eLearning courses
Our evidence based CPD brings you the very latest expert knowledge and guidance for primary care. However you like to learn, from podcasts on-the-go to in-depth programmes, five-minute videos to dedicated hubs, RCGP eLearning is the trusted choice.
Once you select a course below, you will be taken to the RCGP eLearning site and will be required to login using your ‘single sign on' user details.
Clinical topics
These short screencasts explore how to improve GPs' management of common allergies as well as patient outcomes. The screencasts also demonstrate how to manage Peanut allergy, hay fever, rhinitis and asthma – four of the most common presentations in primary care.
The common symptoms such as ongoing tiredness and generalised aches and pains can be difficult for general practitioners to diagnose. This short and interactive course will accompany four patients with similar symptoms and examine their journey from final diagnosis to their first presentation with tiredness and generalised aches and pains.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death globally, and includes conditions such as ischaemic heart disease and stroke. In this module we will discuss the risk factors and comorbidities associated with ASCVD, as well as assessment tools used to evaluate an individual’s risk of ASCVD. The module will cover primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD, as well as the primary care management of the more common ASCVD presentations. Case studies and interactive tasks will be used to consolidate learning throughout the course.
Valvular heart disease is increasingly common due to an ageing population. There are newer, less invasive, treatments available meaning that intervention may be appropriate for patients who would not have been surgical candidates in the past. This module aims to equip primary care clinicians with the knowledge and skills to detect and refer patients with valvular heart disease.
The primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most important aspects of primary care and is particularly important for those patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). The course consists of two modules. Module 1 provides GPs and other Health Care Professionals with information about the causes and consequences of FH, how they can identify those in their practice most likely to have FH, and how these patients and their relatives should be managed. Module 2 covers the genetic causes of FH in more detail, the ongoing study into identifying FH in infants, and describes novel lipid-lowering agents.
This course aims to educate GPs in the management of syncope, including the search for an underlying diagnosis, knowing what examination and tests to carry out, what red flags to look for and when to refer. The course consists of a 30-minute eLearning module, a 5-minute screencast and a podcast.
This course aims to provide a summary of the 2022 updates to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the management of people with type 2 diabetes.
This course aims to educate the GP about the diagnosis and management of atopic eczema. It will discuss the terminology, aetiology and epidemiology and demonstrate pharmacological and holistic management of this common skin condition using a case study approach.
Lipoedema is an adipose tissue disorder causing bilateral symmetrical enlargement of the lower and in some cases the upper extremities in women leading to significant disproportion of the waist to hip ratio. Due to lipoedema being misdiagnosed as obesity or lymphoedema, patients frequently embark on a never-ending cycle of diets and exercise regimes, resulting in further physical and psychological harm. This lesson addresses these issues by describing the presentation, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of lipoedema in primary care.
This course aims to educate GPs about the diagnosis and management of chronic oedema and lymphoedema. It also considers related topics such as the causes of chronic oedema and the management of lipodermatosclerosis.
This course will help you improve the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients presenting with skin infections. With ever increasing rates of antibiotic resistance, it is important for GPs to feel confident about making a diagnosis and to understand when antibiotic treatment is indicated. This module describes common presentations of bacterial, viral and fungal skin infections and outlines their management.
This course will describe normal bowel and bladder function and development, the concepts of continence and incontinence and factors affecting them. This module also discusses toilet training, bedwetting (enuresis), daytime wetting, constipation and soiling. It also explains the prevalence and overlap of bladder and bowel problems in children and how neurodevelopmental problems can impact on continence.
This 30-minute session provides the presentation of colorectal cancer, particularly looking at the reasons behind late presentation and the implications of this. Diagnostic and screening investigations are explored, and next steps following referral to the cancer pathway are discussed.
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a common presentation in the western world with a prevalence of ca 10-28 % in adults and a growing prevalence in children. Also, Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) prescriptions have risen over the last ten years, with up to 41% of elderly patients on PPIs. This course of four 15-minute modules aim to improve management of GORD in primary care, whilst reducing unnecessary prescribing.
This course provides an understanding of hepatitis C and its prevalence. It also gives an overview of the liver and its function, and the stages and natural history of untreated hepatitis C liver disease.
This course covers the investigation of patients who present with lower gastrointestinal symptoms that are likely to be Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the red flags to look out for, how to make a confident diagnosis in primary care, and how to manage patients in line with NICE CG61.
This session covers the different forms of IBD, their risk factors, how to investigate patients with suspected IBD and appropriate referral. It covers the management of flares, monitoring disease modifying drugs and the precautions that patients need to take when on biological therapy. It will also explain the wider effects of IBD on a patient’s life and the holistic support that GPs can offer.
Infectious diarrhoea is a common presentation to general practice. Most cases are self-limiting and require only advice, but further investigations and treatment are sometimes needed. This course uses case studies to illustrate various points in the clinical management of patients with infectious diarrhoea, as well as covering the public health issues involved.
This 30-minute course is designed to introduce users to the topic of the gut microbiome, including what the gut microbiome is, what it does, and what influences it. The course will describe the changes that occur over the lifespan of a patient, and with disease, as well as the ways in which the microbiome can be affected by diet, lifestyle, supplements, and more.
Pancreatic cancer is more prevalent than is often recognised and earlier detection of symptoms will improve outcomes for patients. This course reviews its early symptoms and the patterns which can suggest a serious underlying diagnosis as well as sets out an approach to ensure timely investigation and follow-up in cases of diagnostic uncertainty.
This course describes the NHS Breast Screening Programme in all four United Kingdom countries and the importance of the GP's role. This course discusses the advantages and limitations of breast screening, barriers to engagement and explore ways to maximise patient engagement.
It takes, on average, seven years before women with AI are seen by a professional with the training and experience to treat their symptoms. Encouraging practitioners to opportunistically enquire about possible symptoms, and empowering women to disclose their concerns, can enable access to timely advice and treatment thus improving women’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
Ovarian cancer still has the worst prognosis of all the gynecological cancers, with a one-year survival rate of 72% and a five-year survival rate of 43%. However, contrary to popular belief, it is NOT a silent killer—most women are symptomatic, regardless of the stage at which they are diagnosed. Common symptoms include bloating and lower abdominal pain.
This course describes the NHS Breast Screening Programme in all four United Kingdom countries and the importance of the GP's role. Using case scenarios and reflection of your own practice, you will learn about the advantages and limitations of breast screening, barriers to engagement and explore ways in which you can maximise patient engagement.
There are still misconceptions around contraception for women and they still struggle to choose the suitable options for them. The aim of this course is to inform professionals so that they give accurate information and dispel any myths the patient may have heard. Details about contraindications and risk factors would always need to be discussed with the prescribing professional.
This course aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of cervical and endometrial cancer. The commonest type of both cancers have opportunities for earlier identification and prevention with recognised risk factors and natural history of progression through stages of treatable pre-malignant disease.
Fetal Alcohol Disorders are a common group of neurodevelopmental abnormalities caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. A diagnosis remains challenging due to a lack of access to neurodevelopmental pathways and training in how to obtain accurate alcohol histories in pregnancy. Use of biomarkers and other definitive means of ascertaining exposure is at a research stage only. Up to one in twenty schoolchildren in the UK may be affected. Early recognition and treatment can lead to significant improved outcomes.
This course aims to provide education and raise awareness of menopause with a specific focus on prescribing of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for generalists in primary care. It includes case studies to discuss clinical presentation and management.
This 30-minute course aims to educate GPs about anti-phospholipid syndrome, an autoimmune condition which carries an increased risk of thrombotic conditions and obstetric complications. This course explains that it is usually diagnosed in secondary care, however GPs need to be aware of APS to make appropriate referrals for those who meet the clinical diagnostic criteria.
This 30-minute course, comprising two 15-minute modules (one on acute, one on chronic leukaemia), will examine the key roles for GPs in diagnosing and managing patients with leukaemia. It will focus on early diagnosis, recognising that leukaemia is typically diagnosed as a result of GPs performing a full blood count.
This course highlights the importance of the early detection of lymphoma in primary care and uses real-life examples of classical and non-classical presentations to highlight the spectrum of this group of blood cancers. This course discusses the classification, pathophysiology and aetiology of Hodgkin and Non Hodgkin Lymphoma and provides the latest epidemiology and survivorship figures illustrating the current landscape in the UK.
After completing the course, the learner will: Understand the epidemiology of hepatitis B and C and how to assess the risk of hepatitis B and C for a patient. Understand the new treatment options for hepatitis C, and their success rates. Know when patients with hepatitis B and C should be referred, or re-referred, to secondary care in view of changes in treatment options. Know how to manage patients with chronic hepatitis before, during and after their treatment.
This course provides an understanding of hepatitis C and its prevalence. It also gives an overview of the liver and its function, and the stages and natural history of untreated hepatitis C liver disease.
The influenza (flu) virus usually causes high levels of morbidity and mortality during each winter season. The situation was more complex during the pandemic, with social distancing interventions due to COVID 19 greatly reducing flu rates. This course will discuss flu vaccination and the management of flu-like illnesses in 2023/24.
This course consists of an eLearning module and two podcasts, focussing on measles. This course was produced in response to The World Health Organisation in Europe’s warning that in some parts of the UK there has been an increase in the number of measles cases.
This course will introduce COVID-19 therapeutic treatments and explain which patients are eligible and how they can access them across the UK.
The number of tuberculosis cases in the UK began increasing in the mid 1980s, although there has been a slight increase in 2019. Using case studies this course will increase your knowledge and skills in identifying patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. It also highlights risk factors, the importance of screening and the benefits and limitations of vaccination. This course will help you improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of TB.
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) usually occurs in the frail elderly and those with complex multi-morbidity and medications, in the context of acute illness. This module will help you to recognise your patients at increased risk, detect AKI and initiate appropriate management. It will also help you to respond to the automated alerts appearing on renal function results.
This course will describe normal bowel and bladder function and development including the concepts of continence and incontinence and factors affecting them. This module also discusses toilet training, bedwetting (enuresis), daytime wetting, constipation and soiling. It explains the prevalence and overlap of bladder and bowel problems in children and how neurodevelopmental problems can impact on continence.
This course enables you to increase your awareness, knowledge and skills to assess patients with symptoms that could be explained by prostate cancer. It covers epidemiology, risk factors, showcases various case studies and explains the use of primary care investigations, including the appropriate use of the prostate specific antigen.
Urinary tract infections are frequently seen in primary care. This course explains the importance and appropriateness of diagnostics and offers advice on how to assess and treat patients with a range of urinary symptoms. It encourages reflection on how to minimise antibiotic resistance and offers ‘real-life’ cases.
This course consists of two 30-minute e-learning modules and five screencasts, each five minutes long, relating to various aspects of ADHD.
This course enables you to improve the care you and your practice provide for patients with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC). It demonstrates the daily challenges faced by people with ASC using experiences of real patients, diagnosis and management of ASC at all ages, from childhood to old age and more.
This eLearning course on Child and Adolescent Mental Health enables you to recognise the most common presentations of mental health difficulties in children and young people. It includes reflection on the potential barriers to seeking help and suggests steps you could take to make mental health care more accessible to these groups. This course offers simple and clear guidance to help adults to identify and understand children and young people with mental health issues.
This course explores consultations in primary care with young people with mental health problems. It discusses physical symptoms, and the recognition of the existence of a mental health problems strategies to effectively consult a young person and engage them in taking control of their own wellbeing.
This two-module course covers two areas which are particularly pertinent to the mental health and wellbeing of clinical staff in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first considers what wellbeing is, and how we can support it in ourselves and our staff. The second looks at mental health in the context of traumatic experiences and moral trauma, including how we recognise and address it, and when it becomes PTSD.
This course explores the range of eating disorders and how patients affected by them may present to their GP. It offers practical advice to enable clinicians to assess, manage and monitor such patients and know when to refer and when to be concerned.
This course aims to educate primary care clinicians about the diagnosis and management of insomnia in adults. Two eLearning modules are supported by a micro-site where four practical case studies are presented, to put the learning into practice.
This collection of resources is specifically designed to support the mental health and wellbeing, address current and future challenges, allow healthcare professionals to feel supported and provide better care to colleagues and patients. By giving the members of the primary care team the tools to recognise signs of burnout, PTSD and low mood, and subsequently introduce them to techniques to manage these, these resources aim to prevent further reduction of the workforce due to ill health.
With mental health problems affecting 25% of the population each year, the assessment of suicide risk is a common part of general practice. This course gives a useful background on the problem of suicide, including the demographics of those most affected and the prevention strategies adopted by the four home nations. In the second lesson, the approach to assessing suicide risk and useful interventions are presented.
Adrenal insufficiency (AI) results in reduced production of steroid hormones which are essential for life and affects approximately 100-140 people per million in developed countries. In this course we discuss the causes of AI, how to recognise and diagnose the condition in primary care, and management. We also cover adrenal crisis, including how to recognise this potentially fatal condition, and the emergency treatment which should be delivered before hospital transfer.
This course will deliver an understanding of alkaptonuria (AKU). It will introduce GPs to this rare condition and aim to improve their knowledge of the presentation and management in primary and secondary care, as well as referral pathways to the national centre in Liverpool.
This course will help you to understand the genetic, environmental and behavioural interactions that lead to children and adolescents developing overweight and obesity. It will explore the effects of weight stigma and will look at the effects that the diseases of overweight and obesity have on children as they grow into adults. It will also look at the treatment options available now and how these may develop in the future.
This is a 30-minute course on glycogen storage disorders (GSDs) consisting of two 15-minute modules. The first will concentrate on hepatic GSDs and the second on muscle GSDs. We will cover presentation, initial investigation, diagnosis and management including the role of specialist centres.
This course will discuss the epidemiology and science behind the rising rates of obesity and overweight, including the role of genetics and the metabolic set point theory. It will also cover practical aspects of the management of obesity and overweight, including how to have an effective consultation and which therapies are available both on the NHS and privately.
This course aims to increase the confidence of the GP to use Motivational Interviewing (MI) when approaching consultations on weight management with people living with obesity. It will introduce the principles of the approach, the core skills and the four processes. The course will include practical examples of using MI in brief consultations on weight management with people and suggest helpful responses when faced with challenges.
This course consists of four short modules which cover obesity referral pathways, having difficult conversations, pharmacotherapy and the long-term management of obesity. This course complements the information given in our other eLearning course ‘Management of obesity and overweight’ and goes into more detail in some areas.
This course aims to educate primary care health professionals on current treatment options available to patients with obesity. It will discuss behaviour and lifestyle change, medication use and surgery.
Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly common and progressive disease, the progression of which can sometimes be paused or even reversed using a low glycaemic-index (GI diet). This module describes the use of a low GI diet as an adjunct treatment for diabetes, using a case study of a real patient registered at the author's practice. The physiology and evidence behind a low glycaemic-index diet are described, as well as how to implement it in real life.
This course aims to provide a summary of the 2022 updates to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the management of people with type 2 diabetes.
This course aims to educate GPs about Axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA). The first session will cover the presentation, including which clinical features in patients with back pain should raise suspicion of SpA. The second session discusses management and the wider impact of SpA, including effects on employment.
This module aims to educate GPs and other healthcare professionals (HCPs) about the physiology of pain, and how pain can become persistent. It summarises the 2021 NICE guideline on chronic pain and gives practical advice about how the guideline can be applied to patient care.
This course will address the most common presentations in general practice, with a focus on early diagnosis and management within primary care based multidisciplinary teams and in collaboration with secondary care.
This easily accessible e-learning package is designed to develop your skills and knowledge treating. Upon completion of the course, you will have an improved ability and confidence to assess, diagnose, investigate, treat and appropriately refer your patients. The course is informed by NICE guidelines to help you provide a high standard of care on a daily basis.
This module uses a case-based approach to discussing the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis and prevention of fragility fractures, incorporating the guidance from NICE, SIGN and NOGG and identifying the differences between them where relevant. It highlights ‘at risk’ groups and discusses the FRAX and QFracture risk assessment tools, giving the opportunity to use them in the scenarios presented.
This set of six screencasts has been designed to sit alongside the Core Skills in Musculoskeletal Care course. These screencasts look at the most salient points in the assessment and management of six common musculoskeletal primary care presentations. They offer an overview of the topic; for more detailed information we encourage you to look at the Core Skills course, either as a whole or as stand-alone modules.
A recent national audit has shown that only 16% of people in England and Wales with a suspected diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis have been referred with appropriate urgency. This module will discuss when to suspect an inflammatory arthritis, to whom to refer and with what urgency and how to manage inflammatory arthritis.
This course aims to educate primary care clinicians about neuromuscular disorders. It gives disease-specific information for some of the more common neuromuscular disorders and describes common features and key differences of a range of neuromuscular conditions. It also covers the importance of early diagnosis and emerging therapies, children’s motor development, key red flags and more.
This 30-minute course aims to help general practitioners assess children’s motor development. It identifies opportunities to perform a brief developmental assessment, describes an approach to assessing children of different ages and highlights the normal and abnormal, including important red flags. It also advises what you can do if you have concerns.
The impact of osteoarthritis (OA) is often overlooked; diagnosis and management of OA is a key primary care competency. This module will update you on the pathogenesis and management of OA, and improve practitioner confidence in diagnosis, appropriate self-management, prescription of analgesia and referral.
This 30-minute module aims to update GPs about scoliosis, a common orthopaedic condition in childhood which benefits from early recognition. The module uses a case-study approach to discuss the clinical assessment of a patient presenting with possible scoliosis as well as how to investigate in primary care, when to refer and the possible approaches that might be taken in secondary care.
Fetal Alcohol Disorders are a common group of neurodevelopmental abnormalities caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. A diagnosis remains challenging due to a lack of access to neurodevelopmental pathways and training in how to obtain accurate alcohol histories in pregnancy. Up to one in twenty schoolchildren in the UK may be affected. This 30-minute course will explore the early recognition and treatment of FASD.
This online resource equips GPs with information about how to assess and recognise ADHD in children and adults and provides GPs with information on their role in the diagnosis and management process of ADHD within the context of primary care.
Alzheimer’s disease is the commonest cause of dementia. This course will update learners on how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and managed as well as how to deal with difficult symptoms such as loss of appetite, poor sleep, agitation and aggression. The module will also cover how to support carers and work constructively with the memory service.
This course covers the diagnosis and updated classification of seizures in children. It explores the practical guidance that should be given to parents to keep their child safe, as well as some advice about the other problems children with epilepsy might have.
This module updates primary care clinicians on the diagnosis and management of migraine.
This short course highlights how GPs can improve detection of Motor Neurone Disease, explore clinical presentations and offers valuable advice on the palliative care needs of people with MND.
In this second course on Motor Neurone Disease, the four collections of signs and symptoms are examined in more detail, with a focus on management. With the use of case studies, potential treatment options are explored and approaches to end of life care are discussed.
This course enables you to update your knowledge of evidence-based care for people with Multiple Sclerosis. It covers dilemmas in diagnosis, symptoms and the multi-disciplinary management of people with chronic MS. The course also explores psychosocial issues illustrates patients' experience of living with the condition.
The aim of this course is to raise awareness of post-polio syndrome, with a particular focus on its presentation and recognition by health professionals. The physiology behind the symptoms is explored, and guidance is given on management strategies.
This course uses case studies to illustrate how you may approach migraine in particular groups, offering evidence-based knowledge tips along the way.
This screencast reminds all members of the primary care team of the most common symptoms and red flags to aid early diagnosis and referral.Patients with epilepsy have a higher rate of premature death than the general population. The commonest cause of death from epilepsy is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). This course illustrates various points in the clinical management of patients with epilepsy.
This module discusses the 2018 GOLD guidelines for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which are significantly different from the previously used NICE guidelines which focuses on symptom control rather than deciding treatment based on the FEV1 value. The module focuses on the practical applications of these guidelines, giving audit ideas to find patients with undiagnosed COPD and ensure that treatment is up-to-date and evidence based.
There is an important link between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and nutritional status, with malnutrition having a profound impact on disease progression and general functioning. Assessing nutritional status, using the ‘MUST’ screening tool enables clinicians to advise on appropriate management, this module will explain the ‘MUST’ tool and discuss the treatment options for malnutrition including food fortification and oral nutritional supplements.
Smoking cessation is a cost-effective way of improving health; the provision of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy greatly improves quit rates compared to willpower or nicotine replacement. This module focuses on the basics of smoking cessation and will be useful for those who prescribe in conjunction with outsourced smoking cessation services and those who provide full smoking cessation services within their practice.
This course aims to educate GPs about how we can improve asthma outcomes whilst reducing the carbon footprint of inhaler prescribing. It will outline opportunities to improve patient disease control and optimise inhaler device prescribing and will signpost to step-by-step quality improvement tools to implement this work in practice.
Lung cancer is the UK’s biggest cancer killer. In primary care, we frequently see patients presenting with symptoms that may indicate lung cancer. This module will look at the presentation, pathology and treatment options for lung cancer using a case study.
This course will cover everything the generalist in primary care about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This will include pathophysiology, presentation, natural history, treatment options, exacerbations, oxygen therapy, lung transplant, advanced care planning and end of life care.
This short course aims to assist GPs to consider sarcoidosis as a possible explanation for patients presenting with typical as well as non-specific symptoms and signs suggestive of this disease.
This course aims to help primary care clinicians to recognise people who may have severe asthma, to be confident in the clinical assessment of these situations and to know when to refer and what might be done in a hospital clinic.
Smoking cessation is a cost-effective way of improving health; the provision of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy greatly improves quit rates compared to willpower or nicotine replacement. This module aims focuses on the basics of smoking cessation and will be useful for those who prescribe in conjunction with outsourced smoking cessation services and those who provide full smoking cessation services within their practice.
This course highlights the importance of pro-active primary healthcare professionals, clinical and non-clinical, to improve the UK’s sexual and reproductive health needs. It includes normalising testing for sexually transmitted infections and overcoming barriers to discussing sexual health.
This course consists of an eLearning module and two podcasts, focussing on measles. This course was produced in response to The World Health Organisation in Europe’s warning that in some parts of the UK there has been an increase in the number of measles cases.
This course aims to educate GPs in the management of syncope, including the search for an underlying diagnosis, knowing what examination and tests to carry out, what red flags to look for and when to refer. The course consists of a 30-minute eLearning module, a 5-minute screencast and a podcast.
Life stage topics
This course enables you to improve the care you and your practice provide for patients with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) by focusing on the challenges that people with ASC face on a daily basis. Although focused primarily on caring for adults, this course explores the crucial role of the GP and primary health care team in the diagnosis and management of ASC at all ages, from childhood to old age.
This course explores the role of primary care in supporting young people with life limiting conditions to transition from childrens’ - to adult services. The first module explores the problems that the young person and their families face and the interactions with other services. The second module explores the role of general practice and offers a way support can be integrated into practice routines.
This course will describe normal bowel and bladder function and development, the concepts of continence and incontinence and factors affecting them. This module also discusses toilet training, bedwetting (enuresis), daytime wetting, constipation and soiling. It explains the prevalence and overlap of bladder and bowel problems in children and how neurodevelopmental problems can impact on continence.
Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is recommended by all major health organisations (NHS, WHO/UNICEF, AAP). Breastfeeding practice in the UK falls far short of this target, with the majority of babies being fed formula milk by the age of six weeks, and only 1% achieving the WHO target of being exclusively breast-fed at six months, with negative impact on the health of mothers and babies.
This course enables you to recognise the most common presentations of mental health difficulties in children and young people including mood and behavioural problems. It reflects the potential barriers to seeking help and offers simple and clear guidance to help adults to understand children and young people with mental health issues. It is intended as an introduction specifically for GPs to this topic and links to the MindEd programme throughout.
It is essential for primary care professionals to be able to recognise when a child has significant speech and language impairment, to understand when to refer and to be aware of the impact this can have on the child's development and on the family. After completing this course, practitioners should: Feel confident in recognising speech and learning impairment Understand what is typical in terms of speech and language development Understand when to refer Be aware of common causes of speech and language impairment.
This session provides information about the physiological basics of childhood nutrition and the nutritional needs of infants and toddlers (up to age 3) as well as giving an overview of key medical topics related to infant and toddler feeding and functional gastrointestinal disorders such as colic and reflux. It will use case studies to illustrate specific conditions. References to milks will be by category and not by brand.
This 30-minute course explores Motor development and identifies opportunities to perform a brief developmental assessment, describes an approach to assessing children of different ages and highlights the normal and abnormal, including important red flags and concerns.
This course gives an overview of the latest evidence on cancer detection for GPs, with a focus on evolving primary care evidence base. The first module will summarise general issues around cancer detection in the UK and primary care, initial presentation and primary care assessment, the use of safety netting and intuition. The second part will focus on specific cancer types, including evidence base for specific tests and how we might improve cancer detection in the future.
In an average practice of 10,000 patients, approximately 5 patients will be living with and beyond a diagnosis of neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN). This course aims to increase the primary care clinician’s knowledge of neuroendocrine neoplasms, and thereby improve the time to diagnosis and management of patients with NENs. Over the course of these two modules, we will discuss the types of NENs, common presenting symptoms, the challenge their diagnosis presents, and the importance of primary care input following diagnosis.
It takes, on average, seven years before women with Anal incontinence are seen by a professional with the training and experience to treat their symptoms. Encouraging practitioners to opportunistically enquire about possible symptoms, and empowering women to disclose their concerns, can enable access to timely advice and treatment thus improving women’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
This course aims to provide GPs with the tools to support patients who have experienced a loss during pregnancy or the death of an infant or child. The first module discusses what to do in the immediate aftermath of a loss whilst the second deals with longer term issues and management in subsequent pregnancies.
Professional topics
Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) checks whether the trainee is progressing through his or her training satisfactorily, makes a recommendation to the responsible officer on the trainee's revalidation, outlines the evidence required by the panel and the different possible outcomes which can be awarded. It also reviews the current requirements, since their decision determines whether the trainee is able to progress through their training programme and whether they meet the standards expected by the RCGP in relation to independent practice at the end of the programme.
The module highlights the links between cancer and smoking, obesity and alcohol and describe the evidence for Very Brief Advice (VBA) on behaviour change. It will provide practical explanations on how to deliver VBA for the different behaviours in time pressured consultations in as little as 30 seconds.
The aims of the module are to highlight various existing tools available to most clinicians in general practice to provide remote working and virtual patient care. To highlight examples where the use of existing technology can assist with virtual consultations.
This course will deliver an understanding of the importance of good quality professional relationships with patients and colleagues in delivering patient care.
Smoking cessation is a cost-effective way of improving health; the provision of behavioural support and pharmacotherapy greatly improves quit rates compared to willpower or nicotine replacement. This module focuses on the basics of smoking cessation and will be useful for those who prescribe in conjunction with outsourced smoking cessation services and those who provide full smoking cessation services within their practice.
The course will deliver an understanding of what polypharmacy is and what drives it, the burden of treatment across the healthcare system, the opportunities and challenges presented by a patient-centred medication review and polypharmacy.
The new version of the General Medical Council document 'Good Medical Practice' applies from January 2024. In just 10 minutes, learn about the key updates to Good Medical Practice and capture any reflections for your appraisal and future reference in a downloadable file.
This module focuses on allyship and bystander intervention in racism and racial discrimination. It describes patterns and impact of racism, offers tools to maximise recognition of potentially harmful situation or interaction and enables a response that could positively influence outcomes.
Inclusion health is a service, research, and policy agenda that seeks to address health inequalities among groups of patients who experience social exclusion due to risk factors such as poverty, violence, complex trauma, poor health. This module will discuss what inclusion health is, the factors that cause exclusion, and the practical actions that you and your practice can take to improve care for these patients.
The RCGP health inequalities hub is written by GPs who understand the challenges of supporting patients with complex needs from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The Hub provides access to quick, in-depth and free resources to help you create the changes that make a big difference for primary care patients.10 practical steps that GPs and their teams can take to tackle health inequalities.
Professor Margaret Ikpoh, GP in Hull and vice-chair for professional development and standards discusses the impact of health inequalities on deprived communities with Professor Dom Patterson, GP in Doncaster, chair of the RCGP’s health inequalities group and founder and CEO of Fairhealth.
This module is aimed at healthcare practitioners who look after patients in contact with the criminal justice system, and those who work in the prison setting. It will improve understanding of the prison context and key factors that influence patient safety, complexity management, safe prescribing, and partnership.
This course gives an overview of the latest evidence on cancer detection for GPs, with a focus on evolving primary care evidence base. The first module will summarise general issues around cancer detection in the UK and primary care, initial presentation and primary care assessment, the use of safety netting and intuition. The second part will focus on specific cancer types, including evidence base for specific tests and how we might improve cancer detection in the future.
Critical appraisal is a vital skill for all doctors. This course, consisting of eight short modules, introduces critical appraisal. The modules cover different types of studies and includes lists of questions to ask when critically appraising various types of studies.
In this introduction to sustainable healthcare, we will discuss the carbon footprint of primary care and the opportunities to reduce our emissions in both the short and the long term.
This course describes the role of the Research and Surveillance Centre and how it works with other organisations, including the RCGP and Public Health England, to improve the landscape of this country’s health. This session summarises successful past and current programmes, their aims and outcomes and how patients and GPs have benefited.
General practice can reduce the environmental impact of delivering care. This module will help you identify emission hotspots and the actions needed to reduce the non-clinical carbon emissions.
This module explores the recent NHS England report on overprescribing and discusses how to implement its recommendations into day-to-day primary care.
This course discusses patient safety incident which often occurs as a result of systems and errors by staff. This course will describe scenarios where patient safety incidents have occurred and then look at how these can be prevented, as well as exploring improvement tools to support you to identify learning to improve future care delivery.
A wide range of near patient tests are now available in an affordable format. While history taking and examination are an essential part of a general practitioner’s consultation and decision-making process, diagnostic testing is also an important component of primary care. This course aims to introduce the concept of point of care testing in primary care.
Prescribing is integral to the role of a GP. This course looks at the principles which inform good prescribing and details the more common reasons for prescribing errors.
This course consists of two 30-minute modules and a 15-minute podcast on the subject of prescribing safety.
This series of five screencasts looks at the quality improvement process and tools that can be helpful in achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer in your patients. It particularly focuses on the time from patient presentation to diagnosis, the use of investigations prior to referral, and the referral pathways for patients diagnosed with cancer.
This course consists of three modules which explore what leadership is and how it compares with management, how you can understand yourself as a leader, the notion of leadership styles, and where GP leaders sit within teams, organisations and systems.
This course enables you to improve the care you and your practice provide for patients with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC). This course demonstrates the daily challenges faced by people with ASC using experiences of real patients, diagnosis and management of ASC at all ages, from childhood to old age and more.
This 45-minute course discusses health inequalities; what they are and why they matter to patients, communities and practitioners. This course also explores leadership including a number of approaches to tackling health inequalities at various levels of influence and with a focus on practical actions to make a difference.
The aim of this module is to offer general practitioners and practice managers practical approaches to protecting staff wellbeing, and to inspire the development of healthy workplaces.
Screening is a vital part of helping identify risk and detect disease early. This course will demonstrate at three areas of the NHS screening programme including cervical screening, diabetic eye screening and sickle cell and thalassaemia screening. It also examines the role of testing, ways of increasing programme uptake whilst reducing errors and the roles of both clinical and non-clinical staff.
This module will examine the issues in screening for the LGBT population who has a lower attendance for cancer screening. It demonstrates how non-attendance can be followed up including the best practice for cervical smear process in trans men and non-binary people with a cervix. This module also discusses who needs to be screened, how to ensure appropriate cancer screening and what is the need for STI screening.
This course aims to raise awareness and understanding of gambling harms amongst healthcare professionals. It will highlight that gambling carries a risk and can cause significant harm not only to the individual gambling but also to those around them.
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