Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session outlines a variety of ways in which interstitial lung disease (ILD) may present on the acute medical take.

This session highlights the wide range of clinical features that pulmonary embolus (PE) may precipitate in patients.

COPD and asthma are both common conditions that affect the airways and can present in similar ways. It is important to differentiate between the two and understand how this can be done. This session is designed to address these questions.

This session will cover the initiation of treatment in patients diagnosed with asthma and when to step up or step down treatment. It will also describe how to assess the inhaler technique of your patients.

This session will cover the presentation and investigation of chronic asthma in an outpatient setting.

This session identifies clinical severity indicators in acute asthma.

This session examines the history of acute asthma presentation and how it relates to the underlying pathophysiology. It goes on to identify important indicators of acute and life-threatening disease.

The session covers the features in the history and examination along with initial tests that can help distinguish between glomerular and urological causes of haematuria. An algorithm including indications for referral to Nephrology and Urology will be cov

This session considers the definition, assessment, investigation and management of acute kidney injury (AKI). The principles of fluid and drug prescribing are discussed.

This session covers the common causes of dysuria in women and men.