Investigation Management and Treatment of Mitral Stenosis
Ceri Davies
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of the investigation of mitral stenosis and its subsequent management.
Holistic Approach
Marion Lynch
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the Holistic Approach domain of the RCGP curriculum. It explores patients and GP perceptions of holism and how these influence the presentation of problems, communication, diagnoses and the sharing of management planning. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in October 2014.
Fever and Febrile Convulsions
Anisio Veloso Melo Junior
0.5 Hours
This session explains how to assess a child with fever using the "traffic light"™ system. It discusses febrile seizures, their features and management, advice to parents and indications for hospital referral. This session was reviewed by Jenny Bedford and last updated in September 2014.
Hearing Difficulties in Primary Care
Ewa Raglan
0.5 Hours
This session will describe how to best take care of adult patients presenting with hearing difficulties, as well as how to assess and manage those who require referral to first and second levels of audiology care.
Early Pregnancy Loss
Nilesh Agarwal
0.5 Hours
This session covers the assessment and management of women who present with vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain in early pregnancy and is illustrated through three separate cases.
Introduction to Adolescent Health And Illness
Russel Viner
0.5 Hours
This session introduces learners to key concepts in young people´s health.
Normal Changes of Ageing
Manminder Sandhu
0.5 Hours
Ageing is a gradual series of changes over time that leads to the loss of function of organs and cells, with the eventual outcome of death. This is a natural process and not a medical condition to be treated. This session looks at the normal changes of ageing.
Examination of a 30-Year-Old with Anterior Knee Pain
Peter Godfrey
0.5 Hours
This session uses a video clip to demonstrate how to carry out a focused, problem-based physical examination on a patient presenting with knee pain in primary care.
Eating Disorders In Young People
Dasha Nicholls Consultant Child and Adolescent Psyschiatrist
0.5 Hours
This session gives an overview of the nature, aetiology and risk factors linked to eating disorders. Also covered are the diagnostic elements that allow us to distinguish between eating disorders and other conditions affecting the eating behaviour of young people. This session was reviewed by Hilda Mulrooney, Louise Lam and Lisa....
Elbow Pain
Satpal Shekhawat
0.5 Hours
This session provides essential information on the common causes of pain in the elbow, their associated diagnoses and recommended treatment, as well as an overview of elbow anatomy.
Healthy Eating for Toddlers: 1- 4 years
Catherine Elwig Clinical Lead Paediatric Dietetics, Imperial College London
0.5 Hours
This session describes ways of identifying what constitutes healthy eating to satisfy unique toddler requirements. In addition, the session also examines toddler behaviours such as fussy eating and food neophobia and the impact these behaviours can have on nutritional intake. This session was reviewed by Elaine Tabony and update....
Barbiturates
Jeanie Worthington and Jeff Handel
0.5 Hours
This session describes the main barbiturate drugs used in anaesthesia: thiopental, methohexital and phenobarbital, including their pharmacology, clinical effects and uses.
Endogenous Catecholamines
Rowan Hardy
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the endogenous catecholamines: hormones and neurotransmitters, secreted by both the adrenal gland and sympathetic neurons.
Morphine and Other Opioids
Jeremy Nightingale
0.5 Hours
This session considers the pharmacology of morphine and other opioids. It covers analgesic efficacy and side effects, pharmacokinetics (which takes in bioavailability, lipid solubility and half-life) and inter-individual variability in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
Electrical Safety 1: Biological Effects, Electrical Hazards
Patrick Magee
0.5 Hours
This session examines the effects of electricity on different biological tissues, the way electricity is generated and supplied to electrical devices and how electrical hazards may arise for the patient connected to an electromedical device.
Mathematics and Principles of Measurement
Steven Cruickshank
0.5 Hours
This session explores some of the principles underlying measurement techniques and their relevance to clinical practice.
Intravenous Cannulae and Giving Sets
André van Zundert and Baha Al Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Peripheral intravenous cannulae, with or without giving sets, are among the most widely used medical devices in the world. This session explores the history of intravenous cannulation, an overview of basic design of an intravenous cannula and giving sets and its effect on the flow of fluids. Issues regarding the risks of infecti....
Non-invasive Blood Pressure Measurement (NIBP)
Cyprian Mendonca
0.5 Hours
Measurement of blood pressure at regular intervals is part of the minimum standards of monitoring during anaesthesia, sedation and intensive care. Blood pressure can be measured either using non-invasive (indirect) or invasive (direct) methods. This session describes the non-invasive methods of measuring blood pressure, their cl....
Introduction to MLCF: Demonstrating Personal Qualities
Kirsten Armit and Bob Klaber
0.25 Hours
This session introduces the Medical/Clinical Leadership Competency Framework domain - Demonstrating Personal Qualities and examines the elements of competence within the domain and the application of leadership to clinical practice.
Local Anaesthesia and Analgesia for Cu-IUD/LNG-IUS Insertion
Liz Stephens
0.75 Hours
This session explores the principles of local anaesthetic and analgesic use for Cu-IUD/LNG-IUS insertion and removal.
Managing Side Effects/Complications - Cu-IUD/LNG-IUS
John Bland
0.5 Hours
This session explores the assessment and initial management of complications in intrauterine contraceptive users after fitting.
Emergency Contraception - Cases
Anne Webb
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on applying the knowledge acquired from the session Emergency Contraception to example clinical situations.
Human Factors
Benjamin Watts and Eoin Walker
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide an overview of human factors and crew resource management.
In-Depth Knowledge of Analgesics
Martin Parkinson
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the pharmacology of the analgesics used by paramedics. Later, it will describe what can be achieved with each type of analgesic and list the side effects that may result.