Agonists and Receptors
Tim Smith
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the mathematical concepts underlying simple drug receptor interaction.
Enzyme Induction and Inhibition
Visweswar Nataraj and K.Kaliappan
0.50 Hours
This session describes ways in which drugs interfere with enzyme activity. It covers the ways in which drugs can both stimulate and inhibit the action of enzymes as well as introducing enzymes as drugs.
Comorbidities and Complications
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
0.50 Hours
This session aims to outline long-term complications in type 2 diabetes as well as comorbidities and their management.
Definition and Diagnosis
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
0.50 Hours
This session aims to outline type 2 diabetes mellitus and how to diagnose it in children and young people. It also includes some diagnostic challenges.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems
Charlotte Avann
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of continuous glucose monitoring systems and shows the benefits they bring to the patient and healthcare professionals.
Complications of Diabetes
Jan Idkowiak
This session outlines immediate and long-term complications of diabetes and strategies to prevent them. It also covers the management of problems with insulin doses and timing, as well as problems with insulin devices.
Choosing and Using a Method - In the Perimenopause
Kate Weaver
0.50 Hours
Case scenarios to discuss provision of perimenopausal women's preferred contraceptive choice.
Assessment and Referral for SDI Fitting
Tina Peers
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the assessment and preparation of women prior to subdermal implant (SDI) fitting. It also presents demonstrations on how to insert and remove subdermal implants.
Confidentiality, Consent and Chaperones
Fiona Fargie
0.50 Hours
This session deals with the principles of confidentiality in sexual and reproductive health and the provision of a chaperone for intimate examinations. It also looks at the consent requirements for tests and examinations or procedures.
Assessment of Pain in Older Adults
Pat Schofield
0.50 Hours
This session describes the assessment of pain in older adults and the range of assessment tools available for clinicians to use.
Chronic Pain in Children
Christina Liossi and Dilini Rajapakse
0.50 Hours
This session describes the assessment, diagnosis, formulation and management of children who have chronic pain.
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Sam Waddy
0.50 Hours
This session discusses the definition of and spectrum of pneumonia, its presentation, likely aetiological agents, an approach to the management of community- acquired pneumonia (CAP), empiric treatment strategies, and the approach adopted for the care of the patient referred to the intensive care unit (ICU). The session also bri....
Principles of Antibiotic Use
Anthony McCluskey
0.50 Hours
This session will revise the definition, classification and mechanism of action of commonly used antibiotics. The principles of antibiotic use in a variety of clinical situations will be covered and the problem of antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics will also be discussed.
Chemical Burns
Richard Thomson and Ian Taggart
0.50 Hours
This session identifies the agents capable of causing chemical burns and describes the local tissue damage and systemic injuries that may occur as a result of exposure to each agent.
Burns (Paediatric)
Susan McIlveney
0.50 Hours
This session will lead the participant through a scenario from the first presentation to the stabilization of a child with burns.
Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Baha Al Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Central venous catheters are widely used in various clinical settings. This session describes the indications for their use, their types, sites of insertion, techniques employed in their insertion, benefits and risks associated with their use. The pulmonary artery flotation catheter is also described.
Limitations and Pitfalls
Jonathan Rosser
0.50 Hours
This session describes factors that can lead to misdiagnosis, including ultrasound artifacts and normal cardiac anatomical structures that may be misdiagnosed as pathological processes. It also considers the limitations of basic echo in those who are inexperienced in its use.
Principles of MRI of the Brain and Spine
Steve Moore
0.50 Hours
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rarely used in most emergency departments. However, the properties of such images can provide emergency physicians with critical information to support the optimal clinical care of many neurological disorders. Clinicians must appreciate the risks associated with this technology to ensure that....
Opioid Drugs: General Properties and Mechanisms of Action
E E Aly
0.50 Hours
This session is an introduction to opioid drugs. It describes the classification of the different opioid receptors, their common mechanism of action and their location. Their clinical effects, including common unwanted effects, are also introduced.
Piped Gas Supply
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Anaesthetists regularly use piped gas supply and suction in different parts of the hospital. This session explores the different components of the piped gas system, examines safety procedures governing its usage, and describes how it operates in conjunction with the anaesthetic machine.
Breathing Systems Filters
Tony Wilkes
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the different types of breathing system filters, their use and associated complications.
Pulse Oximetry
Matthew Gardner
0.50 Hours
The pulse oximeter is perhaps the most useful monitor used by anaesthetists. This session examines its uses, component parts and the basic physics of how it works, and explores its limitations and causes of error.
Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Central venous catheters are widely used in various clinical settings. This session describes the indications for their use, their types, sites of insertion, techniques employed in their insertion, benefits and risks associated with their use. The pulmonary artery flotation catheter is also described.
Oesophageal Doppler Cardiac Output Monitoring
Peter Anderson and Robert Kong
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the basic principles underlying oesophageal Doppler cardiac output monitoring, the practicalities of use of the monitor and clinical applications.
Developing an Enterprise Imaging Strategy
Dawn Cram, RT(R,M), CIIP
1.00 Hours
A successful approach in creating an enterprise imaging strategy begins with setting realistic expectations and defining specific organizational needs. While foundational goals should remain consistent across providers, how an organization defines their strategy will differ. Explore variations in approach and be guided towards d....