Concise Acute Medicine Course Saturday 7th November 2015 -Complete

You are a junior doctor covering a busy acute medical Unit on Friday and there is a long list of patients to be seen and you are feeling the pressure. Who would you prioritise:

a. A 21 year old student who has been referred by her GP with a 'panic attack'

b. A 63 year old lady called in following a clinic appointment with an abnormal blood test

c. A 71 year old man with breathlessness and loss of consciousness

d. A 50 year old man returning from a 2 week holiday in South Africa complaining of diarrhoea and a rash

This course is full of real life challenging cases that will expand your knowledge of acute presentations and improve your management plans. It will help you survive your oncall shifts as well as the post-take ward rounds with Dr Dragon, the consultant specialist in everything!

Syllabus Concise Acute Medicine Course

Programme Guide Concise Acute Medicine Course 7th November 2015

0830 to 0900 Registration and Refreshments

0900 to 0905 Introduction

0905 to 1100 Session 1 Seizures, headache, coma, confusion, weakness

1100 to 1115 Refreshments

1115 to 1300 Session 2 Waterworks-Too much and too little, fever, poisoning

1300 to 1345 Lunch

1345 to 1530 Session 3 Breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, blackouts

1530 to 1545 Refreshments

1545 to 1715 Session 4 Anaemia, vomiting blood, jaundice, diarrhoea

1715 to 1730 Quiz