Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance: An Introduction
Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope
This session provides key facts about antimicrobial resistance and describes the important role everyone working in a health and care environment has in tackling it. It also discusses relevant aspects of the antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competences.
Assessing Severity of Acute Asthma
Ramin Baghai-Ravary
This session identifies clinical severity indicators in acute asthma.
Breathlessness Type 1 and Type 2 Respiratory Failure
Phil Raines
This session discusses the causes of Type 1 and Type 2 respiratory failure, and why people suffer with these types of respiratory problems.
HEPATITIS B (Transmission, Treatment, Lifestyle modifications and Prevention)
Tumaini Bayasabe
HEPATITIS B - New-onset hepatitis B infection that may or may not be icteric or symptomatic. Diagnosis is based on the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and IgM antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). Recovery is accompanied by clearance of HBsAg with seroconversion to anti-HBs (antibodies to hepatitis....
Gene Editing Therapies
Ethel Webi
This lecture will uncover different techniques for gene editing and their application in gene editing therapy.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) - Key to Establishing Professional Identity
Daniel Apau
This insightful webinar will explore how Continuous Professional Development (CPD) serves as the cornerstone for establishing and solidifying our professional identity and defining who we are and where we are headed in our careers.
Essential laboratory equipment training for medical personnel
Dr. Justus Kamara Anacleth and Dr. Justus Kamara Anacleth
This course elaborates on essential tools and equipment used in laboratory settings, safety protocols, and measures to be adh ered to for safe equipment usage and maintenance procedures. It also covers the disposal of retired or destroyed instruments.
The Unseen Side of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence-Based and Patient-Informed Strategies to Optimize Care
Kalpana Gupta, Ja-Hong Kim, Ryan J Atkinson, Guernslye Honore, Joette Waters, Brad Boyette, Jason Welch, Gabriela Andonie
1.50 Hours
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (uUTIs) are among the most common ailments treated in outpatient settings, but their impact on patient quality of life often goes unseen. Tune in to this recording of the live symposium from AAFP-FMX 2024 to hear expert panelists Dr. Kalpana Gupta and Dr. Ja-Hong Kim discuss ways you can....
Referring for dental general anaesthesia
Kathy Wilson
This session will consider the indications and contraindications for dental general anaesthesia and describe the information required in a referral for this service. The information to be provided to the patient prior to, and on referral, will also be highlighted.
Diabetic Foot
Sapna Puppala and Stephen Davies
This session introduces the basic pathophysiology of midfoot pain in a patient with diabetes. The imaging modalities required to evaluate changes in these patients are described.
Depression
Manushri Jain and Sambavi Navaratnarajah
This session will help foundation year doctors to recognise, assess and manage depressive disorder in various clinical settings. UKFP Curriculum 2021 This elearning session covers some of the behaviours in: FPC1: Clinical assessment: assess patient needs in a variety of clinical settings including acute, non-acute and c....
Providing Eye Care Services in a Hospital Versus Community Setting
Chris Steele
This session describes the provision of eye care services in hospital and community settings, including the requirements of practitioners engaged in providing General Ophthalmic Services.
Holistic Assessment of the Patient
Marion Lynch and Martin Hobdell
This session looks at holism, i.e. the integration of physical, psychological and social components of health problems. It explores patients’ and dentists’ perceptions of holism and how these influence the presentation of problems, communication, diagnoses and the sharing of management planning.
Oral Health for Nurses and Midwives
Jill Iliffe
• The course has six modules. • Each module should take around 30 minutes to complete. • There is a pre-test quiz and a post-test quiz. • There is a short quiz after each module for you to check how much you have remembered. • At the end of the course there are resources relevant to each module you can download for future re....
When the Small Baby Is Not Growing Well
GHM
This course is about the dangers of when the small baby is not growing well
The Birth: Labor, Delivery and Early Postpartum (with subtitles)
GHM
This course is about The Birth: Labor, Delivery and Early Postpartum
PCM M6: Gynaecology Part 2
Primary Care International (PCI)
This learning unit will cover the gynaecological topics of pelvic pain and problems of the menopause. You may find it helpful to have a pen and paper to take notes. This information is based on guidelines from the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
PCM M6: Maternal Health
Primary Care International (PCI)
This learning unit will cover maternal health in primary care. You may find it helpful to have a pen and paper to take notes. This information is based on guidelines from the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Ethical Issues
Carol Taylor, Jo Samanta, Marion E. Broome, Mary Cipriano Silva, Anthony G. Tuckett, Barbara E. Berger, Norma Rolfsen
3.75 Hours
Although initially an area associated with a distinct disciplinary study, such as philosophy, the subject of ethics is increasingly becoming everybody’s business. Increasing life expectancy with existent co-morbidities renders end-of-life care for older people much more complex and challenging. Within this, and many other contex....
Professional Ethics
Cynda Rushton, Marcia Van Riper
2.75 Hours
Nurses in all roles and settings are responsible and accountable for upholding the professional values of the profession. Individual integrity is the starting point for professional integrity. When integrity is threatened moral distress can ensue. In this course, moral distress will be defined, and its prevalence, sources and co....
Practical Ethics in the Healthcare Setting
Judith L. Hold, Naoko Arimori
2.75 Hours
This course will address common barriers encountered in professional ethical practice. These barriers to resolving ethical dilemmas are categorized as to how they relate to nursing, interprofessional collaboration, patient/provider relationships and organizational structure. Two ethical decision models on how to resolve clinical....
Sore Throat
Mr Matthew Forrest
This session aims to give information relating to the presentation of sore throat that may be encountered during paramedic practice, in either an emergency, urgent or primary care setting.
Perinatal Mental Health
UNFPA Asia Pacific Regional Office
Perinatal mental health conditions are known to be increasing, and are of global concern. They require competent and supportive maternity care to identify, monitor and effectively treat to improve maternal and infant outcomes. Whilst perinatal mental health conditions are common and treatable, the biggest risk factor for women i....