Short Courses for Medical Doctors

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 lists the drugs that can commonly cause hyponatraemia. It also gives sources of further information if less common drug causes are suspected.

This session revises the basic physiology of water and sodium regulation, and demonstrates a structured approach to the assessment and management of patients with hyponatraemia.

This session reviews Duke criteria and exceptions.

This session reviews the causes of haematemesis and melaena. It covers the principles of resuscitation and risk stratification. It also discusses the management (both pharmacological and endoscopic) of patients who present with upper gastrointestinal blee

This session describes bronchiectasis and its causes.

This session explains the mechanisms associated with haemoptysis in bronchiectasis.

This session reviews the possible presentations of drug-induced cough and its causes.

This session contains a short revision tutorial using Multiple Choice Questions to assist candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA Examination.

This session describes the pathophysiology surrounding cervical spine injury, the physiological consequences of such trauma and the management of unstable injury