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....
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.