The e-FACE elearning programme is releasing a new module, Medical Skills in Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS), to coincide with the Junior Trainees Group Conference on 6 and 7 January 2018 in Cambridge.
Developed by British Association for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh), the module includes 21 sessions aimed at dental core trainees and junior trainees.
The module focuses on key topics, including: the unwell patient, practical prescribing and pharmacology, critical care and tracheostomy management.
The full list of sessions follows:
- Approaching an Unwell Patient
- Understanding ECGs
- ECG Interpretation
- ABG Interpretation
- Interpreting Chest X-rays
- The Day Case Patient
- The Major Surgery Patient
- The Emergency Patient
- Interpreting Blood Test Results
- Fluids
- Analgesia
- Bisphosphonates
- Anticoagulants
- The Healthcare Team
- ITU and HDU
- Electrolytes
- Immunodeficiency
- Basic Knowledge about Tracheostomies and Laryngectomies
- Emergency Management of a Tracheostomy or Laryngectomy
- General and Nursing Care of a Tracheostomy or Laryngectomy
- Emergency Front of Neck Airway.
The sessions are available on the elfh Hub and will be made available via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) soon.
For more information about the elearning programme please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery/