Sickle Cell Disease: Acute Management in Children and Adolescents
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
This course is part of a series on Sickle Cell Diseases by the SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership. The series was developed for healthcare workers (nurses, community health nurses, midwives, and physicians) in Ghana, but has broad relevance for healthcare workers in the region and globally. It is recommended....
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
David Gabbott and Sock Koh
This session examines the main causes of maternal cardiopulmonary arrest in advanced pregnancy and discusses the key physiological changes that occur in advanced pregnancy. It describes the modifications to standard adult advanced life support (ALS) protocols that are required in pregnancy. Perimortem caesarean section is discus....
Safe Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Tina Mehta, Tom Creed and Andrew McIndoe
This session gives guidance on the use of safe sedation in endoscopy. It describes the pharmacology of the agents commonly used for pain relief and sedation and highlights the risks associated with the use of these agents. It explores the themes of safe sedation with case scenarios based upon clinical practice.
Common Symptoms in Palliative Care 1
Chantal Simon
Symptom control is vitally important in palliative care. This session aims to provide an overview of how to manage common pain and gastrointestinal symptoms encountered in the palliative care setting.
Hepatitis B: Natural History, Presentation and Investigation
Richard Gilson and Gary Brook
This session describes the natural history and presentation of patients with either acute or chronic hepatitis B virus infection, and the investigations required.
Post-operative Management of Endocrine Disorders
Bubby D Thava and Hugh Simpson
This session provides suggested protocols for the peri-operative management of serum glucose levels of diabetic patients, of patients undergoing thyroid surgery and those surgical patients who require steroid supplementation peri-operatively.
Obesity Prevention in Children
Candida Hunt and Mary Rudolf
This session examines the key lifestyle areas that are important when tackling obesity prevention, and considers the importance of motivation, parenting skills and practitioner qualities when working with families. This session was reviewed by Lucy Pylypiw and updated in February 2017.
Hand and Wrist Pain
Richard Smith
This session reviews the key hand and wrist conditions which present in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in January 2022.
Connective Tissue Disease
Graham Davenport
This session will enable doctors to identify connective tissue diseases (CTDs) that are often seen in primary care, to distinguish between the main CTDs, to investigate, to monitor treatment and to support these patients. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in August 2019.
The Child With Aches and Pains Including Normal Variants
Helen Foster, Sharmila Jandial and Alwyn Abraham
This session describes approaches to the assessment and management of children presenting with non-specific musculoskeletal aches and pains. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2021.
Diagnosis and Management of Gout
Samer Ghazawy
This session covers the diagnosis and management of gout, and how to differentiate gout from other acute arthropathies, including septic arthritis. It also covers treatments for both acute and chronic gout. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in February 2020.
Respiratory Physiology
Fred Roberts
This session outlines the essential features and physiological principles of the respiratory system, as relevant to anaesthesia.
Shock: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Hew Torrance and Michael O'Dwyer
This session outlines the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
NCD Operations M4: Medicines and Consumables Management
Primary Care International (PCI)
This unit focuses on principles of medicines and consumables management (MCM) in primary health care. We will focus on the equipment, laboratory services and medicines needed for NCD care.
NCD Operations M4: The Role of the Team
Mr WCEA Administrator
In this module you will examine the role of the primary care team in managing patients with NCDs. You will look at the opportunities for task sharing to improve the quality of care for patients with chronic disease and see how this may be relevant in your context. You will also consider some of the challenges that teams may e....
PCM M6: Adolescent Sexual Health
Primary Care International (PCI)
This learning unit will cover adolescent sexual health You may find it helpful to have a pen and paper to take notes This information is based on guidelines from the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, WHO, UK NICE (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence) and a review article from the British Jo....
PCM M4 Anxiety
Primary Care International (PCI)
Here will explore how to effectively support a patient with anxiety.
PCM M4 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Primary Care International (PCI)
In this unit we'll be helping Mohsen cope with a traumatic event.
PCM M4 Psychoses
Primary Care International (PCI)
In this unit we'll look at how to diagnose and treat psychoses.
Mental Health
Primary Care International (PCI)
In this module, you will be looking at the following topics: Anxiety Depression Post-traumatic stress disorder Psychosis Disorders due to substance misuse Physical & emotional abuse Sexual & gender-based violence
NCD Knowledge and Skills
Primary Care International (PCI)
This comprehensive online course is designed to equip primary care practitioners with essential skills and knowledge for the effective diagnosis, management, and care coordination of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With a focus on prevalent conditions encountered in primary care settings, the course comprises four modules:....
Nursing Codes of Ethical Behaviors
Karen A. Landry, Nancy E. Harnett, Adam Burston, Jo Samanta, Helen Baker, Anthony G. Tuckett
3.50 Hours
Healthcare professionals are mandated to protect and uphold all standards of healthcare practice. This course begins by exploring professional position statements in an organization and continues with a pragmatic discussion of the practical considerations a clinician may encounter when dealing with individual, context-specific,....
Cost-effectiveness of once-daily versus twice-daily regimens in the treatment of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a probabilistic decision model
Muinat B. Sanni-Oba,Olalekan A. Uthman,Jean B. Nachega
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region most heavily affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While the literature has focused on the effectiveness of QD versus twice a day (BID) regimensn
Comparison of school based and supplemental vaccination strategies in the delivery of vaccines to 5-19 year olds in Africa - a systematic review
Eposi C. Haddison,Leila H. Abdullahi,Rudzani Muloiwa,Gregory D. Hussey,Benjamin M. Kagina
The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) was founded in 1974 to provide immunisation services to children, both nationally and globally. Routinely, school aged children and adolescents are not the primary target of EPI and as a result, an immunisation gap among these age groups has been observed in many settings. Several rea....
Case Report: Sudden cardiac death due to ventricular myocardial non-compaction
Syrine Mannoubi,Med Amin Mesrati,Ibn Hadj Amor Hassen,Taha Hasnaoui,Hiba Limem,Marwa Boussaid,Nouha Ben Abdejlil,Abir Aissaoui
Ventricular non-compaction (VNC) is a complex and heterogeneous cardiomyopathy first described in 1926. It is a rare disease with a reported prevalence of 0.014–0.17%. Herein, we report a fatal case of VNC in a 20-year-old male, attested by the autopsy, and we discuss different mechanisms involved in the occurrence of death.