Nigel Lane is a Consultant in Acute Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK, Louise Powter, Consultant in Acute Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK, and Sam Patel, Consultant in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology, Clinical Director, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK


Nigel Lane is a Consultant in Acute Medicine. He graduated from the University of Bristol and has worked mainly in the UK since then. He passed the Acute Medicine SCE exam in 2012. He realised throughout his revision for this important and expensive exam that there was no one source of reference for revision. He decided that future trainees would benefit from a revision textbook and the idea for this book was born. Nigel has much experience of teaching acute medicine to junior colleagues as well as more formally on the IMPACT and ALS courses. As a junior doctor he assisted commercial organisations in developing revision material for the MRCP exam. He has also been an examiner for medical students at the University of Bristol. This experience has enabled him to edit this first purpose written text for the Acute Medicine SCE.

Louise Powter is a consultant in Acute Medicine at North Bristol NHS Trust. She qualified from Bristol university in 2001 and after house jobs and senior house officer rotations, entered specialist training in Acute Medicine in 2007. She took and passed the Acute Medicine SCE in 2011. The lack of appropriate revision material led her to team up with Nigel Lane to write this book. She gained her CCT in Acute and General Medicine in 2013. She has a particular interest in intensive Care Medicine and point of care ultrasound.

Samir Patel has been a Consultant in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) since 2001. As part of his role he developed one of the first Ambulatory Care services in 2002, and has subsequently led the successful expansion of the Acute Medicine team which now provides a consultant led service 7 days a week at NBT. As a Consultant Rheumatologist he has specialty interests in Connective Tissue Disease, Vasculitis and Behcet's Syndrome. He has been the Training Programme Director (TPD) for General Medicine in the Severn Deanery since 2008, and was the TPD for Acute Medicine between 2008-13. He held the post of Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Bristol between 2001-2012. He has been the Clinical Director for Medicine at NBT since 2011.

Helen Alexander, Consultant in Acute Medicine, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham Hospital, UK.
Louise Beckham, Specialty Trainee in Acute Medicine, Severn Deanery, UK.
David de Berker, Consultant Dermatologist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
Begoña Bovill, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
Jeremy Braybrooke, Consultant Oncologist, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
Andrew De Burgh-Thomas, Consultant in Genito-urinary medicine and HIV, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
Charlie Comins, Consultant Oncologist, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
Nerys Conway, Speciality Registrar in Acute Medicine, Severn Deanery, UK.
Ihab Diab, Consultant Cardiologist, Weston Area NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
Michelle Dharmasiri, Specialty Registrar, General Old Age Medicine, Severn Deanery, UK.
Sara Drinkwater, Consultant Immunologist, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Tomaz Garcez, Consultant Immunologist, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Matthew Hall, Consultant Renal Physician, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Markus Hauser, Consultant in Acute Medicine with an interest in Gastroenterology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Roland Jenkins, Consultant in Acute Medicine with a Specialist Interest in Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
Rebecca Maxwell, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
Jim Moriarty, Consultant Renal Physician, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK.
Fran Neuberger, Specialty Trainee in Acute Medicine, Severn Deanery, UK
Justin Pearson, Consultant Neurologist, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
Suzanne Phillips, Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK.
Louise Powter, Consultant in Acute Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
Anish Patel, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, UK
Samir Patel, Consultant in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
Paul Reavley, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
Philip Sedgwick, Reader in Medical Statistics and Medical Education, St. George's, University of London, UK
Matthew Sephton, Consultant Oncologist, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil, UK
Kanch Sharma, Neurology Specialist Registrar, Severn Deanery, UK
Matt Thomas, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
Rosalind Ward, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, UK
Alastair Whiteway, Consultant Haematologist, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.