Hypertension Management in Africa
Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Dr. Dzifa Ahadzi, Dr. Oluwabunmi Ogungbe and Dr. Bolade Folasade Dele-Ojo
Hypertension Management in Africa: Lessons from the ADHINCRA Study on Treatment Protocols, Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring, and Team-Based Care This webinar presents the ADHINCRA study—a NIH-funded, multi-site implementation trial in Ghana and Nigeria—as an exemplar for advancing hypertension management across sub-Sa....
Pharmacy Professionals
Tim Peel, Martine Meyer, Joanne Droney, Anna-Marie Stevens, Saskie Dorman and Lara Alloway
This learning path is designed to support pharmacy professionals when dispensing medications to manage symptoms in people near the end of life.
Escaping Traditional Teaching: A Flexible Escape Room Framework for Nursing and Advanced Practice Education
Dr. Danielle Hebert, Dr. Thin Malatesta and Dr. Rita Amoah
An overview of the Hebert Healthcare Educational and Learning Escape Room (HHEALER) framework as it has been utilized for an accelerated prelicensure nursing program and advanced practice nursing education. The framework is versatile and applicable to different healthcare professions. This webinar will provide information on the....
Role of Nutrition in Pediatrics' Mental Health
Ms. Hira Farooq
This webinar will focus on the impact of nutrition on mental health and neurodevelopment in the pediatric population. It will discuss how dietary patterns, nutritional deficiencies, and feeding practices influence cognition, behavior, emotional well-being, and developmental outcomes in children and adolescents, along with practi....
Hospital Acquired Fever: What to do Next
Frances Sanderson, William Newsholme
This session is about the complications of hospital-acquired fever when methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is present. It continues the management of the case described in course 'Hospital-acquired fever: what to do if MRSA positive'.
Management of Orofacial Malignancies
Atheer Ujam
This session describes how to recognise important diagnostic features of malignant and premalignant oral lesions allowing early and appropriate referral to specialist care.
Cervical Cancer Screening And Management
Dr. Justus Kamara Anacleth, Dr. Juma Mwalimu and Dr. Selina Deogratias
This session provides an overview of cervical cancer prevention, screening, and management, with emphasis on the role of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in disease development and the importance of early detection. It covers the progression of cervical cancer, key screening methods (VIA, Pap smear, and HPV testing), and current sc....
Higher Risk Groups: Other Miscellaneous Conditions
Richard Telford
This session outlines the main additional problems associated with anaesthesia for patients with 4 common major conditions: obesity, diabetes mellitus, renal disease and blood and coagulation disorders.
Premedication
Tom Peck
This session will introduce you to a range of scenarios where drugs are used to prepare the patient before an operation.
Gastroenterology
Anita Banerjee, Amanda Hill and Bernadette Jenner
This session covers gastrointestinal disease in pregnancy including preconception care, pregnancy-related gastrointestinal physiology and maternal health during pregnancy and postpartum.
Unexplained Physical Symptoms
Elena Garralda
This session will describe common physical symptoms and their associations with psychological problems. General management principles will be provided for use by both non-medical and medical practitioners.
Webinar with pre and post exam
Mr WCEA Administrator
Phasom Members will showcase and share their research contributions
Simple Non-invasive Oxygen Therapy
PRISCILLA NAA AKU ALLOTEY, CORNELIA ESSON ADOFO, DAVID TENGKORANG-TWUM
This is a self-paced course which aims to enhance learners’ knowledge and skills on simple non-invasive oxygen therapy. The content covers relevance and indications for oxygen therapy, brief anatomy and physiology of respiration, oxygen delivery systems and devices. Nursing responsibilities including assessment and monitoring of....
Areas of the Brain and Associated Speech Disturbances
Catherine Rippingdale
A visual journey through the different areas of the brain, and the speech problems that arise if affected by disease, particularly in relation to stroke.
Management of Lower Extremity Injuries
CORNELIA ESSON ADOFO, PRISCILLA N. A. ALLOTEY and DAVID TENGKORANG-TWUM
This course provides a comprehensive overview of lower extremity injury management, focusing on assessment, prioritization, and evidence-based nursing interventions. This course equips nurses with the appropriate knowledge and skills necessary to identify the different types of lower extremity injuries and how to render rapid ma....
Parkinson’s Disease: Diagnosis, Investigation, Management
Brian Wood
This session familiarises you with the diagnostic process and key points in the management of Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Exploring the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in Ghana: A Path to Healthier Futures
Sedonia Adabugah, Sampson Yalley and Florence Gyimah
Nurses and midwives will acquire the essential knowledge needed to effectively support the implementation of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Program (MVIP).
Parkinson’s Disease: Classical Symptoms and Signs
Brian Wood
This session revises the typical symptoms and signs that people with Parkinson’s disease are likely to present with, at the initial stage of their illness.
Immunization Schedule in Ghana
Florence Gyimah, Sedonia Adabugah and Sampson Yalley
• Initiated in 1978 to control vaccine-preventable diseases • GOALS- Reduce child mortality, prevent outbreaks, and protect vulnerable populations • Vaccine Coverage. Focuses on infants, children under 5, pregnant women and adults. • Current Priorities. Polio eradication, measles elimination, and reducing under-5 mortality ra....
Stroke Differential Diagnosis in Younger Patients
Ahamad Hassan
This session covers potential causes of ‘stroke mimics’ seen more commonly in younger patients.
Renal Function
Irwin Foo
This session outlines the age-related changes in the kidney, the effects of ageing on osmoregulation, sodium and potassium homeostasis and the impact of the ageing kidney on the actions of drugs used in the perioperative period.
Brain Tumours Affecting Speech: Types, Treatment, Management
Sadia Ismail
This session describes the presentation, investigation and management of speech problems due to brain tumours. It covers the key points for initial management and also examines further treatment pathways.
Management of Acute Back Pain
Olwen Westerland and David C Howlett
This session presents a methodical approach to the evaluation and management of patients presenting with acute back pain; it includes supportive diagnostic imaging. As departments will have set trauma guidelines, the focus is mainly on non-traumatic back pain.
First Fit: Investigation and Management
Rohit Raj
This session reviews adult first fit presentations, including the characteristic features of different epileptic seizures, when to admit to hospital, anti-epileptic therapy and important information to give patients.