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.
Public Health And Community Management Of Adolescent Obesity
Paul Chadwick - Researcher in the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre at University
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the complex area of obesity management at a population level and outline the government strategy in this area. Relevant public policy documents will be highlighted and key targets for intervention will be explained.
Pubertal Assessment
Russel Viner
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the five Tanner stages that boys and girls go through in pubertal development.
CEACCP: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery
Audrey Miang Ying Tan MBBS FRCA Derek Amoako MBChB FRCA
0.5 Hours
Nearly 40 000 people in the UK and many more worldwide have cardiac surgery annually. Adverse neurological outcomes post-cardiac surgery have been well recognized for many years and are an important cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality.
Review article: Intestinal Failure
S. Lal, A Teubner and Dr J L Shaffer
0.5 Hours
Intestinal failure is a specific disease entity resulting from intestinalresection or disease-associated malabsorption and characterized by theinability to maintain protein-energy, fluid, electrolyte or micronutrientbalance.
Pancreas: Pancreatitis Diagnosis (Acute)
Mark Callaway and Conor Corr
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the role of imaging in diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis, along with complications and the role of interventional radiology management of the patient.
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.
Cytomegalovirus
Ed Wilkins and Tom Wingfield
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the clinical features, natural history, diagnostics and treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
BJA Education: Pathophysiology of cardiovascular dysfunction in sepsis
JR Greer MB BCH BAO DGM FRCA FFICM
0.5 Hours
Sepsis is a common condition with a high mortality, which can also lead to severe sepsis and shock. This review will look at the physiological disruption of the cardiovascular system and the reflexes which occur during sepsis.
Common Clinical Problems: Imaging the Abdomen in the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU)
Ratan Verma and Hasan Abdel Salam
0.25 Hours
In this session, you will be introduced to some of the common clinical problems with imaging the abdomen in an intensive therapy unit (ITU).