Nutrition V: Nutrition Counselling and Promotion
The Hospital for Sick Children & ADRA Canada
Good nutrition and nutrition-related behaviours are critical for a child’s healthy growth, development and survival. Globally, approximately 45 percent of deaths among children under 5 are linked to undernutrition and 22.3 percent, or more than one in five children under age 5 worldwide has stunted growth. Across Kenya, mor....
Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs
Harriet Clift
This session describes the pharmacology and clinical indications for the use of antiviral and antifungal drugs in critical care.
CXR: Septal Lines
Richard Mannion
The aim of this session is to understand the anatomy of the lung lobule and its components and to recognise anatomically what constitutes an interlobular septum. We will explore conditions that cause septal thickening and learn how to use other clinical and radiological information to formulate a differential diagnosis.
FGM: Issues, Presentation and Management in Women and Around Pregnancy
Pallavi Latthe and Sveta Alladi
This session describes managing a pregnant woman with FGM, carrying out a reversal and how to document their assessment and treatment.
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.
Mechanical Ventilation in COVID-19
Dr. Serah Wachira
The purpose of this course is to introduce the participants to the various modes of mechanical ventilation and how they can be applied in management of ventilator failure in COVID-19 patients.
Oral Hypoglycaemics
Dr Khyati Bakhai
This session provides an overview of oral hypoglycaemic agents, their indications, cautions and the clinical guidelines governing their use.
Diabetic Foot
Sapna Puppala and Stephen Davies
This session introduces the basic pathophysiology of midfoot pain in a patient with diabetes. The imaging modalities required to evaluate changes in these patients are described.
Imaging of Renal Hypertension
Peter Brown
This session gives an overview of the causes of hypertension, appropriate imaging tests and evaluation strategies for patients with renovascular hypertension.
Sterilisation
Doctor Ruth Lewis
This session explores the current methods of female and male sterilisation available in the UK. It looks at the benefits and risks, in particular, focusing on important topics to be included in counselling a person interested in the method.
CVD and HIV patients
Fraser Serle MPH - Dr Iain Reeves - Deirdre Love - Michaela Nuttall
We highlight in this article some of the issues on HIV and cardiovascular disease (CVD) to assist primary healthcare practitioners to improve the health outcomes, particularly in relation to CVD, of their HIV patients. This CPD module was published 7th July 2013 for a UK audience. Although the information contained within t....
Plant Sterols and Cardiovascular Risk
Tanya Footman
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognises that 80% of coronary heart disease (CHD) could be prevented by positive lifestyle changes. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) have an important role in helping their patients reduce their risk by addressing modifiable risk factors for CHD. Patients should be encouraged and supported to....
Orthopedic Challenges Expert Strategies to Avoid Harm & Enhance Healing
William J. Mazzocco, Jr., RN, PA-C, AS, BS, MMS
6.00 Hours
Listen to your patient and use touch Adjust the care you provide based on trauma and fracture patterns How to describe a fracture over the phone Orthopedic injuries and treatments: Initial steps when something just feels ‘off’ The new world of reconstructive orthopedics What is around the corner for orthopedic care? Healthcare p....
Preventive Measures for Urinary Tract Infections
James Greenberg (MD, FACOG), and Jeannine Miranne (MD, MS, FACOG)
7.00 Hours
In Preventive Measures for Urinary Tract Infections, the health care professional will learn how to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) by understanding the underlying pathophysiology and principles of antibiotic stewardship. Upon completion, providers should be able to develop evidence-based strategies to evaluat....
Ethical Data Use as a Driver of Clinical and Business Intelligence
Sheila Colclasure and Lisa A. Martinelli, JD, MA, CIPP/US
1.00 Hours
Analytics in healthcare is vital - driven by the need to extract knowledge and meaning from large data sets, manage disparate data from multiple sources, address increased competition and regulatory complexity. With the inevitable onslaught of data from varying sources, commitment to operational data governance that identifies d....
Comprehensive Infection Control
Industry specialists
3.00 Hours
Healthcare-associated infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients worldwide. This CEU course explains how to improve personnel safety in the healthcare environment through appropriate use of personal protective equipment and how to reduce healthcare-associated infections by improving....
Safely Reunifying Child and Parent
Industry specialists
0.25 Hours
If a child has been removed from the care of his or her parents, safe and timely reunification is the preferred permanency option for most children. This CEU course provides strategies for achieving reunification and preventing reentry and includes examples of promising practices being implemented by states and localities.
Physician Engagement As a Catalyst for Clinical and Financial Improvement
Stephen Klasko, BS, MBA, MD and Jonathan Bush
1.00 Hours
Physicians are facing mounting pressure to improve quality of care, lower costs and drive positive outcomes. This coupled with the burden of ever-changing government regulation and quality programs has sparked a physician burnout of epidemic proportions. Research shows 71% of physicians feel disengaged, and those disengaged are....
Acute Kidney Injury - Online Learning Package
Alison Brown, Peter Sinclair, Sadie Jaeschke, Brenton Shanahan
A detailed review of Acute Kidney Injury and what every nurse needs to know.
Pregnancy and Renal Disease – Expecting the Unexpected - Webinar
Annette Bezzant
What to expect, and how to get the best outcomes for pregnancy in renal patients
Ethics Religion and Medicine
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
20.00 Hours
This course discusses the major issues associated with the debate about whether health professionals may refuse to provide treatments to which they object on moral grounds.
Compassion Fatigue
Donn Kropp, RN, BSN
2.00 Hours
Most healthcare and human services workers dealing with the effects of this black hole called Compassion Fatigue usually resort to doing what they’ve always done: Work harder and give more until they are completely tapped out. Compassion Fatigue is not just a “fluffy” term for burnout. It depletes not just your mind and your....
Creating A Positive Workplace Culture
Danny Silk, MSW
1.00 Hours
We spend a great deal of time at the places we work. Often times the environment and culture around us can be marked by fear, anxiety, stress, and leadership structures that are hierarchical with significant power imbalances. When an environment is controlling, individuals fear being rejected and invalidated which leads them to....
Advanced Stroke Management
Maureen Sullivan-Tevault
3.00 Hours
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of serious, long-term disability. Few conditions can occur as rapidly and with as devastating consequences as stroke. Data from the American Stroke Association (ASA) indicate that over 700,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke each ye....