2015 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines
Industry Specialists
9.00 Hours
This CEU course discusses the following topics to assist health care workers in the prevention and treatment of STDs: alternative treatment regimens for Neisseria gonorrhoeae; the use of nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis; alternative treatment options for genital warts; the role of Mycoplasma g....
A Meaningful Approach to Quality Clinical Improvement
Edward Zuroweste, MD and Hans Dethlefs, MD
0.25 Hours
At their best, clinical core measures serve as an important window to examine the impact and quality of care being delivered at health centers. However, without an effective system in place clinical core measures can require a great deal of time and effort without yielding important quality improvement. This session will examine....
Critical and Long Term Ailments: COPD/Respiratory Emergencies
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
25.00 Hours
This Continuing Education Unit highlights the toll of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The study finds that many patients are not meeting the treatment goals they believe are possible.
A Holistic Approach to Gut Health
Brooke Lounsbury
1.00 Hours
There has been recent rediscovery into how important digestive health is to our overall health. It has been said that all health starts in the gut. This is very true on many levels. Our bodies cannot perform without the intricate dance of chemical, hormonal and physical interactions that take place every second within our digest....
Interpretation of Investigations: Practical Application
John Saetta
0.50 Hours
This session will look at when it is appropriate to do an investigation, when it is not and the factors a practitioner needs to consider before ordering investigations.
An Underperforming Colleague: What To Do?
Fatima Jaffer (BSc, MBBS)
0.50 Hours
This session discusses the complex and often challenging issues of underperformance in doctors across the training grades, and to identify and help to manage and support trainees in difficulty.
Clinical Governance
Christina Faull
0.50 Hours
This session will describe clinical governance and consider how its various components assure delivery of high quality care. The session will encourage you to consider your role in clinical governance as a foundation doctor and throughout your future career.
Working with Others: Developing Networks
Lisa Martin and Laura Meadows
0.50 Hours
This session will increase your knowledge in the importance of developing networks and how your role as a registered practitioner can impact on patient care and the service which you provide. Multi-professional working and learning is essential for any healthcare practitioner. Networking gives you the opportunity to not only wor....
Blood Transfusion and Consent Scenario
National Health England
0.25 Hours
In this scenario you are going to meet a patient called Agnes. You will follow her journey from her GP, to hospital and then to discharge. You will explore her story and be presented with questions along the way.
Heart Failure in End of Life Care
Amy Gadoud, Karen Hogg, Shona Jenkins and Yvonne Millerick
0.50 Hours
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.
Role of Ambulance Service at End of Life
Mike Brady
0.50 Hours
This session aims to give you a better understanding of the crucial role the ambulance service plays in delivering end of life and palliative care.
The Importance of Mental Health in context of COVID 19 for frontline health workers in Sub Saharan Africa
Theddeus Iheanacho, M.D. & Dr. Appolos Ndukuba MBBS, FWACP
Yale School of Medicine Webinar Series and sponsored by WCEA Session 1 Theme : Mental Wellness & Self Care for Health Care Workers in Sub Saharan Africa Time: 2 pm Central European Time, 12 pm GMT 1 pm West African Time 3 pm East Africa Time 2 pm Central African Time
Knowledge of specific HIV transmission modes in relation to HIV infection in Mozambique
Devon D Brewer
A wide variety of blood exposures is independently associated with incident and prevalent HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. In contrast, belief in condom use as a strategy for avoiding HIV infection is positively associated with HIV infection at both the individual and national levels in sub-Saharan Africa. Although long assu....
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Challenges to the performance of current HIV diagnostic assays and the need for centralized specimen archives: a review of the Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA) repository
Shelley N. Facente,Michael P. Busch,Eduard Grebe,Christopher D. Pilcher,Alex Welte,Brian Rice,Gary Murphy
Over the past three decades, archived HIV samples have allowed commercial and academic researchers to develop and evaluate multiple new HIV assays and HIV diagnostic strategies, including new approaches to measure and monitor HIV prevalence and incidence. Yet despite these advancements, new challenges for diagnosis of HIV infect....
Cost-effectiveness of oral versus intravenous antibiotics (OVIVA) in patients with bone and joint infection: evidence from a non-inferiority trial
Nicola McMeekin,Claudia Geue,Andrew Briggs,Ines Rombach,Ho Kwong Li,Philip Bejon,Martin McNally,Bridget L. Atkins,Jamie Ferguson,Matthew Scarborough
Bone and joint infections are becoming increasingly common. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) conducts around 190,000 hip and knee replacement surgeries annually; of these, approximately 1% will result in post-operative infections. These infections are usually treated with surgery and an initial course of intravenous....
Case Report: COVID-19 in a female patient who presented with acute lower limb ischemia
Ahmed Muhi Fahad,Ayam Ali Mohammad,Hasanain A. Al-Khalidi,Qusay Jummaa Lazim,Fahad Ibrahim Hussein,Ahmed Salih Alshewered
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic disease caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus surface spike protein binding to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, which is expressed in the lung (type 2 alveolar cells), heart, intestinal epithelium, vascular endothelium, and kidneys, providing a mechanism....
Younger ages at risk of Covid-19 mortality in communities of color
Keith P. Klugman,Solomon Zewdu,Barbara E. Mahon,Scott F. Dowell,Padmini Srikantiah,Kayla F. Laserson,Jordan W. Tappero,Anita K. Zaidi,Trevor Mundel
Developed countries, even those overwhelmed for a time by Covid-19 like Italy and the UK, have had most of their deaths among the elderly. In Italy, with one of the oldest populations in the world, only 4% of deaths were in people under age 60. In the UK, the racial disparity in Covid-19 mortality is clear, with non-white minori....
Adjunctive dexamethasone for the treatment of HIV-infected adults with tuberculous meningitis (ACT HIV): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Joseph Donovan,Nguyen Hoan Phu,Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai,Le Tien Dung,Darma Imran,Erlina Burhan,Lam Hong Bao Ngoc,Nguyen Duc Bang,Do Chau Giang,Dang Thi Minh Ha,Jeremy N. Day,Le Thi Phuong Thao,Nguyen TT Thuong,Nguyen Nang Vien,Ronald B. Geskus,Marcel Wolbers,Raph L. Hamers,Reinout van Crevel,Mugi Nursaya,Kartika Maharani,Tran Tinh Hien,Kevin Baird,Nguyen Huu Lan,Evelyne Kestelyn,Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,Guy E. Thwaites
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe form of tuberculosis. Co-infection with HIV increases the risk of developing TBM, complicates treatment, and substantially worsens outcome. Whether corticosteroids confer a survival benefit in HIV-infected patients with TBM remains uncertain. Hepatitis is the most common drug-induc....
Country Experiences in Scaling up HIV Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Jason Reed, Kelly Curran, Julia Bluestone, Daniel Were, Makeneiloe Ramapepe and Sebaki Laluma.
The goal of the webinar is to highlight the importance of Oral PrEP training for providers, launch a new global Oral PrEP eLearning course, produced as part of a collaboration with WHO and Jhpiego, and share country experiences in scaling up access to Oral PrEP. We will hear about country experiences and lessons learned in....
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Antieretrovirals and Toxicity Basic
Daisy Arrillaga RN, BSN, ACRN
1.00 Hours
This course is intended to increase the participant's knowledge of how HIV medications work.
HIV Associated Dementia
Macie P. Smith, Ed.D., LBSW, C-SWCM
1.00 Hours
To provide more detailed education on dementia associated with HIV
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