Developmental Care
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD,
Neo Consult Survival rates for premature infants have improved over the past decade, but minimal advancement has been made in optimizing neurodevelopmental outcomes. Premature infants are accepted to be at significant risk of social, cognitive and behavioural disturbances. They are also at risk for auditory, visual and ne....
Dietary Advice in Diabetes
Tutangi Amataiti
0.5 Hours
This session describes the dietary approaches for managing people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It highlights dietary resources and the range of dietetic services that are available both in the community and in diabetes centres. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2022.
Introduction to Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance
Sabine Hildebrandt, Shmuel Reis, Hedy S. Wald and Emma Nalianya
This course introduces the domain of Medicine and the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance in professional identity formation for health professionals and learners with the aim of fostering participants’ interest in further learning, dissemination and implementation of the teachings of the domain in Africa. It is an educ....
Diabetes in children
Judi Strong
This session will investigate the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus and identify the symptoms of diabetes in children. Later, it will consider how to manage a child with undiagnosed diabetes and what measures to take in the event of a diabetic emergency.
Principles of Advanced Life Support
Gavin Perkins and Ian Densham
This session outlines the principles of advanced life support for cardiorespiratory arrest in adults, according to the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Guidelines 2015.
Principles of intravenous sedation
John Lyne
This session covers the basic principles of intravenous sedation (IVS) and current guidelines relating to the provision of IVS in the UK.
Administration of intravenous sedation
John Lyne
This session will cover the necessary equipment, safe titration and ideal end point for outpatient dental sedation with midazolam.
Delivering Prevention to the Patient
Sue Gregory and Gill Davies
This session describes how the DH toolkit came about, what principles were applied and how it used current evidence to produce guidance on prevention. The latter are described and the evidence for this is shown.
The Importance of Good Record Keeping
Patricia Langley
This session introduces the importance of keeping good patient records. The reasons why full, accurate, contemporaneous records are essential are discussed and ‘good practice’ levels of record keeping that comply with existing guidelines are explored. The impact of the General Dental Council (GDC) on standards in patient record....
Heart Failure in End of Life Care
Amy Gadoud, Karen Hogg, Shona Jenkins and Yvonne Millerick
This session has been written by a multidisciplinary group of cardiology and palliative care specialists to help palliative care clinicians become more confident with managing patients with heart failure and knowing when to liaise with heart failure services.
Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
A Johns Hopkins University Affiliate
The Oral PrEP eLearning Tool for Clinicians course provides instructions for managing PrEP services in accordance with the information in the WHO Implementation Tool for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection. The course is for practicing clinicians around the globe who currently have a client population at high-risk for c....
Community Pharmacy: Unscheduled Care
Suraj Varia
This session explains the role of community pharmacy in delivering unscheduled and urgent care to patients. It is part of the Pharmacy in Primary Care e-learning programme to support pre-registration pharmacists.
Community Pharmacy: Essential Services
Suraj Varia
This session provides details of the essential services offered by community pharmacies as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). It is part of the Pharmacy in Primary Care e-learning programme to support pre-registration community pharmacists.
Childhood Rashes
Naaz Ahmad
0.5 Hours
This session will explore how to classify childhood rashes and identify the conditions that most commonly result in the development of childhood rashes. Later, it will consider how to assess a child presenting with a rash and identify the circumstances under which emergency treatment is required.
The Vomiting Child
Judi Strong
This session will investigate the pathophysiology of vomiting and consider the common and more serious causes of vomiting in children. Later, it will explore the issues surrounding the treatment of vomiting in children, including how to recognise when a child is dehydrated and the role of antiemetic medications.
Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Dinah Gould
0.50 Hours
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in hospital and community settings. The major risk factor for developing a UTI is having a urethral catheter. The longer the catheter remains in place, the higher the risk of infection. The consensus in guidelines is that indwelling urethral catheters should not be used unless necessary....
Anaphylaxis: patient diagnosis and treatment
James Bethel
0.50 Hours
Anaphylaxis is a severe and potentially life-threatening condition that is becoming increasingly prevalent. Healthcare professionals working in a variety of settings need to know how to recognise this condition and the importance of treating it promptly. This learning module describes the pathophysiology, causes and treatment of....
Diagnosis and management of patients with bronchiectasis
Jane Scullion and Steve Holmes
0.50 Hours
Diagnosis of bronchiectasis should be considered in individuals presenting with respiratory symptoms similar to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that have not responded to usual treatment. This learning module provides an overview of the prevalence, diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis to inform nursing car....
Preventing malnutrition in prison settings
Bethan Leach and Sarah Goodwin
0.50 Hours
Vulnerable patient groups are at increased risk of malnutrition. This learning module focuses on the importance of ensuring that the nutritional needs of those in institutional settings, in particular prisons, are met. Offenders often present with a number of health and social factors which can lead to a high risk of malnutritio....
Understanding fever and the management of feverish illness in children under five years
Penny McDougall and Maureen Harrison
0.50 Hours
This learning module discusses the causes and management of fever in children. In line with guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, it explores the importance of identifying children at risk of serious illness and those that can be managed safely at home. The module also identifies the skills and kno....
Care of patients undergoing day case inguinal hernia repair
Clare Bridgett Hammond
0.50 Hours
Inguinal hernia repair is a common operation often performed as a day case procedure. Day surgery is popular with patients and offers many benefits. This learning module outlines the most common forms of hernia repair and discusses the need for general or local anaesthesia. Basic principles of day surgery management, including p....
ACPAN exam: perianaesthesia nursing, economics & organisation
Dr Vera Meeusen
ACPAN anaesthesia & PACU certification exam
"Am I Dying?" "How Long Have I Got?" Handling Challenging Questions
Paula Lobo
0.5 Hours
This session explores the background to patients’ challenging questions and identifies the skills that can be used to respond to them. This session was reviewed by Paula Lobo and Christina Faull, last updated in March 2015.
"What Will It Be Like?" Talking About the Dying Process
Georgina Parker
0.5 Hours
This session explores the concerns that patients may have about dying, end of life events that professionals need to consider discussing with them, and the communication skills that can be used to facilitate these conversations. This session was reviewed by Richard Kitchen and last updated in May 2018.
Pharma Topics [DABCI 1028] Session #20
Roy Settegren, MD, DC
This session provides an overview on the principles, practices, nomenclature, work-up and management of the patient in their relationship with pharmaceuticals.