This interactive scenario describes one of a number of possible cases where a patient presents with acute confusion. As you progress through the scenario you will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills to diagnose and treat this patient. Once you have specified a treatment plan, a simulation of the patient's res....
This session will help you to understand how to support and promote a person's independence and meaningful involvement in their own daily life. This session addresses the learning outcomes in subject 8 of the Dementia Training Standards Framework [1] and is designed to support the Dementia Action Alliance Dementia Statements....
This session considers the impact of anatomical and mechanical changes in the respiratory system and relates them to the way in which gas exchange is impaired with normal aging.
This session covers the physiology of diastolic function and outlines the features and clinical implications of diastolic dysfunction, a major form of cardiac dysfunction in the elderly.
Controlled medicines are essential in the treatment of a wide range of medical conditions, including pain management, mental health disorders, and palliative care. However, due to their potential for misuse, abuse, and diversion, they are subject to strict regulatory oversight. Ensuring compliance with established guidelines acr....
This session addresses how to conduct a pre-conception consultation, including lifestyle factors, risks, fertility implications and complications of existing medical conditions that could impact on pregnancy.
This session details the oral and injectable progestogen-only (PO) contraceptive methods, their advantages and disadvantages, including side-effects and contraindications. Safe prescribing and administration will also be discussed.
Empowering Nurses to Lead, Innovate, and Improve Patient Outcomes through Technology This webinar explores how nurses can leverage technology to enhance leadership, drive innovation, and improve patient outcomes. It will highlight practical tools, real-world applications, and strategies that empower nurses to take an active r....
This session will introduce some of the key considerations when addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of people who identify as transgender or non-binary, as well as those in same-sex and bisexual relationships.
This course equips healthcare professionals with practical knowledge and clinical skills for the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It covers common bacterial, viral, and parasitic STIs, their transmission, risk factors, clinical presentation, complications, laboratory diag....
This online training on Occurrence Management in the Laboratory equips participants with essential knowledge and skills to identify, report, investigate, and manage laboratory errors and incidents. It covers occurrences across the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases, and highlights their impact on quality and....
This course introduces the basic concepts and functions of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) in laboratory operations. It focuses on how LIMS is used for sample tracking, data management, result reporting, and record keeping. Participants will learn how LIMS improves efficiency, accuracy, and data integrity, whi....
This session will explore how admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) or high dependency unit (HDU) can affect the mental health of children, young people and their families. Later, it will investigate how paediatric liaison children and young people's mental health services (CYPMHS) can provide support to childr....
This session describes the most common methods by which oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2) and anaesthetic agents are monitored during anaesthesia. It also covers the clinical applications of gas monitoring and the simple principles of anaesthetic gas sampling for measurement and monitoring.
This advanced session looks at the properties of the main opioids used in the UK, when to switch opioids, particularly in renal impairment, and when to use subcutaneous opioid preparations.
This session describes childhood anxiety and worry and discusses how to react to them.
This session highlights some common equipment problems and ways to prevent and deal with them.
This session revises the typical features and differential diagnoses of parkinsonism.
This session discusses the causes of acute spinal cord compression.
Climate change is a health crisis that is causing escalating negative impacts on the lives and health of global communities, widening health disparities, increasing poverty, and threatening healthcare delivery, necessitating preparedness and comprehensive capacity-building across the health sector. To meet these challenges, curr....
Patient Stories involves interviewing patients directly to gather their unique insights to gain a better understanding of the amputee’s experiences and perspective of our service. Allowing patients to share with us the story of their journey across the continuum of care can help identify gaps within our service, inspire patient....
The experience of living with and supporting a loved one with a complex health condition involves significant emotion work. In this presentation, findings from research conducted with long-term family carers of people living with spinal cord injury is discussed. The outcome of this research has synergies with all other forms of....
Urbanisation is accelerating across African countries, outpacing the capacity of healthcare services and infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population. This results in reduced healthcare access, inadequate sanitation, increased transmission of infectious diseases, and widening health disparities. Growing evidence, bo....
This session describes the commonly encountered ultrasound characteristics of solid malignant breast masses and in situ disease.
The nurse plays a critical role in prevention of infections. Infection prevention and control are practices that prevent patients and healthcare providers from being harmed by avoidable infections. This presentation provides the learner with a core set of infection prevention and control techniques.