Spoonful of Medicine

By Dr Nimisha Aithal

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Spoonful of Medicine is a Paediatric Medical Podcast created by Dr Nim Aithal (General Paediatric and Paediatric Cardiology Advanced Trainee). It aims to help you improve your paediatric knowledge one spoonful at a time! With fortnightly episodes, and occasional mini-sodes, you'll be able to build your knowledge and feel more comfortable working with the little humans we care for. 

Find us on Instagram @spoonful.of.medicine
Contact us at spoonfulofmedicinepodcast@gmail.com. 

Note: Information is for medical education; Not clinical advice. Check your local guidelines for specific clinical advice and recommendations.

Spoonful of Medicine Podcast © 2022 by Nimisha Aithal is licensed under Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/


Episode Date
S5 - Episode 7 - Innocent vs Pathological Murmurs - Murmur on the Dance Floor
Jun 14, 2026
S5 - Episode 6 - Types Congenital Heart Defects - For Shunts and Giggles
May 31, 2026
S5 - Episode 5 - Congenital Heart Defects - Baby I'm Born This Way
May 17, 2026
S5 - Episode 4 - The HEADSS Screen - [Guest: Dr Lloyd Snook]
May 11, 2026
S5 - Episode 3 - Advanced Care Planning in Paediatrics - [Guest: Dr Daniel Dorevitch]
Apr 26, 2026
S5 - Episode 2 - Paediatric Palliative Care - [Guest: Dr Daniel Dorevitch]
Apr 12, 2026
S5 - Episode 1 - Being an Effective Clinical Communicator - [Guest: Dr Daniel Dorevitch]
Mar 29, 2026
S4 - Episode 18 - [Article Read] - Why is it so hard to take a break in Medicine?
Oct 26, 2025
S4 - Episode 17 - Allergic Rhinitis - A Funny Runny Naughty Nose
Oct 12, 2025
S4 - Episode 16 - Eczema - Here come Itchy and Scratchy! [Guest: Dr Nicola Bobeldyk]
Sep 28, 2025
S4 - Episode 15 - Food Allergies - When the immune system goes nuts! [Guest: Dr Brandon Lo]
Sep 14, 2025
S4 - Episode 14 - [Article Read] - What Junior Doctors think about General Practice
Aug 10, 2025
S4 - Episode 13 - Cow's Milk Protein Intolerance (CMPI) - Udderly Legen-Dairy
Jul 28, 2025
S4 - Episode 12 - [Article Read] - Unaccredited Registrars
Jul 13, 2025
S4 - Episode 11 - RSV - Oh so very virulent
Jun 30, 2025
S4 - Episode 10 - [Article Read] - The Cost of Medicine
Jun 22, 2025
S4 - Episode 9 - Short Stature - What's Up Shawty?
Jun 08, 2025
S4 - Episode 8 - SIADH, DI and CSW - A Tricky Trio
May 25, 2025
S4 - Episode 7 - Beta Thalassemia - Bye Bye Beta Globin
Apr 21, 2025
S4 - Episode 6 - Alpha Thalassemia - Got no As to my Bs
Mar 31, 2025
S4 - Episode 5 - Infantile Spasms - Oh Baby Baby
Mar 16, 2025
S4 - Episode 4 - Tick Paralysis - A Tricky Tick-y
Mar 02, 2025
S4 - Episode 3 - The RACP Short Case (Revision Revisited)
Feb 11, 2025
S4 - Episode 2 - The RACP Long Case (Revision Revisited)
Feb 10, 2025
S4 - Episode 1 - The RACP Written Exam (Revision Revisited)
Feb 09, 2025
S3 - Episode 12 - Sickle Cell Disease - Crispy Cresent RBCs
Nov 17, 2024
S3 - Episode 11 - Osteogenesis Imperfecta - Little Brittle Breaking Bones
Oct 27, 2024
S3 - Episode 10 - Blood Gas Interpretation - The BFG of Investigations
Oct 06, 2024
S3 - Episode 9 - Neonatal Scalp Swellings - Baby's got a bump
Sep 15, 2024
S3 - Episode 8 - Kawasaki Disease PART 2 - Caring about the Coronaries
Aug 27, 2024
S3 - Episode 7 - Kawasaki Disease PART 1 - Crash and Burn
Aug 21, 2024
S3 - Episode 6 - An Approach to The Sick Child - Don't be Scared
Jul 28, 2024
S3 - Episode 5 - Neonatal Hypoglycaemia - A sweet baby is a good baby!
Jul 15, 2024
S3 - Episode 4 - Paediatric Heart Failure - The tale of the tired ventricles
May 12, 2024
S3 - Episode 2 - The RACP Long Case - To cut a long story short [Guest: Dr Kriscara Singh]
Mar 24, 2024
S3 - Episode 3 - The RACP Short Case - The short and sweet treat [Guest: Dr Kriscara Singh]
Mar 24, 2024
S3 - Episode 1 - Acute Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease - Not so Noble GAS [Guest: Dr Felicity Honneff]
Mar 10, 2024
Season 3 - Spoonful of Medicine Season 3 is Staring Soon!!
Jan 26, 2024
S2 - Episode 13 - Apnoea of Prematurity - Babychinos for everyone!
Dec 28, 2023
S2 - Episode 12 - Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) - Baby be Breathless
Dec 17, 2023
S2 - Episode 11 - Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) - Eye Spy with a Litte Eye
Dec 10, 2023
S2 - Episode 10 - Intraventricular Haemorrhage (IVH) - Baby's got Blood on the Brain
Dec 03, 2023
S2 - Episode 9 - Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) - Baby Bowel Gone Bad
Nov 28, 2023
S2 - Episode 8 - Prematurity - The Early Bird Gets to Come to NICU!
Nov 21, 2023
S2 - Episode 7 - Crohn's Disease - Game of Chrohn's [Guest: Dr Felicity]
Oct 26, 2023
S2 - Episode 6 - Ulcerative Colitis - UC What's Up with the Colon [Guest: Dr Felicity]
Oct 09, 2023
S2 - Episode 5 - Chest Drains - Gone with the wind and fluid!
Aug 08, 2023
S2 - Episode 4 - Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - In terms of Insulin, the body's got none!
Jul 24, 2023
S2 - Episode 3 - Immune Thrombocytopenia - Where did the platelets go?
Jul 07, 2023
S2 - Episode 2 - Study Group and Approach to the RACP Written Exam - Stressed but Blessed [Guest Dr Kriscara]
Jun 10, 2023
Teaspoon Minisode - Spirometry (Lung Function Testing)
Mar 12, 2023
S2 - Episode 1 - Cystic Fibrosis - Mutations and Mucous
Feb 22, 2023
Season 2 - Spoonful of Medicine Season 2 - Starting Soon!
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 26 - Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD) - Got Little cysts and Big Problems!
Nov 27, 2022
Episode 25 - Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) - Bubbles in the Kidneys
Nov 13, 2022
Episode 24 - Nephrtitic Syndrome and Acute Post Strep Glomerulonephritis - Is that coke I see in my pee?
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 23 - Nephrotic Syndrome - Peeing out that Protein!
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 22 - VACTERL Association - Not such a coincidence!
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 21 - von Willebrand Disease - When the platelets can't stick
Sep 11, 2022
Episode 20 - Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome | What is the bigger half?!
Aug 28, 2022
Episode 19 - Alagille Syndrome | Where are the bile ducts at?!
Aug 14, 2022
Episode 18 - Asthma | Gotta Catch your Breath!
Jul 31, 2022
Episode 17 - Gastroesophageal Reflux - Oh my GORD!
Jul 10, 2022
Episode 16 - Coeliac Disease - Goodbye Gluten!
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 15 - Neonatal Thrombocytopenia - Well if it ain't a case of NAIT!
Jun 12, 2022
Episode 14 - Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn - Okay you need the K
May 29, 2022
Episode 13 - Congenital Long QT Syndrome | Not so Cutie-Pie!
May 15, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Meckel’s Diverticulum | Look who stuck around
May 01, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis | The Hungry Vomiter
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 11 - Oesophageal atresia (OA) and Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) | It's a blind end
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 12 - Intestinal Malrotation + Midgut Volvulus | The bowel goes around the twist!
Apr 10, 2022
Episode 10 - Hirschsprung’s Disease | This colon has lost it's gang!
Apr 03, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Story time with Angus [Guest: Dr Angus Lane]
Mar 27, 2022
Episode 9 - Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia | Bit of bowel in the chest
Mar 20, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Transient Tachypnoea of the Newborn (TTN)
Mar 16, 2022
Episode 8 - Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) | Baby can't breathe!
Mar 13, 2022
Episode 7 - Ventilation in the Neonate | PIP-ity PEEP!
Mar 06, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Neonatal HSV Infection
Mar 02, 2022
Episode 6 - The Febrile Baby | Hot Potato
Feb 27, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Newborn Hearing Screening/Assesment (Guest: Dr Sree Aithal)
Feb 23, 2022
Episode 5 - Hearing Loss in Children | Sorry, what did you say? (Guest: Dr Sree Aithal)
Feb 20, 2022
Episode 4 - Infantile vs Congenital Hemangiomas | What's that red spot?!
Feb 13, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - Umbilical Hernias | Bump on the Belly
Feb 09, 2022
Episode 3 - Inguinal Hernias and Hydrocoeles | What to do with those lumps
Feb 06, 2022
Episode 2 - The Neonatal Examination | Oh baby you'll be fine
Jan 30, 2022
Teaspoon Minisode - IV Fluids | Don't be scared!
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 1 - Cryptorchidism (Undescended testicle/s) | Where did the Ball Go?
Jan 25, 2022
Trailer - Spoonful of Medicine - What you can expect!
Jan 22, 2022