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Stage 1 - Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Safe Venous Access
Distance learning workbook that includes criteria for selecting venous access devices, legal and professional issues, safe systems of work and anatomy and physiology. It requires about 15 hours of study. In view of the specialised skill-based nature of this education unit, before embarking on Stage 1 you should check the availability of the Stage 2 workshop in your clinical area by emailing: administrator@masterclassplus.co.uk
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Stage 2 - Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Safe Venous Access
A locally delivered workshop which includes selecting PICCs, care and management of PICCs, potential complications and practical skills development in PICC placement. The workshop lasts about six hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 09 |
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Parts A, B and C - Dermatology in the Community: Fundamentals of Skin Care
Distance learning in three parts focusing on underpinning knowledge relevant to the care of all people with skin disorders.
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| Education Unit 10 |
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Parts A, B and C - Dermatology in the Community: Managing Eczema
Distance learning in three parts focusing on different types of eczema and their management.
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| Education Unit 11 |
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Stage 1 - Hepatitis C: Improving Care Pathways
Distance learning focuses on anatomy and physiology, the natural history of HCV infection, diagnostic procedures and treatment options. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Hepatitis C: Improving Care Pathways
A locally delivered workshop which involves watching a video and discussing the case histories of patients. The focus in on factors and issues that need to be considered when treatment decisions are made and how patient care pathways can contribute to the provision of quality health services for people diagnosed with hepatitis C infection. The workshop lasts about three hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about one hour.
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| Education Unit 12 |
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Stage 1 - The Hepatitis C Virus: Tackling the Problem
Distance learning CDROM provides fundamental knowledge in the area of hepatitis C care. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - The Hepatitis C Virus: Tackling the Problem
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing a number of video clips of patients. Content includes attitudes to people with hepatitis C infection; further development of knowledge of ways in which people may present with hepatitis C infection, testing and of subsequent stages in management. The workshop lasts about three hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 13 |
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Stage 1 - Compression Therapy: Theory and Practice
Distance learning workbook that includes pathophysiology of venous and arterial ulcers and introduction to compression therapy. It requires about 10 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Compression Therapy: Theory and Practice
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching a video, watching demonstrations of skills, and practising skills. The focus is on developing skills in assessing patients, identifying aims of treatment and selecting and implementing interventions to achieve those aims. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 14 |
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Hepatitis B Infection: Meeting the Challenge
Distance learning (Parts A, B and C) available for downloading as a single PDF. Content covers anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology; virology; epidemiology and transmission; serological tests; prevention; management.
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| Education Unit 15 |
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Stage 1 – Hepatitis C: Managing Patients with Addictive Behaviours
Distance learning workbook that includes exploration of attitudes to and assumptions about addictive behaviours, theoretical perspectives, preventing HCV transmission, concept of motivation and its relevance to helping drug/alcohol users change risk behaviours. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 – Hepatitis C: Managing Patients with Addictive Behaviours
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing some case studies about people who have hepatitis C infection and an addictive behaviour. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 16 |
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Stage 1 – Managing Patients with Co-morbidities
Distance learning workbook that focuses on hepatitis C and the following co-morbidities: hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, alcohol liver disease, mental illness. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Managing Patients with Co-morbidities
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing some case studies about people who have hepatitis C infection and a co-morbidity. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 17 |
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Stage 1 – Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues
Distance learning workbook that includes ethical theory and mainly focuses on hepatitis C and issues of discrimination, confidentiality and consent. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 – Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing some case studies related to legal, ethical and professional issues and hepatitis C. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 18 |
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Stage 1 - Promoting Urinary Continence: Improving Practice
Stage 1 distance learning workbook focuses on the prevalence and impact of urinary incontinence; anatomy and physiology; types of urinary incontinence; assessment and management; integrated continence services. It requires about 10 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Promoting Urinary Continence: Improving Practice
Stage 2 is a locally delivered workshop which involves watching a video and discussing the case histories of patients. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 19 |
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Parts A and B - Invasive fungal infections
Distance learning (Parts A and B) available for downloading as a single PDF. Content includes introduction to mycology; overview of superficial, subcutaneous and invasive infections; epidemiological trends; four specific fungal infections (aspergillosis, candidosis, cryptococcosis and Fusarium infection); antifungal drugs; role of nurses in preventing/minimising risk of invasive fungal infections.
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| Education Unit 20 |
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Stage 1 – Care of People with HIV Infection: Antiretroviral Therapy
Distance learning workbook that includes epidemiology, main characteristics of the virus, antiretroviral drugs, factors affecting treatment decisions, concordance. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 – Care of People with HIV Infection: Antiretroviral Therapy
A locally delivered workshop that involves which involves watching and discussing some case studies related to HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy. The workshop lasts about three hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
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| Education Unit 21 |
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Stage 1 – Leg Health: Delivering Quality Community Care
Distance learning workbook that focuses on epidemiology, impact of leg ulcers, anatomy and physiology, risk factors and pathophysiological changes associated with different types of leg ulcer, concept of Leg Clubs and relevance to Government’s health agenda, holistic assessment, compression therapy, prevention of leg ulcers. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Leg Health: Delivering Quality Community Care
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing a DVD. The aim is to deepen your understanding of leg health and the role of Leg Clubs in promoting it. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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| Education Unit 22 |
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Stage 1 – Tuberculosis: Turning the Tide
Distance learning workbook that focuses on pathophysiology and disease progression of tuberculosis (TB), epidemiology, vaccination, diagnosis, treatment, the World Health Organization’s global strategy to control TB. It requires about 10 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Tuberculosis: Turning the Tide
A locally delivered workshop which aims to deepen your understanding of TB and its diagnosis. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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| Education Unit 23 |
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Stage 1 – Antipsychotics: Medication Management in Clinical Practice
Distance learning workbook that includes key facts about schizophrenia and its possible causes; modes of action and side effects of antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilisers; concordance; rating scales; issues involved in initiating and monitoring antipsychotic drug therapy and in relapse prevention; managing common treatment problems. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 – Antipsychotics: Medication Management in Clinical Practice
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing some case studies of people who require antipsychotic medication. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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| Education Unit 24 |
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Stage 1 – Care of People with HIV Infection: Antiretroviral Side Effects
Distance learning CDROM that focuses on pathophysiological changes and possible psychosocial and clinical consequences associated with the following long-term antiretroviral side effects: lipodystrophy syndrome, hepatotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy, lactic acidaemia and lactic acidosis, and bone disorders. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 – Care of People with HIV Infection: Antiretroviral Side Effects
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching and discussing interviews with patients who have experience of antiretroviral side effects. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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| Education Unit 25 |
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Stage 1 - Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis: Saving Lives
Distance learning CDROM that focuses on related epidemiology; pathophysiological changes associated with the development of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and the possible outcomes for the patient; models designed to assess the risk of DVT; interventions to prevent DVT. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis: Saving Lives
A locally delivered workshop that involves watching a DVD, finding out how to measure and fit patients for graduated compression stockings, how to use intermittent pneumatic compression devices, including a foot pump. There’ll also be case histories to discuss. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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| Education Unit 27 |
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Stage 1 - Nutrition Support in the Community
Distance learning CDROM that includes the functions and dietary sources of macronutrients and micronutrients and the current recommended requirements; key processes involved in the digestion and absorption of nutrients; risk factors for malnutrition in the community; the consequences of malnutrition for individuals and the health service; the concepts of nutrition for public health and nutrition as treatment. It requires about 15 hours of study.
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Stage 2 - Nutrition Support in the Community
A locally delivered workshop that aims to develop your knowledge of malnutrition and its management. You’ll receive hands-on training in the use of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and there’ll be discussion of some case studies. You’ll have the opportunity to find out more about nutrition support, including the use of nutritional supplements. The workshop lasts about two hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about an hour.
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