Image Interpretation - CT Anatomy: Shoulder and Elbow
Julie Howson
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the bony anatomy of the shoulder and elbow on a series of axial, coronal and sagittal computed tomography (CT) images. There are opportunities to assess your learning throughout the session.
Image Interpretation - CT Anatomy: Wrist
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the anatomy of the bony wrist on a series of axial, coronal and sagittal computed tomography (CT) images. There are opportunities to assess your learning at the end of the session.
Image Interpretation - CT Anatomy: Chest
Dorothy Keane
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the anatomy of the chest on a series of computed tomography (CT) images. It will cover the bony and soft tissue using stacked axial images as you would view in a clinical setting. There are opportunities to assess your learning throughout the session.
Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Alison C Mitchell
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD) for the management of cancer pain. It aims to enhance the understanding of which patients may benefit from this approach and the principles which govern the safe use of ITDD systems.
Introduction to Evidence Based Practice
Kevork Hopayian
0.5 Hours
This session considers the value that evidence-based practice brings to GPs and their patients. You will learn some of the basic skills needed. This session was reviewed by Sally Higginbottom and last updated in March 2015.
IUT: Summary of Method
Jackie Abrahams, Christina Fey and Paula Briggs
0.5 Hours
This session is designed to give an overview of the intrauterine methods, their effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages. This session is aimed at those who already have a basic knowledge of the methods.
IUT: Facilitating Choice
Christina Fey, Jackie Abrahams and Paula Briggs
0.5 Hours
This session examines how to facilitate a woman's choice of intrauterine method through the use of self assessment questions. Three case histories are used to illustrate this.
Managing Impalpable Implants
Noel Mack
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the initial management of women with impalpable implants, including a case scenario.
Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Belinda Magnus
0.5 Hours
This session aims to explain what medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are and how best to help patients who suffer from them. It describes how to assess patients holistically, how to effectively communicate with patients about their symptoms and how to help them feel empowered to self-manage their symptoms as much as possible.....
Metabolic Acidosis: Investigation and Management
Daniel Beckett
0.5 Hours
This session considers the basic biochemistry underlying metabolic acidosis, respiratory compensation and the causes of both raised and normal anion gap metabolic acidoses.
Meeting the Health Needs of the School Age Child
Jane Wright
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the key messages about public health in the context of school health and new models of service delivery. In particular, it will focus on the World Health Organization´s definitions of public health and the study on Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HSBC).
Investigation and Management of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis
Lorna Barton
0.5 Hours
This session describes the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of herpes simplex encephalitis.
Investigation and Management of UTI Causing Delirium
Sunitha Daniel
0.75 Hours
This session covers the investigation and management of delirium precipitated by urinary tract infection (UTI), including risk factors and specialist clinical assessment.
Investigation and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease
Melissa Heightman
0.25 Hours
This session will revise the current classification of Interstitial Lung Disease and review the approach to diagnosis and management of this group of diseases.
Managing Pulmonary Embolism in Special Circumstances
David Keith Ward
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the management of a pulmonary embolism in special circumstances including pregnancy, anaemia, thrombophilia and malignancy.
Examination of a 73-year-old Woman Presenting After a Suspected TIA
Campbell McGee
0.5 Hours
This session uses a video clip to demonstrate how to carry out a focused, problem-based physical (neurological and targeted cardiovascular) on a patient presenting with dysarthria in primary care.
Interstitial Lung Disease Case Studies
Rathai Anandanadesan
1 Hours
This session considers different types of interstitial lung disease and key investigations used to arrive at a diagnosis. The different treatment and management options available for patients are also covered.
Mechanisms behind Haemoptysis in Bronchiectasis
Gaurav Agarwal
0.5 Hours
This session explains the mechanisms associated with haemoptysis in bronchiectasis.
Intravenous Fluids (anaesthesia)
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the types of intravenous fluids available for use during and after surgery. These fluids can be classified into colloids and crystalloids and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Blood and blood products are not covered.
Monitoring, Vigilance for Untoward Events and Patient Positioning
Alistair Hellewell
0.5 Hours
This session describes the monitoring of patients while in theatre, for the early detection of untoward events, and a systematic approach for managing those events. It also outlines the problems associated with certain patient positions under anaesthesia.
General Anaesthesia: Spontaneous Ventilation with an LMA
Lauren Barker
0.5 Hours
This session describes an anaesthetic in which the patient is breathing spontaneously via a laryngeal mask airway (LMA). The practicalities of induction, maintenance and recovery are considered.
General Anaesthesia: Ventilation with an ETT
Lauren Barker
0.5 Hours
This session describes the usual sequence of events in an anaesthetic in which the patient is ventilated via a tracheal tube (TT). The practicalities of induction, maintenance and recovery are considered.
Multidisciplinary Management of Adolescent Obesity
Paul Chadwick
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on management of obesity at an individual level. It will describe the multi-disciplinary treatment of obesity in adolescents. Current guidelines for best practice in this area will be outlined and relevant public policy documents highlighted. Some important management strategies will be described and outcome....
Intravenous induction sequence (anaesthesia)
Alistair Hellewell
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the purpose and procedure of a non-rapid sequence IV induction of anaesthesia.
How to Negotiate Decisions Which May Be Difficult to Implement
Paul Paes
0.5 Hours
This session considers how health and social care professionals can sensitively handle advance care planning (ACP) situations where needs, preferences and expectations are unrealistic or may not be achievable. This session was reviewed by Paul Paes and Christina Faull and last updated in December 2014.