Psychosocial Development
Russel Viner
0.50 Hours
This session will review the reciprocal impact of changes in psychological development in adolescence including cognitive, emotional and behavioural development. The session will also consider what impact these developmental changes have on self-management of long-term illness during adolescence.
Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
Malin Sullivan
0.50 Hours
This session considers the management of children who present with acute abdominal pain in general practice. The management of chronic and recurrent abdominal pain is discussed in the e-GP session ‘Recurrent abdominal pain in children’.
Cranial Nerves and Base of Skull
Christopher Taylor and Nicholas Hirsch
0.50 Hours
This session covers the anatomy and function of the cranial nerves and the anatomy of the base of the skull.
Acid Base Balance and Buffers
Alexander Goodwin
0.50 Hours
An account of acid-base physiology and its relevance to anaesthesia.
Peripheral Circulation
Rhona Dorran
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the physiology of the vasculature, describes the role of the vascular endothelium and the determinants of vascular resistance, explains how the microvascular forces affect exchange of fluids, nutrients and metabolites and describes the role of the lymphatic system.
Physiology of Pregnancy and Labour 1
Mary Mushambi and Paul Slatter
0.50 Hours
This session will explore the changes in cardiovascular, haematological and respiratory physiology during pregnancy and labour, providing the necessary knowledge for a doctor starting out in obstetric anaesthesia.
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.