Dunn)
CXR- Fibrosis- DD (radiopedia)
Interstitial lung disease
Idiopathic Pulmory Fibrosis (Dunn)
Exacerbation of IPF (Dunn)
CXR Diffuse Alveolar Opacification (Radiopedia)
ARDS- (Dunn/ UTD)
The Berlin Criteria (UTD)
Management options ED/ICU (UTD)
Complex Pneumonia
CXR interpretation- bilateral pneumonia (staph, pseudomonas, legionella, viral)
ABG interpretation
Pneumonia Classification, severity and antibiotic choices (UTD)
RSI in obese patients (UTD)
Ventilator settings in pneumonia (UTD)
How to synthesise/ conclude a case- demography, working diagnosis, aetiology, precipitants, complications
COPD- MCQ
Interstitial CXR changes- Kerley A,B,C,D lines
Acute Pulmonary oedema (UTD)
Differential Diagnosis of interstitial lung changes (Radiopedia)
High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen (UTD)
Non invasive ventilation (UTD) indication, contraindications, complications
Management (UTD)
Diagnosis utility of USS in the DD of Dyspnoea

Bilateral alveolar airspace opacification
Complex ABG interpretation
Haemoptysis case


CXR basics - RABI ET AL
Alveolar vs Interstitial patterns
Collapse patterns and Hilar abnormalities from Rabi et al / Radiopedia and other sources
Chronic cough CXR interpretation

​Cardiology

Monday 25th January 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Chest pain Ischemia STEMI

Wednesday 27th January 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Aortic Dissection and Heart Failure

Friday 5th 
February 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Approach to Pacemakers and Difficult ECGs

TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Q wave diagnosis
Wide complex tachycardia
Drug related ECG changes
STEMI
HBlock
Pericarditis
TdP
Hypokalemia Digoxin toxicityECG Database- analysis - review LIFL database and Dr Smith's ECG blog
Chan - ECG text
ACS guidelines 2016 MJA
STEMI - guidelines and ecg analysis
Heart failure - Rosens or UpToDate
Aortic Dissection - UpToDate / emedicine / rosens
Heart block and other Arrythmias
D1 LESIONS - DIAGONAL 1 LAD STEMI

COMPLICATIONS OF AMI - STRUCTURAL, CONDUCTION AND PERICARDIAL
INTUBATION IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
ATRIAL INFARCTION AD THE PTa segment - CRITERIA
RISK SCORES IN ACS - TIMI, EDACS, GRACE, HEART
POSTERIOR INFARCTION - CRITERIA
RBBB STEMI
Q Wave infarction
Management of STEMI
LV Anuerysm post STEMI
Troponin peak level: implications 
Posterior Infarction STEMI
Posterior Nonstemi/ ischaemia
STEMI differential - note not all stemi has reciprocal change
ELEVATION mnemonic
Electrolytes
Early depolarization ( low medium high risk)
LBBB
Ventricular hypertrophy / hocm
Aneurysm
Arrhythmia eg brugada
aortic dissection
Takotsubo - 💔 broken heart syndrome
Intracranial haemorrhage
Inflammation - pericarditis / myocarditis
Osbourne waves / hypothermia
Vasospasm - prinzmetal angina
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RBBB STEMI & QWAVE
Chest pain DD
STEMI
Aortic Dissection
Pericardinal Effusion
PE
Cardiogenic shock and STEMI
Complications of AMI
Tachy/ Bradyarrythmia
Pericarditis (not Dressler's syndrome)
Wall and Septak Rupture
Valve Rupture
Valve Rupture
Reperfusion options: Medical, surgical, procedural
STEMI Pathway vs Non Stemi Pathway
atrial infarction 
Subtle ECG signs of LAD occlusions:
Non criteria STEm Convex ST segment, straight ST segment, hyperacute T Wave, de Winter Wave, down-up T Wave, Terminal T wave inversion, U wave inversion
When to activate the Cath Lab for Non Criteria patients
Wellens classification; management 
Wide complex rhythms
AIVR
Hyperkalemia
Peaked T waves
Na Channel blockade- diagnosis; Management 
QRS Alternans, CXR diagnosis, bedside echo
Broad complex tachycardia in the young
Brugada Criteria, Vereckei Criteria vs WPW
VT classsification
Vaughn Williams Classification
WPW diagnostic criteria
WPW potential complications 
WPW risk startifiactions
WPW management
​PACEMAKERS
  1. THE BASICS - TERMINOLOGY
  2. INDICATIONS FOR PACEMAKER INSERTION
  3. INDICATIONS FOR CARDIODEFIBRILLATORS
  4. THE COMMON PACEMAKER MODES
  5. AAI
  6. VVI
  7. DDD
  8. PACEMAKER TROUBLESHOOTING
  9. FAILURE TO SENSE
  10. FAILURE TO CAPTURE
  11. FAILURE TO PACE

Administration, Disaster and Retrieval Medicine
Monday 8th February 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
SAQ 1 TRIAL EXAM 
RELEASE DATE 15 February 2020
MARKING DEADLINE 25 February 2020

​(papers completed after date above won't be graded)

Paediatrics

Thursday 11th February 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Approach to Paediatric Exam Questions

Monday 22nd February 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Paediatric Infectious diseases

Thursday 25th February 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time) 
Respiratory EM in Paediatrics

Monday 1st March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Approach to Paediatric Trauma and Surgery
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TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Normal values in Paeds- Rosens
Physiological and Anatomical differences in children- Rosens
Normal Development 1mo-24mo- Rosens
Retropharryngeal Abscess
Ketamine and apnoea- UTD
Incident Management- Cameron
Neonatal Resus- UTD ILCOR
precipitous delivery of a baby  in the ED- UTD
Adrenal Crisis- UTD
Causes of Meningism/ Sore throat/ Torticollis
Retropharyngeal Abscess- CT/ Xray Interpretation
Epiglottitis vs RPA vs Croup vs Bacterial Tracheitis- clinical features 
Management of at risk Paediatric airway
Approach to hypoglycaemia in infants- Causes
Sepsis, NAI, IEM, Toxicological, endocrine causes
Empiric management of the patient with hypoglycaemia
Age based differences- airway, CVS, Resp, Muscle Skeletal (children vs adults)
Approach to the neonate with fever
neonatal and maternal rosk factors for sepsis
traditional vs PECARN vs STEP by STEP
approach to a 1month- 90day neonate with fever
Fever without a source vs Prolonged fever
Investigation and management 
incomplete Kawasaki
Paediatric Multi trauma
Anatomical and Physiological factors
Pelvic Trauma Approach
Minor Head Injury in children 
Epidural vs subdural haemorrhage 
Raised inter cranial pressure
RSI  and ventilation in intracranial haemorrhage 
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Heat Stroke
Administration- legal policy
Ventilation in Paediatrics 
BLS Paediatrics
Neonatal Collapse
Poor Antenatal Care
Opisthotonus
Neonatal Resuscitation
Retropharyngeal abscess / airway management
Procedural sedation
Neonatal resuscitation algorithm

Fever/ Sepsis/ SBI/ Viral Syndromes/ Focal bacterial infection overview
Approach to Pharyngistis- Viral vs Bacterial and risk of AR Fever
EBV
Influenza
Adenovirus
Enterovirus
Measles
FTT/ Myocarditis
Opthalmia neonatorum/ disseminaste gonorrhoea 
Kawasaki Disease- complete vs incomplete
AHA guidelines Kawasaki Disease
Neonatal skin failure syndromes
Asthma severity and management
RSI in severe asthma
Ventilation of the asthmatic patient
Paediatric fever and rash DD
Neonatal tachypnoea / shock
Non respiratory causes of tachypnoea

Neonatal Shock
Differential diagnosis Neonatal shock
Clinical findings neonatal sepsis
Congenital Heart disease and shock 
Neonatal fluid management- bolus/deficit/ maintenance/ losses 
RSI in a neonate
Neonatal Ventilation
Collapsed neonate: management empiric
Paediatrics airway obstruction
Retrieval and Airway management
Adolescent with ALOC, bradycardia, HAGMA, bradypnoea
Differential diagnosis of mixed acid base disturbance 
Bone Marrow Failure
SSSS
SJS/ TEN
E Multiforme
Meningitis/ Menningicoccol D
Acute Rheumatic Fever- Jones Criteria
Modified Jone Criteria in Aboriginal patients
AGE- Acute Gastroenteritis Viral 
Hydration Assessment
Dehydration Management- oral/ NGT/IV- rapid or traditional 
Ventilation strategies and rationale
Ventilation trouble shooting- hypotension
Ventilation trouble shooting- hypoxia
UTD tables on above
Approach to mediastinal mass- DD
 Pneumonia mimics
Sickle cell disease- acute chest syndrome- definition 
Management of Acute Chest syndrome
Neonatal FLuid Mgt- shock, deficit, maintenance, losses



Surgery

Thursday 4th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time) 
Important Surgical Exam Questions
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Abdominal pain DD
Pancreatitis
Mediastinitis
Toxic megacolon
Clostridial disease
Cholangitis
 Emphysematous Cholecyctitis (V2)
Geriatric patients in ED
CT Abdomens interpretation
ABG interpretation
How to structure a management answer
How to structure a conclusion from data
SOFA scores in sepsis 
Mesenteric Ischemia
Atrial Flutter ECG analysis
Utility of investigations in Mesenteric ischemia
Mediastinitis
Pneumomediastinum
Pneunopericardium
Pneumoperitonuem

Emphysematous Chloleysistitis
Geriatric vital sign assessment 
CT Abdomen review 
SFA scoring
Mesenteric Ischemia
ventricular Anuerysm
Risk Factors for Mesenteric Ischemia
Management options M Ischemia
Acute Pancreatitis 
diagnostic criteria
severity scores
Beside index severity of Pancreatitis
Apache II Score
Ransons Criteria
CT severity index
Volvulus
Colitis
Gallstones
Cholecystitis
IBD
Perforation
Liver abscess
Pancreatitis

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Monday 8th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
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TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Immune reactions
Allergy
Influenza epidemics (Cameron)
Mastocytosis
Urticaria recognition and differential diagnosis

Anaphylaxis criteria for diagnosis
Immunological reactions - Gel and Coombs classification type I,II,III,IV
Angioedema diagnosis
Angioedema classification
Anaphylaxis differential diagnosis
Anaphylaxis management
Inherited vs acquired angioedema.
Urticarcia and Constitutional Systemic Symptoms- Differential Diagnosis
Serum Sickness
Classification of Immune Reactions
Severe Allergic anaphylaxis with airway obstruction
Management of anaphylaxis- how to use adrenaline
Second line/ 3rd line agents/ vasoprenors in anaphylaxis 
The role of the immunologist/ allergist in followup
Angiodema: management in the ED
Angiodema: Classification, Aetiology
Angiodema Action Plans, Icatabant and C1 esterase
Hereditary Angioedema vs Acquired vs Allergic angiodema
ASCIA website resources
HIV and STD's - Cameron
HIV and resp infection - Cameron / Harrisons
HIV and confusion - Cameron / Harrisons
Cellulitis - Cameron
Abscess - UTD
Necrotising Fasciitis - Cameron / UTD
Clostridial Infections - Rosens / UTD 
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SAQ 2 TRIAL EXAM 
RELEASE DATE 1 March 2020
MARKING DEADLINE 12 March 2020

​(papers completed after date above won't be graded)

Trauma

Thursday 11th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Key Trauma Questions in Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma

Monday 15th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
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TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Review the sections from Rosens:
Mulitrauma and systems
Permissive hypotension
Nexus vs Canadian c spine rules
ED thoractomy
Tranexamic acid 
Thoracic trauma
Haemothorax
Abdominal trauma

Liver lesions
Splenic lesions
Bowel and hollow visceral injury
Pancreatic injury
Thoracotomy Indications in:
​Blunt Trauma 
Penetrating Trauma
Tranexamic acid in ed
Rib fractures in geriatrics
Sternal injury
Thoracic trauma assessment - CXR interpretation
Thoracic trauma management including ventilation strategies
Trauma systems and trauma activation
Discussion on ‘Low volume resuscitation’
C spine rules - compare and contrast
C spine rules in children

Neurology

Thursday 18th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Approach to neurology for the exam
Seizure disorders

Sunday 21st March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Headache disorders
Approach to Stroke


TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Review Rosens unless specified UTD
Coma
Confusion
Headache / migraine - UTD
Stroke syndromes - Mac, aca, pca, pica, lateral medullary syndrome - Harrisons
TIA
Clot Retrieval
CVA in young adults
Stroke mimics (UTD)
Carotid / VA dissection
Approach to Seizures
Causes and classification of seizures
Pharmacology of status epilepticus
Approach to non convulsive status epilepticus
Seizure mimics in neonates, Paediatrics and adults
Clinical presentation of seizures and auras

Stroke mimics
Vertigo
Spinal cord syndromes
Stroke screening
Stroke syndromes
Approach to GBS
Approach to csf interpretation and cns infection
Stroke mimics in children 
How is stroke different in children?
Imaging of acute and subacute stroke 
Underlying aetiology of stroke in children and young adults
vertebral artery dissection
HINTS testing
Posterior circulation syndromes
Lateral medullary syndrome
Posterior/ inferior/ superior  cerebellar infarcts 
Posterior cerebral artery infarcts
Basilary artery/ Pons lesions
Headache- differential diagnosis

Primary Headache syndromes: Tension, clusters, migraine 
Cerebrovenous Sinus Thrombosis risk factors
Escalation protocol for Migraine
Stroke syndromes
MCA, ACA, PCA, Posterior Circulation syndromes
Vertebral Dissection
NIHSS and Modified Rankin Scoring
Acute Ischemic Stroke- an approach 
Acute Thrombolysis
Clot Retrieval in acute Ischemic Stroke
Imaging options in acute Ischemia stroke and rationale 
Acute Ischemic stroke guidelines

Opthalmology

Monday 23nd March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Approach to Opthalmology for the exam
Slit lamp anatomy
Key Questions in :
  • Trauma
  • Red Eye diagnosis
  • Loss of vision
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Review the sections in Tintinalli:
Penetrating lesions
Hyphema
Acute red eye diagnosis
Visual Loss
CRAO
Glaucoma
Cellulitis - orbital and periorbital
Papilloedema
Ocular USS
Infectious endocarditis
Acute eye trauma
globe rupture classification- zone 1,2,3 injuries
Management fo acute globe trauma 
Hyphema- classification, severity grading, complications
Preseptal and septal  infection and management 
The acute red Eye
Acute narrow Angle Glaucoma - Appearance, risk factors
Glaucoma management
SAQ 3 TRIAL EXAM 
RELEASE DATE 19 March 2020
MARKING DEADLINE 29 March 2020

​(papers completed after date above won't be graded)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Thursday 25th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time) 
The mother and the fetus
Physiological adaptation
Antepartum complications
Labour complications
Selected gynaecological conditions
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Preeclampsia and htn in pregnancy
Pregnancy labour complications
Breech presentation
Precipitous delivery in ed
Premature labour and tocolytics
APH causes - abruption, placenta previa
PPH - management of postpartum haemorrhage
CTG interpretation - early, late and variable decelerations, tachy and bradycardia, sinusoidal pattern
Abdominal pain in pregnancy
Liver disease acute fatty liver
HELLP syndrome
PE and DVT in pregnancy
Postpartum depression.
Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
Molar pregnancy
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding in older women
STD AND PID
Emergency contraception
Seizures
trauma/ abdominal pain
Cord Prolapse
Vaginal Bleeding- P. Abruption/ P. Praevia/ Injury
Normal Delivery/ Prescriptions ED Delivery
Tachycardia/ Bradycardia
CTG Analysis- Decelerations/Accelerations
Variable/ Prolonged Decel
Abdo pain in Pregnancy
Preterm Labour
Fetal Tachycardia/ Bradycardia
CTG Analysis- Decelerations/Accelerations - Category I,II,III tracings
Variable/ Prolonged Decel
Abdo pain in Pregnancy
Pre-term Labour


Haematology and Oncology

Saturday 27th March 9:30am -11:30am (Brisbane time)
Key exam questions On:
  • Anaemia - diagnostic algorithms
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathy - HUS and TTP
  • Leukaemia and white cell disorders
  • Thrombocytopenia - diagnostic approach
  • Coagulation disorders
  • NOACs, warfarin and reversal
  • Transfusion medicine In ED
  • Coagulopathy of Trauma
  • RoTEM and Thromboelastography for Trauma
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Approach to anaemia
Microcytic vs Normpcutic vs Macrocytic Anaemia
Anaemia of Chronic Inflammation / disorder
infection vs malignancy vs inflammatory conditions
Dysfunctional vaginal bleeding
PALM COEIN
Approach to refugee children
Sickle cell Disease-  clinical syndromes and management 
ITP vs MHAH vs TTP vs HUS VS DIC vs Liver Disease vs Pre Eclampsia
Transfusion reaction
TRALI
TACO
Acute hemolysis
anaphyllaxis
sepsis
Thrombocytopenia
 Idiopathic Throbocytopenia
ITP vs DIC VS 
TMA vs HUS vs
TTO vs Liver Disease vs HELLP
vs AFLD Pregnancy
HUS in children
 DD of oedema in children

Review in Rosens or Harrisons
Anaemia
Coagulopathy
anticoagulants - warfarin, DOACS, reversal
Neutropenia - local guidelines tpched.org
Thrombocytopenia
Leukaemia
Paraproteinemia / Multiple myeloma
Transfusion reactions
Massive transfusion protocol
SVC syndrome
Pancoasts syndrome
Hyperviscosity
Febrile neutropenia (UTD)
Opportunistic infections (UTD)
paraneoplastic syndrome
aplastic anaemia (UTD)
Graft vs Host disease (UTD)
Myeloma (UTD)

Endocrinopathy

Monday 29th March 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
​The BIG ONES:
Addisonian crisis in neonates, young adults and the elderly
DKA in adults and kids
HHS vs DKA
Thyrotoxicosis and crisis - high and fast toxidrome
Myxoedema Coma - low and slow toxidrome
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Review these topics in Rosens
DKA vs HONK
HHS
Thyroid crisis
Pneumonia 
Hypo adrenalism/ addisonian crisis 

Orthopaedics

Thursday 1st April 7pm-9pm (Brisbane time)
Selected orthopedic cases for the exam
Wrist Problems
Hand and carpal favorites - lunate and perilunate
Elbow - critoe, Gartland and Milch
Shoulder - anterior and posterior dislocations and reduction techniques
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Distal Radius
Lis franc fractures
Biers block
Pelvic fractures
Shoulder dislocations
Wrist - Bartons
Wrist - Lunateand Perilunate dislocations

NAI related orthopedics

Paediatric Elbow - supracondylar - Gartland
Medial condylar
lateral condylar - Milch
Scapular
Approach to shoulder xray
Elder Abuse
Pelvic fracture
Pelvic trauma approach 
Peri Lunate dislocation
Approach to a risk Xray
Shoulder- anterior dislocation, Bartons, Lunate, Perilunate, posterior dislocation
AP- Apical Oblique- lateral scapular views
Anterior disclocation classification
Techniques for shoulder relocation

Toxicology

Tuesday 6th April 7pm-9pm
Approach to Toxicology - a system for exam preparation
  • Toxidromes in detail
  • Selected exam cases
  • The top 20 drugs for the exam
  • The next 20 drugs for the exam
TOPICS COVERED IN WEBINARS RECORDED, LIVE AND TRIAL EXAMS
Sympathomimetic Syndrome- medical differential
Cocaine Overdose
Causes of Agitated Delirium
Anticholinergic Syndrome
Jimson Weed/ Belladonna Alkaloids
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome- Diagnostic Criteria
NMS- Supportive and specific management 
Approach to studying the toxicology Syllabus
Tops 20 Tox Drugs
SECONDARY TOX LIST OF DRUGS TO STUDY


SAQ Trial Exam feedback Session

Thursday 8th April 6pm-10pm
A review of  SAQ Trial Exams

Intensive Courses

Written Exam Review 3 day Course

​17th &18th & 19th April 2021
Face-to-face for all May 2021 candidates 
​Brisbane CBD venue 
VIA ZOOM for candidates not sitting in May 2021

9am-5pm (Brisbane timezone)
200 topics in 3 days
Final Revision Days
For May 2021 candidates only
30th April 2021  @  14h00-18h00
1st May 2021  @  11h00- 14h00
2nd May  2021 @  11h00-14h00

​INTENSIVE 4 DAY OSCE SIMULATION 
​9am-5pm daily 
15th, 16th, 17th, 18th  February 2021
Brisbane
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th August 2021
DAY 1
9am-10:30am
Introduction to the OSCE 

11:00- 1pm
Learning Strategies 

2pm-3:30pm
Examination Stations
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4pm-5:30pm
White board exercises
DAY 2
9am-10:30am
Cased based discussions

11:00- 1pm
Defibrillation, pacing, Oxylog

2pm-3:30pm
Procedure Station Scripts
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4pm-5:30pm
​Procedures
DAY 3
9am-10:30am
OSCE Sim Approach

​11:00- 1pm
Resus Simulations

2pm-3:30pm
Resus Simulations
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4pm-5:30pm
Resus Simulations
DAY 4
9am-10:30am
Resus Simulations

11:00- 1pm
Resus Simulations

2pm-3:30pm
Resus Simulations
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4pm-5:30pm
Wrap Up
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