How Pulse CPD can help you prepare for appraisal and revalidation
14 Jun 10
Find out how Pulse's CPD content can help you earn credits towards your annual appraisal and in preparation for revalidation
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Preparing for your annual appraisal and revalidation
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How Pulse CPD can help you prepare for appraisal and revalidation
CPD
Pulse Plus - Ophthalmology (3 CPD hours)
11 Aug 10
This month's PulsePlus covers ophthalmology. You can earn a suggested 3 CPD credits by reading all five articles and associated materials and then
What's new in women's health (1.5 CPD hours)
16 Aug 10
GP and women’s health researcher Dr Sally Hope rounds up recent developments in our monthly CPD series
Key questions on occupational lung disease (1.5 CPD hours)
28 Jul 10
Respiratory specialist Professor Sherwood Burge answers questions from GP Dr Pam Brown on signs, symptoms, management and referral
Key questions on back pain (1.5 CPD hours)
21 Jul 10
GP and musculoskeletal researcher Dr Nefyn Williams answers GP Dr Pam Brown’s questions on when to request imaging, when to arrange physio and the usefulness of manipulation
Key questions on functional bowel disorders (1.5 CPD hours)
15 Jul 10
Gastroenterology specialist Professor Qasim Aziz answers Dr Linden Ruckert’s questions on the role of stress, whether IBS is a useful term and the use of probiotics
Clinical quizzes
Picture quiz - contact dermatitis
23 Aug 10
Look at these six cases of contact dermatitis, read the short case histories and guess the allergen.
Picture quiz - yellow skin lesions
17 Aug 10
What’s causing the yellowish hue in the skin in each of these patients?
Picture quiz - purpura
20 Aug 10
Purpural rashes involve a wide differential diagnosis. Make a diagnosis from each photograph and case history.
Picture quiz - acute referrals to ophthalmology
17 Aug 10
Ophthalmologists Dr Hannah Timlin and Dr Abha Gupta present three common conditions referred by GPs to the emergency eye clinic. Study the case histories and the pictures and answer the questions.
Snapshot diagnosis
What is the lump on this young girl's neck?
02 Sep 10
This swelling had been present for months but had grown after a recent URTI. Dr Keith Hopcroft describes how he came to the right diagnosis.
What's causing the swelling on this woman's neck?
11 Aug 10
This 64 year old woman mentioned her neck as the second thing she was worried about. Dr Keith Hopcroft describes how he found out it should really have been the first.
What are the sore, red lesions on this woman's legs?
13 Aug 10
This woman thought her lsions were insect bites. Dr Keith Hopcroft describes how a seemingly unrelated symptom led him to the right diagnosis
Why is this woman's skin yellow?
14 Jul 10
A remark after a routine Pill check led Dr Keith Hopcoft to look closer at this patient's hands.
Clinical articles
Picture quiz - contact dermatitis
23 Aug 10
Look at these six cases of contact dermatitis, read the short case histories and guess the allergen.
Fever and neck pain in a university student
19 Aug 10
The third in our new series which takes you through a detailed case history, describing the key principles of care before offering a take home message.
Picture quiz - purpura
20 Aug 10
Purpural rashes involve a wide differential diagnosis. Make a diagnosis from each photograph and case history.
A 68-year-old woman with severe myalgia
18 Aug 10
Our new series takes you through presentation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of a patient- describing the key principles of care before offering a take home message.
Registrar
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Wear a watch, bring the BNF and eat porridge for breakfast: top tips on passing the CSA
10 Dec 09
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Tips and tricks for the AKT
02 Sep 09
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Neutralising bias in the Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)
10 Jul 09
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How Spock can help you to pass CSA and do a good job interview
04 Jun 09
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nMRCGP tips: How to get through the AKT
08 Apr 09
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10 tips on using guidelines and protocols
27 Jan 08
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Faking it
09 Nov 09
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The power of words: how to tell a patient they have cancer
03 Aug 09
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If you can't touch your patients, you're not ready to be a GP
18 Jun 09
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Tips on how to pass the CSA
05 May 09
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Tips on passing the nMRCGP: an introduction
23 Mar 09
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10 tips for good delegation
24 Jan 08
