Difficult Decisions Assessing Fitness for Work
Debbie Cohen
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the potential impact that a health condition can have on a patient who is in work, on the patient's colleagues and on the public. It also examines ways in which these risks can be managed by GPs and employers.
Assessment And Diagnosis Of Cfs/Me In Adolescence
Anna Gregorowski
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the learner to chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and equips the learner with knowledge of when a diagnosis of CFS/ME should be made.
Ankle Pain
Adrian Dunbar
0.5 Hours
This session discusses common causes of pain around the ankle joint and, in particular, the Achilles tendon.
Communication Impairments Part 4: Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome and AAC
Lynne Bremner Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian
0.5 Hours
This session is the last of four that looks at different speech, language and communication impairments. The session covers autistic spectrum disorder and Down syndrome. It describes the defining characteristics, prevalence and diagnostic criteria for each condition as well as the referral routes and key supporting agencies. It....
Child as Listener and Speaker Part 1: Non-verbal Apects of Communication
Sally Bates Senior Lecturer in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, University of St Mark and St Joh
0.5 Hours
This session is the first of two which describe the skills and knowledge that underpin the understanding and production of spoken language and the challenges facing the young child as listener and speaker. This session focuses on the different channels and levels of speech and language processing, the cognitive skills that under....
Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Philippa Permain
0.5 Hours
This session will discuss cervical cancer and the risks for its development, the role of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme in future cervical cancer prevention, and the organisation of the UK NHS Cervical Screening Programmes.
Calcium and Bone Metabolism Disorders in Primary Care
Yehani Wedatilake Specialist Registrar, London
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the common presentations of calcium and bone metabolic disorders and outlines a rational approach to their investigation.
Child as Listener and Speaker Part 2: Verbal Aspects of Communication
Sally Bates Senior Lecturer in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, University of St Mark and St Joh
0.5 Hours
This is the second of two sessions which describe the language processing system and the challenges facing all children learning to talk. This session describes the speech mechanism and the linguistic knowledge involved in both understanding and producing spoken language.
Burns And Scalds in Primary Care
Tammy Lo Doctor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
0.5 Hours
This session considers the assessment and management of burns and scalds in primary care. This session was last updated on 11/02/13.
Care of the Woman Who Has Had Unprotected Sex
Maggie Bartlett
0.5 Hours
This session covers the assessment and management of women requesting emergency contraception (EC) in primary care.
Communication Impairments Part 2: Specific Speech Impairments
Sally Bates
0.5 Hours
This is the second of two sessions which describe the language processing system and the challenges facing all children learning to talk. This session describes the speech mechanism and the linguistic knowledge involved in both understanding and producing spoken language.
Community-Based Drop-In Services For Young People
Gill Turner Consultant Community Paediatrician, Northumberland and Naomi Jones Paediatric Speciali
0.5 Hours
Introduction to the principles and practical aspects of young people friendly services and the skills health professionals need to work effectively in community-based multi-agency teams.
Ethics: Background and its Importance
Aidan Macfarlane MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), MB, BChir, FRCP, FRCPCH, FFPHM
0.5 Hours
This session introduces you to the concept of bioethics and its importance when approaching adolescent health care, particularly in relationship to sexual and reproductive health issues.
Safeguarding Adolescents
Andrea Goddard Consultant Paediatrician
0.5 Hours
This session aims to help you understand specific issues relating to child protection for adolescents and the wider context of safeguarding.
Connective Tissue Disease
Graham Davenport General Practitioner, Nantwich
0.5 Hours
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.
Dental Health Promotion
Elizabeth O'Sullivan Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
0.5 Hours
This session aims to enhance your knowledge and skills regarding oral health and factors that predispose to poor oral health. Promoting oral health in the infant and young child forms an integral part of this session.
Prenatal Diagnosis
Alison MacIsaac General Practitioner
0.25 Hours
This session explores key issues around pre-natal diagnosis in primary care. It discusses testing for Down syndrome, neural tube defects, cystic fibrosis, haemoglobinopathies and infections in pregnancy.
Diagnosis and Management of Gout
Samer Ghazawy GP, Hereford
0.5 Hours
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.
Pain Management in Palliative Care
Chantal Simon
0.50 Hours
Pain control is the cornerstone of palliative care. This session aims to provide GPs with a strategy to provide good pain management for patients in palliative care situations. This session was reviewed by Neil Metcalfe and last updated on 19/02/13.
Principles of Palliative Care
Chantal Simon
0.5 Hours
Helping patients to die with dignity and with minimal distress is one of the fundamental aspects of medicine.
Postnatal Depression
Clare Etherington GP Trainer and Tutor
0.5 Hours
This session covers postnatal depression and is presented in the form of a clinical case.
Parental Relationships Part 2: Practical Methods of Assessment and Support
Jan Mitcheson
0.25 Hours
This session is designed to help you recognise and respond appropriately to relationship stress between parents. It provides you with some simple tools that will help you to explore with parents their understanding of what is happening in their relationship, and to look at what they might be able to do to strengthen their relati....
Paediatric ERGs and VEPs
Dorothy Thompson
0.5 Hours
This session covers how visual electrophysiology can be applied in young children and how combining ERG/VEP findings contributes to diagnosis and monitoring in paediatric ophthalmology clinics.
Ocular Masses and Tumours
Hatem Riad Atta FRCSEd, FRCOphth, DO
0.5 Hours
This session covers the detection and diagnosis of common ocular mass lesions.
Proptosis and Orbital Masses
Roxanna Gunny
1 Hours
This session describes common causes and most common malignant causes of proptosis in children, their typical clinical presentations and imaging features and which imaging features on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help to distinguish them.