Yes we scan! Minimizing medication administration errors through successful change management
Dr. Pieter Helmons
The webinar audience is all stakeholders who wish to learn about patient identification in a large teaching hospital, the challenges and benefits. The medication process in a hospital is a risk full procedure, consisting of several steps/processes. In this webinar focus is on the medication administration process, of which in....
Abuse Management - Module D: Assessment & Interventions in Child Abuse
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS & Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Abuse Management is to educate case managers about types of abuse so that they may be aware of early warning signs and empowered to intervene and support the efforts of other interprofessional practice team members, including other health care professionals, patients and families.
Asthma - Module A: Prevalence, Economics & Pathophysiology
Debra Siela, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, CNE, RRT & Teresa C. Fugate, RN, BBA, CCM, CPHQ
1.50 Hours
The purpose of the Improving Outcomes in Asthma Management course is to educate case managers so that they may be aware of and empowered to intervene and support efforts to understand and expedite effective resource and clinical management based upon the: -Latest evidence-based guidelines and standards of care for patients wi....
Ethics in Case Management - Module F: CM Ethics in Ambulatory Care Settings
Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
The purpose of the Ethics in Case Management course is to review evidence-based ethics information to educate CMs about ethical standards of practice and the application and utilization of case management ethics in healthcare settings.
Husband Schools: Engaging Men in Women’s Health
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films Reverend George Buannie has been instrumental to the delivery of VSO’s “Husband Schools” in Sierra Leone. These “schools” are training local men to become supportive partners in the home, and have reduced cases of domestic violence by half in the areas they work in. On 12th March 2020, VSO and Medical Aid F....
How to prevent and manage bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage)
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film shows how to prevent and manage excessive bleeding after the delivery of a baby, otherwise known as primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). This film is for use in health worker training
Understanding family planning
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This is a film for teenagers and young adults, explaining the different methods of contraception available for family planning. This film is for use in community health education.
Understanding Screening, Treatment and Prevention of Cervical Cancer
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film explains the importance of screening, early detection and treatment of cervical cancer. This film is for use in community health education.
Child health: understanding signs of malaria
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films This film is about the important signs and symptoms to look for in a sick child, with a focus on malaria. This film is for use in community health education.
HIV Paediatric Case Study Training Films • 03. Baby Elizabeth
Team of specialists
Medical Aid Films Elizabeth and her HIV positive mother have been transferred to hospital from a health centre after Elizabeth suffered birth asphyxia. This is one of a set of HIV paediatric films made by parter organisation Picturing Health. These interactive training films are designed to copy the way clinicians learn in....
COVID-19 Testing
Peter Muturi
COVID-19 Case management webinar. Sample collection procedures and results of interpretations
Health Care workers balancing fear vs duty to care
MIRIAM C.A.WAGORO RN, PhD
Online mental health webinar. Discussing Health care workers and balancing fear vs duty to care.
Leadership: effective communication
Team of specialists
The Royal College of Midwives We can not help but communicate – everything you do (or don’t do) sends a message out in some way. Considering communication is something we all do all of the time poor communication or a breakdown in effective communication is often at the heart of poor practice and poor outcomes. This short modul....
Leadership: strategic thinking
Team of specialists
The Royal College of Midwives In terms of leadership, strategic thinking is about having a vision and finding a solution to meet the aims and outcomes of that vision. This module looks at how strategic thinking impacts on leadership in maternity service provision.
Communication (Care Certificate Standard 6)
Specialists
The Royal College of Midwives This module has been designed to support the care certificate standards with maternity specific information. However, in order to achieve the various care certificate standards and the qualification that goes with them, it is essential to download and complete the relevant workbooks for all 15 sta....
Helping Babies Breathe
Deborah Van Dyke and Peter Cardellichio
Global Health Media This course presents three short videos that show the key steps of newborn resuscitation following the Helping Babies Breathe 2.0 Guidelines (American Academy of Pediatrics). The videos use different approaches to convey the essential information: a live-action video showing the full procedure; a demonstra....
Anti-retroviral therapy after “Treat All” in Harare, Zimbabwe: What are the changes in uptake, time to initiation and retention?
Takura Matare,Hemant Deepak Shewade,Ronald T. Ncube,Kudzai Masunda,Innocent Mukeredzi,Kudakwashe C. Takarinda,Janet Dzangare,Gloria Gonese,Bekezela B. Khabo,Regis C. Choto,Tsitsi Apollo
Globally in 2018, there were an estimated 37.9 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV). Following evidence from research studies on the clinical and public health benefits of immediate ART, in July 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines on when to start ART and pre-exposure prophyla....
Trends and factors associated with long-acting reversible contraception in Kenya
Wambui Kungu,Anne Khasakhala,Alfred Agwanda
Family planning is a critical component of Kenya’s development agenda and it is addressed in the Vision 2030 social pillar on provision of reproductive health for the poor and vulnerable population. Kenya is a model of fertility transition, having moved from a very high level of fertility of over eight children in the 1970s to a....
Diversity and Molecular Characterization of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Selected Ecological Regions in Kenya.
Moni Makanda,Gladys Kemunto,Lucy Wamuyu,Joel Bargul,Jackson Muema,James Mutunga
Mosquitoes are vectors responsible for transmission of numerous pathogens causing diseases such as, malaria, lymphatic filariasis, avian malaria and arboviruses including dengue virus, chikungunya virus, yellow fever virus, West Nile virus, and Zika virus (. In the recent past, there has been an increasing spread of mosquito-bor....
Management and cost of snakebite injuries at a teaching and referral hospital in Western Kenya
Mitchel Otieno Okumu,Minal Naran Patel,Foram Rajnkant Bhogayata,Francis Okumu Ochola,Irene Awuor Olweny,Joshua Orungo Onono,Joseph Kangangi Gikunju
Snakebite envenoming is a topic perhaps too little discussed on the global stage. The disease has only recently been formally re-instated to the WHO list of neglected tropical diseases after a four-year hiatus. Specifying the requirements for antivenom at the local level, educating at-risk groups, improving accessibility to anti....
Structural, functional and docking analysis against Schistosomamansoni dihydroorotate dehydrogenase for potential chemotherapeutic drugs
Benson Otarigho
DHODH: dihydroorotate dehydrogenasen
Evaluation of portal pressure by doppler ultrasound in patients with cirrhosis before and after simvastatin administration – a randomized controlled trial
Nadia Elwan,Raafat Salah,Manal Hamisa,Ebtsam Shady,Nehad Hawash,Sherief Abd-Elsalam
Liver cirrhosis is considered to be the most common cause of portal hypertension (PHT). The ideal hypotensive drug for PHT should decrease portal pressure by lowering intrahepatic vascular resistance while maintaining or increasing hepatic blood flow. Currently, the available therapies for PHT are based on the use of β-adrenergi....
Post-orgasmic illness syndrome: a case report
Abdalla M Attia,Hossam A Yasien,Magda H Al-Ziny
Post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) was first reported and named by Waldinger and Schweitzer in 2002. To the best of our knowledge, aside from two cases reported by Waldinger and Schweitzer. POIS appears to be principally a male orgasmic disorder, as most of the reported cases are males. Its manifestations start within seconds....
Female circumcision: Limiting the harm
Mohamed Kandil
Female genital cutting/mutilation (FGC/M), or circumcision as it was previously described. The legislations enacted in most countries to ban FGC had minimal effect on its prevalencen