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.
Safeguarding Children - Disability and Neglect
Hilary Smith
0.5 Hours
This session will consider the management of disabled children who are at increased risk of abuse and neglect. Healthcare staff coming into contact with children with disability include: paediatricians, GPs, health visitors, community paediatric nurses, therapists - physio, OT and SALT, child psychologists and psychiatrists, pae....
Paediatric - Hearing
Bernie Borgstein
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the epidemiology of hearing loss and the impact it has on emotional behaviour. It will also cover the treatment and management of hearing impairment in school.
Safeguarding Children - Infection
Rosie Kyeremateng
0.5 Hours
This session aims to equip practitioners with information so that they can advise on infection-related public health issues and vaccination-related concerns in primary schools.
Anticoagulation in Pregnancy
Catherine Nelson-Piercy
0.5 Hours
This session covers the use of anticoagulants in pregnancy, with specific reference to the acute management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pregnancy. The safety issues for the mother and fetus of unfractionated heparin (UH), low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) and warfarin are discussed.
Acute Illness Impacts Function In Elderly
Alison Yarnall
0.25 Hours
This session examines how acute illness in the elderly may disguise other medical problems and considers the implications of this for presentation and examination. The causes and consequences of immobility in the elderly are also considered.
Post-operative Confusion
Vittalrao Jadhav
0.25 Hours
This session discusses one of the most important conditions found on surgical wards, post-operative confusion or delirium. Areas covered include the principal causes and risk factors as well as how to diagnose it.
Parkinsonism
Dr Brian Wood
0.25 Hours
This session revises the typical features and differential diagnoses of parkinsonism.
Definitions of Chronic Kidney Disease
Colin Jones
0.25 Hours
This session outlines some key definitions in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease.
Differentiating COPD and Asthma
John Hurst
0.25 Hours
COPD and asthma are both common conditions that affect the airways and can present in similar ways. It is important to differentiate between the two and understand how this can be done. This session is designed to address these questions.
Asthma Guidelines and Inhaler Technique
Swapna Mandal
0.25 Hours
This session will cover the initiation of treatment in patients diagnosed with asthma and when to step up or step down treatment. It will also describe how to assess the inhaler technique of your patients.
Difficulties of Treating Interstitial Lung Disease
Melissa Heightman
0.25 Hours
This session looks at interstitial lung disease (ILD), with an emphasis on those types that can present acutely. It identifies treatments with some evidence of benefit.
Definition and Description of Bronchiectasis
Gaurav Agarwal
0.25 Hours
This session describes bronchiectasis and its causes.
Acute Presentations of Tuberculosis (TB)
Will Ricketts
0.5 Hours
This session discusses how tuberculosis might present acutely to the Emergency Department or on the Acute Medical Take (e.g. pulmonary, spinal, meningitis). It also examines the complications of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy that may present acutely (e.g. hepatotoxicity and skin reactions) and their management.
Communication Impairments Part 1: Late-talking Toddlers and Specific Language Impairment
Sally Bates
0.5 Hours
This is the first of two sessions which describe the language processing system and the challenges facing all children learning to talk. This session describes the speech mechanism and the linguistic knowledge involved in both understanding and producing spoken language.
Ethical Issues at the End of Life
Max Watson
0.5 Hours
Issues arising over end of life care, involving decisions that affect the nature and timing of an individual's death, can be a source of discord. This session highlights common ethical problems that may arise at this sensitive time. This session was last updated on 11/02/13.