Fissure Sealing - When and Where
Chris Deery
This session will introduce fissure sealants. It will discuss the evidence for, application of, and the role of fissure sealants.
Optimizing Management of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Evidence-Based Approaches and Individualized Care
Steven J. Atlas, Christopher B Granger, Jennifer Morgan, Joyce M Knestrick, Annette Sophin, and Jason Welch
0.25 Hours
Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) significantly elevates the risk of mortality and stroke. Despite established guidelines advocating for anticoagulation therapy in patients at high stroke risk, a substantial number of individuals either do not receive or fail to adhere to these recommended treatments. Join us as cardiolo....
Specialised Paediatric Nutrition Care in Ghana
The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada
This course helps health professionals in Ghana learn how to address the unique nutritional needs of children and adolescents with disabilities, those living with HIV, and small and vulnerable infants. It emphasizes tailored, family-centered nutrition care, the impact of stigma on health, and practical strategies for assessment....
Intersection of Nutrition with WASH and Climate Change in Ghana
The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada
This course, designed for health professionals in Ghana, examines the crucial connection between Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and nutrition. Participants will gain practical skills in promoting key WASH behaviours, including food hygiene, water safety, and sanitation. The course also explores the impact of climate chang....
Specialised Paediatric Nutrition Care in Malawi
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada
This course helps health professionals in Malawi learn how to address the unique nutritional needs of children and adolescents with disabilities, those living with HIV, and small and vulnerable infants. It emphasizes tailored, family-centered nutrition care, the impact of stigma on health, and practical strategies for assessment....
Intersection of Nutrition with WASH and Climate Change in Pakistan
The Institute of Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan and the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada
This course, designed for health professionals in Pakistan, examines the crucial connection between Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and nutrition. Participants will gain practical skills in promoting key WASH behaviours, including food hygiene, water safety, and sanitation. The course also explores the impact of climate ch....
Collaborative health promotion in the middle and later stages of dementia
Ailsa McKay
0.50 Hours
Dementia is a progressive terminal condition affecting all aspects of a person’s functioning. People with dementia require sensitive communication approaches and skilled interventions. In addition, medications may be used to promote wellbeing, but concerns have been raised about covert medication and use of antipsychotics for ma....
A collaborative approach to health promotion in early stage dementia
Catharine Jenkins and Ailsa McKay
0.50 Hours
Dementia affects all aspects of a person’s life, including memory, functioning, emotions and social relationships. Dementia care is a national priority because of an increasingly older population and the effect of the condition on individuals, families and communities. Early recognition, and appropriate care and treatment improv....
Improving surgical outcomes for people with dementia
Diane Loughlin and Margaret Brown
0.50 Hours
Surgical intervention in older people with dementia is becoming increasingly common as the population ages and the number of people with dementia continues to rise. People with dementia have unique needs that require sensitive management at all stages of hospitalization for surgery. This learning module sets out a suggested path....
Promoting urinary continence in older women
Alison Bardsley
0.50 Hours
Continence promotion involves informing and educating the public and healthcare professionals that urinary incontinence is not an inevitable part of ageing, and can be treated or at least made more manageable. While awareness of urinary continence is improving slowly, the taboo around discussing incontinence remains. Women are a....
Webinar: Health Literacy and Patient Knowledge: Implications for Renal Nurses
Ann Bonner
This presentation will explain what is health literacy and why it is contextual. It will also argue for why health literacy is fundamental to renal nursing practice.
Methotrexate-Less can be more: development, history and evolution in use
John Chapman B. Pharm, B Com, PGDipClinHospPharm, FACP (HC), MPS
0.75 Hours
Designed to give an overview of the different clinical indications of low dose versus high dose methotrexate. This activity was developed and accredited in Australia and was designed to address competencies described by the National Competencies Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (2016). As such, some of the....
Crohn's Disease: Clinical Review
Dr Abdullah Rana and Mr Joseph Dawson
1.50 Hours
Dr Abdullah Rana and Mr Joseph Dawson give an overview of the aetiology, presentation and treatments for Crohn's disease, including management and prognosis. Key learning points for GPs and other healthcare professionals are the Montreal classification for Crohn's disease, suitable investigations and new developments in treatmen....
Prostate Cancer: Clinical Review
Ms Clarissa Martyn-Hemphill and Dr Jonathan Rees
1.50 Hours
This article, updated in 2017 by Dr Jonathan Rees, provides an overview of the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer. Key learning points for healthcare professionals include classification of prostate cancer as localised, locally advanced or metastatic, the role of PSA testing and NICE guidance for management.
Omaphalocele
Lyndon M. Hill, MD
1.00 Hours
An omphalocele (Fig. 1) is an abdominal wall defect in which a variable amount of the abdominal contents protrude into the base of the umbilical cord. The parietal peritoneum covers the extruded abdominal wall contents.
Dandy Walker Complex
Lyndon M. Hill, MD
The Dandy-Walker complex consists of the classic Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM), Dandy-Walker variants, and a mega cisterna magna. The characteristic findings with a Dandy-Walker malformation (Fig. 1) consists of an enlarged cisterna magna, an absent cerebellar vermis, and superior displacement of the tentorium (Fig. 2)1. Alth....
Carotid Duplex Examination
Stephanie Wilson BS, RVT, RDMS
Carotid duplex examination is a well established diagnostic imaging tool to assess the status of a patient’s cerebrovascular circulation. It has been utilized since the late 1970s where its clinical application was first developed at the University of Washington. Duplex can categorize disease based on various ranges of the sever....
Buzzwords in Sonography
Frederick W. Kremkau, Ph.D.
This course provides an insight of diagnostic medical sonography, short pulses of ultrasound and more.
Take your first course
JORDAN
This is the first course that you will undertake on this system. The purpose of this course is to guide you and to give you a full understanding of how the Council’s system enables you to study and record CPD activity on this platform.
Take your first course
GHANA
This is the first course that you will undertake on this system. The purpose of this course is to guide you and to give you a full understanding of how the Council’s system enables you to study and record CPD activity on this platform.
Understanding Seizures
Industry Specialists
This module provides caregivers with a general overview of the common causes of seizures. It includes information about different types of seizures, the prevention and treatment of seizures, and the necessary safety measures for clients – before, during, and after a seizure. The course covers important terms related to seizures,....
Passive & Active Range of Motion
Industry Specialists
This inservice contains basic information about the musculoskeletal system, especially the joints. Includes a discussion of the causes of joint stiffness and other problems–and how important it is for joints to remain flexible. Describes basic range of motion exercises. GIVES TIPS FOR BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION!
Understanding Depression
Industry Specialists
This course gives caregivers an overview of the main types and symptoms of depression. It discusses how depression affects people across the lifespan. Caregivers will learn how to communicate with depressed clients, how to recognize and deal with suicidal thoughts and how to give quality daily care to depressed clients.
Recognizing & Managing Catastrophic Reactions
Industry Specialists
Do your caregivers care for clients with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury, PTSD or people who have had multiple strokes? If so, it is vital to learn about catastrophic reactions. This inservice defines a catastrophic reaction, discusses common triggers and arms caregivers with the communication and behaviora....
ACEs: Cultivating Roses in a Garden of Adversity
Dr.Timothy Drinkwine
Dr. Drinkwine explains what ACEs are and how they affect learning.