Foundation programme - recent updates

Welcome to your February and March 2021 update about the Foundation e-learning programme.

The Foundation e-learning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) and is approved by UKFPO.

Do you need to complete parts of the curriculum on your e-portfolio which you do not cover in day-to-day practice? If so, why not try some of our free e-learning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

The sessions in the e-LfH Foundation e-learning programme:

Professional capability: 9
Recognises, assesses and initiates management of the acutely ill patient:

• Managing Low Urine Output
• Managing Sepsis
• Assessment and Initial Management
• Re-evaluation and Monitoring
• Arterial Blood Gas Sampling and Interpretation
• Patient with a Reduced Level of Consciousness
• Pain Management
• Oxygen Therapy
• NICE IV Fluid – Assessment
• NICE IV Fluid – Principles and Five Rs
• NICE IV Fluid – Properties
• NICE IV Fluid – More Complex Scenarios
• NICE IV Fluid – When It Goes Wrong

Professional Capability: 11
Obtains history, performs clinical examination, formulates differential diagnosis and management plan:

• Psychiatric Assessment and Mental State Examination
• Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Recognition and Causes
• Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Diagnosis and Management
• Pyschotic Disorders
• Mental Health Act

You can sign in to the e-learning with your login supplied by e-LfH at any time during your foundation training.

HORUS and TURAS link to e-LfH e-learning sessions from the FP Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.