Carcinoma of the Colon
Julian Elford and Andrew Lockwood
This session covers colorectal cancer, including risk factors, presentation, radiological investigation, management, staging, treatment and follow-up.
Drug Therapy - Implications for the Anaesthetist
Santhana Kannan
A typical hospitalized patient is on ten different medications. Many of them may have implications for anaesthetic technique by: - Direct interaction with anaesthetic agents - Affecting perioperative conditions such as bleeding - Having adverse effects which can increase anaesthetic risk Any resultant impact may range....
Carcinogenesis
Jacky Chen, Kavit Amin and Dorothy Bennett
This session uses the normal eukaryotic cell cycle to explore the cellular pathology of cancer and describes the ways in which the body attempts to detect and destroy potentially cancerous cells.
Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
This session aims to outline the management of type 2 diabetes in children and young people.
Sexual Problems Part 1
Karl Hollows
This session will focus on the presentation and clinical assessment of patients who describe a sexual problem within a sexual health setting.
Introduction to Epidemiological Measures
Cath Mercer
This session will introduce you to the fundamental concepts of epidemiology that are used to measure the health of the population (rather than of individuals) and to assess the effectiveness of public health interventions.
Tumours of the Oesophagus: Treatments
David Richardson
The session looks at the basic principles of treatment of oesophageal carcinoma.
Administration of Drugs by Subcutaneous Injection
Professor Gerry McKay
This session describes the use of subcutaneous (SC) injection as a route of drug delivery. It covers the reasons why it is used, the common types of drugs that can be given this way, practical aspects of giving a subcutaneous injection and adverse effects that might be encountered.
Allergies Including Latex
K-L Kong
Patients are given a large number of drugs and substances, often in quick succession, during the perioperative period. These drugs can cause potentially life-threatening adverse reactions. A careful history regarding adverse drug reactions must be taken during preoperative assessment. Many patients may claim to have drug alle....
Leading People
Dr Taj Hassan, Squadron Leader Jonathon Lowe and Aanika Khan
In the session Leading Systems, you were introduced to the concepts of leadership and management. This session will now focus on the specific knowledge and tools required to lead and manage people within an organisation. This will include: 1. Understanding how organisations work (the place where you work) 2. Models of situat....
Leading Teams
Mr Mal Jones, and Dr Lara Somerset
All clinical staff need to work effectively within teams. This session explores how to lead teams effectively in Emergency Medicine. Leadership together with followership, is a concept that acknowledges the importance of participation and allowing others to lead as complementary skills to leadership. Lord Darzi’s review of he....
Vocational Readiness in Long-term Conditions and Disability
Janet McDonagh
All adolescents including those with long-term conditions and/or disabilities have hopes and dreams. They want to: 1) Be valued as human beings 2) Be treated with dignity 3) Have access to education and job training 4) Have access to opportunities for social experiences and community involvement, recreation and worship 5)....
Leading Culture
Sarah Grimwood and Aanika Khan
This session is focused on the relationship between leadership and culture. It is recommended that you have completed the Leading Self session in full, including the reflection worksheet prior to starting. There are themes and learning within Leading Self that are built upon within this session and will help you to have a deeper....
CONGENITAL CATARACTS
Dr Abubaker Kakinaki
Eye Health Africa https://eyehealthafrica.org/ This course will describe the different aspects of cataracts: Pathophysiology Epidemiology Mortality/Morbidity Etiology Workup & Tx Complications Parents education
REFRACTIVE ERROR
Kagumba Nicholas Musisi and Tanvi Shah
Emmetropia: a condition in which incident parallel light rays are focused on retinal photoreceptors Ammetropia: parallel light rays not focused on photoreptors of the retina under minimum accommodation
Nurse Advocacy Stage 2 - Engaging with Coalitions
Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN and Siobhan O’Halloran, PhD, MSC, FFNMRCSI, BNS, RNT, RGN, RNID
0.75 Hours
This certificate program aims to develop nurses’ knowledge and skills in advocating for themselves as well as at the organizational, community, regional, or global levels. The future of nursing is informed by the lived experiences of nurses, educational preparation, and personal connection to social and professional issues that....
Resuscitation - Level 1
Maresa Johnson and Peter Darley
This e-learning session meets the statutory and mandatory training requirements and learning outcomes for Resuscitation Level 1 in the UK Core Skills Training Framework (UK CSTF).
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Pius Mwang and Simon Githui
2 Hours
Welcome to the Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) module, an in-depth look at childhood and teenage mental health. We will look at the diagnostic criteria, risk factors, and underlying causes of ODD in this section. We will also look into its management. This module has five multiple choice questions that you can use to carry o....
Vicarious Trauma
Simon Githui
1 Hours
When you work in public health you have direct contact with consumers and their lives. As you may have found, your compassion for those you work with can affect you in positive and negative ways. This course will help you appreciate the dangers of working with survivors of trauma and also effects of direct and indirect exposure....
The Unexpected Difficult Airway: How to Avoid It & How to Manage It
Michael A. Gibbs, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture discusses the best management for difficult airways in the emergency department, and how to anticipate and avoid trouble during intubation in these cases.
Pharmacology Essentials - Premedication (anaesthesia)
Tom Peck
0.5 Hours
This session will introduce you to a range of scenarios where drugs are used to prepare the patient before an operation.
Sudden Cardiac Death & Screening
Carrie A. Jaworski, MD, FAAFP, FACSM
This course covers sudden cardiac death & screening
Mental Health Training
Dr. Saidi B, Dr. Grace Andrew Mapunda, and Dr. Irene Robert Mageni
This course emphasizes the importance of mental health, not just as the absence of mental illness but as a state of well-being that affects how individuals feel, think, and behave. Mental health impacts how we handle stress, make choices, and relate to others. In healthcare settings, where high-stress environments are common, un....
Head to Toe
Geralyn Sue Prullage, and Fauste Uwingabir
We invite you to actively participate in our practice head-to-toe assessment. The webinar, available in both French and English, encourages you to examine a doll from head to toe using auscultation, palpation, and physical process. We'll also engage in an in-depth discussion of the rationale behind each process.
Module 6: Diabetes in Young People
Dr Trust Zaranyika, Dr Nickson Mukapa and Dr Moris Chiwanza
By the end of this module, participants will have an understanding of managing young people with diabetes.