Elderly Nutrition for CNAs (SCORM)
Ms Olympia Resol:RN, MPH, CRNI, CARN
4 Hours
Are you working with elderly patients? How is their nutritional status? Are they eating adequately? This content provides a comprehensive course on the nutritional needs of elderly. Topics include the science of food nutrients, nutritional status assessment, risks and prevention of malnutrition.
H1N1
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
5 Hours
To date, human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been confirmed in residents of California, Texas, and Mexico. Illness signs and symptoms have consisted of influenza-like illness - fever and respiratory tract illness (cough, sore throat, runny nose), headache, muscle aches - and some cases have had vomiting....
Do Not Resuscitate
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4 Hours
On the medicine wards, you will come across patients who have a "Do-Not-Resuscitate" order on their chart. You will also be in situations where you are asked to discuss with a patient whether they want to or should have resuscitation following a cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmia. Like many other medical decisions, de....
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis- Diagnosis and Treatment
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
7 Hours
Many acute and chronic lung disorders with variable degrees of pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis are collectively referred to as interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) or diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (or cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis) (IPF or CFA) is one of several idiopathic interstitial pneu....
Leadership at the Point of Care Part 2: BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESSFUL CLINICAL SUPERVISION AND TEAMWORK
Ms Ruth Hansten BSN, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE
Building from a thorough knowledge of nursing professional practice in teamwork with assistive personnel, Part 2 of this 3-part series carries individual nursing practice to unit-level practices and shared mental models of care. After a review of the 5 Rights, the students discuss how teamwork effectiveness is measured in terms....
Flu Jab Refresher Course
Mohammed Ibrahim
This course is aimed at Community Pharmacists in England. It can also be used by nurses and other healthcare professionals that are authorised to administer the influenza vaccine under the NHS patient group direction. Whilst the course covers the NHS service specification for community pharmacy in England, the other aspects....
Medical Errors
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3 Hours
Most Americans have grown up having the utmost respect for the medical profession and what it has accomplished over the decades. The family doctor who could fix anything became a fixture in our society. If “doc” said you needed something, then that is what you got. People not only didn’t worry about the their healthcare, they di....
Domestic Violence and Children
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
3 Hours
This course summarizes the current knowledge to date regarding the prevalence and effects of childhood exposure to domestic violence. The course describes current responses to this problem by the multiple service systems with which children exposed to domestic violence have contact, and addresses what we know about how well the....
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Overview
Alison Swain
0.5 Hours
This session addresses the long-acting reversible methods of contraception, including their effectiveness, thus ensuring knowledge of how to access these methods of contraception for our patients.
Effective Communication with People Who Have Learning Disabilities
Jo Corbett
0.5 Hours
The session aims to provide a range of information and ideas that can be used to improve communication when consulting with people who have learning disabilities.
Endocrine Problems in Primary Care - An Overview
Berenice Lopez Specialist Registrar, North Bristol
0.25 Hours
This session considers three important abnormalities of the endocrine system and how they might present in primary care.
Level 2 Part C - Record in Secondary Care
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
This session will help clinical staff who have some degree of contact with children and young people and/or parents/carers to know how to record concerns that a child is, or might be being maltreated. It is important to note that throughout the session, the terms ‘child’ and ‘children’ mean anyone younger than 18 years old.
Growth Charts and their Interpretation
Gary Butler Consultant and Professor in Paediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology
0.5 Hours
This session is an introduction to growth charts, and includes information on how to plot measurements and when to become concerned about a child's growth. This session was reviewed by Elaine Tabony and updated in February 2017.
Incident Reporting in Primary Care
Jane Carthey Patient Safety and Human Factors Specialist and Christine Johnson General Practitione
0.5 Hours
This session introduces GPs to national incident reporting in the NHS and provides some practical tips on how to encourage incident reporting in your practice. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Young People
Dawn Wilkinson Genitourinary Medicine/HIV Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
0.5 Hours
This session aims to help you identify specific adolescent issues related to the presentation, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in young people.
Intervening to Reduce Risk - Promoting and Teaching Condom Use
Philippa Matthews
0.5 Hours
This is the last of the four complementary sessions on interventions to reduce risk. In this session we will focus on how to teach and promote the safe and consistent use of condoms. This has been written in conjunction with Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP). Please see acknowledgements for more details.
Managing CFS/ME In Adolescence
Anna Gregorowski
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the learner to the management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in young people. It examines the different interventions and strategies and when it is most appropriate to use these.
Managing a Patient with Hyperthyroidism in Primary Care
Simon Page - Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist
0.5 Hours
This session describes the causes, initial investigation and treatment options for patients who present to a general practitioner with hyperthyroidism.
Managing Substance Use Problems In Routine Clinical Practice
Wendi Murphy Improving Data Lead for Children, Family and Maternity at the Department of Health
0.5 Hours
Since some high-profile cases, agencies that deal with young people have an increased responsibility to work with each other to improve outcomes for young people who misuse substances. This session outlines the responsibilities of some of the agencies involved and suggests current assessment, screening and management models.
Introduction to Physical Examination
Roger Tisi
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the Physical Examinations video module, which demonstrates how to carry out a range of focused, problem-based physical examinations in general practice. The module is useful for GPs at all stages in their career, including those preparing for the Clinical Skills Assessment.
Foreign Bodies Trauma and Burns Affecting the Eye
Stella Hornby - Module Editor: Eye Problems
0.25 Hours
This session describes the management of superficial foreign bodies in the eye, corneal abrasions, and how to identify a patient with serious ocular injury. This session was reviewed by Sally Higginbottom and last updated in February 2015.
Hip Pain
Paul Partington MBBS FRCS FRCS (T&O) - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Fo
0.5 Hours
This session covers the causes, investigation and management of hip pain in adults, and includes a discussion of the indications for referral and complications of total hip replacement.
Medical Assessment And Management Of Obesity
Helen Croker - Clinical Research Dietitian, UCL and Russell Viner - Consultant in Adolescent Medicin
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the key elements in the medical assessment and management of adolescent obesity and its relation to type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. It will also cover the identification of secondary causes of obesity. This session was reviewed by Louise Lam, Hilda Mulrooney and Claire Cheminade and updated in....
Managing Sports Injuries in Primary Care
Kay Brennan - GP, London
0.25 Hours
This session discusses a selection of the sports injuries that commonly present to primary care practitioners. This session was reviewed by Richard Stones and last updated in June 2014.
Managing Knee Pain
Michael Burke - General Practitioner, Wirral
0.5 Hours
This session considers the assessment, examination and treatment of knee pain in primary care. The common causes of acute, chronic and referred knee pain will be described. Management of osteoarthritis (including NICE guidelines) and specific advice for athletes will be discussed. This session was reviewed by Richard Stones and....