Home Dialysis First - Online Learning Package
Paul Bennett, Sadie Jaeschke
Why should patients be encouraged to do home dialysis first and what are their experiences?
Introduction to Haemodialysis - Online Learning Package
Lynn Brown, Rebecca Gilmour, Louise Moran, Brenton Shanahan, Peter Sinclair, Kirsten Black, Deborah Blac, Mada Brinkman, Gemma Fogarty, Peggy Ooi
Everything the novice to intermediate nurse needs to know about haemodialysis
Managing Multiple Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes
Sean McDermott - ST1 GP Trainee, Craigavon Area Hospital
0.75 Hours
This session gives an overview of the relative benefits of controlling blood pressure, lipids, glycaemia in type 2 diabetes in terms of macrovascular and microvascular complications, and mortality.
Monitoring Diabetes
Dr Annika Singh MBBS BSc MRCS
0.5 Hours
This session explains why and how to monitor diabetes in the community. It discusses how to prevent and manage complications with diabetes, and the support and education available to the patient.
Drugs Used In Ischaemic Heart Disease
Elizabeth Ogilvie and Nick Fletcher
0.5 Hours
This session reviews which medication groups are recommended for the prevention or treatment of ischaemic heart disease and provides an overview of the most commonly used drug groups.
Left to Right Shunts
Gurjinder Dahel
0.5 Hours
This session aims to briefly describe the different types of left to right shunt defects and how to approach diagnosis and management.
Lymphoma 18 FDG PET Study
Svetislav Gacinovic, Jamshed Bomanji
0.5 Hours
This session discusses fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in patients with lymphoma.
Malignant Testicular Tumours
Paul Sidhu
0.5 Hours
This session describes the clinical aspects and radiological imaging and staging of the various testicular tumours.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Normal Fetal Anomaly Scan
David Cole
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the routine fetal anomaly scan which is performed between 18+0 weeks and 20+6 weeks gestation. The fetal anatomy examined during the scan will be described with the aid of ultrasound images and line drawings.
Image Interpretation - Obstetric Ultrasound: Nuchal Translucency
Fiona Maddocks and Gill Harrison
0.5 Hours
This session considers the ultrasound technology required to assess the fetal nuchal translucency, the criteria essential for accurate measurement and the role of nuchal translucency as a screening test for fetal abnormalities, such as trisomy 21, 18 and 13.
HIV in Women
Claire Naftalin and Harriet Wallace
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the additional issues to consider over and above standard HIV care when managing HIV positive women.
Information Giving
David Riley
This session looks at ways in which complex information may be given. This session was reviewed by David Riley and Christina Faull and last updated in April 2015.
Musculoskeletal Problems in the Dental Patient
StJohn Crean
0.5 Hours
This session describes the aetiology, presentation and management of common musculoskeletal disorders along with the impact they may have on the dental patient.
First Fit: Investigation and Management
Rohit Raj
0.75 Hours
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.
Maintenance of Anaesthesia and Avoiding Awareness
Paul Sice
0.5 Hours
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.
NICE Guidelines
David Fraser and David James
0.75 Hours
This session elaborates on NICE (CG190) Guidelines, paying particular attention to the use of cardiotocography in the assessment of fetal well-being and the potential for errors in cardiotocograph interpretation.
Impact of Discrimination on Health Status
Polly Wright and Catherine Meads
0.5 Hours
This session is designed to explore the ways in which Primary Care can present a service that may be off putting to people and which may result in discrimination.
Health Promotion
Mayur Lakhani
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the concept of health and well-being. It shows how important it is to consider this agenda in the consultation and the obligations of the general practitioner (GP).
Balints Ideas
John Salinsky
0.5 Hours
This session introduces Michael Balint, outlines his principal ideas and describes his innovative use of the case discussion group to help doctors understand the doctor-patient relationship.
Holistic Approach
Marion Lynch
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the Practising holistically aspect of the RCGP curriculum which includes: • demonstrating the holistic mindset of a generalist medical practitioner • supporting people through experiences of health, illness and recovery This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and updated in April 2023.
Kidney Health Australia 2018
Dr Shilpa Jesudason
Presentation of the extensive work of Kidney Health Australia, an organisation who represent the consumer with kidney disease.
Investigation and Management of Hoarseness and Stridor
Salman Haider
0.5 Hours
This session describes hoarseness and stridor and explains the investigation and management of these conditions.
Initiating Conversations about End of Life Care: COPD
Kate Neden, John Neden
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the key features of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), how to recognise where the patient is on the disease trajectory, and how to assess the impact of the disease on the patient and his or her family. This session was reviewed by Kate Neden, John Neden, Amy Proffitt and Christina Fa....