Image Interpretation - Nuclear Medicine: Bone Scanning
Gopinath Gnanasegaran
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the principles of nuclear medicine bone scanning. It will explain the use of planar, SPECT and SPECT-CT images and give an overview of their clinical applications.
Morton's Neuroma - Radiology
Simon Ostlere
0.5 Hours
This session discusses imaging Morton's neuroma, differential diagnosis and injection technique.
Nasogastric Tube Placement: Using Chest Radiographs to Identify Nasogastric Tube Placement
Natasha Hayes
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the main principles of correctly identifying the nasogastric (NG) tube position on a chest radiograph. It will also include how to tell if the NG tube should be advanced and the safety issues surrounding this.
Image Interpretation - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Wrist and Hand Session 3
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
A self-evaluation session based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the wrist and hand. It contains questions on anatomy and pathology, MRI techniques used and interpretation of MRI images of the wrist and hand.
Nasogastric Tube Placement: Safe Practice and Clinical Governance
Natasha Hayes
0.5 Hours
This session will highlight clinical governance and safety issues involved with assessing radiographs for the correct nasogastric (NG) tube placement. Systems to promote safe practice will also be outlined.
Fluoroscopic Investigations of the Small Intestine - Radiology
Saminah Yunis
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the anatomy of the small intestine and the role of fluoroscopy in relation to other imaging modalities. Tips on equipment use, technique and reporting will be offered.
Image Interpretation - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Wrist and Hand - Session 2
Graeme Strong
0.5 Hours
This session addresses the clinical and imaging evaluation of the wrist and hand, with particular reference to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances.
Image Interpretation – Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Wrist and Hand - Session 1
Graeme Strong
0.5 Hours
This session addresses the normal anatomy of the wrist and hand on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The clinical indications for MRI and MRI techniques employed for image acquisition will be addressed. An overview of alternative imaging modalities will be provided.
Embryology and Development of the Male Genitalia
Michelle Collins and John Palmer
0.5 Hours
This session describes the embryonic origins of the male genitalia, highlighting the embryological development of the key structures and explaining the changes which take place to the male genitalia at puberty.
Management of Oronasal Fistula Following Cleft Palate Repair
Haitham Khashaba and Nigel Mercer
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the indications for the repair of oronasal fistulae and explore the surgical and non-surgical management techniques that are currently available.
Mechanism of General Anaesthetic Action
Shelley Barnes, Jeff Handel, Madeleine Storey
0.5 Hours
This session describes the ways in which general anaesthetic agents are hypothesized to exert their effects at the cellular and molecular level.
Basic Respiratory Investigations and Lung Function Tests
Steve Graham
0.5 Hours
This session will describe some of the basic respiratory investigations, and explain the relevance of the results obtained.
Evaluation and Advice on Good Inhaler Technique
Swapna Mandal
0.5 Hours
This session will show you how to assess your patients’ inhaler techniques, and describes the different range of inhalers that are available and when different types of inhalers or a nebuliser should be prescribed.
Investigation and Management of Sarcoidosis
Kirsten Archer
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of how to investigate a patient with suspected sarcoidosis. It looks at how to follow up those diagnosed with the condition and it includes some information on appropriate treatment.
Investigation and Management of Paracetamol Overdose
Louise Ma
0.5 Hours
This session considers the basic pathophysiology underlying paracetamol overdoses. It then discusses appropriate investigation and management of the clinical problem.
Importance of Good History
Veronica White
0.25 Hours
This session focuses on the importance of taking a good history when reviewing a patient with a cough.
How to Document Conversations About Advance Care Planning
Paul Paes
0.5 Hours
This session explores the process and relevance of documenting the outcomes of the advance care planning (ACP) discussion. This session was reviewed by Fiona Rawlinson and Richard Kitchen, and last updated in October 2017.
Legal and Ethical Issues Embedded in Communication
Rob George
0.5 Hours
This session explores the legal and ethical considerations that you need to take into account when communicating with patients and their families. This session was reviewed by Andrew Thorns and Richard Kitchen and last updated in July 2018.
Intense Pulsed Light and LED Devices
Sarah Pape
0.75 Hours
This session describes the characteristics of intense pulsed light and light emitting diode devices and their current clinical applications, with a discussion of their hazards to human health.
Laser-Tissue Interactions
Sarah Pape
0.75 Hours
This session describes the ways in which laser light interacts with tissue, identifies the role of selected laser targets within tissues and explores the effect of laser parameters on laser absorption.
Looked After Children Part 2: Influencing Factors and Outcomes of Care Journeys
Douglas Simkiss
0.5 Hours
In this and session Safeguarding/Looked After Children Part 1, we will explore the evidence for the statement that looked after children “have a higher level of health, mental health and health promotion needs than others of the same age” and look at how the Healthy Child Programme can meet these needs.
Liberating Learning - Classroom and Learner-based Strategy
Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
This session explores classroom and learner-based learning activities. It demonstrates many of these with videos of case scenarios and offers practical suggestions to liberate learning.
Encouraging Feedback and Using it
Pamela Hampson and Marilyn Thirlway
0.25 Hours
This session focuses on how to encourage and use effective feedback. It demonstrates the skills of active listening which are used to ensure that you and the speaker fully understand each other. The strategies of appreciative questioning and the methods for checking understanding are covered. Once you have looked at how to recei....
Improving the Quality and Safety of Care through Health Informatics
Diane Bullman
This session will look at some of the ways the health service continuously monitors, improves and assures the quality and safety of patient care. It examines how informatics is an essential tool which supports these processes and how it can be used to improve care.
General Surgery: Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage - Upper
Amandine Woodham and Cynthia-M Borg
0.25 Hours
Upper gastro-intestinal bleeding is a common and sometimes life threatening problem. This session discusses the symptoms, causes, resuscitation, scoring and further management of these patients.