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Clinical Opal - ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’

Tyler is a 22 year old university student who presents to you late one afternoon. He is new to the practice. He starts the consultation off by saying ‘It’s a bit embarrassing, doctor’, and awkwardly proceeds to describe penile discharge and painful urination for the past couple of days.

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Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Clinical Opal - thrombophilia testing after a DVT
Dr Simon Morgan

It is 3PM on a Thursday afternoon and your next patient is Dimitri, a 54 year old groundsman. Dimitri is attending for review after a recent lower leg DVT following a knee arthroscopy.

Clinical Opal - Gene Testing
Clinical Opal - Gene Testing
Dr Simon Morgan

Your next patient is Belinda, a 54-year-old dressmaker and new patient to the practice. Belinda presents to you bearing a sheaf of printed material from the internet and asks for a request form for the MTHFR gene...

Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing
Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing
Dr Robert Walker

It’s amazing how quickly things can change with ‘novel’ drugs...

Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Dr Simon Morgan

It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...

Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Dr Gerard Ingham

Mary is a 69-year-old retired teacher discharged two weeks ago from the local public hospital after repair of a fractured neck of femur...

Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
Kate Clutton

Medcast is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from The Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP).

Clinical Opal #18 - IBS or IBD?
Clinical Opal #18 - IBS or IBD?
Dr Simon Morgan

Millie, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a five week history of diarrhoea...

Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding
Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding
Medcast Medical Education Team

Phillipa, new to your practice, is 36 and presents with an unplanned pregnancy, estimated at 8 weeks gestation. She is generally healthy with no significant history...

Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Dr Simon Morgan

Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...