Image Interpretation of the Cervical Spine: Session 2
Claire Giles
This session will describe common fractures, dislocations, pathologies and normal variants found in the cervical spine. These will be illustrated using radiographic examples.
Image Interpretation - Adult Skeleton (X-ray): Elbow - Session 2
Sarah Gallimore
This session will describe common fractures, dislocations, pathologies and normal variants found in the elbow joint. These will be illustrated using radiographic examples.
Health and Well-Being in Dementia Care
Catherine Powell and Alan Blighe
This session explores how to ensure optimal physical health and emotional wellbeing for people living with dementia. It will look at ways to prevent, and ensure early detection of, pain, falls, fatigue, dehydration and hunger. It describes ways to support the person to maintain personal hygiene and appearance. In promoting....
End of Life Dementia Care
Murna Downs, Lindsey Collins and Clare Mason
This session will explore how to ensure high quality, compassionate and coordinated end of life care for people with dementia, meeting their physical and psychological needs and also paying attention to the needs of their families. This session addresses learning outcomes in subject 12 of the Dementia Training Standards Frame....
Prescribing for Older People
Chantal Simon
Elderly people are particularly susceptible to side-effects of drugs; many of these are avoidable. This session outlines the principles of prescribing for older people in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2020.
Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders
Michael E McBrien
This session examines the legal and ethical frameworks involved in implementing Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders in adults, and how these orders are affected by subsequently proceeding to anaesthesia and surgery.
Surgical Management of Hip Fractures
David Knowles
An overview of proximal femoral fractures and the surgical and anaesthetic implications of the different fracture types.
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.
Sexual And Reproductive Health (e-srh)
Doctor Ruth Lewis, Dr Emily Gilbert, Ms Caroline Gumbley, Dr Theresa Laverty, Ruth Bailey, Dr Vinod Kumar, Fiona Baldwin, Dr Johanna Wong, Dr Nazia Hussain, Andrew Motherwell, Julia Bailey, Professor Jill Shawe, Wendy Knoops, Anita Maini, Dr Deepthi Lavu
Welcome to the Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare e-learning programme, e-SRH, developed in partnership with the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare and e-Learning for Healthcare. Interactive and multimedia-rich e-learning sessions, these have been delivered as part of the FSRH’s ongoing commitment to supporting healt....
Newborn Care
Dr D H Greenfield, Prof G Theron, Prof H de Groot, Ms H Louw, Dr N Rhoda, Ms M Petersen, Prof P Henning, Prof C Pieper, Dr A Horn, Dr M Hann, Prof D L Woods
Newborn Care was written for healthcare workers providing special care for newborn infants in regional hospitals. It covers: • resuscitation at birth • assessing infant size and gestational age • routine care and feeding of both normal and high-risk infants • the prevention, diagnosis and management of hypothermia, hypogly....
Improving Newborn and Stillbirth Data Quality for Use
These materials have been designed by the Improving Quality and Use of Newborn Indicators (IMPULSE) phase 2 study team, with thanks to the Paolo Chiesi Foundation for funding.
This second module will enable you to put into practice in the health facility where you work what you learned in the first module. Both modules are designed ideally for you to work through with 1-2 colleagues in the health facility where you work because TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More.
Barrier Contraceptives
Andrew Motherwell
This session will discuss barrier methods of contraception, including their efficacy, advantages and disadvantages. It also explores how to undertake a consultation with an individual considering barrier methods of contraception, including counselling, information-giving and practical aspects.
Early Pregnancy
Dr Michelle Cooper and Dr Deepthi Lavu
This session details the symptoms of early pregnancy, including complications and how to read a pregnancy test appropriately. It also discusses when future pregnancy tests may be required.
Managing Contraceptive Side-effects
Ruth Bailey
This session will identify the side-effects associated with the use of hormonal contraceptives and offer guidance on how to manage these side-effects to encourage concordance with the method of choice.
Thermal Management – Keeping Babies Warm
Prof Elizabeth Molyneux, Edith Gicheha, Prof Joe Langton, Christina Samuel, Prof June Madete
In this module we will learn the importance of keeping a baby warm and some of the ways that this can be done.
Session 6: Quality Care and Quality Improvement for Diabetes Foot
Tanzania Diabetes Association https://tdatz.or.tz
By the end of this course, you will have learnt about the following: • Quality of Care
Understanding Blood, Blood Products, and Blood Transfusion Practice
Dr Hanafih Umali Nkhata
This webinar series has been organized with an aim to strengthen pharmacists’ and healthcare professionals’ knowledge and competencies in key areas of healthcare practice, policy, and patient care.
Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) for Healthcare Providers
Dr. Juma Mwalimu and Dr. Justus Kamara Anacleth
Maternal mortality remains a critical public health challenge in low- and middle-income countries, including Tanzania. Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) is a proven, life-saving package of interventions that can prevent most maternal deaths when timely, accessible, and of good quality. This course equips healthcare providers....
Hypertension Management for Healthcare Providers
Dr. Justus Kamara Anacleth, Dr. Upendo, Dr. Juma Mwalimu and Dr. Selina Deogratias
Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is one of the most important non-communicable diseases affecting populations worldwide. It is often described as a “silent killer” because many individuals remain asymptomatic until serious complications develop. Uncontrolled hypertension significantly increases the risk....
Understanding Infertility
Dr Hanafih Umali Nkhata
This webinar series has been organized with an aim to strengthen pharmacists’ and healthcare professionals’ knowledge and competencies in key areas of healthcare practice, policy, and patient care. In this session we will focus on understanding infertility.
Breathing System Components
Tom Clutton-Brock
The session covers the components of modern anaesthetic breathing systems including standard breathing system connectors, adjustable pressure limiting (APL), positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and one-way valves, scavenging connectors, breathing system hoses, catheter mounts and adult facemasks.
Maintenance of Anaesthesia and Avoiding Awareness
Paul Sice
This session demonstrates the usefulness of volatile anaesthetic agents in clinical anaesthesia. It describes how end-tidal agent monitoring and minimum alveolar concentration contribute to patient safety and avoidance of awareness and the methods employed to prevent awareness during anaesthesia.
Practical Examples of Drugs Used During Maintenance
Alistair Hellewell
This session outlines drug administration during maintenance of anaesthesia, for patients being ventilated or breathing spontaneously.
Mental Health and Well-being
Nina Mguni
This session aims to help practitioners to describe mental health and wellbeing and identify the wider social factors which protect vulnerable children and adolescents.
Safeguarding Adults e-Learning - Level 2
NHS eIntegrity
This session meets the statutory and mandatory training requirements and learning outcomes for Safeguarding Adults Level 2 in the Core Skills Training Framework (England) v1.1.