Evaluation of Treatment Outcome in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate
Ciara Deall and Bruce Richard
0.5 Hours
This session will explain why it is important to evaluate the outcome of treatment for patients with cleft lip and palate, describing the main outcome measures that are currently in use and exploring the reliability and validity of each measure.
Mallet Deformity in the Digit
Bernard Robertson and Lanre Ajekigbe
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the causes of mallet deformity and the techniques for conservative and surgical management.
Initial Management of Electrical Burns
Debbie Hunt, Shomari Dotun Lee Zack-Williams and Nadeem Khwaja
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the role of fasciotomy in major electrical burns and list the indications for amputation. Later sections will explore how to avoid and treat renal complications following an electrical burn.
Non-Accidental Burns in Children and Vulnerable Adults
Julia Sarginson and Sarah Pape
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the features that are commonly associated with non-accidental burns and describe the action that should be taken if a non-accidental injury (NAI) is suspected.
Duct Ectasia
Maria Chasapi and Milind Dalal
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the pathological features of duct ectasia and provide a differential diagnosis. Later sections will offer guidance on how to investigate a patient with possible duct ectasia and how to excise an area of duct ectasia.
Clinical Examination of the Patient with a Suspicious Breast Lump
Katie Dickson and Dan Prinsloo
0.5 Hours
This session will describe how to examine a patient with a suspicious breast lump and offer guidance on how to document the findings on examination.
Feeding the Malnourished Burn Patient
Samuel Coulson and Alison Woodley
0.5 Hours
This session will explain why some burn patients are malnourished before injury and describe the effects of malnutrition on the metabolic response to a burn. Later, it will explore the precautions that are necessary when feeding a malnourished burn patient.
Management of Inhalation Injury
Karl Walsh and Baljit Dheansa
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the clinical features of inhalation injury and explain how to assess the severity of inhalation injury. Later sections will offer guidance on the initial management of patients with inhalation injury.
Multiple Sclerosis and Myotonias - Anesthesiology
Jason Easby
0.5 Hours
In this session you will cover the definition and aetiology of multiple sclerosis, including the implications of anaesthetizing patients with this disease, and the aetiology and anaesthetic implications of myotonias, in particular myotonic dystrophy.
Magnetism & Current - Anesthesiology
Patrick Magee
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to the concepts of magnetism and its relationship to electrical current and voltage.
Identifying the Patient’s Goals and Priorities
Reine Corley
0.5 Hours
In this session, you will look at different ways of identifying what a patient's goals and priorities are, as part of the assessment process. This session was reviewed by Amy Proffitt and Christina Faull and last updated in December 2015.
Documentation, Communication and Coordination
Amanda Poppleton
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the importance of documenting and communicating assessments of end of life care needs. This session was reviewed by Amy Proffitt and Christina Faull and last updated in December 2015.
How to Handle Patients’ Questions and Concerns
Alison Conner
0.5 Hours
This session will assist you with developing the knowledge and skills to respond sensitively to patients' questions and concerns about advance care planning and handle any misunderstandings. This session was reviewed by Helen Merlane, Zoe Booth and Christina Faull and last updated in June 2015.
Clinical Governance
Thomas Lewis
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the principles of clinical governance, including how clinical governance works for individual clinicians, and how clinical governance is applied to whole organisations to assure and improve quality. This session supports the development of leadership in clinical settings.
Making Decisions 1
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
0.5 Hours
This session is the first of a two part module about decision making in a medical environment using evidence based medicine. It looks specifically at cost effectiveness, using the scenario of treating a patient with dementia as an example.
Introduction to the Healthy Child Programme
Mitch Blair
0.5 Hours
This session traces the history of the development of the current healthy child programme (pregnancy to five years old) and outlines its main aims and programme components: screening, immunisation, health promotion and behaviour change and parenting support. The session also describes the philosophical change in approach from....
Infant Feeding and Parental Health
Australian Medical Association
1 Hours
The 2017 AMA Position Statement outlines best practice on infant feeding and parental health. This introductory module is a great way to learn how to put the latest evidence into practice in this important area of public health. Infant nutrition and early infant growth patterns lay the foundation for eating patterns and weigh....
Full-field Electroretinography Part 1
Anthony G. Robson and Antonio Calcagni
0.5 Hours
This session describes the full field electroretinography (ff-ERG) procedure and principles and a normal set of ff-ERG results. It describes the physiological significance of the main ERG components and outlines how responses are measured and interpreted.
Endocrine: Parathyroid Lumps
Darren K. Patten
0.25 Hours
This session will provide you with an overview of the clinical presentation, investigation and management of parathyroid lumps.
Management of Injuries to the Spine and Pelvis - Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician CCSP®
Dr. Manuel Duarte
This program will prepare the sports chiropractor in evaluation, management, and rehabilitation techniques of common spine and pelvis conditions seen in the sports practice, including physiotherapy modalities, soft tissue mobilization, and chiropractic manipulative techniques. At the conclusion of this course there will be an....
Hormonal, Metabolic and Inflammatory Responses to Surgery
Grainne Nicholson
0.5 Hours
This session covers the hormonal, metabolic and inflammatory responses to surgery.
Gaseous Exchange: Oxygen
Fiona Gamlin
0.5 Hours
This session describes how oxygen is transported in the blood to the tissues and vital organs.
Gaseous Exchange: Hypoxia and Hyper- and Hypo-Capnia
Fiona Gamlin
0.5 Hours
This session is exploration of the causes and physiological consequences of hypoxia, hypocapnia and hypercapnia.
Function of Haemoglobin in Oxygen Carriage
Caroline Thomas and Andy Lumb
0.5 Hours
This session focusses on the function of haemoglobin in oxygen (O2) carriage from the lungs to other tissues where cells are supplied with the O2 required for oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria. We will cover the structure of normal haemoglobin, its abnormal forms and their significance.
Ionization
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session covers the properties of molecules that act as weak acids and weak bases. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation will be derived and discussed in terms of the pharmacokinetic properties of anaesthetic drugs.