Monash Medical Centre – Online Collaborative Teaching

Collaborative Teaching
Please register for the Monash Health Primary Education Network Online Tutorial Sessions with the link below. These hour-long tutorials are based around unpacking your responses to pre-determined SAQs on defined syllabus topics with either a Consultant Intensivist, or a Senior Trainee recently successful at the Primary Examination. Some sessions may include an unseen SAQ written to time during the session. The topic, facilitator, and their contact details are given below.
Topic: Thermoregulation and haematology
Facilitator: Rob Olver
Contact Email: robert.olver@monashhealth.org

SAQs

1. Briefly outline the production and fate of Red Blood Cells (RBC) (40% of marks). Describe the breakdown of haemoglobin (Hb) (60% of marks).
2. Outline the sequence of haemostatic events after injury to a blood vessel wall (50% of marks). Discuss the role of naturally occurring anticoagulants in preventing clot formation in-vivo (50% of marks).
3. Outline the formation, structure, and function of the platelet.
4. Describe the mechanisms by which heat is lost from the body (40% of marks). Discuss the importance of each of these in a sedated and intubated adult patient (60% of marks
5. Outline the mechanisms by which normal body temperature is maintained and regulated.