Arterial Ischaemic Stroke in Infancy and Childhood
Kling Chong
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on the application and role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis and management of paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke.
Common Uroradiological Syndromes: Other Syndromes
Camilla Whitten, Emma Wood, Uday Patel
0.5 Hours
This session is the second of two looking at common uroradiological conditions. It focuses on non-autosomal dominant conditions that have both renal and extrarenal manifestations: autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), medullary sponge kidney (MSK), Wilms' tumour and nephroblastomatosis-related syndromes.
Radionuclide Imaging Overview
Wil Evans
0.5 Hours
This session gives an overview of radionuclide imaging, setting it in the context of the broader discipline of nuclear medicine. It gives an outline of how a gamma camera is used to image the distribution of a radiopharmaceutical within the body.
Cardiac: Basic Principles
Gnanasegaran Gopinath
0.75 Hours
This session provides an understanding of basic embryology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the heart.
Paediatric Bone: Lower Body
Isky Gordon
0.5 Hours
This session covers paediatric bone scintigraphy of the lower skeleton including both normals and pathology.
Communication: Giving Results to Patients - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the special communication skills required when breaking bad news.
Ethics - Life and Death Dilemmas - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.25 Hours
This session looks at some ethical problems that may be encountered in everyday clinical practice: allocation of resources, sustaining life, embryo selection, living wills, privacy and health records. An examination of some of the ethical issues at the start and end of life can be found in Session Legal and Ethical Behaviour/Eth....
Consent - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
Part of ensuring patient safety is making certain that patients understand their proposed care and are happy for it to take place. Patients should be provided with comprehensive information, which allows them to make an informed decision on their healthcare. Agreement on the procedure or treatment to be undertaken is called ‘con....
Anatomy and Physiology of the Balance Organs
Elfh
This session describes the anatomy of the balance organs in the inner ear (the vestibular system). Also covered is the mechanism whereby the otolithic organs and semicircular canals provide neural input on movement and the sense of balance.
Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Management of Asthma in Children
Viv Marsh
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to the pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic options for the management of asthma in children. As a long-term medical condition ongoing management is the key to control and patient safety.
Overview of Routine Asthma Monitoring in Children
Viv Marsh
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of the purpose of routine monitoring of asthma in children, highlighting its importance and benefits to patients and the NHS. The structured asthma review will be explored with a particular focus on the assessment of control and common reasons for poor asthma control.
Bone Metabolism - Radiology
Elizabeth Dick
0.5 Hours
This session illustrates the radiological and biochemical features of metabolic bone disease including osteoporosis, rickets, osteomalacia and hyperparathyroidism.
Anterior Knee Pain - Radiology
Catherine McCarthy
0.75 Hours
This session illustrates the imaging features of important causes of anterior knee pain with appropriate imaging techniques.
Acute Osteomyelitis - Radiology
Himanshu Patel and Stephen Davies
1 Hours
This session covers the role of radiology in the diagnosis and management of acute osteomyelitis.
Cardiac Computed Tomography - Introduction and Anatomy
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session will cover general principles of cardiac computed tomography (CT). It will provide a brief overview of patient preparation and CT technique along with a description of normal cardiovascular appearances. Relevant anatomy using both diagrams and CT images will be described to aid the understanding of cardiac CT. The s....
Cardiac Computed Tomography - Coronary Artery Screening
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session will provide an introduction to screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) using computed tomography (CT) cardiac calcium scoring. The session will also describe the use of CT angiography (CTA) and give examples of congenital coronary artery anomalies.
Anatomy of the Wrist (Paediatric) - Radiology
Paul O'Riordan
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on the anatomy and bone development of the wrist.
Anatomy of the Hand (Paediatric) - Radiology
Paul O'Riordan
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on the anatomy and bone development of the hand.
Anatomy of the Pelvis (Adult) - Radiology
Joanne Hargreaves
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the anatomy of the pelvis.
Anatomy of the Ankle (Adult) - Radiology
Nick Woznitza
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the anatomy of the ankle.
Benefits and Risks of Advance Care Planning to Patients, Families and Staff
Shaun Kinghorn
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on the benefits and risks associated with implementing advance care planning within an end of life care context. This session was reviewed by Christina Faull and last updated in April 2015.
Diagnosing Viral Hepatitis
Gary Brook
0.5 Hours
This session explains how hepatitis A-E should be diagnosed. It describes sampling and diagnostic tests. The timescale between exposure and tests for hepatitis becoming positive is discussed, as is the interpretation of test results after treatment.
Bleeding Problems in Early Pregnancy
Christopher Guyer and Tatjana Nikisina
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the common causes of bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Diagnosing Bacterial Vaginosis
Frances Keane and Mona Malek
0.5 Hours
This session explains how to diagnose bacterial vaginosis (BV), the testing procedures and equipment used.
Anatomy of the Skull and Facial Bones (Paediatric) - Radiology
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on the anatomy and bone development of the skull and facial bones.