Remote Total Triage Model in General Practice
Dr Minal Bakhai
This information only session outlines the key messages and advice on how to establish a remote total triage model in general practice using online consultation.
Mindfulness
Claire Cheminade
This session aims to give an overview and define what mindfulness is. It will look at the evidence base for it and provide information on further resources and support. This session is universal, for everyone. It will be useful for: People themselves – whether they are accessing services or not People across the life cour....
Team Working and Patient Safety
Hilary Cotton
0.50 Hours
This session will demonstrate how effective teamwork is a determining factor in patient safety, and will enable you to ensure that any team you work with is effective and therefore able to provide safer care for the patient.
Team Dynamics
Sheila Peskett
0.50 Hours
This session examines team dynamics. This includes what constitutes a good team in healthcare, the team's development, your contributions to a successful team, and how to intervene in and improve a dysfunctional team. It also gives you the foundations for successfully contributing to leading a team in a clinical setting.
Sexually Transmitted Infections In Young People
Dawn Wilkinson
0.50 Hours
This session will review sexually transmitted infection (STI) trends in young people, sexual health promotion and identify factors which place young people at high risk of STIs. It will also describe the different models of sexual health services available to young people and how modernisation of services has improved access and....
The Role of the Healthcare Professional
Patricia Wilkie
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the role that the healthcare professional plays in helping an individual to self care. It examines the different models for self care and the benefits of helping an individual to self care.
Subclinical Hypothyroidism Diagnosis and Management
Anoop Kumar Agrawal
0.50 Hours
This session covers the presentation, diagnosis, investigation and initial management of hypothyroidism in primary care.
Supporting Children's and Young People's Development
John Oates
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on the Early Support concept and how to find and use related resources.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Sarah Pape
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the Core of Knowledge for laser, intense pulsed light (IPL) and light emitting diode (LED) devices and describes the principles of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Sudden Vision Loss Case Study 2
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with sudden loss of vision.
Viscoelastics
Prasad Palimar
0.50 Hours
This session briefly describes viscoelastics, their properties and their use during phacoemulsification cataract surgery.
Techniques of Ocular Ultrasound (US) Examination
Hatem Riad Atta FRCSEd, FRCOphth, DO
0.75 Hours
This session outlines the principles of ultrasound (US) examination. It will also outline normal and abnormal scans.
Variability of Lung Cancer Presentations
Santino Capocci
This session examines the variability of presentations of lung cancer with reference to the NICE Referral guidelines for suspected cancer ('Two-Weeks Guidelines') and provides an understanding of the work-up involved when diagnosing and treating patients with lung cancer.
Spiritual Care and Models of Spiritual Intervention
Cameron Langlands and Qaisra Khan
0.75 Hours
This session will enable the participant to understand the different models that can be used for spiritual interventions and how using them can enhance/improve the person's care.
The Psychological Impact of FGM
Sveta Alladi, Jennifer Bourne and Lih-Mei Liao
0.50 Hours
This session aims to provide an overview of what is currently understood about the psychological effects of FGM.
Use of Restraint
Ginny Wright
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the circumstances in which restraint can be used. It is important that Foundation doctors are aware of how and when restraint can be used, as unlawful restraint may result in an assault charge.
Understanding Equality and Diversity-patient Scenarios
Jackie Beavan
0.50 Hours
This session uses two videoed patient scenarios to help you consider how to respond to the diverse needs of patients on a personal, professional and organisational level. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in January 2015.
Working with Local Community Organisations
Asif Afridi, Paramjit Gill
Voluntary and community organisations can help your patients in a variety of ways. This session enables you to ‘match’ the support needs of people who use your practice with other local organisations that could help them. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
The Vomiting Infant
Mark Wilshere and Alan Sprigg
0.50 Hours
Vomiting is a common presentation in infancy. This session outlines common causes of vomiting in this age-group and allows you to assess the role of imaging in the differential diagnosis and management.
Urinary Tract Calculi in Children
Kieran McHugh
0.25 Hours
This session covers the main causes of urinary tract calculous disease in children, and the imaging techniques used to detect it.
Vestibular Schwannomas
Vijay Sawlani and Shaheena Sadiq
0.25 Hours
In this session, we will cover the anatomy of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) and the common types of CPA lesions with emphasis on vestibular schwannomas. We will briefly discuss the presentation of such lesions and the strategy for their investigation, including the role of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging....
The Basics of Stress Testing
Margaret Hall, Gopinath Gnanasegaran
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the various methods of stress tests commonly used for myocardial perfusion studies. It will describe the procedures used as well as patient preparation, contraindications and criteria for termination of stress.
Thyroid: Basics of Radionuclide Imaging
Susan E M Clarke
0.25 Hours
This session provides an overview of the basis of radionuclide imaging of the thyroid and cover three key areas: radiopharmaceuticals, equipment and protocols.
Simple CT And MRI Scans 2 - Anesthesiology
Arvind Pallan
0.50 Hours
This session gives an orientation into anatomy and pathology, concentrating on computerized tomography (CT) imaging of the brain.