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....
Obesity In Young People
Rachel Pryke - GP, Redditch
0.5 Hours
This session describes recent trends, causes and sequelae of obesity in adolescence and assesses treatment options, including common dieting and exercise approaches. This session was reviewed by Hilda Mulrooney and Louise Lam, Bethan Hamilton, Lisa Mabbs and Claire Cheminade and updated in March 2017.
Liver: Cirrhosis and NASH
Conor Corr and Mark Callaway and Muhammed Hanif and Huw Roach
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the imaging appearances of liver cirrhosis and non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH). The causes, significance and complications of these conditions will also be discussed.
Herpes Virus Infections in the Immunocompromised
Tim Wreghitt
0.5 Hours
Honourary Consultant Virologist. Dr Tim Wreghitt has a BSc from London University, a PhD from Surrey University and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, where he is the treasurer and Vice President - elect. He has been in the Cambridge Regional Virus Laboratory for 31 years. He is currently the Regional Microbiolog....
Hepatitis C: Natural History, Presentation and Investigation
Sanjay Bhagani
0.5 Hours
This session describes the natural history and presentation of someone with both acute and chronic hepatitis C infection and the investigations required.
Imaging: Coma
Mary Gawne-Cain
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide you with a method of approaching the imaging of the undiagnosed unconscious patient. It briefly covers the initial clinical workup of an unconscious patient presenting to the emergency department (including use of the Glasgow Coma Scale). It describes a checklist to be used in the analysis of the com....
Helping to Reduce Neonatal and Infant Death
Trixie McAree
0.5 Hours
This session explores current understanding of infant mortality and the health promotion approaches available to improve the neonatal and infant death rate.
Introduction to Diabetes Syndromes
Dhaara Iyer and Chizo Agwu
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the different classifications of diabetes in children and explains the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology of various diabetes syndromes.
Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Jan Idkowiak and Chizo Agwu
0.5 Hours
This session aims to outline the management of type 2 diabetes in children and young people.
Introduction to Clinical Decision Making
Kerry Crawley
0.5 Hours
The intent of the Clinical Decision Making module is to take theories on clinical decision making and consider how they apply to contemporary Paramedic practice:
Lifestyle Considerations
Jan Idkowiak
0.5 Hours
This session aims to outline how type 1 diabetes impacts on the lives of children and young people and their associated lifestyle considerations.
