Pulse Oximetry
Matthew Gardner
0.5 Hours
The pulse oximeter is perhaps the most useful monitor used by anaesthetists. This session examines its uses, component parts and the basic physics of how it works, and explores its limitations and causes of error.
Breathing Systems Filters
Tony Wilkes
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the different types of breathing system filters, their use and associated complications.
Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Catheters
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Central venous catheters are widely used in various clinical settings. This session describes the indications for their use, their types, sites of insertion, techniques employed in their insertion, benefits and risks associated with their use. The pulmonary artery flotation catheter is also described.
CEACCP: Statistics IV: Interpreting the results of statistical tests
Anthony McCluskey BSc MB ChB FRCA and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen MB ChB FRCA
0.5 Hours
Anthony McCluskey and Abdul Ghaaliq Lalkhen provide us with an in-depth discussion on interpreting the results of statistical tests
Crisis Resource Management
Rohit Juneja
0.5 Hours
This session will outline the key points of CRM and how these relate to issues of ensuring safety in the night setting.
Promoting compassionate care through learning journeys
Bob Price
1 Hours
Nurses’ ability to provide compassionate care has come under increasing scrutiny in the light of reports criticising shortfalls in care. In response to this concern, three possible learning journeys that may encourage compassionate care are discussed. The learning journeys address issues relating to the conceptualisation of care....
Bleeding Disorders of Importance in Dentistry
StJohn Crean, Rishi Bhandari
The session looks at the relevance of blood disorders to the delivery of dental care by the dental practitioner.
Root Surface Caries
Zehra Yonel
This session intends to highlight the principle methods of caries prevention.
Assessment of Odontogenic Infections
Tara Renton
This session will address the assessment of odontogenic infections.
Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit (PART 3): Designing a Social and Behavior Change Communication Initiative for Community Health Workers
Heather Hancock,
John Hopkins University Now that you have learned (You can also find this information in course "Introduction to Provider Behavior Change") about provider (You can also find this information in course "Assessing Provider Needs"). Behavior change, assessed barriers to quality Community Health Worker (CHW) service provision, an....
Super Specialty Healthcare in Nigeria: Reality or Mirage (Prospects and Challenges)
M M BORODO
Specialization and sub specialization in Medicine -Bridging skills and technology gap in Nigeria (Prospects and Challenges)
Health Care workers balancing fear vs duty to care
MIRIAM C.A.WAGORO RN, PhD
Online mental health webinar. Discussing Health care workers and balancing fear vs duty to care.
Leadership: effective communication
Team of specialists
The Royal College of Midwives We can not help but communicate – everything you do (or don’t do) sends a message out in some way. Considering communication is something we all do all of the time poor communication or a breakdown in effective communication is often at the heart of poor practice and poor outcomes. This short modul....
Communication (Care Certificate Standard 6)
Specialists
The Royal College of Midwives This module has been designed to support the care certificate standards with maternity specific information. However, in order to achieve the various care certificate standards and the qualification that goes with them, it is essential to download and complete the relevant workbooks for all 15 sta....
Leadership: strategic thinking
Team of specialists
The Royal College of Midwives In terms of leadership, strategic thinking is about having a vision and finding a solution to meet the aims and outcomes of that vision. This module looks at how strategic thinking impacts on leadership in maternity service provision.
General Principals for Safe Medication Use and Handling Hazardous Drugs
Christian Ntakirutimana, RN, MSCN and Priscille Musabirema, RME, BNE, MSCN (CC&TN)
Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union https://rnmu.rw/ The aim of this course is to assist the learners to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote safe medication practices at health care settings. This course will help leaners to cover patients rights regarding medical prescription and drug administration, drug pre....
Palliative Care in the ED
Sangeeta Lamba, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture discusses the best practices for palliative care in the emergency department.
Nursing Health Assessment
Mr. NTIRENGANYA Sylvestre and Dr Madeleine Mukeshimana
The aim of this course is to assist the learners to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to assess the basic health status of individuals of varying ages. The nurse will use these skills to elaborate on relevant nursing care in a wide variety of clinical settings. This course will help the learner to cover the steps of nursin....
Organizational Planning
Dr. Mohamadou Ibnou Arabe KONTEYE
This module develops, in a comprehensive manner, an approach tending to combine the perspectives of planning and the functioning of organizations in order to explore the themes related to them, and to deploy the field of analysis in a global perspective.
Leadership & Human Resources Management
Dr. Yetunde Anibaba
In this course, we will explore the scope of the HRM function and the crucial role it plays in helping the organization to fulfil its mission.
Analyzing Factors that Link Chronic Rhinosinusitis & Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Keith D’Oria and Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD
0.5 Hours
Recent data indicate that more than 10 million Americans have chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), an inflammatory disease that is associated with $50 to $60 billion in annual healthcare costs. With no optimal treatment, quality of life in patients with CRS is generally poor. Prior research has also shown that 11% to 15% of patients wi....
A Program to Prevent Catheter-Associated UTI's
Keith D'Oria Editorial Director & Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
0.5 Hours
A national prevention program appears to reduce urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) rates in non-ICUs. The findings highlight the need to use both technical and cultural interventions to prevent catheter-associated UTIs.
Preparing to Be a Good Samaritan
Keith D’Oria and Taylor Burkholder, MD, MPH
0.5 Hours
This activity is designed to meet the needs of physicians and nurses regarding frequency and location of out-of-hospital emergencies in which emergency physicians were called upon to provide Good Samaritan care.