Acute Abdomen: Postoperative Care
Matthew Thomas
0.5 Hours
This session covers the postoperative care and management of a patient who has had surgery for an acute abdomen.
Diabetic Foot
Laura Patterson
0.25 Hours
This session emphasises the importance of the foot examination in assessing the risk of diabetic foot disease. It highlights the importance of patient education and timely referral to a diabetic multidisciplinary team to reduce long term diabetic foot complications.
Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Sepsis
Mark Carpenter and Mike McAlindon
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to assess a patient with suspected sepsis and recognize the differential diagnoses in suspected sepsis both on admission to hospital and in hospital.
Optimisation of Outcomes in Patients with Burns
Sarah Al-Himdani and Tom Potokar
0.5 Hours
This session will identify the factors that commonly influence outcome for patients with major burns. Later, it will explore the link between healing time and quality of healing and explain how it is possible to optimise healing for patients with burns.
Benzodiazepines and Sedative Agents
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session describes the use of benzodiazepines in anaesthesia and intensive care. Other sedative agents are compared with benzodiazepines, particularly those that are available for use in the intensive care setting.
Breastfeeding and Anaesthesia
Gary Stocks
0.5 Hours
This sessionprovides information for an anaesthetist to give to mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding, and the safety of drugs commonly prescribed in the perioperative period.
Carcinoma of the Colon
Julian Elford
0.25 Hours
This session covers colorectal cancer, including risk factors, presentation, radiological investigation, management, staging, treatment and follow-up.
Safe Use of Insulin
Susan Cable
Insulin prescription and administration errors are a recurring problem within healthcare, yet are preventable. This session highlights the most common errors, and shows how to avoid them.
Pathophysiology of Sepsis
Nikki Dunne, and Ridzuan Farouk
0.5 Hours
This session defines sepsis, outlines the inflammatory process which accompanies it, examines likely sources and sites of sepsis in surgical patients, and provides an evidenced-based approach on how to prevent sepsis.
Anatomy of the Kidney
Kesh Misra
0.5 Hours
This session will outline the radiological anatomy of the kidney and, where appropriate, illustrate the salient features with specific images from different imaging modalities.
Cancer of the Penis
Emma Goldstraw, Navin Ramachandran, Uday Patel
0.5 Hours
This session examines the topic of penile cancer and the contribution of imaging to its management.
Clinical Management of Mechanical Ventilation 2
Andrew Hutton and Peter MacNaughton
This session describes how to identify and treat common problems encountered after the initial set up of mechanical ventilation
The Plastic Surgeon as a Witness in Court Proceedings
Sian Falder
This session outlines the role of plastic surgeons as professional and expert witnesses and describes the process of giving evidence in UK courts.
Renal Replacement Therapies
David Selwyn and Andrew Sharman
This session will explore the mechanical support of renal function used in the critically ill patient with acute kidney injury.
Intraspinal Tumours
Dawn Saunders
This session covers the appearances of the more common intraspinal tumours. The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is considered, and the magnetic resonance (MR) characteristics of solid and cystic tumours, subacute haemorrhage and fat are described. The radiological differences between intramedullary and extramedullary le....
Healing Following Muscle and Tendon Injuries
Simon Nicholson and Sahan Eliya
This session describes how muscles and tendons heal following injury and investigates a range of treatment options.
Investigation and Management of Haematuria
Helen Ford and Sunil Bhandari
The session covers the features in the history and examination along with initial tests that can help distinguish between glomerular and urological causes of haematuria. An algorithm including indications for referral to Nephrology and Urology will be covered.
Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Lower Limb
Alex Ramsden
In this session, we will describe how to perform a systematic assessment of a patient with osteomyelitis in order to identify the tissues that need to be debrided. We will then consider the role of vascularised tissues in the treatment of the debrided wound
Unwanted Drug Effects
Shelley Barnes BMedSc (Hons)
This session describes unwanted drug effects and discusses and explores the common categories of unwanted effects.
High Risk Patients Groups
Richard Telford
This session outlines the additional problems presented to the anaesthetist by two high risk groups of patients who present commonly for surgery; patients at extremes of age (i.e. small children and the elderly) and emergency surgery patients.
First-line Use of Antiretrovirals
Laura Waters , John Evans-Jones and David Asboe
This session discusses the indications to start antiretroviral therapy (ART), and presents guidelines for first time ART use. Recommended treatments are discussed and the individualisation of treatment is explained.
Staging Cervical and Endometrial Cancer
Sarah Swift
This session describes the staging system used for the management of cervical and endometrial cancer and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the imaging of these disease processes.
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Maria Sheridan
In this session we will look at the aetiology, presenting clinical features, radiological appearances and treatment possibilities for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Introduction to Epidemiological Study Design
Cath Mercer
This session will introduce you to the design features, advantages and disadvantages of common study designs used for describing a population’s health, identifying risk factors, and evaluating the effectiveness of treatments or other interventions.
HIV and Reproductive Health or Fertility
Yvonne Gilleece and Harriet Wallace
HIV is now a chronic treatable condition with a near normal life expectancy. Individuals living with HIV are increasingly hopeful about having children. This session focusses on preconception and conception issues for couples affected by HIV, how to assess fertility in individuals living with HIV and when to refer for further in....