Sexual Behaviour In Adolescence
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
This session aims to help you understand the range and epidemiology of normal sexual behaviour in adolescence. It will also create awareness of the issues relating to gender, sexual identity and implications of long-term illness for sexual function and health.
Ulcerative Colitis: Investigation and Management
Jeff Turner
0.75 Hours
This session considers the initial clinical presentation, appropriate radiological and endoscopic investigations, differential diagnoses and management of patients with ulcerative colitis.
Spinal Cord Compression
Imtiaz Shah
0.5 Hours
This session covers the clinical presentation, investigation and management of spinal cord compression.
Symptom Management Complicated by Coexisting Conditions in Palliative Care
Shaheen Khan
0.5 Hours
This session outlines some of the considerations to be taken into account when symptom management is complicated by coexisting conditions. This session was reviewed by Amy Proffitt and Christina Faull and last updated in December 2015.
Thromboprophylaxis in the Critically Ill
Louise Tillyer
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in critically ill patients and reviews the different methods (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) available for prophylaxis.
Step III: Administration Techniques – Epidural, Intrathecal
Jonathan Oates
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the action of opioids given by epidural and intrathecal routes and considers the key adverse effects; it will enable you to execute a management strategy for these adverse effects.
Vulnerable Infants and Children
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
This session will look at types of vulnerability that you are likely to encounter in children and young people you see in your everyday practice. It links in closely with the previous module Family health and with the modules ahead. It should encourage you to think of child vulnerability in a broad and thoughtful way.
The role of the open abdomen procedure in managing severe abdominal sepsis: WSES position paper
Industry specialists
0.5 Hours
The open abdomen (OA) procedure is one of the greatest surgical advances in recent times and may have enormous application in the daily management of critically ill surgical patients. The OA may be a useful option for treating patients with abdominal sepsis. However its precise role in these patients is still not clear. On the b....
The anaesthetic management of facial trauma and fractures
Nicholas J Chesshire and David J W Knight
0.5 Hours
In the field of maxillofacial trauma, the anaesthetist may be called upon to provide help in the treatment of the acutely injured patient on arrival to the accident and emergency department or in the semi-elective repair of fractures sustained previously. This article provides advice on the best approaches to dealing with these....
Spine Part 2: Sacrum, Sacral Hiatus and Ligaments
Manu Shankar Hari, Heike Romer and Jackie Potter
0.5 Hours
This session covers the anatomy of the sacrum, coccyx and sacral hiatus. It describes the intervertebral discs and spinal ligaments, and the vertebral levels of some of the surface markings of the body. The different types of spina bifida are reviewed.
Surface Anatomy of the Neck and Clavicular Region
David Ashton-Cleary
0.5 Hours
This session is designed to help you gain a better understanding of surface anatomy relevant to everyday anaesthetic procedures such as central venous access and brachial plexus blockade.
Types of Tracheostomy Tube
Anne Whaley
0.5 Hours
This session will enable you to recognize the available tracheostomy tubes and choose the appropriate tracheostomy tube for a given setting.
Ventilatory Failure and Oxygen Therapy
Marelize Van Gruenen
0.5 Hours
This session covers the physiology and causes of the different types of ventilatory/respiratory failure. The effect of ventilatory failure on blood gases, treatment options, oxygen therapy and oxygen toxicity will also be discussed.
Writing Operative Records
Ridzuan Farouk
0.5 Hours
This session will introduce the principles of good medical record keeping. In addition, surgical trainees will have a basic understanding of the duties that arise from professional guidelines and legislation which surrounds medical record keeping.
Telephone Consultations
Michael Innes
0.5 Hours
This session explores the issues that may arise when a consultation is conducted over the telephone, including how to minimise the possible negative factors. The advantages of using the phone are then discussed, following by a presentation of best practice advice. This session was reviewed by Jenny Bedford and last updated in Se....
Tackling Obesity
Australian Medical Association
2 Hours
Obesity is fast challenging tobacco smoking as the largest cause of preventable death and disease in Australia. Estimated to cost the health system anywhere between $8.6 billion and $56.6 billion, obesity cannot be ignored. As with the response to tobacco, efforts to tackle obesity must be strategic, multi-disciplinary, and invo....
The TEAM
Gerald S. Samson, DDS
Dr. Samson discusses strategies to keep your team members motivated to the common goal of your success. Key points include: consistent customer service, communication, team enthusiasm, risk management, sustained individual success and trouble shooting. Currently, ADA CERP credits are not offered for this event.
A Conversation About Licensure
Virginia McCoy and Tommie Leaders
A conversation with Virginia McCoy, TEA Legal and Tommie Leaders, TEA Instructional Professional Development regarding all things licensure
Understanding Education Law and Policy, Hot it Works and TEA Legal's Role in the Process
TEA Legal
Understanding Education Law and Policy, How it Works and TEA Legal's Role in the Process
Understanding Leave and Advocating for COVID leave
Virginia McCoy
Understanding Leave and Advocating for COVID Leave
Standards of Monitoring During Anaesthesia and Recovery
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.5 Hours
It is essential, for the safe administration of anaesthesia, that certain core standards of monitoring are used whenever a patient is anaesthetized. These standards should be uniform irrespective of duration or location of anaesthesia. This session provides an overview of the principles of the standards used to monitor patients....
Statistics: Random Processes
Steven Cruickshank
0.5 Hours
This session introduces some fundamental ideas in the approach to random phenomena and some important concepts in probability and statistics through a clinical example.
Statistics: Related Variables
Anthony McCluskey
0.5 Hours
This session looks at ways of assessing relationships between two variables using scatterplots and by determining the mathematical relationship between two correlated variables. The use of Bland-Altman plots to compare two different methods of measurement is also considered.
Self-Harm (Paramedics)
David Partlow
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide background information regarding the incidence of self-harm, the why, who and how of self-harm and information to support prevention activities.