Acute Medicine course (8th March)

8th of March 2025, 08:00 – 18:00 (Virtual)

At the end of the course, attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation, which is equivalent to 8 hours of CPD credit. This is the 23rd iteration of this course.

Watch the Video Preview of the course, where the Tutor discusses acute pulmonary embolism in the context of a clinical scenario. 

We know that starting a job in acute, general, or emergency medicine in the NHS can be daunting for recent graduates and experienced clinicians who have 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/Emergency Medicine Trainee
• Trust or Specialty Doctor
• Locum Doctor
• Resident Doctor returning to clinical practice (UK & international graduates)

In 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

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 the participants said:

“Awesome course! Should be required learning for any IMG wanting to work in the NHS. I wholeheartedly 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. It 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.”

Programme

Tutors