Promoting mental and physical health in adults with psychosis
Hilary Jane Mairs and Tim Bradshaw
0.50 Hours
Psychosis is an umbrella term for a range of mental health problems characterised by hallucinations, delusions, and/or becoming inactive or withdrawn. This learning module explores developments in understanding psychosis and reports on progress in finding effective treatments for psychotic symptoms. While such advances offer new....
Progressive supranuclear palsy: clinical features, diagnosis and management
Anna Kent
0.50 Hours
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), or Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative condition with cognitive and motor involvement. Diagnosis can be challenging as some people do not display the classic symptoms of the condition and there are no specific investigations to confirm diagnosis. Ti....
Deep vein thrombosis: diagnosis and treatment
Lynda Bonner and Jacqueline Johnson
0.50 Hours
This learning module aims to give nurses an insight into proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT is relatively common and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Complications such as post-thrombotic syndrome, venous leg ulcers, recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) - pulmonary embolism (PE) or DVT - and pulmon....
An analysis of Dental Implant Materials with an exclusive focus on Zirconia Vs Titanium
Dr Saurabh Gupta
The Zirconia implants takes your practice from good to great. Take a lesson from the Implant companies in Good to Great and use what the author calls “biological implants” to take your practice to the next level.
Age related Macular Degeneration
Dr Ramesh Sve Ph D
Age related Macular Degeneration- is the most common cause of irreversible visual impairment in older populations. This course covers the evidence-based diagnosis & management for this sight-threatening condition
A Guarantee of Arterial Wellness: Critical Role of Oral Health Part 2 – Basics of the Bale/Doneen Method- A Guarantee for Arterial Wellness
Dr Bradley Bale
This course will discuss the technology and knowledge that allows for a guarantee of arterial wellness. Students will appreciate the fact that the vast majority of CV events arise from arterial disease that is asymptomatic and non-obstructing. They will realize it is a thrombosis that obstructs the flow of blood. Attendee....
A Multi-Pronged Approach to Improve Provider Satisfaction
Thomas Selva and Bryan Bliven
1 Hours
At University of Missouri Health Care, IT leadership relies on a multi-pronged approach to improve provider satisfaction with the EHR. A combination of weekly rounding, annual surveys, research, funded physicians, and clinician-led governance plays a part in the execution of action plans to accomplish everything from improving d....
Developing effective therapeutic relationships with children, young people and their families
Jane Roberts, Gaynor Fenton, and Michaela Barnard
0.50 Hours
It is imperative that nurses caring for children, young people and their families develop and maintain effective, trusting and collaborative therapeutic relationships that sit within the scope of professional boundaries. This relationship is the nurse's responsibility and should be positive and mutually acceptable to all stakeho....
Preventing amputation in people with diabetes
Eleanor Thomas
0.50 Hours
Good management of diabetes can reduce the risk of complications of the disease. When not well managed, diabetes is associated with the complications of heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney disease and amputations. Diabetes can reduce the blood supply to the feet and cause a loss of feeling. As a result, foot injuries do not....
Promoting mental health in men
Mark Haddad
0.50 Hours
Health promotion is essential to improve the health status and quality of life of individuals. Promoting mental health at an individual, community and policy level is central to reducing the incidence of mental health problems, including self-harm and suicide. Men may be particularly vulnerable to mental health problems, in part....
Use of femoral nerve blocks in adults with hip fractures
Mandy Jane Layzell
0.50 Hours
Healthcare professionals will be aware of the need to improve treatment of hip fractures, with the ultimate goal of returning the individual to pre-injury health. Patients with hip fractures awaiting surgery can experience severe pain that may be difficult to relieve with traditional analgesics. Physical assessment and essential....
11-Reviewing Mary's ClinCheck Treatment Plan
Dr Rebecca Poling DDS, MSD
2 Hours
E-learning description-This course describes how the dental professional should evaluate the ClinCheck™ Treatment Plan for the 5 desired outcomes of treatment.
Maximizing Patient Understanding and Recall
Grant Simic, BMedSci
1 Hours
Make your treatment instructions more memorable, deliver explanations that patients understand, and improve patient experience. This interactive online course shows how to build patient understanding, improve medication adherence, and facilitate patient recall at the right time.
Leadership theories and styles
Jenny Bergin BPharm, MBA, FACP, GAICD
0.25 Hours
Designed to introduce pharmacists to different leadership theories and styles. This activity was developed and accredited in Australia and was designed to address competencies described by the National Competencies Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (2016). As such, some of the information may not be applica....
Statistical analysis2
Miss Chanapat Pateekhum
This course will teach you how to analyze statistical analysis
My Laryngoscopy Failed. What Next? (October 2016 RCA)
Richard M. Cooper, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC
1.00 Hours
Airway management is perhaps the skill set that best defines our specialty; yet when difficulties are encountered, we often persist with ineffective strategies. When serious injuries or complications are averted, we risk becoming complacent, reinforcing suboptimal behavior; when they are not averted, the outcomes are often disas....
Management of Severe Bleeding in Patients Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants
Pierre Albaladejo, M.D., Ph.D., Pierre Sié, M.D., Ph.D., Sophie Kauffmann, M.D., Vincent Mémier, M.D
1.00 Hours
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), anti-IIa (dabigatran) or anti-Xa (rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban), are now recognized as a major step forward for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation or recurrent venous thromboembolism requiring long-term anticoagulation for the prevention of thromboembolic events.
Left Lateral Table Tilt for Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia Has No Effect on Neonatal Acid–Base Status (Journal CME - August 2017)
Allison J. Lee, Ruth Landau, James L. Mattingly. Margaret M. Meenan, Beatriz Corradini, Shuang Wang
1.00 Hours
Current recommendations for term women undergoing cesarean delivery include maintenance of left lateral tilt for uterine displacement until delivery, based on the premise that the supine position will result in aortocaval compression (ACC), maternal hypotension, and fetal compromise. In the supine position, the inferior vena cav....
Intensive Care Unit Delirium (Journal CME - 2016 December)
Christina J. Hayhurst, M.D., and Christopher G. Hughes, M.D.
1.00 Hours
Delirium is a common problem in critically ill patients but has only recently been recognized as a serious entity associated with important clinical outcomes, including increased days on mechanical ventilation, length of hospital stay, cost of care, long-term cognitive impairment, requirement for postdischarge institutionalizati....
Basal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Review
Dr David Brass and Dr Neil Rajan
1.50 Hours
Dr David Brass and Dr Neil Rajan discuss the risk factors for BCC, making the diagnosis and management. Key learning points for healthcare professionals include examination and measurement of the lesion, clinical features and current treatments.
Non-Immune Hydrops
Lyndon M. Hill, MD
1.00 Hours
In 1943 Potter1 differentiated non-immune hydrops (NIH) from immune hydrops due to fetal-maternal blood incompatibilities. Since the incorporation of Rh-immune globulin into antepartum care for Rh-negative women, 90% of hydropic cases are non-immune in origin.
Mesenteric Duplex Examinations
Stephanie Wilson BS, RVT, RDMS
1.00 Hours
Mesenteric ischemia is hemodynamically significant blood flow reduction to the intestines or colon from arterial disease of two or more of the major arteries. This is a rare disease and is reported in < 1% of all United States hospital admissions. The three major mesenteric arterial branches that could be involved include the ce....
Intermediate and Non-Atherosclerotic Cerebrovascular Imaging
Nathan Liang MD
1.00 Hours
The basic tenets of carotid and cerebrovascular duplex are relatively simple and reflect the basic physiologic and hemodynamics of any medium-sized vascular bed. Simple atherosclerotic disease behaves generally predictably, and duplex criteria founded on fairly solid evidence is available for the evaluation of simple lesions in....
First Trimester Screening for Chromosomal and Structural Malformations
Lyndon M. Hill, MD
1.00 Hours
An association between an abnormally thickened nuchal translucency (NT) and chromosomal abnormalities was first noted in the early 1990s1. However, the early studies reported widely discordant sensitivities for the detection of chromosomal malformations.