Module 4: Midwifery Services
Dalarna University
In this module, you will watch the presentation, and read the handouts and supporting materials so as to learn about the role, functions, responsibilities and activities of a licensed and educated midwife in Bangladesh. You will meet the UNFPA national midwifery officer, who will present information about the role of midwives an....
SXSW Edu 2021: COVID Lessons: A New Era in Education
Henry Hipps, Lisa Herring, Matthew Mugo Fields
One year ago, schools closed their buildings. Now, as we gather virtually in a landscape forever altered by the pandemic, we are seeing the challenges—and the bright spots—of the last year more clearly. From an accelerated adoption of edtech to exposure of deep inequities across the education system, we will examine what we’ve l....
Catheter Studies - Disease Diagnosis - Radiology
Dorothy Keane and Yogesh Raja
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the procedures carried out during cardiac catheterisation including angiography, angioplasty, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and intracoronary imaging.
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....
Diffuse Hair Loss
Matthew Harries and Tee Wei Siah
0.5 Hours
This session describes a clinical situation in which a patient presents with diffuse hair loss. Throughout this scenario you will be presented with the patient's history, whilst having the opportunity to ask further questions and examine images of the patient. Expert feedback will be given throughout on your history, investigati....
Causes and Aetiology of Pain in Cancer
Iain Lawrie
0.5 Hours
This session describes the various types of pain experienced by cancer patients and reviews the causes of these pain types, generally, and with reference to specific pathophysiological mechanisms.
Psychosexual Medicine
John Ewan
1 Hours
This session is an introduction to sexual dysfunction exploring both the psychological and physical factors. The session also covers the initial assessment and referral pathways.
Assessment of Risk and Medical Eligibility for all Contraceptive Methods
Sam Rowlands
0.5 Hours
This session covers aspects of the history and examination that relate to medical eligibility for all contraceptive methods.
Assessment and Management of Burns
Lisa Clancy
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to refresh your knowledge on the subject of burns and to describe current best practice for treating minor burns injuries in the pre-hospital environment. Following a review of skin anatomy and burn pathophysiology, this session will demonstrate how to make an assessment of burn depth and percentage....
Care of The Newborn
Aimee Yarrington
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide an understanding of the clinicians role in caring for the baby initially at birth and prevention of harm.
Pain Management in the End of Life Patient
Annabel Law
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the issues surrounding end of life care and identify the types of pain experienced by people as they near the end of life. Later, it will describe how to assess pain in such patients and offer guidance on the methods that can be used to manage pain in those nearing the end of life.
Ankle Injuries
Sean Mower
0.5 Hours
An effective advanced assessment of an ankle injury will allow a paramedic or clinician to determine a management plan that leads to the most appropriate and helpful management. This session aims to provide the underlying theory and assessment techniques to carry out these assessments effectively.
Applied Anatomy of the Popliteal Fossa
Samuel Ebbs and Anindya Lahir
0.5 Hours
This session will provide a detailed description of the anatomy of the popliteal fossa and explain why an understanding of the anatomy of this area is important to the plastic surgeon.
Capsular Contracture Around Breast Implants
Saif Ramman and Pari-Naz Mohanna
0.5 Hours
This session provides a detailed account of the pathophysiology of the capsule that forms around breast implants and a review of the current theories about the aetiology of capsular contracture and the principles of management.
Buttock Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Anais Rosich-Medina and Elaine Sassoon
0.5 Hours
This session provides a comprehensive account of buttock flaps, their anatomical basis, the steps taken to raise them and their advantages and disadvantages.
Salvage Surgery for Severe Lower Limb Trauma
Denise Osei-Kuffour and Ahid Abood
0.5 Hours
This session will describe how to perform a systematic assessment of viable tissues in patients with severe lower limb trauma. Later, it will explain the advantages of salvage surgery over amputation and explore how to preserve viable tissue for salvage surgery.
Reconstruction of the Burned Face
Agata Plonczak and Jorge Leon-Villapalos
0.5 Hours
This session will offer guidance on how to assess burn scars of the face (including the eyelids, nose, mouth and ears). Later, it will explore the surgical techniques that can be used to restore function and improve the appearance of a burned face.
Resource Implications for Total Early Excision of Major Burns
Terry-Ann Curran and Timothy Burge
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the human resources needed to perform a total early excision of a major burn and explore the service requirements associated with such a procedure.
Epidemiology and Aetiology of Burns
Stephanie Young and Gerard Laitung
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the incidence of burn injuries, highlighting the main types of burns and describing the clinical features that are associated with each type of burn injury.
Pain Control in Burns
Rob Pearson and Claire Woods
0.5 Hours
This session will explain the types of pain experienced by patients with burns and explore the role of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain control measures.
Causes of Airway and Inhalation Injury
Christopher Jones and Ian Taggart
0.5 Hours
This session will explain how to classify airway and inhalation injuries and describe the pathophysiological processes that are involved.
Anaesthesia for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Uwe Franke and Leo Jeyaraj
0.5 Hours
This session gives an overview of COPD and explains the specific implications for anaesthesia of patients with COPD.
Oesophageal Doppler - Anesthesiology
Robert Kong
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to use an oesophageal Doppler machine, the basic techniques of acquiring the aortic waveform to measure flow and how to interpret specific variables.
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Anesthesiology
Tarkeshwari Mane and Ashish Gulve
0.5 Hours
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology mainly involving joints but also with systemic effects. These extra-articular manifestations occur in more than 50% of patients. Both the articular and systemic manifestations have important anaesthetic implications. This sess....
Postoperative Analgesia: Basic Principles and Analgesic Ladder
Edward Burdett and Yogen Amin
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the importance of postoperative analgesia, with emphasis on multimodal analgesia, together with some commonly encountered techniques. The analgesic ladder will be described.