COVID-19 Series: Your questions answered
Panel of Experts
The RSM COVID-19 Series has been running for a month and we have had hundreds of questions submitted - too many to cover in a short webinar. Join in the conversation online using #RSMLive Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and....
Teamwork and Interprofessional Relationship - “The Place of Leadership”
Prof. Titus Ibekwe
Aim: Enlightenment of Nigerian Medical Doctors on Contemporary issues and Leadership.
Malaria in Pregnancy
Jhpiego
This module has two lessons. Lesson 1: Interventions for prevention and treatment Lesson 2: Uncomplicated and severe malaria
Leadership Framework: from theory to practice
Gail Johnson
The Royal College of Midwives In the summer of 2011 the NHS Leadership Academy launched the Leadership Framework for use by health professionals across the NHS. The framework has 7 domains. Domains 1 - 5 address core leadership skills, that is skills which all practitioners need to be developing. Domains 6 and 7 address a mo....
Perinatal mental health
Beckie Lang and Maria Bavetta
The Royal College of Midwives This module on identifying and supporting mothers with perinatal mental health difficulties provides an understanding of the problem and its scale within pregnancy and the postpartum period in the UK. It provides information on understanding and identifying how disorders may present, the way to ask....
Effects of Emergencies on Health and Nutrition - An Introduction
Humanitarian Leadership Academy, Save the Children
Kaya This course is for all those who wish to understand the basic concepts and principles of how emergencies affect health and nutrition. There is also a companion course Effects of Emergencies on Health and Nutrition - An Advance Guide aimed at health professionals which explores the issues in greater detail, which you can ta....
Evidence-based Malaria SBCC 1: Telling Stories About Behavior: Theory As Narrative
Douglas Storey, PhD
John Hopkins University This eLearning series consists of 5 modules. This is module 1, entitled 'Telling Stories About Behavior: Theory As Narrative'. The module is presented by Dr. Doug Storey and will introduce participants to some of the basic theories used in social and behavior change communication, using examples specifi....
Tips and Tricks for Designing Better Patient Education Materials for People with CKD
Dr Kelly Lambert - Renal Society of Australasia
This webinar will discuss tips, tricks and mistakes to avoid when designing patient education materials for people with CKD. Learn best practice techniques and view some examples of well-designed materials.
Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit (PART 4)
Heather Hancock
John Hopkins University Now that you have learned about provider behavior change, assessed barriers to quality Facility-based provider (FBP) service provision, and determined that SBCC has a role to play in addressing those barriers, you are ready to design an SBCC intervention for Facility-based provider (FBP) behavior change.
Teaching posture, handling and lifting in pregnancy
Marion Boulton and Jane Wake
The Royal College of Midwives During pregnancy, several things occur that work against maintaining a good posture and many women with healthy backs will begin to develop backache. The changing body shape alters the centre of gravity and the hormone relaxing causes laxity of muscles including the core stabilising muscles. Unless....
An Introduction to Research Content
Avon-Maree Reynolds
The Royal College of Midwives Welcome to An introduction to Research. The course is designed to provide an introduction to research skills and terminology. It is recommended that as you work through this course you undertake all the exercises and reflection set out in each section. You can set up a reflective journal for us....
Webinar: Health Literacy & Patient Knowledge: Implications for Renal Nurses
Prof Ann Bonner
This presentation will explain what is health literacy and why it is contextual. It will also argue for why health literacy is fundamental to renal nursing practice.
Webinar: Kidney Pancreas Transplant
Paul Robertson
For patients with both diabetes and kidney disease they are managing two chronic diseases and have high complication rates. Dual transplantation of both the pancreas and kidney offers excellent outcomes to manage both diseases, and is available in specialist centres in Australia.
Alcohol use disorder
Clinical Overviews
Alcohol use disorder is a problematic pattern of compulsive and uncontrolled alcohol use associated with clinically significant impairment or distress as defined by DSM-5 criteria. These COVID-19-related materials are provided for use at no charge as part of Elsevier’s efforts to support healthcare providers and patients. The....
Caring for the Patient with General Anxiety Disorder
Clinical Overviews
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased anxiety for many people around the world related to their health and the health of loved ones; additional responsibilities, such as child care and homeschooling; job and financial security; and social isolation. These COVID-19-related materials are provided for use at no charge as pa....
Understanding breastfeeding
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains the importance of breastfeeding for at least the first six months after a baby is born, demonstrating the benefits to both the mother and the baby.
Understanding healthy eating during pregnancy
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child. This film is for use in community health education.
How to use the CRADLE VSA for non-pregnant patients
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films A film introducing the CRADLE VSA device, outlining how to check blood pressure and heart rate in non-pregnant adults and the first steps to take if abnormal blood pressure / heart rates are shown. For additional films on using CRADLE VSA with pregnant patients, please visit: How to use the CRADLE VSA to d....
SNPs in IL4 and IFNG show no protective associations with human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a case-control study
Olivier Fataki Asina,Harry Noyes,Bruno Bucheton,Hamidou Ilboudo,Annette MacLeod,Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a neglected tropical disease caused by infection with extracellular blood protozoan parasites, which are transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly (. The disease is present in more than 250 foci in Africa and nearly 70 million people are at risk of infection with the....
Wood-decaying fungi found in Southern Ghana: A potential source of new anti-infective compounds
Samuel Yaw Aboagye,Vincent Amarh,Paul A. Lartey,Patrick Kobina Arthur
Several plants and fungi have served as sources of many drugs that are used in clinics. A proportion of microbial pathogens that afflict mammals may possibly infect fungal species, since they are both eukaryotes with related cellular metabolism. Unlike mammals, fungi have a higher tendency to produce relevant chemical compounds....
Seroprevalence, risk factors and impact of Toxoplasma gondii infection on haematological parameters in the Ashanti region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Samuel Kekeli Agordzo,Kingsley Badu,Mathew Glover Addo,Christian Kwasi Owusu,Abdul-Hakim Mutala,Austine Tweneboah,Dawood Ackom Abbas,Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng
— the causative organism for toxoplasmosis — is an obligate, intracellular, apicomplexan parasite with a wide geographic distribution and the ability to infect virtually any cell type across a broad host range, including humans, companion animals, livestock and wildlife. People are typically infected by either accidentally inges....
Research into occupational noise induced hearing loss in South African large-scale mines: Access denied?
Nomfundo F. Moroe,Katijah Khoza-Shangase
The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the driving forces behind the development of the country’s economy. Currently, mining in South Africa is reported as a significant contributor to the economy in that firstly, it contributes an average of 20% to South Africa’s GDP. Secondly, it boasts a total annual income of nea....
Protective and curative effects of Beta vulgaris on pesticide dimethyl 2,2-dichlorovinyl phosphate-exposed albino rats
Eucharia O. Nwaichi,Eka B. Essien,Uzoamaka Chinonso Ibe
Organophosphates are a group of pesticides and are massively utilized globally due to their numerous benefits in the health and agricultural sectors. According to. Pesticide poisoning is commonly caused by the action of pesticides on mostly the internal organs of the body. Some pesticides that are referred to as external irritan....
REFRACTIVE ERROR
Kagumba Nicholas Musisi and Tanvi Shah
Emmetropia: a condition in which incident parallel light rays are focused on retinal photoreceptors Ammetropia: parallel light rays not focused on photoreptors of the retina under minimum accommodation