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🎙️ Episode 18 of The Host Response is out.

What 10 years in ID taught me:
• Antibiotics can hurt people
• Not every note needs to be a masterpiece
• You need a work buddy
• Vancomycin remains…vancomycin

Reflections for new ID docs (and reminders for the rest of us)
🎧 Listen now.

#idsky #meded
Episode 18 - 3 Tips for New ID Doctors: Then and Now
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 12/28/2025 · 5m
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December 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New episode of The Host Response: 🎙️ Everyone's Favourite ID Consults

Not all of the best ID consults come with fireworks.

Some are quieter, complex, and deeply meaningful.

From recurrent UTIs to follow-ups after treatment, these moments truly matter.

#IDky #MedEd #InternalMedicine
Episode 17 - Everyone's Favourite ID Consults
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 12/14/2025 · 8m
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December 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No new material from FirstCallID today.

Think of it as “CONSOLIDATION WEEK.” 📚

Catch up, rewatch, pretend you were here from the start (all acceptable choices).

🌐 firstcallid.ca

🎥 www.youtube.com/@FirstcallID

🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

#idsky #meded #imresidents #internalmedicine
FirstCallID – ID Teaching Videos & Podcast for Trainees
Case-based ID teaching videos and a short-format podcast for trainees. Created by Dr. Paul Bunce to support real-world clinical thinking.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🎙️ The Host Response — Episode 16: The Bundle 2.0

Dr. Brooke Fraser returns for a review of what’s been catching our ID brains lately: teaching tools, papers that may shift practice, ideas from outside medicine, and pearls that show up in work.

For those in ID (or ID-adjacent) enjoy!

#idsky #meded
Episode 16 - The Bundle 2.0
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 11/30/2025 · 21m
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November 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If you find repeated posts of this tweet annoying, imagine having repeated UTI's!

Hard to cure completely, but an ID assessment can go a long way in reducing episodes and shaping future evaluation and treatment.

Here’s a short video outlining an ID assessment in recurrent UTI.

#idsky #meded #uti
Just released 🎥

FirstCallID: Approach to Recurrent UTI.

A very common problem that still refuses to be simple.

#idsky #meded #uti
FirstCallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consult: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just released 🎥

FirstCallID: Approach to Recurrent UTI.

A very common problem that still refuses to be simple.

#idsky #meded #uti
FirstCallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consult: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🎙️ The Host Response - Don’t Be Rash

A walkthrough of dermatologic presentations with implications for infectious diseases, systemic illness, and acute care decision-making.

Focused, clinically oriented, and applicable to everyday ID practice.

#InfectiousDiseases #meded #idsky #idderm
Episode 15 - Don’t Be Rash
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 11/16/2025 · 14m
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November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New teaching video from FCID: Approach to CNS infections (meningitis, encephalitis, abscess).

This session focuses on framing the history, contextual clues, and early evaluation. Also the importance of considering non-infectious mimics when the pieces do not fit.

#meded #idsky #CNSinfections
FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Central Nervous System Infections
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A paper doesn’t have to be widely read/cited to matter.

If you wrote it with a trainee, at least you know that one person learned something.

🎧 The Host Response: Publication for the Non-Publicationist
#idsky #meded
On being quietly pleased with small academic wins.
On learning to say no.
On the psychic who told my mother that I’d be published.

It’s a reflection on writing, and on protecting your bandwidth.

🎧 The Host Response: Publication for the Non-Publicationist

#idsky #meded #academicmedicine
Episode 14 - Publication for the Non-Publicationist
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 11/02/2025 · 5m
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November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reposted by FirstcallID
On being quietly pleased with small academic wins.
On learning to say no.
On the psychic who told my mother that I’d be published.

It’s a reflection on writing, and on protecting your bandwidth.

🎧 The Host Response: Publication for the Non-Publicationist

#idsky #meded #academicmedicine
Episode 14 - Publication for the Non-Publicationist
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 11/02/2025 · 5m
podcasts.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On being quietly pleased with small academic wins.
On learning to say no.
On the psychic who told my mother that I’d be published.

It’s a reflection on writing, and on protecting your bandwidth.

🎧 The Host Response: Publication for the Non-Publicationist

#idsky #meded #academicmedicine
Episode 14 - Publication for the Non-Publicationist
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 11/02/2025 · 5m
podcasts.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When the diagnosis is unclear, structure is your ally.

This video walks through a practical, evidence-informed way to approach FUO, grounded in real consult experience.
New FCID teaching video - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Fever of Unknown Origin.

The consult that humbles everyone, eventually.

A structured approach to FUO...and when to stray off the path and “go for the money.”

youtu.be/afKxBzwz-d4

#idsky #meded #fuo
FirstCall ID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Fever of Unknown Origin
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New FCID teaching video - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Fever of Unknown Origin.

The consult that humbles everyone, eventually.

A structured approach to FUO...and when to stray off the path and “go for the money.”

youtu.be/afKxBzwz-d4

#idsky #meded #fuo
FirstCall ID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Fever of Unknown Origin
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Finally, someone’s given a name to the performative act of expounding wisdom just recently learned… VDRAK!

Now you can spot it when you see it, chuckle when it appears, and (hopefully) catch it in yourself before falling into the same trap.

#vulgardisplayofrecentlyacquiredknowledge
🎙️ New Episode of The Host Response:
“The Vulgar Display of Recently Acquired Knowledge”

We’ve all seen it: the colleague who drops a shiny new fact like it’s ancient wisdom.

Let’s talk about performative expertise and why it stings (and seduces) us all.

#idsky #TheHostResponse #FirstCallID #MedEd
Episode 13 - The Vulgar Display of Recently Acquired Knowledge (VDRAK)
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 10/19/2025 · 6m
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October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🎙️ New Episode of The Host Response:
“The Vulgar Display of Recently Acquired Knowledge”

We’ve all seen it: the colleague who drops a shiny new fact like it’s ancient wisdom.

Let’s talk about performative expertise and why it stings (and seduces) us all.

#idsky #TheHostResponse #FirstCallID #MedEd
Episode 13 - The Vulgar Display of Recently Acquired Knowledge (VDRAK)
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 10/19/2025 · 6m
podcasts.apple.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Febrile neutropenia is fun...until it isn't"

No 2 cases are the same, and a structured approach to your assessment and empiric therapy is key.

Here, we cover the basics of the ID consult for patients with chemo-induced FN. A classic "on-call emergency."

(ps. FN is never fun for the patient)
New FirstCallID session: Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia.

A structured approach to history, exam, investigations, and empiric therapy.

🎥 youtu.be/oPhsYsWTj74

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #idsky
FirstcallID - How to do an ID Consultation: Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New FirstCallID session: Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia.

A structured approach to history, exam, investigations, and empiric therapy.

🎥 youtu.be/oPhsYsWTj74

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #idsky
FirstcallID - How to do an ID Consultation: Chemotherapy-Induced Febrile Neutropenia
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🎙️ New from The Host Response: The Bundle

This episode features a new format—part roundtable, part reflection—where we talk about what’s shaping ID thinking right now.

Featuring guest host, Dr. Brooke Fraser.

🔗 firstcallid.ca
#FirstCallID #MedEd #IDsky
Episode 12 - The Bundle
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 10/05/2025 · 15m
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October 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New FirstcallID Teaching Video 🎥

Approach Non-Resolving Pneumonia 🫁

A practical framework for ID consultations; covering history, exposures, investigations, and when to consider further interventions.

Watch now(and share often)!

#InfectiousDiseases #MedEd #AntibioticStewardship #idsky
FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Non-Resolving Pneumonia
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you haven't checked out this gem (odds are, you haven't yet), take a listen!

The art of "the Mulligan"...it feels great when you apply it, and it's fun to explain to trainees.

Also, it may be the best option for your patient (when used wisely).
⛳️ THR Episode 11 – The Mulligan

In golf, a mulligan is a do-over.

In ID, sometimes the best move is the same: stop, reset, and start fresh.

We discuss the value of this strategy and when use it (or shelve it).

#InfectiousDiseases #AntibioticStewardship #MedEd #idsky

🎧 Listen here:
Episode 11 - The Mulligan
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/21/2025 · 5m
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September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
⛳️ THR Episode 11 – The Mulligan

In golf, a mulligan is a do-over.

In ID, sometimes the best move is the same: stop, reset, and start fresh.

We discuss the value of this strategy and when use it (or shelve it).

#InfectiousDiseases #AntibioticStewardship #MedEd #idsky

🎧 Listen here:
Episode 11 - The Mulligan
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/21/2025 · 5m
podcasts.apple.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reason for consult: Blood cultures positive, Gram-negative bacteria.

If only there was a resource offering an approach to this
situation...

Found it! Now take a look, and share with those taking these calls and seeing these patients.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-i...

#internalmedicine #FOAMID
Gram-neg bacteremia is common, important, and often the reason ID is called.

It's not just about picking an antibiotic, but also asking why it happened, and what else to do?

This FCID session reviews an approach to the patient with GNB bacteremia.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #FOAMed #idsky
FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Gram-negative Bacilli Bacteremia
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Gram-neg bacteremia is common, important, and often the reason ID is called.

It's not just about picking an antibiotic, but also asking why it happened, and what else to do?

This FCID session reviews an approach to the patient with GNB bacteremia.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #FOAMed #idsky
FirstcallID - How to do an Infectious Diseases Consultation: Gram-negative Bacilli Bacteremia
YouTube video by FirstcallID
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
When trainee & attending aren’t in sync, it can feel awkward...like stepping out of an elevator that’s just shy of level.

In this THR, we explore how to spot the gap, and hopefully start closing it.
🎙️The Host Response: Out of Step

When your plan is careful, evidence-based… and your attending still says “No, do the opposite”?

This episode is about those moments of mismatch between trainee & attending, and how to find your footing when you feel out of sync.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #idsky
Episode 10 - Out of Step
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/07/2025 · 5m
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September 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🎙️The Host Response: Out of Step

When your plan is careful, evidence-based… and your attending still says “No, do the opposite”?

This episode is about those moments of mismatch between trainee & attending, and how to find your footing when you feel out of sync.

#MedEd #InfectiousDiseases #idsky
Episode 10 - Out of Step
Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 09/07/2025 · 5m
podcasts.apple.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM