Principles of Screening
Paul Batchelor
This session outlines the aims of health screening, with a focus on the perspective of patient care. It also illustrates how to carry out a thorough assessment of any screening test.
The Use of Advanced Imaging Techniques in Dentistry
Fiona Carmichael
This session identifies and describes the uses for the advanced imaging techniques that are available in dentistry.
Cardiovascular Physiology Relevant to Conscious Sedation
John Lyne
This session covers cardiovascular physiology relevant to conscious sedation.
Complaints
Stephen Henderson and Andrew Hadden
This session will define a complaint, explain the factors contributing to a complaint, and provide strategies for resolving and responding to complaints in line with NHS and General Dental Council (GDC) guidelines.
Dental Local Anaesthetic Agents
Hannah Desai and Kathy Wilson
This session describes the common structure of injectable local anaesthetics (LAs) along with their action on neurotransmission. It also discusses the effect the body has on LAs, from administration to excretion. The use of vasoconstrictors in dental LAs will be considered.
Central Mediators of Pain
Ian Fletcher
This session is designed to give the learner a basic understanding of how pain is experienced and analysed within the central nervous system (CNS), and of the factors which may alter this experience. This session is designed to give the learner a basic understanding of how pain is experienced and analysed within the central nerv....
What Artefacts Constitute Clinical Records
Patricia Langley
The clinical record is not restricted to what is written in the clinical notes. This session looks at what also constitutes clinical records and how these can be kept safely for the required period of time. The benefits and drawbacks of computerised systems are also explored.
Cryptosporidiosis and Microsporidiosis - HIV
Rachael Jones
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the aetiology, clinical features, natural history, diagnostics and treatment of cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis.
Assessment and Management of Anxiety in Palliative Care
Annabel Price
This session gives a framework for recognising and managing anxiety in patients with advanced disease.
Renal Tumours
Kieran McHugh
0.5 Hours
This session covers the common benign and malignant renal tumours in childhood, including Wilms' tumour, other rarer renal tumours and the benign mesoblastic nephroma. We will look at the different imaging appearances and note the fundamental importance of the patient's age in relation to the incidence of the different tumours.
Rehabilitation Following Lower Limb Amputation
Will Cobb and Tania Cubison
This session will describe the individuals involved in the management of patients with lower limb amputations and their respective roles. Later sections will explore the types of lower limb prosthetics that are available and the sequelae of lower limb amputation.
Paediatric - Common or Serious Problems That are Easily Missed
Paul Carter, Christian J Hendriksz and Jo deGiovanni
This session looks at easily missed medical and mental health problems in children and young people.
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Clinical Aspects
Amudha Thangavelu, Sean Duffy
This session covers the clinical background to the causes of abnormal uterine bleeding and indicates where radiology has a role in its investigation.
Provider Training for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
The training materials included in this toolkit will help clinicians learn about and provide CAB-LA as an HIV prevention option for their clients. Build your knowledge of CAB-LA for HIV PrEP by completing the CAB-LA online lessons. Work your way through a series of eLearning lessons, which will build your knowledge of CAB-....
FGM: Issues, Presentation and Management in Women and Around Pregnancy
Pallavi Latthe and Sveta Alladi
This session describes managing a pregnant woman with FGM, carrying out a reversal and how to document their assessment and treatment.
CXR: Septal Lines
Richard Mannion
The aim of this session is to understand the anatomy of the lung lobule and its components and to recognise anatomically what constitutes an interlobular septum. We will explore conditions that cause septal thickening and learn how to use other clinical and radiological information to formulate a differential diagnosis.
Coronary Artery Pathology
Nathan Manghat and Carl Roobottom
This session provides an introduction to some common and less common coronary artery pathologies and anomalies, with particular reference to the findings on electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography.
The Child With Aches and Pains Including Normal Variants
Helen Foster, Sharmila Jandial and Alwyn Abraham
This session describes approaches to the assessment and management of children presenting with non-specific musculoskeletal aches and pains. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2021.
Image Interpretation - Radiographs of the Paediatric Chest: Congenital Heart Disease
John Tuckett
This session will focus on congenital heart disease, its presentation and typical chest radiograph appearances. While often complex medical problems, these radiographic appearances can be relatively simple. The important discriminating radiological features will be discussed.
Hand and Wrist Pain
Richard Smith
This session reviews the key hand and wrist conditions which present in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in January 2022.
Connective Tissue Disease
Graham Davenport
This session will enable doctors to identify connective tissue diseases (CTDs) that are often seen in primary care, to distinguish between the main CTDs, to investigate, to monitor treatment and to support these patients. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in August 2019.
Diagnosis and Management of Gout
Samer Ghazawy
This session covers the diagnosis and management of gout, and how to differentiate gout from other acute arthropathies, including septic arthritis. It also covers treatments for both acute and chronic gout. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in February 2020.
Pulmonary Hypertension: Part 1
Deepa Gopalan and Nicholas Screaton
0.5 Hours
This session will discuss all aspects of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that are relevant from a radiological viewpoint including definition, classification, clinical manifestation, diagnostic methodology, and generic signs of pulmonary hypertension (PHT). The second session in this series of two (see Resources) will eluc....
Respiratory Physiology
Fred Roberts
This session outlines the essential features and physiological principles of the respiratory system, as relevant to anaesthesia.
Imaging of Renal Hypertension
Peter Brown
This session gives an overview of the causes of hypertension, appropriate imaging tests and evaluation strategies for patients with renovascular hypertension.