On 2 March 2021 this COVID-19 ECHO session was convened to discuss the African experience in expanding COVID-19 testing using Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests (Ag RDT). It has been over one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO. There is still much concern that COVID-19 infections are increasing in some countries afte....
0.5 Hours
This session looks at answering a question posed by a patient about a therapeutic intervention. The session includes a critical appraisal of a randomised control trial.This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
0.5 Hours
This session introduces qualitative research and explains some of the more commonly used qualitative methodologies.You will also be asked to critically appraise a paper on qualitative research.
LabCoP’s January 2021 ECHO session covered PEPFAR’s Country Operational Plan 2021 and the laboratory systems strengthening priorities of the year. Dr George Alemnji, Senior Technical Advisor for PEPFAR Laboratory Services (OGAC), Washington DC, presented during the session.
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the Clinical Management domain of the RCGP curriculum. It uses a patient scenario to highlight how the domain applies to problems as they present in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updated in November 2022.
This session will provide a structured approach to the management of a patient in the recovery room who has low (hypotension) or high (hypertension) blood pressure. It will cover these separately, with sections on definitions, causes and management.
This session will cover cardiology and hypertensive disease in pregnancy including preconception care, pregnancy-related physiology and maternal health during pregnancy and postpartum.
This session describes the role of physiotherapy in critical care and the importance and impact of rehabilitation in the critical care environment.
Medical Aid Films This film is about what to feed your child from the age of six to 24 months, to help them grow to be healthy and strong. This film is for use in community health education.
Discussion regarding the rapid creation of the Nightingale Hospitals, developed to care exclusively for COVID-19 patients, and the challenges encountered.
This course is designed to help medical professionals to write an academic paper based on their research. The guidelines included in the presentation will assist the writers in preparing their work for submission to an international journal.
Discussion regarding what trade-offs and decisions are having to be made due to the current focus on managing the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on other areas of healthcare. The RSM COVID-19 Series is for health professionals, by health professionals; a series of talks dedicated to give healthcare workers on the frontlin....
Medical Aid Films This film provides an introduction to COVID-19 for community-based health workers and local communities. Made in partnership with the COVID-19 Digital Classroom.
NTD 211 Nutrition and Dietetics (Registered Midwifery) Nutrition and health. Nutrients, food sources and functions and the three food groups. Nutritional needs for women in fertile age. NTD 211 Nutrition and Dietetics (Registered Community Health Nursing) Nutrition and health Nutrients Nutrition needs throughout the lif....
Sepsis is a life-threatening systemic syndrome caused by a microbial infection and dysregulated physiologic response. Diagnosis is based on history, clinical presentation, leukocytosis or leukopenia, and lactate level; blood and other cultures are useful in determining the pathogen responsible. These COVID-19-related materia....
2 Hours
This educational monograph addresses the identification, reporting, monitoring and reduction of medical error. It is intended to make participants aware of the magnitude of the problem, of the many-leveled activities needed to resolve it, and the importance of each person’s role in the national effort to reduce medical errors.....
1.25 Hours
A Deep Dive into Complex Addiction Cases with Leading Experts! The ACMT Addiction Toxicology Case Conference webinar series discusses Addiction/Toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Medical Toxicology. Case 1: Persistent Naloxone Infusion in an Opio....
Describe the knowledge of diet restrictions and food sources for sodium, potassium and phosphorus in stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease non dialysis patients
Community health workers (CHWs) are an important cadre of workers in a health system. Personal contact with such a well-informed community member can help alleviate women’s and men’s fears about family planning, present contraceptive method options for spacing or limiting births, and facilitate access to family planning and othe....
Neo Consult This course is designed for midwives and nurses working in antenatal wards.. The session includes:continuity of care;monitoring physical, psychological, spiritual and social well-being of the woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the woman with individualised education, counselling and ant....
The course of Healthcare staff performance management is designed to equip Healthcare workers and authorities in the healthcare system with effective performance management skills which are needed in their daily activities.
An important online meeting for transplant recipients, dialysis patients and their families and health care professionals
This comprehensive online course is designed to equip primary care practitioners with essential skills and knowledge to develop and manage effective systems for the care of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With a focus on creating sustainable operations that support NCD care, the course comprises one intensive mod....
Depending on your setting routine childhood development and immunisations may be carried out in primary care or in other settings, but as a primary care clinician it is important we are able to assess growth, development and nutrition, and identify when an infant or child may need referral to a paediatrician. The learning pat....
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a serious congenital abnormality associated with: Pulmonary hypoplasia, worse on the ipsilateral side. Structural and functional lung immaturity. A reduction in pulmonary arteriolar cross-sectional area. Muscular hyperplasia of remaining pulmonary arterioles. An association....