Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This is the second of two sessions covering the use of oral and transdermal opioids for persistent pain (also referred to as chronic, chronic non-canc...

This session describes the pharmacology of local anaesthetics and their clinical uses as analgesics. Learning Objectives By the end of this sess...

This session describes the pharmacology of antidepressants and anticonvulsants and their clinical use in pain management. Learning Objectives By...

This session describes how to compare the effectiveness of different analgesics and explains why combinations of analgesics are usually the most effec...

This session will provide an overview of haematuria including when it’s significant, its causes and initial investigations and management.

This session outlines the assessment and management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. The session takes the reader through the relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, and definitions of terminology, assessment and management.

This session will provide an overview of urinary retention including the different types, causes and initial investigations and management.

This session will give you an overview of renal failure, including how to categorise renal failure, urological causes and how to investigate and manage these.

This session will provide an overview of scrotal swellings including how to differentiate between different scrotal pathologies, identifying and instigating basic investigations and management for important conditions including testicular torsion and test

Acute testicular pain is a common surgical presentation. The aim of this session is to familiarize the user with the common important causes of acute testicular pain and learn how to manage them.