Let’s get to the root of this: analyzing and taking action on medication errors
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This session explains the European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the investigation and management of syncope.
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This session will describe and discuss the following three NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes: screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia; newborn blood spot screening; and screening for infections in pregnancy.
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This session covers taking and drawing a genetic family history, an important skill in primary care practice to identify patients with, or at risk of, a genetic condition.
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In this session, you will learn how to translate evidence from research to clinical practice, assessing the relevance of general findings to an individual, and communicating effectively to arrive at shared decisions. This session was reviewed by Matthew Castleden and last updated in March 2015.
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This session will help you to refine your presentation skills, enhance your confidence, develop audience interest and increase audience involvement when you are speaking to a group of people.
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This session describes how to take a cervical screening test, manage the results in the UK context and ensure that women are not lost to the system.
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This session discusses overtraining syndrome and how a patient can minimise the risk of injury. It will also cover the principles of sports nutrition and hydration and when to utilise sports medicine services. This session was reviewed by Ruth Stow and updated in March 2017.
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This session addresses safe provision of the contraceptive injection including pre-method discussion and management of patients returning for the contraceptive injection.
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This session describes the use of Root Cause Analysis tools to systematically investigate patient safety incidents in general practice. Examples to improve your understanding of how to apply these tools appropriately are provided.
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This session will review the reciprocal impact of changes in social development in adolescence. The session will also consider what impact these developmental changes have on self management of long-term illness during adolescence.
This session provides an overview on the principles, practices, nomenclature, patient work-up -up and management for the foundation to evaluate the hepatic and renal systems and the relationship and function they perform as part of the homeostatic system.
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This session will cover the initial management of dentoalveolar injuries to the permanent dentition, the use of splinting following dental trauma and the common complications associated with dental injuries.
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This session will introduce you to the basic concepts underlying temporisation of teeth prepared for crowns. The role and fabrication of temporary restorations will be described.
Awareness of obstetric violence is growing both on social media platforms, amongst birth professionals and scholars, and in expecting families too. How can we as childbirth educators help our students? Using examples from my own practice, this session will illustrate ways that childbirth educators can help students not only reco....
In this column, the authors discuss the vital role birth workers can play in shaping policy that affect the birthing people and families they serve. The authors review recent policy changes that have tremendous potential to improve maternal child health outcomes. Additionally, they provide concrete suggestions regarding how birth....
The better birth outcomes we wish to see start with creating opportunities for equity-based care. All birthing people deserve to be informed, cared for, and comfortable to receive optimal outcomes and we will discuss some key components to achieving them. Breaking barriers and generations of damage begin here. Participants m....
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1 in every 3 births is a cesarean delivery. Does cesarean delivery make breastfeeding more difficult? What are some challenges moving forward after c-sections? We will discuss this, statistics, breastfeeding challenges and more. Feel more confident supporting families after cesarean deliveries. Participants may earn 1.0 Lama....
This session will cover the training required for fire safety. As fire safety training is usually tailored to each specific working environment, dependent on which area or group within the NHS that you work, there may be elements of your training that are not covered here; alternatively, there may be others covered here that....
1 Hours
Volumetric imaging of the fetal heart can be accomplished with a variety of commercially available ultrasonographic equipment. The modality is increasingly used in clinical practice, either to help solve difficult cases or to gain a different perspective on anomalies seen by conventional two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS).
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Health promotion is integral to the nurse's role. Increasing numbers of people in the UK are overweight or obese and are at increased risk of health problems such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and certain cancers. Therefore, it is essential to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle choices. This learning module focuses....