99 Topics For The Ccfp

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 Lookout, Ontario. His lectures are focused on OSCE content rather than the 99 Topics, which I think complements this podcast nicely. I find his lecture style a bit too energetic for me, but the content is fantastic, and he has a knack for simplifying complex content. This week's links: Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion. - Cochrane Collaboration (2012) Lower versus higher hemoglobin threshold for transfusion in septic shock (2014) Evaluation of anemia in the adult according to the mean corpuscular volume - UpToDate Iron Studies Interpretation - Perth Haematology Anemia in Adults: A Contemporary Approach to Diagnosis - Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2003) Red Cell Folate Testing: Unwarranted and Overutilized in the Era of Folic Acid Supplementation (2010) Iron Needs in Babies and Child - Canadian Paediat

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 important point out of this whole podcast is that epinephrine, given IM at anaphylaxis doses, is essentially without serious sequelae. If you think of anaphylaxis, you should probably give it!" This week's links: "Emergency Plan" for Epipen and Allerject - Anaphylaxis Canada Safety of epinephrine for anaphylaxis in the emergency setting (2013)

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 started, feedback (and corrections) are greatly appreciated. Please do get in touch via email or twitter. This week's links: ACLS Algorithm — UpToDate (paywalled) Is Kayexalate Useless? — EMCrit (2011) Digoxin Toxicity — Life in the Fast Lane (2014) Cessation of CPR — Life in the Fast Lane (2014) Managing Difficult Patients (Episode 51) — Emergency Medicine Cases (2014)

Our first podcast kicks off with a bang — the massive topic of Abdominal Pain! As we're just getting started, feedback (and corrections) are greatly appreciated. Please do get in touch via email or twitter. This week's links: The Low FODMAP Diet — Stanford Health Care (2009)

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: Swanson's Family Medicine Review — My favourite study resource bar none! An American textbook (although I've been told Swanson himself was Canadian) focused on the AAFP examinations, but nonetheless broad enough in scope to touch on most if not all of what we need to know for the CCFP exam. Why do I love it? It's case-based: it holds my attention as I work through a presenting complaint, differential, management, and then I come out on the other side knowing more about a particular condition. Highly recommended, and a good resource that can hold your attention when you're burnt out from learning "bullet point medicine". The Practice Based Small Group (PBSG) Learning Program (a.k.a. "The McMaster PBLs") — The McMaster PBLs are a good resource for the CCFP, and useful for Mainpro credit once you're out into solo practi