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Episode 438 – Spaced Learning Series – SOB

  Episode description: An episode that left us catching our breath. Tune in for a journey of twists and turns with us!  Featuring: Valeria RoldanJasdeep BajwaMukund Raguram SchemasDyspnea pyramidUpper GI bleed Download CPSolvers App here RLRCPSOLVERS Click here to view the weekly episode recap email!

Episode 371 – Spaced Learning Series – Infectious Curiosity

Episode description: Welcome our new SLS team member, Seyma! The SLS team get together from four time zones across the world to discuss a challenging case of altered mental status. Featuring: Kirtan PatoliaAnna FretzPriyanka AthavaleSeyma Yildirim  SchemasAltered Mental StatusInfection 1.0 Infection 2.0 CNS lymphocytosis Download CPSolvers App… Read More »Episode 371 – Spaced Learning Series – Infectious Curiosity

Episode 365 – Spaced Learning Series – A Diagnostic Detour

Episode description: Jas presents a fascinating case of chest pain, dyspnea, and lower extremity edema that ends up in a very different place than any of us expected. Welcome to our new teammate Elena!  Featuring: Mukund RaguramJasdeep BajwaValeria RoldanElena Storz SchemasChest painDyspnea PyramidLower extremity edemaHypertensionAKI overviewNephrotic syndromeGlomerulonephritisAnemia… Read More »Episode 365 – Spaced Learning Series – A Diagnostic Detour

Episode 350 – Spaced Learning Series – nausea, vomiting and syncope

Episode description: Mukund presents a case of nausea, vomiting and syncope with many twists and turns to Valeria and Jas. Featuring: Mukund RaguramJasdeep BajwaValeria Roldan SchemasSyncopeNausea and vomiting thought trainImage negative abdominal pain Download CPSolvers App here RLRCPSOLVERS Click here to view the weekly episode recap email!

Spaced Learning Resources

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Spaced Learning Resources This is a CPS x Glass Health account created to help you DIGEST the wonderful content crafted by the CPSolvers team across all our platforms.  This contains curated pearls from previous VMRs, thought-provoking podcast reviews, and insightful infographics. Reasoning Rendezvous is a quarterly blog… Read More »Spaced Learning Resources

Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series  Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System Show Notes by Ayana Watkins October 18, 2022 Summary: This episode highlights the history and roots of the carceral system, as well as its far-reaching impacts on the health… Read More »Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

RLR 104 – Why so slow?

Reza discusses a mind-blowing case presented by Rabih. RLR now have over 100 episode on Patreon – consider subscribing here. Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website   

Episode 244: Queer rounds – Terminology 101

Vale, Brodie, and Gabriel discuss basic terminology of the LGBTQ+ community, the importance of communication in healthcare, and pieces of advice when using gender-inclusive language. Download CPSolvers App here  Patreon website

Episode 234: WDx #16 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Alexandra “Jay” Teng

Dr. Blythe Butler presents a case to Dr. Alexandra “Jay” Teng, followed by a discussion about her experience as a woman in an Internal Medicine procedural subspecialty. Alexandra “Jay” Teng Alexandra “Jay” Teng hails from Berkeley and graduated from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in… Read More »Episode 234: WDx #16 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Alexandra “Jay” Teng

Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 15: Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives  Show Notes by: Victor Anthony Lopez-Carmen, MPH April 5, 2022 Summary: This episode highlights homelessness’ impact on health, the structural and racialized nature of homelessness, and practical… Read More »Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

Episode 188: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 10 – Counterspaces in Medicine: Creating Safe Spaces and Redefining Value

In this episode, we invite the powerful sister duo Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS and Uché Blackstock, MD to share their experiences on leaving public health and academia to become social entrepreneurs, creating their own organizations in health equity. Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this… Read More »Episode 188: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 10 – Counterspaces in Medicine: Creating Safe Spaces and Redefining Value

Episode 181: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 9 – Moving Towards Antiracism in Medical Education

Summary In this special episode of the Antiracism in Medicine Series, originally recorded for the 2021 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, the CPSolvers Antiracism team discusses what must be done to make medical education more antiracist. The conversation spans stages of academic medical… Read More »Episode 181: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 9 – Moving Towards Antiracism in Medical Education

Episode 179: Neurology VMR – Headache and blurry vision

Description: We continue our campaign to #EndNeurophobia led by Aaron Berkowitz! This time, Doug presents a case of headache and blurry vision to Hannah and Dhruv. Neurology DDx Schema Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz  Dhruv Srinivasachar Dhruv Srinivasachar is a soon-to-be 1st year Medicine-Pediatrics resident at Western… Read More »Episode 179: Neurology VMR – Headache and blurry vision

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 47 – Hypernatremia

Thank you for your continued support and please give us feedback here! Rabih and Reza tackle a salty problem Schema Episode Quiz This episode is available on Patreon only. Why?  More about the RLR series here. 

Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

“There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns” – Octavia E. Butler Summary: We invite social justice champion and acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, Dorothy E. Roberts, JD, to discuss the history of race-based medicine and the movement for… Read More »Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 46 – Rash

Thank you for your continued support and please give us feedback here! Epic RLR case of a rash! Want to test your learning? Take our episode quiz here This episode is available on Patreon only. Why?  More about the RLR series here. 

Episode 173: Clinical unknown with Reza and Rabih at VMR: Dyspnea and finger swelling

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Reza and Rabih work through a case of dyspnea and finger swelling, presented to them by Dr. Usha George. Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Schema  Episode Quiz Dr. Usha George Dr. Usha George, MBBS (MAHE India), MSc (Respiratory Medicine) Imperial College University of London,… Read More »Episode 173: Clinical unknown with Reza and Rabih at VMR: Dyspnea and finger swelling

Episode 163: Human Dx Unknown with Lindsey – breast mass and joint pain

Lindsey, Kiara (#bossladies), and Scott discuss a clinical unknown presented by Devika Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Want to test your learning? Take our episode quiz Scott Walker Scott Walker grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee (Go Vols) where he completed his Bachelors in Kinesiology and Nutrition.… Read More »Episode 163: Human Dx Unknown with Lindsey – breast mass and joint pain

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 40 – Chest pain

Rabih and Reza tackle a case of chest pain presented by guest presenter Mohit Harsh Schema This episode is available on Patreon only. Why?  More about the RLR series here.  Want to test your learning? Take our episode quiz here

Episode 162: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 6 – Racism, Trustworthiness, and the COVID-19 Vaccine

In Episode 6 of the Antiracism in Medicine series, “Racism, Trustworthiness, and the #COVID19 vaccine,” we are joined by two forces in the field of health equity and academic medicine, Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith and Dr. Kimberly Manning, to discuss why the pandemic is the moment… Read More »Episode 162: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 6 – Racism, Trustworthiness, and the COVID-19 Vaccine

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 39 – Fever, dyspnea, and back pain

Rabih and Reza tackle a case of fever, dyspnea, and back pain presented by guest presenter Lawrence Yuen. This episode is available on Patreon only. Why?  More about the RLR series here.  Want to test your learning? Take our episode quiz here

Episode 155: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 5 – Racism, Power, and Policy: Building the Antiracist Health Systems of the Future

In this episode of Clinical Problem Solvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine, we are joined by Aletha Maybank MD, MPH, the American Medical Association’s (AMA) inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer and director of the AMA’s Center for Health Equity, and Camara Jones MD, PhD, MPH, thought leader… Read More »Episode 155: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 5 – Racism, Power, and Policy: Building the Antiracist Health Systems of the Future

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 33 – Confusion

Reza and Rabih take a “MIST”ical journey through a case of confusion This episode is available on Patreon only. Why?  More about the RLR series here. Schema Want to test your learning? Take our episode quiz here

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 31 – Back Pain

Reza and Rabih tackle a case of back pain. This episode is available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning?Take our Episode Quiz here

Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

This is the second episode of a three-part series on understanding and dismantling race-based medicine. We invite Drs. Nwamaka Eneanya and Jennifer Tsai to discuss the limitations and harms of race-based medicine in clinical practice. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in… Read More »Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

Episode 147: BeaST sized Schema – Meningoencephalitis

  Reza, Rabih, Sharmin, and Arsalan break down meningoencephalitis in this bite sized schema episode, inspired by Dr. Kimberly Manning. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here Patreon website Download CPSolvers App here

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 30 – Weakness Part 2

Reza and Rabih tackle a second case of weakness This episode is available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here Schema

Patreon Exclusive: RLR 29 – Weakness

Reza and Rabih tackle a case of weakness. This episode is available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning?Take our Episode Quiz here

Episode 141: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 2 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 1: Historical and Ethical Perspectives with Edwin Lindo

This is the first episode of a three-part series on understanding and dismantling race-based medicine by unearthing its origin and exposing the paucity of rigorous evidence in support of it. In this episode, we invite Critical Race Theory scholar Edwin Lindo, JD to discuss the… Read More »Episode 141: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 2 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 1: Historical and Ethical Perspectives with Edwin Lindo

Episode 140: RLR #26 – Hematuria

Reza and Rabih tackle a case of hematuria. This episode is available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here

Episode 139: RLR #25 – Fever

Reza and Rabih tackle a case of fever. This episode is available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 138: CNS and Lung Lesion Schema

Reza, Rabih, Sharmin, and Arsalan share their approach to CNS and lung lesions. Lung Nodule Schema Ataxia Schema Patreon website Download CPSolvers App here Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 137: Clinical unknown with Dell Medical and Rabih and Reza – dizziness & shortness of breath

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Reza and Rabih discuss an unknown case presented by Drs. Ramesh and Moriates at Dell Medical School Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Schema #1 Schema #2 Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here. Dr. Jan Ramesh Jan Ramesh is the Hospital Medicine Fellow in Quality and Safety… Read More »Episode 137: Clinical unknown with Dell Medical and Rabih and Reza – dizziness & shortness of breath

Episode 129 RLR #21 – Dyspnea (Live Audience!)

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of dyspnea. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Schema Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz below. Loading…

Episode 132 RLR #22 – Fever

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of dyspnea. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz

Episode 129 RLR #21 – Dyspnea (Live Audience!)

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of dyspnea. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.  Schema

Episode 124: RLR #20 – Fever

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of fever. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 122 RLR #18 – Dyspnea

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Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of dyspnea. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 119 RLR #17 – Fever (Live Audience!)

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Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of fever.  These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 118: RLR #16 – Pruritus (Live Audience!)

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Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of pruritus.  These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here. Want to test your learning? Take our Episode Quiz here.

Episode 113: RLR #14 – Hypoxia

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Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of hypoxia. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here.

“The Gender Gap in Diagnostic Reasoning: The Launch of Women in Diagnosis (WDx)” – Smitha Ganeshan

The Gender Gap in Diagnostic Reasoning: The Launch of Women in Diagnosis (WDx) Smitha Ganeshan, MD MBA Acknowledgements: Sharmin Shekarchian, MD, Emma Levine, MD, and Lindsey Shipley, MD, Daniel Minter, MD Medicine has a gender problem. Women are less likely to become full professors or… Read More »“The Gender Gap in Diagnostic Reasoning: The Launch of Women in Diagnosis (WDx)” – Smitha Ganeshan

Episode 109: RLR #12 – Chest Pain

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of chest pain. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here.

Episode 103: RLR #9 – Abdominal Pain

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of abdominal pain. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here.

Episode 100 – Juneteenth The H&P – History and Perspective – Stories and Conversations with Dr. Kimberly Manning and her Dad, Mr. William Draper, Sr

Dr. Kimberly Manning and her father, Mr. William Draper, commemorate Juneteenth, the holiday that celebrates the day when all remaining enslaved Black Americas were freed in Galveston Texas, on June 19th, 1865, with this hour-long storytelling event.  Click here to watch the video on the… Read More »Episode 100 – Juneteenth The H&P – History and Perspective – Stories and Conversations with Dr. Kimberly Manning and her Dad, Mr. William Draper, Sr

Episode 97: RLR #8 – Abdominal Distension

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Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of abdominal distension. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here.

Episode 92: RLR #5 – Abdominal pain

Episode description Reza and Rabih tackle a case of abdominal pain. These additional episodes will be available on Patreon only. Why? More about the RLR series here.

Episode – 89 – Virtual Morning Report #50 with Drs. Kimberly Manning and Gurpreet Dhaliwal – Foot Drop

Episode description Drs. Kimberly Manning and Gurpreet Dhaliwal discuss an unknown case as part of the 50th CPSolvers Virtual Morning Report. Virtual Morning Report Click here to learn more about joining VMR and learn together, live. Dr. Kimberly Manning Kimberly D. Manning, MD is a… Read More »Episode – 89 – Virtual Morning Report #50 with Drs. Kimberly Manning and Gurpreet Dhaliwal – Foot Drop

Episode 88 – RLR – Transient Loss of Consciousness

Episode description Reza and Rabih talk through a case RLR #4 – Transient loss of consciousness A 43-year-old man with a history of epilepsy, coronary artery disease, and pulmonary sarcoidosis presented after experiencing an unheralded transient loss of consciousness. His initial evaluation revealed no abnormalities. Ambulatory… Read More »Episode 88 – RLR – Transient Loss of Consciousness

Episode 86: Racial Disparities in COVID – Student Dr. Paul, Dr. Essien & Dr. Manning

Student Dr. Dereck Paul, Dr. Utibe Essien and Dr. Kimberly Manning join the CPSolvers to discuss racial disparities in COVID. Student Dr. Dereck Paul Dereck Paul is a 4th-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and applying into residency this… Read More »Episode 86: Racial Disparities in COVID – Student Dr. Paul, Dr. Essien & Dr. Manning

Episode 74: On COVID-19 – A case-based discussion with Drs. Block, Thakur, and Chin-Hong

Episode description Student Dr. Emma Levine moderates a COVID-19 case discussion with expert input from Drs. Brian Block, Neeta Thakur and Peter Chin-Hong Dr. Peter Chin-Hong Peter Chin-Hong is Associate Dean for Regional Campuses at UCSF School of Medicine. He is a medical educator who… Read More »Episode 74: On COVID-19 – A case-based discussion with Drs. Block, Thakur, and Chin-Hong

Episode 72 – On COVID-19 – A conversation with Colleagues from Italy Part 2

Episode description Mike Rose, Ryoko Hamaguchi, Reza Manesh and Rabih Geha interview Drs. Ripa and Monti from the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital CPSolver morning report  Dr. Marco Ripa Marco Ripa is a Researcher and Infectious Disease physician working at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.… Read More »Episode 72 – On COVID-19 – A conversation with Colleagues from Italy Part 2

Episode 71 – On COVID-19 – A conversation with Colleagues from Italy Part 1

Episode description Mike Rose, Ryoko Hamaguchi, Reza Manesh and Rabih Geha interview Drs. Ripa and Monti from the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital Dr. Marco Ripa Marco Ripa is a Researcher and Infectious Disease physician working at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. His main research… Read More »Episode 71 – On COVID-19 – A conversation with Colleagues from Italy Part 1

Episode 69: Lactic Acidosis

Episode description  Rabih, Reza, Arslan, Sharmin and Tony Breu share their approach to lactic acidosis. Lactic Acidosis Schema Hyperacute CHF Schema Tweetorial Patreon website Download CPSolvers App here

Episode 63 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Pitt residents – blurry vision and headache

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Episode description Dr. Nick Duca presents a Human Dx unknown to Reza and Pitt team  – Drs. Mallarino-Haeger and Augustin. Human Dx case Download CPSolvers App here Patreon website Dr. Ryan Augustin Ryan Augustin is a second-year internal medicine resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical… Read More »Episode 63 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Pitt residents – blurry vision and headache

How do I… Interpret Pulmonary function tests? – Zoë Lyon and Steph Le

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Hey CPSolvers! Scenario  You’re admitting an 80-year-old man for chronic, progressive shortness of breath.  He has a 65 pack-year smoking history. The chest x-ray is clear, BNP is low, and hemoglobin is normal. Your senior resident thinks you’re an all-star for looking for the pulmonary… Read More »How do I… Interpret Pulmonary function tests? – Zoë Lyon and Steph Le

Episode 56 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Northwestern’s residents – Drs. Peigh & McGee – loss of consciousness

Episode description Dr. David Kudlowitz presents a Human Dx case to Reza and Northwestern’s Drs. Katherine McGee and Graham Peigh. Download CPSolvers App here Show notes Human Dx case Dr. Katherine McGee Dr. McGee graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a second… Read More »Episode 56 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Northwestern’s residents – Drs. Peigh & McGee – loss of consciousness

Episode 50 – Human Dx unknown with Reza, Zaven & Baylor/Hopkins residents – Drs. Birnbaum & Varghese – Fever and Orthopnea

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Episode description Dr. Jad Al Danaf presents a Human Dx case to Baylor’s Drs. Jacqueline Birnbaum & Zaven Sargsyan, and Johns Hopkins Dr. Bibin Varghese Download CPSolvers App here Human Dx Case link Dr. Jacqueline Birnbaum Dr. Birnbaum graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. She… Read More »Episode 50 – Human Dx unknown with Reza, Zaven & Baylor/Hopkins residents – Drs. Birnbaum & Varghese – Fever and Orthopnea

Working Out – Dan Minter

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“How do they do it?!!” If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself asking that question after listening to a discussant on the podcast arrive at some unexpected diagnosis, only to have the biopsy or lab test prove them right. From the perspective of… Read More »Working Out – Dan Minter

Episode 41 – Human Dx Clinical unknown with student Dr. Levine, Dr. Rice, and Rabih – Fever, pharyngitis & dyspnea

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Episode description Dr. Zaven Sargsyan presents a Human Dx clinical unknown to student Dr. Levine, Dr. Rice and Rabih Download CPSolvers App here Case link – Human Dx App Emma Levine Emma Levine is currently a fourth-year medical student at the University of California, San… Read More »Episode 41 – Human Dx Clinical unknown with student Dr. Levine, Dr. Rice, and Rabih – Fever, pharyngitis & dyspnea

Episode 40 – Clinical unknown with Chris Jackson and Rabih – Dyspnea and thigh pain

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Episode description Dr. Chris Jackson presents a clinical unknown to Rabih Download CPSolvers App here Schema Show notes Dr. Chris Jackson Dr. Chris Jackson serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Program Director for Ambulatory Education at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center… Read More »Episode 40 – Clinical unknown with Chris Jackson and Rabih – Dyspnea and thigh pain