The e-FACE e-learning 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 e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH), 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 e-LfH Hub and will be made available via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) soon.
For more information about the e-learning programme please visit: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery/