Risk of In-stent Re-stenosis
Syed Raza
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the types of stents used to reduce re-stenosis and their success rates.
Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 2)
Hazel King
0.5 Hours
This session is designed to teach you how to safely and effectively prescribe a range of commonly prescribed, yet complex intravenous medicines.You will consolidate the learning in Session - Safe Use of Injectable Medicines Part 1 (000-1183) by application of knowledge to realistic clinical settings.
Safe Prescribing of Insulin
Rifat Malik and Eileen Turner
0.5 Hours
In clinical practice, you will frequently be required to prescribe insulin. Insulin is a safe and powerful therapy if used appropriately. This session aims to increase confidence in prescribing insulin. It will provide you with the knowledge to avoid common insulin prescribing errors.
Perturbations and Clinical Features Caused by Hypothermia
Claire Dow
0.25 Hours
This session focuses on how to recognise the common clinical features caused by hypothermia and the resulting ECG findings.
Causes of Postural Hypotension
Mira Doshi
0.25 Hours
This session describes the causes of postural hypotension.
Adherence and Concordance in Young People
Marcelle Sousa and Terry Segal
0.5 Hours
This session examines factors that influence the way young people take medicines in adolescence. It will also explore some of the challenges encountered by health professionals who care for young people who may have health beliefs conflicting with those of their parents or professionals.
Breathing Problems in Neonates and Infants
Alison Dunn
0.5 Hours
This session uses case studies to describe common breathing problems found in neonates and infants. It covers croup, bronchiolitis and viral induced wheeze. The appropriate primary care and management for these conditions is discussed.
About Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice
Public Health England
0.5 Hours
This session aims to explain the scale of alcohol related harm in the adult population and provide evidence of how Alcohol IBA can reduce the scale of this harm. The aims and key principles of Alcohol IBA are also described.
Adolescent Gynaecology
Sarah M Creighton MD FRCOG Consultant Gynaecologist
0.5 Hours
This session will cover gynaecological symptoms including normal and abnormal menstruation.
Children Learning Two or More Languages
Sean Pert Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to the key issues to consider with regard to children learning more than one language. It will provide you with current evidence-based guidance, relevant for practitioners advising parents of bilingual children.
Diagnosing and Managing Eye Problems in Children
Stella Hornby Module Editor - Eye Problems
0.5 Hours
This session covers the principles of testing vision in children in primary care. The process of how to check corneal light reflex is described along with the principles and management of strabismus and amblyopia. Leukococoria in young children is considered along with the importance of early recognition and treatment. The sessi....
Communicating With Families
Guy Larrington - Family Psychotherapist
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the importance of engaging with parents, carers and families. It will introduce you to what it means to engage families and basic principles in doing so. It introduces you to listening skills and skills in asking questions that help you communicate effectively with families.
Promoting Attachment and Wellbeing Part 2: In Practice
Catherine Lowenhoff Independent Nurse Consultant, LCB Resources Ltd. Full-time PhD student, Oxford
0.5 Hours
This session is the second of two in a series focusing on attachment and wellbeing. The first session provided an overview of attachment theory and highlighted the importance of sensitive, responsive caregiving for the optimal development of the child's brain and the development of secure attachment. This second session theref....
Prospective Risk Assessment in Primary Care
Jane Carthey Patient Safety and Human Factors Specialist and Christine Johnson General Practitione
0.5 Hours
This session provides information on how to use prospective risk assessment in primary care. It will also explain why improving patient safety requires us to identify incidents before they occur, rather than simply learning after the event through incident reporting or a significant event audit. This session was reviewed by Such....
Prescribing Long-Term Steroids
Gayathri Rabindra GP Trainee ST2
0.5 Hours
This session emphasises the importance of safe prescribing of steroids and demonstrates how this can be done in practice.
Parental Relationships Part 1: Influences and Effects
Penny Mansfield - Director, One Plus One
0.5 Hours
The session aims to help you understand the effect of the parent-to-parent relationship on children's health and wellbeing and to help you support families where there is relationship distress.
Cardiovascular Problems Anesthesiology
Richard Hughes
0.5 Hours
This session explains the common causes of intraoperative haemodynamic disturbances and suggests a logical sequence for rapidly identifying problems, along with suggestions for their management.
Assessing Development Stage
Deborah Christie
0.5 Hours
This session will help you review both personal and accepted definitions of adolescence. It will discuss the physical, social, cognitive, emotional and behavioural changes that take place during this developmental stage. A four stage assessment tool will be described that can be used to determine where a young person is in relat....
Cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia
MR Davies BM MRCP FRCA and J Cousins MB BS BSc FRCA
0.5 Hours
Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle and may present with cardiac dysfunction. Originally defined as conditions with unknown aetiology, the World Health Organization reclassification in 1995 was expanded to include all known causes and is based upon anatomical and physiological features. Within this classification,....
Recognition and Initial Management of Common Anaemias
Archie Prentice
0.5 Hours
This session looks at recognition of the clinical presentation of common anaemias and the selection of tests to reach a diagnosis and to plan treatment.
Child Protection: Level 2 Part B – Response in Secondary Care
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
This session uses case studies to help clinical staff who have some degree of contact with children and young people and/or parents/carers to know what are the appropriate responses when they have concerns that a child or young person is being maltreated. It is important to note that the term 'children' means children and young....
Pulmonary Haemorrhage
Judith Babar
0.5 Hours
This session will provide you with an overview of the causes and radiological appearances of pulmonary haemorrhage.
Apert Syndrome
Isabelle Citron and Aina Greig
0.75 Hours
This session will explain the embryological and anatomical basis of Apert syndrome and describe the clinical features associated with this condition. Later sections will explore the surgical techniques that can be used in order to correct Apert syndrome.
Anatomy of the Brachial Plexus
David Thomson and Lucy Cogswell
0.5 Hours
This session describes the detailed anatomy of the brachial plexus, exploring its relationships to other structures and outlining why an understanding of the anatomy of this area is important.
Pain Management in Trauma
Martin Parkinson
0.5 Hours
This session will identify the variables that can shape a person’s experience of pain in trauma and explore the risks associated with trauma-related pain. Later, it will explain how a multimodal approach to pain management may be needed to provide the best outcome. Please note this session will cover the a wide variety of....