Abdominal Ultrasound: Pancreas - Session 1
Zahir Amin, and Douglas Pendse
This session covers ultrasound evaluation of the pancreas. It discusses the anatomy, normal variants, technique and normal ultrasound appearance of the pancreas. It also offers some tips on reporting.
Emergency Contraception
Dr Johanna Wong and Wendy Knoops
This session details the different methods of emergency contraception (EC), including their indications and use. It explores the effectiveness of each method as well as how to advise women when to take a pregnancy test. It addresses the advantages and disadvantages of each method and provides guidance around conducting an effect....
Coronary Artery Pathology
Nathan Manghat and Carl Roobottom
This session provides an introduction to some common and less common coronary artery pathologies and anomalies, with particular reference to the findings on electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography.
Higher Risk Groups: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease
Richard Telford
This session outlines the anaesthetic implications of common cardiac and respiratory diseases.
Image Interpretation - Radiographs of the Paediatric Chest: Congenital Heart Disease
John Tuckett
This session will focus on congenital heart disease, its presentation and typical chest radiograph appearances. While often complex medical problems, these radiographic appearances can be relatively simple. The important discriminating radiological features will be discussed.
AMR CoP ECHO Session Aug 2022: The Govt. Role in Integrated Interventions for AMR Containment
Dr Eunice Atieno Omondi, and Dr Emmanuel Tanui
In this Antimicrobial (AMR) Community of Practice webinar, we explore how integrated AMR interventions have been applied in a One Health approach to improve surveillance. We discuss a One Health approach to containing AMR and the key role governments play in the global effort. We further share the country-specific context of how....
PROJECT ROZANA: Chronic Kidney Disease – Part 1
Lee Hayes & Lynn Brown
Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease: Assessment, treatment, and evaluation of the patient suffering from chronic kidney disease stages 1-4 by a multi-disciplinary team.
PROJECT ROZANA: Chronic Kidney Disease – Part 2
Lee Hayes & Lynn Brown
Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease: Assessment, treatment, and evaluation of the patient suffering from chronic kidney disease stages 1-4 by a multi-disciplinary team.
Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
This course is designed for all healthcare professionals including those in primary care provision to prepare them to care for patients with exposure to the Marburg virus.
PROJECT ROZANA: Haemodialysis – Part 2
Lee Hayes & Lynn Brown
The principles of haemodialysis treatment.
PROJECT ROZANA: Drug Treatment in Kidney Failure Stage 3b-5 – Part 1
Lee Hayes & Lynn Brown
Adjusting the dose of drug treatment and contraindications in renal failure.
Advanced Comprehensive Obstetric and Anaesthetic Skills
LSTM
This course is suitable for all providers of obstetric surgery. Recognising that there is more to safe surgical care that the surgical procedure itself, the course leads the participant on a journey starting with good labour ward management and decision-making, surgical and anaesthetic preparation for safe surgery, best practice....
Lesson 5: Assessing and Managing Side Effects and Adverse Reactions of CAB-LA
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
In this lesson, we will review side effects that CAB-LA users may experience. Clients typically do not experience significant side effects with use of CAB-LA, and for those who do, side effects are usually mild and resolve with minimal intervention. In addition to side effects, other clinical complications may arise that may be....
Drug Management of Pain: Core Knowledge
Martine Meyer
This session outlines an integrated approach to pain management considering the WHO analgesic ladder and also highlighting the importance of an individualised approach.
Ionization
Sue Hill
This session covers the properties of molecules that act as weak acids and weak bases. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation will be derived and discussed in terms of the pharmacokinetic properties of anaesthetic drugs.
Drugs as Organic Molecules
Mary Stocker
This session provides the student with the foundations of organic chemistry. It will introduce the building blocks required for the understanding of the structure-activity relationships governing drug design, action and interaction in clinical practice.
Interactions Between Molecules
Mary E Stocker
This session explores the forces that hold molecules together and govern their interaction. This will include bonding, intermolecular and intramolecular attractions.
Anticoagulants
Kavinda Bandara, Nandita Divekar and Sandra Sowah
This session explains the clotting cascade and the pharmacology of anticoagulants.
Agonists and Antagonists
Tom Beach
This session provides an introduction to the fundamentals of drug-receptor interactions before moving on to discuss the concepts of affinity, potency and efficacy, and finally examining the concepts of agonism and antagonism.
Enzyme Induction and Inhibition
Alexander Spyridoulias
This session describes ways in which drugs interfere with enzyme activity. It covers the ways in which drugs can both stimulate and inhibit the action of enzymes as well as introducing enzymes as drugs.
Difficulty in Breathing
Lilian Nuwabaine
This course is aimed to equip Nurses and Midwives with knowledge and skills about managing a patient with difficulty in breathing.
Critical Care Bundles
Beth Waweru
This short course aims to enhance ICU nurses knowledge on use of care bundles in effective management of ICU patients.
COVID-19 Vaccine Preparation And Administration
Dr. Maureen Akolo
This course intends to equip nurses with knowledge on vaccine preparation and administration
Drugs Acting on the GI Tract
Sandeep Sharma
This session describes the classification of drugs currently used which act on the GI tract, as well as their dosage, common uses in clinical practice and side-effects.