Ethics - Improving Quality of Life
Stephen Ellis
0.25 Hours
This session looks at the purpose of treatment and dilemmas that can arise. It then analyses what is meant by life and death and the moral status of the unborn and the dead. Finally, this session looks at the attempt to measure the life-enhancing and life-extending aspects of treatment.
Symptom Management for the Dying Adult
Jane Wale
This session provides a concise guide to the management of physical symptoms that commonly arise when a person is in the last few days to hours of life. Although this session focuses on physical symptoms, psychosocial and spiritual issues will also need to be addressed to deliver holistic care.
Medicolegal Considerations in Plastic Surgery
Matthew Alexander and Peter Hodgkinson
This session describes a doctor’s duty to patient confidentiality, outlining the circumstances in which that duty may be overridden and providing guidance on how to write a police statement.
The Role of Research in Plastic Surgery
Matthew Gardiner and Jagdeep Nanchahal
This session will provide sufficient information for a plastic surgery trainee, with no prior experience of research, to be able to evaluate and integrate the findings of laboratory or clinical research into practice and to plan a research project.
Renal Failure Diagnosis and Management
Clarisa Choh and Ramesh B Naik
This session outlines the definition and common causes of acute and chronic renal failure. By the end of the session you should be able to list the common causes of renal failure and describe how renal failure should be managed.
Renal Function - Anesthesiology
Irwin Foo
This session outlines the age-related changes in the kidney, the effects of ageing on osmoregulation, sodium and potassium homeostasis and the impact of the ageing kidney on the actions of drugs used in the perioperative period.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Resuscitation - Level 1
Maresa Johnson, Peter Darley
This e-learning session meets the statutory and mandatory training requirements and learning outcomes for Resuscitation Level 1 in the UK Core Skills Training Framework (UK CSTF).
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Jacqueline Lewis, Sarvnaz Sepehripour and Richard Price
This session describes the features associated with body dysmorphic disorder, outlining how to screen patients for the condition and when to refer a patient to mental healthcare services.
Symptoms and Signs of Pulmonary Embolism at Initial Presentation
David Keith Ward
This session highlights the wide range of clinical features that pulmonary embolus (PE) may precipitate in patients.
Equipment for Peripheral Nerve Block
André van Zundert and Baha Al Shaikh
To perform successful peripheral nerve blocks, it is essential to have sound knowledge of anatomy, in addition to a good understanding of neurophysiology and the basics of nerve stimulation. This session explores the history of electrical nerve stimulation in regional anaesthesia, the design of the nerve stimulators and the need....
AIDS of Hollow GI Tract and of the Solid Abdominal Organs
Roger Chinn
This session enables the learner to understand the manifestations of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the abdomen, by giving an overview of the infections and neoplastic processes commonly seen.
Sexual Problems Part 3
Emma McCarty and Wallace Dinsmore
This session will provide an introduction to male erectile dysfunction and a consideration of other common male dysfunctions.
HIV and Why Early Diagnosis Matters
Philippa Matthews
This session will give an update on HIV in the UK. It will explain the clinical significance of late diagnosis - and discuss strategies to increase early diagnosis.
Leading Strategy
Dr Muniswamy Hemavathi
A leader needs to be able to express strategic vision for the organisation, to react strategically to various challenges/problems, generate solutions and to motivate and persuade others to acquire that vision. In this session, we will look at the key areas you may apply strategy and the subsequent important skills needed for....
Cancer Networks
Caroline Payne
This session provides an overview of the role of cancer networks and describes how they can help to improve the experience of patients with cancer.
Leading Quality
Dr Elizabeth Saunders
Quality is a ubiquitous word in the modern NHS. As skilled professionals, quality should be at the centre of all that you do. This session has been developed to help you understand what quality is within healthcare, to define 'Quality' for you, your team and your service, to recognise how poor-quality behaviours occur and how to....
Antiretroviral Drug Interactions and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)
Alan Winston
Drug-drug interactions are frequently observed in clinical practice and are of particular relevance in the field of antiretroviral therapy. This session introduces basic pharmacokinetic principles, focusing on those that are important in the management of HIV-positive individuals.
Leading Self
Dr Jo Hartley, and Dr Hannah Baird
Understanding yourself is central to leadership. Knowing more about yourself, how you see things and how you behave is a critical part of managing relationships in the workplace. This session explores the key themes around self and how that knowledge can be used to be to create positive influences for you and those around you....
Leading Systems
Dr Taj Hassan and Squadron Leader Jonathon Lowe
This session will explore the theoretical concept of systems and its practical application within emergency care and the NHS. It will also explore the difference between leadership and management and assist the recognition and analysis of leadership challenges that emergency physicians face.
Diabetes in the Dental Patient
StJohn Crean
This session will look at the signs and symptoms that may present in a patient with diabetes and the relevance of diabetes to the dental practitioner.
Management of self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts
Simon Githui
2 Hours
Welcome to this course on self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. In this course, we are going to learn on the tents of self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, the risk factors, protective factors, signs & symptoms and the prevention and management of self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. You w....
Erectile Disorder
Andrew Matiiri and Simon Githui
1 Hours
Welcome to this module on Erectile Disorders (ED). This module is designed to provide comprehensive insights into the various aspects of ED, including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and the psychosocial factors associated with it. This module has five multiple choice questions that you can use to carry out s....
Compassion Fatigue
Simon Githui
1 Hours
Welcome to this course on compassion fatigue. In this course, we are going to learn on the tents of compassion fatigue, the risk factors and signs & symptoms of compassion fatigue. We shall also endeavour to discuss the effects of compassion fatigue as well as strategies for healthy boundaries and self-care. You will engage with....
Management of Anorexia Nervosa
Mageta Kevin
1 Hours
Welcome to the course on Anorexia Nervosa. This course has been created to provide you a thorough understanding of anorexia nervosa, an intricate and potentially fatal eating condition that affects millions of people globally. You will learn about the causes, signs, symptoms, diagnosis, types of therapy, and medical complication....
Intellectual Disability
Ian Itolondo and Simon Githui
1 Hours
Welcome to this course on Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder). We shall discuss this disorder as classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). The course will help you learn the classifications, causes, clinical presentation and managem....