Webinar: Two or Three Times a Week…How do You Know?
Lucy Spencer
The conventional approach to initiating maintenance haemodialysis is a thrice-weekly schedule. A stepwise approach, incremental haemodialysis with once or twice weekly treatments, may be considered for patients with substantial residual kidney function (RKF). Despite increasing attention and enthusiasm for incremental dialysis,....
Parenteral nutrition: indications, risks and nursing care
Jane Fletcher
1 Hours
Parenteral nutrition is a recognised method of feeding patients with specific clinical conditions, most notably those with various forms of intestinal failure who cannot be fed enterally. However, it has several associated risks including sepsis, and metabolic and electrolyte imbalances. The aim of this article is to enhance nur....
Improving nutrition for older people in acute settings
Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings
Older people have an increased risk of becoming malnourished when they are ill. Admission to hospital may affect their nutritional intake and nutritional status. Nutrition screening and implementation of nutrition care plans can help minimise the risk of malnutrition in acute care settings, if used effectively. The nutritional c....
Cross-cultural Communication
Joe Kai, Jackie Beavan
0.5 Hours
This session considers how cultural differences between doctor and patient may create uncertainty that can reduce the effectiveness of the consultation. This can be recognised and overcome to enhance the consultation.
Patient Partnership
Ailsa Donelly
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on some key aspects of working in partnership with patients to manage their illness using a case study approach.
Community Orientation
Justin Allen
0.5 Hours
GPs have an increasing role in planning and delivering healthcare. This session considers the learning outcomes described in the Caring for the Whole Person and the Wider Community domain of the RCGP core curriculum and explores how to apply these to everyday situations. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updat....
Hypertension
Alistair Calder
This session provides an interactive review of the role of radiology in the management of hypertension in children.
Pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia
Aimee Yarrington
Hypertensive disorders are the second most common cause of maternal deaths worldwide. Pre-eclampsia is the cause of 9 to 26% of global maternal mortality and a significant proportion of pre-term births. The incidence is increasing in keeping with the increase in obesity, maternal age, and women with medical comorbidities enterin....
COVID-19 Series: Coronavirus: What do we know?
Professor Peter Openshaw and Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Insights on coronaviruses and other lung diseases with Professor and research on the COVID-19 virus. Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM.
COVID 19 Series: Response to a pandemic
Professor Paul Cosford
In this talk Professor Paul Cosford and Professor Sir Simon Wessely discuss the current and future state of COVID-19 testing, from the rapid research involved in creating tests to the complexities of scaling up the country’s testing capacity. The RSM COVID-19 Series is for health professionals, by health professionals; a seri....
Outback to Reef: Meeting Social Needs - Podcast
Christine Lynne
Supporting patients with kidney disease in outback Australia
COVID-19 Series: Your questions answered
Panel of Experts
The RSM COVID-19 Series has been running for a month and we have had hundreds of questions submitted - too many to cover in a short webinar. Join in the conversation online using #RSMLive Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and....
Sexual Exposure to HIV
Hayley Wood and Andrew Tomkins
This session will cover the risk of acquiring HIV infection from different types of sexual exposure, factors that can affect risk of transmission and methods to prevent HIV transmission.
Understanding healthy eating during pregnancy
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child. This film is for use in community health education
Understanding healthy eating during pregnancy
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child. This film is for use in community health education.
Effects of Emergencies on Health and Nutrition - An Introduction
Humanitarian Leadership Academy, Save the Children
Kaya This course is for all those who wish to understand the basic concepts and principles of how emergencies affect health and nutrition. There is also a companion course Effects of Emergencies on Health and Nutrition - An Advance Guide aimed at health professionals which explores the issues in greater detail, which you can ta....
Understanding breastfeeding
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains the importance of breastfeeding for at least the first six months after a baby is born, demonstrating the benefits to both the mother and the baby.
Aortic Stenosis: Treatments
Janet Fredal Wyman
The fourth of four peer-to-peer videos that aim to increase awareness of valvular heart disease and the important role that nurses play in early identification, access to prompt treatment, and prevention of deleterious outcomes. Dr. Janet Wyman, Nurse Practitioner, and Administrative Director, Structural Heart Clinical Services,....
Strengthening Quality in Animal Health to Support AMR Surveillance
Dr Bridgit Muasa, Dr Romona Ndanyi
In this In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice (CoP) webinar, we share the experience of Kenya in the development of a national quality manual and strategic plan for the animal health sector, supporting the establishment on a national quality infrastructure that supports and mandates quality management systems (QMS) i....
HIV Paediatric Case Study Training Films • 05. Martha
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films 13-month-old Martha is an HIV positive baby who started ART very late and has developed an abscess on her right armpit - around the lymph node below the arm where her BCG was done. This is one of a set of HIV paediatric films made by parter organisation Picturing Health. These interactive training films ar....
HIV Paediatric Case Study Training Films • 02. Baby Chisomo
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films Baby Chisomo is a newborn who has been brought to hospital after being found abandoned by a river. Because the status of the mother is unknown, she is treated as if she has been exposed to HIV. This is one of a set of HIV paediatric films made by parter organisation Picturing Health. These interactive trai....
Evidence-based Malaria SBCC 1: Telling Stories About Behavior: Theory As Narrative
Douglas Storey, PhD
John Hopkins University This eLearning series consists of 5 modules. This is module 1, entitled 'Telling Stories About Behavior: Theory As Narrative'. The module is presented by Dr. Doug Storey and will introduce participants to some of the basic theories used in social and behavior change communication, using examples specifi....
Chemsex
Gloria J. Baciewic and Timothy J. Wiegand
1.25 Hours
A Deep Dive into Complex Addiction Cases with Leading Experts! The ACMT Addiction Toxicology Case Conference webinar series discusses Addiction/Toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Medical Toxicology. Case 1: Getting "handsy" at the Gas Station Cas....
Introduction to Asthma in General Practice eLearning
Jeshni Amblum-Almer and Ameet Gordhan
6 Hours
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of healthcareprofessionals working in general practice in the UK. It aims to provide a comprehensiveunderstanding of asthma management based on the latest recommendations andguidelines, with a specific focus on primary care. Participants will gain the necessaryexpertise....