Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session considers the basic biochemistry underlying metabolic acidosis, respiratory compensation and the causes of both raised and normal anion gap metabolic acidoses.

This session aims to increase awareness of interventional radiology procedures and the facilities available in a typical district general hospital by giving examples of clinical scenarios where interventional radiology can be effectively utilised.

This session aims to increase awareness of renal, pulmonary and neurological interventional radiology procedures by giving examples of clinical scenarios where interventional radiology can be effectively utilised.

This session focuses on how to recognise the common clinical features caused by hypothermia and the resulting ECG findings.

This session looks at the definition and causes of non-exposure hypothermia in older people, how to treat it and how to prevent it.

This session explains the pathophysiology and aetiology of hypothermia in adult patients and the way they present.

This session discusses the causes of falls in older people.

This session discusses the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.

This session gives an overview of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and discusses the medical assessment and management of falls.

This session covers how to take a history for a patient who presents with collapse.