Ben Lovell
@drbenlovell.bsky.social
@work Acute Med Consultant, Deputy Director Med Ed, Hon Assoc Prof Med Ed, author, simulation lead @home cats, theatre, gym, books, piano, horror.
🚨New episode!
What happens when we take work home with us and can't switch off?
Ever been in bed at night & can't stop thinking of someone you saw that day & where you went wrong?
Amie presents a case to Ben of confusion with a surprising twist..
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What happens when we take work home with us and can't switch off?
Ever been in bed at night & can't stop thinking of someone you saw that day & where you went wrong?
Amie presents a case to Ben of confusion with a surprising twist..
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Another UTI?
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 13/01/2026 · 47m
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January 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
🚨New episode!
What happens when we take work home with us and can't switch off?
Ever been in bed at night & can't stop thinking of someone you saw that day & where you went wrong?
Amie presents a case to Ben of confusion with a surprising twist..
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
What happens when we take work home with us and can't switch off?
Ever been in bed at night & can't stop thinking of someone you saw that day & where you went wrong?
Amie presents a case to Ben of confusion with a surprising twist..
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Very happy to announce the Home of Medicine has a new home, as an @rcpedin.bsky.social podcast!
As usual, each episode is an interesting case from the medical take, where we work through to get the diagnosis (or not!), focusing on clinical reasoning
New episode ⤵️
open.spotify.com/episode/4oIB...
As usual, each episode is an interesting case from the medical take, where we work through to get the diagnosis (or not!), focusing on clinical reasoning
New episode ⤵️
open.spotify.com/episode/4oIB...
November 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Very happy to announce the Home of Medicine has a new home, as an @rcpedin.bsky.social podcast!
As usual, each episode is an interesting case from the medical take, where we work through to get the diagnosis (or not!), focusing on clinical reasoning
New episode ⤵️
open.spotify.com/episode/4oIB...
As usual, each episode is an interesting case from the medical take, where we work through to get the diagnosis (or not!), focusing on clinical reasoning
New episode ⤵️
open.spotify.com/episode/4oIB...
🚨 new episode!
How do you like to hear your clinical cases? Diagnosis first or presenting complaint first?
How does the way a patient is presented to us affect how we perceive the case?
Listen along with our new case and see if you can work it out…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How do you like to hear your clinical cases? Diagnosis first or presenting complaint first?
How does the way a patient is presented to us affect how we perceive the case?
Listen along with our new case and see if you can work it out…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Abdominal Pain
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 24/02/2025 · 35m
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February 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 new episode!
How do you like to hear your clinical cases? Diagnosis first or presenting complaint first?
How does the way a patient is presented to us affect how we perceive the case?
Listen along with our new case and see if you can work it out…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How do you like to hear your clinical cases? Diagnosis first or presenting complaint first?
How does the way a patient is presented to us affect how we perceive the case?
Listen along with our new case and see if you can work it out…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
🚨 Oldie but goodie!
Amie and I are reposting our favourite episodes from over the years
Here is a big one for us - a ‘simple case’ of chest pain that had some bigger reverberations than anticipated.
Have a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Amie and I are reposting our favourite episodes from over the years
Here is a big one for us - a ‘simple case’ of chest pain that had some bigger reverberations than anticipated.
Have a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
REPOST; Chest pain - A Missed Opportunity - Our Favourite Episode Yet!
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 10/02/2025 · 32m
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February 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 Oldie but goodie!
Amie and I are reposting our favourite episodes from over the years
Here is a big one for us - a ‘simple case’ of chest pain that had some bigger reverberations than anticipated.
Have a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Amie and I are reposting our favourite episodes from over the years
Here is a big one for us - a ‘simple case’ of chest pain that had some bigger reverberations than anticipated.
Have a listen.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
He still remembers the time I hid a packet of dreamies behind the bookshelf 3 years ago
February 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
He still remembers the time I hid a packet of dreamies behind the bookshelf 3 years ago
A patient presents with seizures & left arm weakness. It’s a tricky scenario that sparks a key debate: should we perform an LP?
We break down the decision-making process, and discuss the challenges of diagnosing neurological conditions in Acute Medicine.
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We break down the decision-making process, and discuss the challenges of diagnosing neurological conditions in Acute Medicine.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Seizures… Again?!
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 03/02/2025 · 40m
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February 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A patient presents with seizures & left arm weakness. It’s a tricky scenario that sparks a key debate: should we perform an LP?
We break down the decision-making process, and discuss the challenges of diagnosing neurological conditions in Acute Medicine.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
We break down the decision-making process, and discuss the challenges of diagnosing neurological conditions in Acute Medicine.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
Reposted by Ben Lovell
I needed that today. There’s an awful lot going on in my life. And I love music theater. And your cats are a hoot.
Trying to get them to play the Elphaba and Glinda game with varying degrees of success
January 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I needed that today. There’s an awful lot going on in my life. And I love music theater. And your cats are a hoot.
Trying to get them to play the Elphaba and Glinda game with varying degrees of success
January 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trying to get them to play the Elphaba and Glinda game with varying degrees of success
I love it when TV shows have to come up with authentic-sounding medication
January 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I love it when TV shows have to come up with authentic-sounding medication
🚨 New episode!
This is an unusual episode which I didn’t find easy to record. Instead of the working through the clinical story towards a diagnosis, I am asking: what would you do in this situation?
What should I have done?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
This is an unusual episode which I didn’t find easy to record. Instead of the working through the clinical story towards a diagnosis, I am asking: what would you do in this situation?
What should I have done?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
A Challenging Consultation - Fatigue
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 20/01/2025 · 36m
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January 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🚨 New episode!
This is an unusual episode which I didn’t find easy to record. Instead of the working through the clinical story towards a diagnosis, I am asking: what would you do in this situation?
What should I have done?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
This is an unusual episode which I didn’t find easy to record. Instead of the working through the clinical story towards a diagnosis, I am asking: what would you do in this situation?
What should I have done?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
No-one at gym knows that whilst I am lifting 100kg I’m listening to the Broadway recording of Sweeney Todd
Unless they can lip-read
Unless they can lip-read
January 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No-one at gym knows that whilst I am lifting 100kg I’m listening to the Broadway recording of Sweeney Todd
Unless they can lip-read
Unless they can lip-read
Now sure why Sigourney Weaver has taken such a caning in the reviews for the The Tempest in London, she was fine?
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Now sure why Sigourney Weaver has taken such a caning in the reviews for the The Tempest in London, she was fine?
🚨 new episode!
When is a painful shoulder not a painful shoulder?
Listen along as Amie reveals her case and see if you can guess the diagnosis before I do…
As usual, diagnostic and clinical reasoning is at the forefront of this episode
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
When is a painful shoulder not a painful shoulder?
Listen along as Amie reveals her case and see if you can guess the diagnosis before I do…
As usual, diagnostic and clinical reasoning is at the forefront of this episode
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Painful Shoulder
Podcast Episode · Home of Medicine with Dr Amie Burbridge and Dr Ben Lovell · 06/01/2025 · 32m
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January 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚨 new episode!
When is a painful shoulder not a painful shoulder?
Listen along as Amie reveals her case and see if you can guess the diagnosis before I do…
As usual, diagnostic and clinical reasoning is at the forefront of this episode
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
When is a painful shoulder not a painful shoulder?
Listen along as Amie reveals her case and see if you can guess the diagnosis before I do…
As usual, diagnostic and clinical reasoning is at the forefront of this episode
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Posting because doctors need to know this stuff
January 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Posting because doctors need to know this stuff
Post-virally I am sleeping 10 hours a night, yet still waking up unrefreshed and disoriented, like my bleep has just gone off.
January 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Post-virally I am sleeping 10 hours a night, yet still waking up unrefreshed and disoriented, like my bleep has just gone off.
Interesting paper.
What interventions *actually* make a difference in improving working lives for resident doctors?
Intrigued by below excerpt: reducing hours does not seem to affect well-being/burnout. This isn’t enough.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What interventions *actually* make a difference in improving working lives for resident doctors?
Intrigued by below excerpt: reducing hours does not seem to affect well-being/burnout. This isn’t enough.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Interesting paper.
What interventions *actually* make a difference in improving working lives for resident doctors?
Intrigued by below excerpt: reducing hours does not seem to affect well-being/burnout. This isn’t enough.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What interventions *actually* make a difference in improving working lives for resident doctors?
Intrigued by below excerpt: reducing hours does not seem to affect well-being/burnout. This isn’t enough.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Michael Crichton is so much more productive than me, this is the fourth book he has written since his death in 2008
December 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Michael Crichton is so much more productive than me, this is the fourth book he has written since his death in 2008
Left: 13-hour shift on take
Right: day of a 4k run
As knackering as Acute Medicine can be, you get your steps in 🏃♂️💙
Right: day of a 4k run
As knackering as Acute Medicine can be, you get your steps in 🏃♂️💙
December 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Left: 13-hour shift on take
Right: day of a 4k run
As knackering as Acute Medicine can be, you get your steps in 🏃♂️💙
Right: day of a 4k run
As knackering as Acute Medicine can be, you get your steps in 🏃♂️💙
All the Famous Fives ❤️ 🎁
My childhood !
My childhood !
December 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
All the Famous Fives ❤️ 🎁
My childhood !
My childhood !
The cats doing their air raid siren noises to scare off the black cat from down the road
December 24, 2024 at 10:24 AM
The cats doing their air raid siren noises to scare off the black cat from down the road
Can I show off this reverse park my husband just achieved
December 22, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Can I show off this reverse park my husband just achieved
Surrounded by an ocean of Flu In both working and personal life.
Walking into rooms left-deltoid first, leading with my flu vaccine like an amulet.
Walking into rooms left-deltoid first, leading with my flu vaccine like an amulet.
December 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Surrounded by an ocean of Flu In both working and personal life.
Walking into rooms left-deltoid first, leading with my flu vaccine like an amulet.
Walking into rooms left-deltoid first, leading with my flu vaccine like an amulet.
This is me trying to stop Sigmund doing his impression of a taxidermy cat by banging out one of the Christmas golden oldies
December 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM
This is me trying to stop Sigmund doing his impression of a taxidermy cat by banging out one of the Christmas golden oldies