21st Acute Medicine course

6th of July 2024, 08:00 – 18:00 (Virtual)

Attendees will be given a Certificate of Participation at the end of the course, which is equivalent to 8 hours of CPD credit.

We know that starting a job in Acute, General or Emergency Medicine in the NHS can be daunting for both recent graduates and experienced clinicians who qualified from a foreign medical school.

This course aims to equip you with the skills to hit the ground running in your first job in Acute Medicine or whilst on-call for General Medicine – whether as a Foundation Doctor, GP/Specialty Trainee or Trust/Locum Doctor. It is also relevant to doctors working in Emergency Medicine who deal with acute medical cases in the first four hours of the patient’s journey.

Who should attend?

This course aims to equip you with the skills to hit the ground running in your first job in acute or general medicine – whether as a:

• Foundation Doctor
• GP/Internal Medicine Trainee
• Trust or Specialty Doctor
• Locum Doctor

It is also relevant to doctors working in Emergency Medicine who deal with acute medical cases in the first four hours of the patient’s journey.

On this course, you will gain confidence in the management of:

Sepsis

Chest Pain triage, ECG interpretation and Acute Coronary Syndrome management

Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Diabetes Ketoacidosis and HHS management

Acute Kidney Injury and Intravenous fluid prescribing

Acute Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Arterial Blood Gas interpretation & when to start Non-invasive ventilation

And other high frequency acute medical presentations

Learning Outcomes:

• Justify and discuss the management plan of common acute medical cases that present within NHS acute and emergency care.

• Interpret common ECGs and ABGs in the context of clinical scenarios and devise a management plan for these patients.

• Justify the need for intravenous fluid therapy through hands on experience of prescribing.

• Organize and structure a discussion with a clinical colleague in accepting or referring a patient to acute medicine.

• Justify the need for common diagnostic investigations in acute medicine and how to structure a referral to other specialties.

This is what participants said:

“Awesome course! Should be required learning for any IMG wanting to work in the NHS. I whole heartedly recommend it!”

”It is one of the most interactive workshops I have attended; very impressive especially as it was online. I also feel more confident / less anxious about starting work in the NHS”

“Excellent workshop, helped me feel a lot more confident about on-calls and nights. Would highly recommend to any doctor starting in the NHS.”

”The workshop helps to develop a sense of clinical judgement and frame your thought process as a clinician working in acute medicine.”

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