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.
Anatomy of the Knee, Tibia and Fibula (Paediatric) - Radiology
Claire Giles
0.5 Hours
This session will focus on the anatomy and bone development of the knee, the tibia and the fibula.
Definition and Description of Bronchiectasis
Gaurav Agarwal
0.25 Hours
This session describes bronchiectasis and its causes.
Running Late Again?
Adam Fraser
0.5 Hours
This session aims to explore the determinants of consultation length and what it means to consult efficiently. This session was reviewed by Jenny Bedford and last updated in October 2014.
Engaging Children and Young People
Margaret Hunter-Smallbone
0.5 Hours
This session presents a basic guide to engaging children and young people in a one to one interview. It describes how to prepare for the meeting and how to adapt the setting and your manner for different age and ethnic groups. It offers activities to help conversation flow. It gives examples of how to get the most out of your fi....
Assessing Mental Capacity in Older People
Chantal Simon and Emma Vardy
0.5 Hours
Mental capacity is the ability to take actions affecting daily life. This session provides an overview of the legal and practical implications of assessing mental capacity in primary care.
Quantifying Strabismus
Nadia Northway
0.5 Hours
This session explains how to estimate the size of a manifest strabismus using corneal reflections, measure manifest and latent strabismus using prism and cover test, and identify a weak muscle.
Diabetes Mellitus
Clarisa Choh and Hugh Simpson
0.5 Hours
This session identifies the metabolic consequences of diabetes mellitus which impact on surgical practice, and how to manage patients with diabetes mellitus peri-operatively.
Safe Use of Diathermy and Laser
Kenechukwu Igboebisi
0.25 Hours
The principles of diathermy and laser energy sources. The various types of diathermy and laser are briefly outlined, together with measures to prevent complications from their use.
Patient Autonomy and Related Ethics
Wing May Kong and Jennifer Richardson
0.5 Hours
This session will examine the ethical principles underlying the concept of autonomy. It will discuss the implications of respect for autonomy on clinical practice, and provide guidance for promoting autonomy in healthcare provision.
Outcomes and Patient Experience
Rajesh Krishnamoorthy
0.5 Hours
Assessing the quality of care from the patient’s viewpoint is important as it may give a different, or additional, perspective on the overall performance. This session looks at the tools and processes for assuring quality.