Paediatric - Hearing
Bernie Borgstein
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the epidemiology of hearing loss and the impact it has on emotional behaviour. It will also cover the treatment and management of hearing impairment in school.
Causes of Mitral Stenosis
Ceri Davies
0.25 Hours
This session will cover the causes of mitral stenosis. It will also look at the importance of obtaining a full history regarding previous therapies
Risk of In-stent Re-stenosis
Syed Raza
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the types of stents used to reduce re-stenosis and their success rates.
Anticoagulation in Pregnancy
Catherine Nelson-Piercy
0.50 Hours
This session covers the use of anticoagulants in pregnancy, with specific reference to the acute management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy. The safety issues for the mother and fetus of unfractionated heparin (UH), low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) and warfarin are discussed.
Perturbations and Clinical Features Caused by Hypothermia
Claire Dow
0.25 Hours
This session focuses on how to recognise the common clinical features caused by hypothermia and the resulting ECG findings.
Prescribing Long-Term Steroids
Gayathri Rabindra GP Trainee ST2
0.50 Hours
This session emphasises the importance of safe prescribing of steroids and demonstrates how this can be done in practice.
Parental Relationships Part 1: Influences and Effects
Penny Mansfield - Director, One Plus One
0.50 Hours
The session aims to help you understand the effect of the parent-to-parent relationship on children's health and wellbeing and to help you support families where there is relationship distress.
Oxygen Transport and Consumption (anaesthesia)
Fred Roberts FRCA
0.50 Hours
This session explains how much oxygen is used by the body and how it is carried in the blood to supply the tissues.
Adherence and Concordance in Young People
Marcelle Sousa and Terry Segal
0.50 Hours
This session examines factors that influence the way young people take medicines in adolescence. It will also explore some of the challenges encountered by health professionals who care for young people who may have health beliefs conflicting with those of their parents or professionals.
Critical Appraisal - Therapy RCT
Veronica Wilkie
This session looks at answering a question posed by a patient about a therapeutic intervention. The session includes a critical appraisal of a randomised control trial.This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
Qualitative Research
Veronica Wilkie
This session introduces qualitative research and explains some of the more commonly used qualitative methodologies.You will also be asked to critically appraise a paper on qualitative research.
Breathing Problems in Neonates and Infants
Alison Dunn
0.50 Hours
This session uses case studies to describe common breathing problems found in neonates and infants. It covers croup, bronchiolitis and viral induced wheeze. The appropriate primary care and management for these conditions is discussed.
About Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice
Public Health England
0.50 Hours
This session aims to explain the scale of alcohol related harm in the adult population and provide evidence of how Alcohol IBA can reduce the scale of this harm. The aims and key principles of Alcohol IBA are also described.
Adolescent Gynaecology
Sarah M Creighton MD FRCOG Consultant Gynaecologist
0.50 Hours
This session will cover gynaecological symptoms including normal and abnormal menstruation.
Health (Blood Borne Infection) and Handling Stress
Jan Welch, Kevin Holland-Elliott, Obadiah Elekima
This session is about keeping yourself healthy and avoiding common hazards related to working as a doctor. This will enable you to protect yourself and your patients from blood borne virus infection and other health problems.
Mind and Body: The Interface
Elena Garralda
This session will describe how mental health problems in children can affect physical health, how emotional and behavioural problems are sometimes the first presentation of brain disorders, and how mental health disorders can develop as a consequence of poor physical health. It will also look at what help and services are availa....
Differential Diagnosis of Anogenital Warts
Kelly Morris, Lynn Riddell, Chit Saing
This session explores the natural history, diagnosis and management of key differential diagnoses of anogenital warts.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Andrew Lockwood and Hannah McDill
This session describes the role of physiotherapy in critical care and the importance and impact of rehabilitation in the critical care environment.
Tendon Transfer for Median Nerve Palsy
Rahil Naeem and Jill Webb
This session examines the pattern of median nerve injuries, the planning and preparation of tendon transfer surgery and postoperative rehabilitation providing details of tendon transfers for all causes of median nerve palsy in all age groups.
Outcomes and Patient Experience
Rajesh Krishnamoorthy
0.50 Hours
Assessing the quality of care from the patient’s viewpoint is important as it may give a different, or additional, perspective on the overall performance. This session looks at the tools and processes for assuring quality.
Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 2)
Hazel King
0.50 Hours
This session is designed to teach you how to safely and effectively prescribe a range of commonly prescribed, yet complex intravenous medicines.You will consolidate the learning in Session - Safe Use of Injectable Medicines Part 1 (000-1183) by application of knowledge to realistic clinical settings.
Safeguarding Children - Disability and Neglect
Hilary Smith
0.50 Hours
This session will consider the management of disabled children who are at increased risk of abuse and neglect. Healthcare staff coming into contact with children with disability include: paediatricians, GPs, health visitors, community paediatric nurses, therapists - physio, OT and SALT, child psychologists and psychiatrists, pae....
Safeguarding Children - Infection
Rosie Kyeremateng
0.50 Hours
This session aims to equip practitioners with information so that they can advise on infection-related public health issues and vaccination-related concerns in primary schools.
Paediatric - Asthma, Eczema and Other Allergies
Gary Doherty
This session describes three important atopic diseases – asthma, eczema and anaphylaxis. All can profoundly affect a child’s health at school. The recognition and management of symptoms in the school environment will also be covered.
Paediatric - Diabetes and Rare Serious Conditions
Mark Deakin
This session reviews some of the common problems encountered by children with diabetes and long-term medical conditions at school. It describes some of the strategies used to overcome these problems to allow as full a participation in school life as possible.