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Kevin Fernando

@drkevinfernando.bsky.social
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Portfolio GP, GPwER Diabetes/CVRM & Medical Education, Content Advisor @Medscape Global & UK, Honorary Clinical Reader @dundeeuni

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Join @drpatrickholmes & I for a free webinar exploring the 2026 NICE NG28 guideline for the management of #T2D 🗓️Thursday 10 September 2026 7-8pm Sign-up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/orang... No funding or sponsorship has been received for this webinar
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Primary Care Hack
An aid to guide the early identification, diagnosis, management, and referral of CKD in general practice, including pharmacologic interventions
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔥Our @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on "Identification & Holistic Management of #CKD in Primary Care" has been updated for 2026! 🙏Thanks to my co-authors @EimearDarcy & @Will Hinchliffe PDF download in comments 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am pleased to share the launch of The CKM Collaborative. The CKM Collaborative has been created to support healthcare professionals in working across traditional boundaries, sharing learning and strengthening integrated care. Learn more: ckmcollaborative.com @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨My updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack is live! 🔥The Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Now including type 5 diabetes, hot on the heels of the International DIabetes Federation endorsement PDF download for all of my #hacks in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
reference.medscape.com/c26/p14/prim...
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Primary Care Hacks - clinical aide-memoires for quick reference
Primary Care Hacks: expert-authored, quick-reference clinical aide-memoires for condition treatment and management
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨My updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack is live! 🔥The Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Now including type 5 diabetes, hot on the heels of the International DIabetes Federation endorsement PDF download for all of my #hacks in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
ref-medscape.com/Hack-CGM
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Primary Care Hack
A foundational resource on the use of CGM in general practice, including a step-by-step approach to interpreting the AGP report
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🔥My latest Medscape Primary Care #Hack is live! 💡Continuous Glucose Monitoring #CGM for people living with #T2D Co-authored with @drheatherbell Includes 8 simple steps to interpreting the Ambulatory Glucose Profile report #AGP PDF download link in comments 👇 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
reference.medscape.com/c26/p14/prim...
reference.medscape.com
Primary Care Hacks - clinical aide-memoires for quick reference
Primary Care Hacks: expert-authored, quick-reference clinical aide-memoires for condition treatment and management
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🔥Update to my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack: #DOAC dosing for stroke prevention in people with #AF & kidney impairment 🚨#DOACs are not "fire and forget" drugs; renal & liver monitoring should be done at least annually PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
medscape.com
Diagnosing and Managing Erectile Dysfunction in Primary Care
Updated guidelines on sexual health provide advice for confronting this problem that affects psychosocial health and quality of life.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🎯Diagnosing & managing erectile dysfunction in primary care ❤️ ED can precede a CV event by 3-5y and is associated with >1.5x ⬆️ risk for CVD On Spotify, ApplePodcasts & @medscape.com website – link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Join me and Patrick Holmes for a free webinar on cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic (CKM) care. This session will also mark the official launch of The CKM Collaborative, formerly CVRM UK. 📅 Thursday, April 30 | 7pm | Online 💻 Register here: tinyurl.com/3hszjs5s
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Book your place – Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic (CKM) Medicine: insights and innovations for the future – Zoom
Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic (CKM) Medicine: insights and innovations for the future – Zoom, Thu 30 Apr 2026 - Short abstract: CKM conditions are intrinsically related, yet despite therapeutic advances, single condition models of care prevail. There needs to be a reconfiguration in the delivery of healthcare to improve patient outcomes and maintain the sustainability of healthc...
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.mediconf.co.uk/event/171/a-...
mediconf.co.uk
A Pot Pourri of Primary Care 2026 Part 1 | MediConf
Promoting Excellence in Health Education
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My next Mediconf webinar is on Wednesday 15 April 730pm "A Pot Pourri of Primary Care": 🎯Diagnosis & management of coeliac disease 🎯Management of hyperkalaemia 🎯Managing patients presenting with a change in voice 🎯Diagnosis & management of night sweats Link in comments
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Dr Kevin Fernando
Hello. I’m Kevin Fernando, a portfolio GP near Edinburgh. I have a specialist interest in diabetes, cardiovascular, kidney, metabolic, and obesity medicine, as well as medical education. I graduated f...
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🎬I have built a small library of concise YouTube videos for people living with #T2D discussing: 🎯Positive lifestyle choices & #T2D 🎯Various aspects of #SGLT2i use including benefits, side-effects & sick day guidance 🎯UACR & #T2D with @kidneyresearchuk.org Link in comments⬇️ @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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medscape.com
GLP-1 Adverse Effects: Practical Tips for Clinicians
Although certain side effects of these drugs are cause for concern, primary care physicians can take steps to avoid or manage them.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🚨GLP1 Receptor Agonist Adverse Effects: Practical Tips for Clinicians 🎯Mitigating #gastrointestinal side-effects 🎯Pancreatitis 🎯Hair loss 🎯Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy #NAION 🎯Interaction with #HRT Link in comments👇🏾
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share
Strava connects millions of runners, cyclists, hikers, walkers and other active people through the sports they love – all on our mobile app and website.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
That physician will hardly be thought very careful of the health of his patients if he neglects his own. Galen 129-216 AD Successfully completed the Cape Town Cycle Tour with Tom Wishart! 109km. 1148m elevation gain. 5:13:21 riding time. Bucket list cycle. Strava flyover link in comments.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.mediconf.co.uk
mediconf.co.uk
Promoting Excellence in Health Education | MediConf
Promoting Excellence in Health Education
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🖥️Join me tonight for my first MediConf webinar of 2026 🔥PCOS Redefined: Beyond Fertility to Cardiometabolic Health🔥 💡I'll be covering: 🎯New terminology 🎯Diagnosis 🎯Lifestyle interventions 🎯Non-fertility issues & cardiometabolic health 🎯Fertility & pregnancy Link in comments👇🏾
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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Cardiovascular Disease, Primary and Secondary Prevention: Primary Care Hacks
A comprehensive overview of lipid management, covering LDL-C targets, risk estimation, lifestyle, pharmacotherapy, Lp(a), and familial hypercholesterolaemia
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🔥Updated @medscape.com primary care #hack on #lipid management🔥 Incorporates 🔑messages from @escardio.bsky.social @eassociety.bsky.social focused update on #lipid modification guidance PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @hpillminster.pharmsky.app @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
medscape.com
Mind the Muscle: Incretin Therapies for Weight Loss
Modern incretin therapies can facilitate significant weight loss, including some loss of muscle mass. But how much muscle loss is too much?
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
💪🏾Mind the Muscle: Incretin Therapies for Weight Loss 💪🏾 🔥The hottest of topics with incretin therapies🔥 Here's my last @medscape.com perspective piece from the ObesityWeek congress in Atlanta - link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app @jjmounjaro.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Dr Kevin Fernando
Hello. I’m Kevin Fernando, a portfolio GP near Edinburgh. I have a specialist interest in diabetes, cardiovascular, kidney, metabolic, and obesity medicine, as well as medical education. I graduated f...
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
www.medscape.com/index/list_1...
medscape.com
Medical Mentor - Index
Read full-text medical journal articles from Medscape's Medical Mentor.
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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 15/10/2025
Oooo worth a listen! @drkevinfernando.bsky.social knows how to draw a crowd and guaranteed to delivered superb CPD content. Let me present BlueSky Exhibit A: @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social Session on LFTs (Bonus points if you can spot me!) #BestPracticeShow #GPsky #PrimaryCare
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
💡 The first step in healthcare is self-care 🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🚨Improving cardiometabolic health in #T2D, focusing on the importance of 24-hour physical behaviours for people living with #T2D or the 5 𝗦's @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 08/10/2025
Great to see @drkevinfernando.bsky.social in real life talking us through the "potpourri" of diabetes @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social #bestpracticeshow check out his hacks and pearls ➡️ medscape-uk.co/Hacks
Dr Kevin Fernando at best practice show talking to a large audience about diabetes
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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 08/10/2025
Day 1 @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social ✅ Highlights for me: - packed out session by @drkevinfernando.bsky.social on abnormal LFTS. Who knew that clinical diploma module on hepatic med would be handy? - Meeting some @nhsconfed.org Alumni - Catching with ex PCCLEs & my BFF @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
medscape.com
Health Anxiety: Advice for Identification and Management
This underrecognized condition drives significant long-term morbidity and sickness absence in the community.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
💡 “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, living in the future” Laozi Born 601BC 🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live 🚨Identifying & Managing Health Anxiety in Primary Care On Apple Podcasts, Spotify and link👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
medscape-uk.co/Hack-psoriasis
medscape-uk.co
Psoriasis: Assessment and Management—Primary Care Hacks
Detailing how to assess and manage psoriasis in primary care; includes a comprehensive table of therapies and a checklist for annual reviews
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
💡Psoriasis Is More Than Just Skin Deep 🔥New @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack “Assessment and Management of Psoriasis in Primary Care" 🎯Common presentations inc. skin of colour 🎯Psoriatic arthritis 🎯Cardiometabolic risk & mental health 🎯Annual checklist & therapeutic options @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🔥Metformin & #SGLT2i for almost all in draft NICE #t2d guidance! ⚠️But no drug is without harm, & we must balance the benefits against possible adverse effects 💡Have a look at my YouTube videos for people living with #T2D considering #sglt2is www.youtube.com/@DrKevinFern... @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
www.medscape.com/index/list_1...
medscape.com
Medical Mentor - Index
Read full-text medical journal articles from Medscape's Medical Mentor.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔶What is Type 3c Diabetes?🔶 🎯T3c diabetes is diabetes associated with any disease, trauma or surgery of the exocrine pancreas, and it's often misdiagnosed as #T2D Link in comments 👇🏾 Also on Spotify & Apple #podcasts @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
medscape-uk.co/Hacks
medscape-uk.co
Primary Care Hacks: Homepage
Guidelines presents Primary Care Hacks, a series of clinical aide-mémoires across a range of topics
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🙏🏾Thanks for the lovely feedback on my @medscape.com "what next after metformin" #hacks 💡Here are my companion #hacks for these resources covering: 🎯prescribing for #t2d & #CKD 🎯extraglycaemic indications of #sglt2is 👇🏾PDF links in comments @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
medscape.co.uk
Diabetes, Type 2: What Next After Metformin? Part 2—Primary Care Hacks
This Primary Care Hack is intended to help guide your choice of medication for type 2 diabetes, This part covers SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 RAs, and GLP-1/GIP RAs
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
medscape.co.uk
Diabetes, Type 2: What Next After Metformin? Part 1—Primary Care Hacks
This Primary Care Hack is intended to help guide your choice of medication for type 2 diabetes, This part covers metformin, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, and DPP-4 inhibitors
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
medscape-uk.co/Hacks
medscape-uk.co
Primary Care Hacks: Homepage
Guidelines presents Primary Care Hacks, a series of clinical aide-mémoires across a range of topics
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease & old physician ends life with 1 drug for 20 diseases Sir William Osler 🔥Epic (!) update to my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hacks - "What next after metformin 1&2" 🔥 PDF link in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔶What is Lp(a), and when should we check it?🔶 🎯Lp(a) is an important but underappreciated independent risk factor for #ASCVD Link in comments👇🏾 Also on @Spotify & @Apple #podcasts @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
medscape.com
What Is Lp(a), and When Should We Check It?
This genetically determined risk factor for major cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality is underappreciated in primary care.
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