Anatomy of the Palmar Fascia
Alex Dearden and Sam Dalal
0.50 Hours
This session will explore the detailed anatomy of the palmar fascia and explain its relationship to the nerves and vessels of the hand both in health and disease.
Aetiology and Investigation of Gynaecomastia
Charles Loh and Philip Lim
0.50 Hours
This session will explore the causes of gynaecomastia, describing how to grade the condition and offering guidance on the clinical assessment and investigation of patients.
Conservative Management of Pressure Ulcers
Alex Smit, Rebecca Rollett and Jonathan Wiper
0.50 Hours
This session will identify the general measures that can be taken to aid healing of pressure ulcers. This will include the need to optimise nutritional state and the topical treatments that can be used to aid healing or prepare the wounds for surgery.
CEACCP: Statistics III: Probability and statistical tests
Anthony McCluskey BSc MB ChB FRCA and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen MB ChB FRCA
0.50 Hours
Anthony McCluskey and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen provide us with an in-depth discussion on probability and statistical tests
CEACCP: Statistics IV: Interpreting the results of statistical tests
Anthony McCluskey BSc MB ChB FRCA and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen MB ChB FRCA
0.50 Hours
Anthony McCluskey and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen provide us with an in-depth discussion on interpreting the results of statistical tests
Crisis Resource Management
Rohit Juneja
0.50 Hours
This session will outline the key points of CRM and how these relate to issues of ensuring safety in the night setting.
Communication Impairments Part 3: Cleft Palate, Hearing Impairment, Stammering and Selective Mutism
Alison Wintgens, Karen Morgan, Liz Albery, Sarah Worsfold
0.50 Hours
This session is the third of four which describe different speech, language and communication impairments. This session focuses on the following conditions: stammering, selective mutism, cleft palate/velopharyngeal dysfunction and hearing impairment. The defining characteristics, prevalence and diagnostic criteria are described....
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....