Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session will show you how to assess your patients' inhaler techniques, and describes the different range of inhalers that are available and when different types of inhalers or a nebuliser should be prescribed.

This session is a brief overview of the possible causes of shortness of breath in an HIV+ patient.

This session describes bronchiectasis and its causes.

This session explains the mechanisms associated with haemoptysis in bronchiectasis.

This session will discuss the rarer causes of haemoptysis.

This session discusses the investigation of rarer causes of haemoptysis. The results of investigations are shown and the subsequent management of these conditions is discussed.

This session looks at drugs commonly associated with causing shortness of breath, the underlying pathogenisis of the pulmonary drug reaction and clinical manifestations.

This session discusses the investigation and management of patients with drug induced breathlessness, a commonly overlooked presentation with potentially long-term adverse drug effects. The session looks at how to interpret test results to confirm the dia

This session focuses on understanding and recognising the common causes of cough and the underlying risk factors.

This session focuses on the importance of taking a good history when reviewing a patient with a cough.