Mallet Deformity in the Digit
Bernard Robertson and Lanre Ajekigbe
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the causes of mallet deformity and the techniques for conservative and surgical management.
Duct Ectasia
Maria Chasapi and Milind Dalal
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the pathological features of duct ectasia and provide a differential diagnosis. Later sections will offer guidance on how to investigate a patient with possible duct ectasia and how to excise an area of duct ectasia.
Clinical Examination of the Patient with a Suspicious Breast Lump
Katie Dickson and Dan Prinsloo
0.50 Hours
This session will describe how to examine a patient with a suspicious breast lump and offer guidance on how to document the findings on examination.
Disseminated Gonorrhoea
David Barlow, Amandeep Gill and Jonathan Ross
0.50 Hours
This session covers recognition, diagnosis and management of disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) at a specialist level. Current knowledge about pathogenesis of gonococcal infection, including host defence and virulence factors, is discussed.
Introduction to Blood Glucose Monitoring
Charlotte Avann
0.50 Hours
This session describes a method of blood glucose sampling by using the capillary finger prick method.
Basal Bolus Regimen
Charlotte Avann
0.75 Hours
This session provides the knowledge and skills required in initiating a basal bolus regimen in a well, newly diagnosed child with type I diabetes.
IUT: Facilitating Choice
Christina Fey, Jackie Abrahams and Paula Briggs
0.50 Hours
This session examines how to facilitate a woman's choice of intrauterine method through the use of self assessment questions. Three case histories are used to illustrate this.
IUT: Summary of Method
Jackie Abrahams, Christina Fey and Paula Briggs
0.50 Hours
This session is designed to give an overview of the intrauterine methods, their effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages. This session is aimed at those who already have a basic knowledge of the methods.
Managing Impalpable Implants
Noel Mack
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the initial management of women with impalpable implants, including a case scenario.
Imaging and Pain
Rahul Seewal and Gajan Rajeswaran
0.50 Hours
This session describes the use of various imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of long-term pain conditions.
Non-pharmacological Cancer Pain Management
Simon Tordoff
0.50 Hours
This session covers the principles of non-drug management of cancer pain.
Dual Process Theory
Kerry Crawley
0.50 Hours
This session aims to introduce the concept of System 1 and System 2 type thinking, which forms part of the dual process theory.
Novice to Expert
Tom Mallinson
0.50 Hours
The theory of practitioner development from novice to expert was most comprehensively developed by Prof Patricia Benner (1984), an academic nurse and author, in relation to the development of expertise in nursing practice. Benner adapted the work of Dreyfus and Dreyfus (1980) to nursing practice.
Facial Pain Principles and Management
Rajiv Chawla
0.50 Hours
This session describes the presentation of clinical cases together with the options for treating pain mediated by the trigeminal system.
Normal Heart by Angiography (Incl. Coronary Angiography)
Gareth Morgan-Hughes and Adrian Cann
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the technique of angiography of the coronary arteries and normal coronary angiographic anatomy.
Foetal Echocardiography
Peter Wilde
0.50 Hours
This session shows the indications and techniques for foetal echocardiography. The focus is on screening for normality rather than diagnosis for abnormality.
Imaging and Intervention in Chronic Mesenteric Ischaemia
Sam Chakraverty
0.50 Hours
This session details the diagnosis and the contribution of interventional radiological treatment for chronic mesenteric ischaemia.
Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
Sumaira Macdonald
0.75 Hours
This session introduces the concept and techniques of inferior vena cava (IVC) filtration.
Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure Care - Module G: Transdisciplinary Team Care
Suzanne J. Wingate, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA
2.00 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure Care is to educate case managers so that they may be aware of and empowered to intervene and support efforts to understand and expedite effective resource and clinical management based upon the: -Latest evidence-based guidelines and standards of care for HF patients -Hospita....
Improving Outcomes in Obesity Management - Module B: Assessments & Complications of Obesity
Ann K. Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN
1.00 Hours
This course offers current standards of care for the patient with obesity and is presented in four modules: Module A: Prevalence and Pathophysiology Module B: Assessment Module C: Interventions
Life Safety Code 2012: Changes You Need to Know
Heather Lauzon Werner
This fast-paced presentation will cover the 2012 Life Safety Code and discuss changes from the 2000 edition, including building rehabilitation, suites, means of egress, hazardous areas, door inspections, corridor cooking, decorations, and many more. Our presenter will guide attendees through these complicated standards by review....
From Awareness to Action: Conquering the Nursing CoPs
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
The nursing services section in the Hospital CoP and interpretive guidelines has been cited over 4,350 times due to frequent updates. CMS recommends hospitals to provide nursing CoPs training on a regular basis because it is difficult to teach and implement CoPs updates on top of nurses' workload. This program will cover 2018....
New CMS Emergency Management Standards: Understanding The Final Rule
Brad Keyes, CHSP
In September of 2016, CMS issued their final rule on new Conditions of Participation standards (CoPs) for Emergency Management. CMS has set November 16 2017, as the effective date for all healthcare facilities to be fully compliant with these new standards. In this presentation, our expert will discuss the new standards, iden....
How to Provide Antenatal Care
Industry Specialists
This film explains the importance of antenatal care and in particular, the principles of ‘focused antenatal care’ (FANC). It describes what is involved in the four visits that make up FANC, including taking a patient’s history, examinations, checks and giving information.
Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention - Module B: Assessment & Prevention
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS and Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
The purpose of Improving Outcomes in Harm Risk Behaviors & Suicide Prevention is to educate case managers about suicide so that they may be aware of early warning signs and empowered to intervene and support the efforts of other interprofessional practice team members, including other health care professionals, patients and fami....