Breathwork Certification, Module 3: Group Breathwork Training
Jim Morningstar, PhD
8 Hours
Understanding and working with group dynamics, creating group sessions, use of music, movement, art, successful teamwork, and supervision in facilitation will all be addressed in this day long training. Course Text: Grof, S. Psychology of the Future. State University of new York Press, Albany: 2000
Acute Management of Accidental Hypothermia and its Complications
Aram Salehi
0.25 Hours
This session looks at the diagnosis and management of an accidental hypothermic patient presenting either with or without cardio respiratory arrest, and common complications. The initial rescue and recovery is not covered in this session.
Causes, Investigation and Management of Valvular Disease in Pregnancy
Sara Thorne
0.5 Hours
Valvular heart disease may be poorly tolerated in pregnancy; its recognition, assessment and management is detailed in this session.
Different Presentations of Anginal Chest Pains
Akhil Kapur and Sean Gallagher
0.25 Hours
This session describes the different presentations of patients with ischaemic heart disease.
Parkinson’s Disease: Classical Symptoms and Signs
Brian Wood
0.25 Hours
This session revises the typical symptoms and signs that people with Parkinson’s disease are likely to present with, at the initial stage of their illness.
Prescribing Safely in Pregnancy
Charlotte Frise
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on prescribing in pregnancy, and the important issues to consider when counselling a pregnant or potentially pregnant woman about this. These include risk/benefit analysis for medications for the treatment of chronic medical conditions, as well as errors of omission for acute medical problems encountered....
Chronic Asthma
Swapna Mandal
0.25 Hours
This session will cover the presentation and investigation of chronic asthma in an outpatient setting.
Practical Approaches to Improving Adherence and Concordance
Marcelle Sousa and Terry Segal
0.5 Hours
This session explores ways to develop strategies to help young people and their families to follow agreed treatment regimes. The session features general ideas, as well as specific practical tips, and includes video clips.
Childhood Obesity
Faye McCleery and Sunaina Khanna
0.5 Hours
This session explores the diagnosis, management and prevention of childhood obesity. It also looks at how to identify and manage obesity-related comorbidity. This session was reviewed by Charlene Mulhern and last updated on 19/01/17.
Pre-Travel Advice
Nick Jones
0.5 Hours
This session is the first in a series of sessions about travel advice for patients and provides a broad overview of the issues GPs must consider when advising patients before they travel.
Recurrent Wheeze in Children
Peter Young
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the diagnosis and management of children presenting with recurrent wheeze, and is based around three cases, each highlighting the assessment and management of wheeze under different circumstances. This session was reviewed by Dirk Pilat and last updated on 18/07/17.
Antenatal Care
Cassy Henderson
0.5 Hours
This session considers the antenatal care of a healthy pregnancy and associated health promotion. It also deals with 'expected' complications of pregnancy and highlights red flags that may indicate serious problems.
Common Neonatal Problems
Mansoora Arshad
0.5 Hours
This session describes common neonatal problems and how to manage them in general practice. This session was reviewed by Matthew Castleden and last updated in March 2015.
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Clare Etherington
0.5 Hours
During this session you will learn about the care of women with diabetes from pre-conception through to the postnatal period, and about screening for and treatment of gestational diabetes.
Pelvic Pain
Melissa Sayer
0.5 Hours
This session uses an interactive case-based discussion to look at chronic pelvic pain, its investigation and appropriate holistic management.
Acute Confusion and Off Legs
Shane O'Hanlon
0.5 Hours
Common in older people, delirium, also known as acute confusional state and 'off legs' have subtle features, leading to under-diagnosis. A result of several causes, they may lead to serious long term problems. Early recognition and management is therefore vital. This session was reviewed by Paresh Dawda and last updated on 27/03....
Common ENT Conditions in Children
Joanna Coy
0.5 Hours
This session describes the common childhood ear, nose and throat conditions seen in primary care, including: croup, airway obstruction, acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion and allergic rhinitis. Diagnostic criteria and management options are discussed.
An Introduction to Significant Event Audit
Tracy Ruthven Director, Clinical Audit Support Centre Limited and Stephen Ashmore Director, Clinic
0.5 Hours
This session will assist general practitioners and their staff in understanding the origins and importance of significant event audit (SEA). For practical application see session - How to Perform Significant Event Audit Successfully in Your Practice.
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....