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Kevin Fernando
@drkevinfernando.bsky.social
Portfolio GP, GPwER Diabetes/CVRM & Medical Education, Content Advisor @Medscape Global & UK, Honorary Clinical Reader @dundeeuni
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
September 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
🔥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 👇
August 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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
August 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Kevin Fernando
🚨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

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June 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚨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 👇
June 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🔥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
May 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
🔥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
April 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM
🔥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
April 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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
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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April 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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
April 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🎬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
March 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔥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👇🏾
March 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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.
March 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
🖥️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👇🏾
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
🔥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 👇🏾

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December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💪🏾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 👇🏾

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December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Reposted by Kevin Fernando
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
October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
💡 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

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October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Kevin Fernando
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
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Kevin Fernando
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
October 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
💡 “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
September 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
💡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
September 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🔥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
August 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🙏🏾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
August 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM