Critical Bytes: Stranger Things - unusual clinical cases

Some of the most valuable learning comes from the cases you rarely see – the ones that don't fit the usual pattern, don't announce themselves loudly, and are all too easy to miss if you're not looking. In this Critical Bytes session, we'll work through four unusual presentations that you’ll need to get your thinking caps on to work through the clues and figure out what’s going on.

These aren't your everyday presentations. They're the subtle, the unexpected, and the deceptively ordinary looking cases that turn out to be anything but, which is why we’re reviewing them.

Keep your clinical curiosity sharp, train our brain to think beyond the obvious, and remind yourself that the right answer may live just outside the box we're used to working in.

Rather than hand you the diagnosis up front, we'll weave each story the way it actually unfolded at the bedside, giving you the cues as they appeared, the moments where it could have gone one way or another, and the point where the picture finally came into focus. Along the way, poll questions and discussion will put you in the driver's seat. Can you spot what's really going on? Can you get there before the reveal?

Come ready to think like a clinical detective, back your instincts, and test them against the room. You might be surprised what you catch – and what you almost missed.