Developmental Journal Visual Impairment: Developmental Principles Part 1
Alison Salt, Naomi Dale and Michelle OReilly
0.50 Hours
This session covers the progress of development, learning and vision and other senses in babies and young children with vision impairment.
Dental and Maxillo-facial Radiography: Session 4
Andrew Day and Amanda Loughlin
0.50 Hours
This session will cover general principles of dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). It will describe the various CBCT examinations undertaken in the dental imaging department when CBCT is indicated, including anatomical landmarks and pathology or trauma.
Pattern Electroretinography
Tristan Barber
0.50 Hours
This session covers the underlying physiological changes measured by pattern electroretinography (PERG), clinical indications for performing the test, how it is carried out and the interpretation of a PERG report.
Red Eye Case Study 2
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with a painful red eye.
Red Eye Case Study 1
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with a painful red eye.
Assessing Severity of Acute Asthma
Ramin Baghai-Ravary
This session identifies clinical severity indicators in acute asthma.
Rarer Causes of Haemoptysis
Prina Ruparelia
This session will discuss the rarer causes of haemoptysis.
Assessment in End of Life Care
Pam Firth
0.50 Hours
This session introduces assessment and review concepts from a social care perspective. This session was reviewed by Tes Smith and Richard Kitchen and last updated in February 2018.
An Introduction to Essential Techniques
Roger Neighbour
This is the first of two sessions covering the fundamentals of consulting skills. The four categories are: establishing rapport, eliciting information, responding to cues and building concordance. These are skills you are likely to need in all of your consultations. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in F....
Recurrent Chest Infections
Jeannette Kraft
0.75 Hours
The session covers recurrent chest infections in children and includes chest infections which are slow to resolve.
Paediatric Mediastinum: Normal Anatomy and Appearances
Helen Williams
0.50 Hours
This session discusses radiographic anatomy of the normal mediastinum and its compartments containing different structures and why this is useful when interpreting an abnormal image. The silhouette sign and how it is used to localise a mass on chest radiograph (CXR) is explained. Embryology and the variable appearance of the nor....
Causes of Anterior, Middle and Posterior Mediastinal Masses
Helen Williams
0.75 Hours
This session covers imaging and diagnosis of paediatric mediastinal masses, and is organised based on their location in the mediastinum.
Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain
Robin Sellar
1.00 Hours
This session is an introduction to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain and covers classification, pathology and angio-architecture, presentations, treatment options and risk.
Bone: Basic Concepts and Normal Bone
Jonathon Hill and Sobhan Vinjamuri
0.50 Hours
This is session is an introduction to the bone scan, including the details of the pharmaceuticals, the normal bone scan and variations.
Radionuclide Imaging to Determine Cardiac Function
Mohan K Hosahalli
0.25 Hours
This session gives a brief overview of radionuclide techniques in estimating left ventricular function. At the end of this session, you will be able to understand the principles of gated myocardial imaging, including gated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography and gated myocardial SPECT. This session also covers the pitfalls....
Congenital Heart Defect
Mohan K Hosahalli
0.50 Hours
This session describes the role of nuclear medicine in the management of congenital heart defect (CHD).
Safe Handover of Patient to Recovery Team - Anesthesiology
Mai Wakatsuki and Maya Kai
0.50 Hours
This session aims to provide an overview and a strategy for effectively handing over anaesthetized patients to the recovery team.
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) - Anesthesiology
Seema Quasim
0.50 Hours
This session describes one of the most common postoperative problems, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Assessment/Resuscitation/Differential Diagnosis - Anesthesiology
Guy Jordan
0.50 Hours
Overview of the approach to dealing with an unconscious patient.
Opioids In Paediatrics - Anesthesiology
Andrew R Wolf
0.50 Hours
This session looks at practical opioid pharmacology applied to the clinical use of different agents for neonates, infants and small children.
Risks and Risk Assessment for Staff - Radiology
Stephen Evans
0.50 Hours
This session describes how to calculate risks involving the use of ionising radiation in the workplace, the significance of the risks involved and how the risks can be reduced.
Painful Clicking Hip in the Adult - Radiology
Gregor Stonehouse
0.50 Hours
This session provides information on the use of plain films, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for imaging the hip in the symptomatic clicking hip in adults. The spectrum of relevant disease is reviewed and the efficacy of radiological techniques is discussed.
Detectors for Radiation Measurement
Andy Rogers
0.50 Hours
The safe use of radiation involves the measurement of various types of radiation over a range of doses and dose rates. This session will introduce you to the operation and application of radiation detectors used for such measurements.
Apnoeic Oxygenation and Differential Equations
Steven Cruickshank
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on apnoea and the process of modelling the physiology of apnoea. This uses simple mathematics to answer some fundamental questions about what happens when a patient stops breathing.