Perioperative Medicine in Action

University College London

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    12h

  • Duration

    4 Weeks

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

This free online four-week course will help you learn about perioperative medicine: what it is, why it matters and how to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.
Too many patients die or suffer prolonged complications following surgery. Perioperative medicine is an emerging multidisciplinary specialty that aims to significantly improve the care of high-risk surgical patients.
The course is aimed at medical and allied health professionals. It emphasises that enhanced care and improved outcomes depend on a multi-disciplinary team working together with a common goal.
It'll help you understand your role within the perioperative pathway and give you ideas for simple changes you can make within your own workplace to improve patient care.
This is a FutureLearn MOOC (massive open online course), created in partnership with UCL. The course is endorsed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCOA).

About this course

By the end of this course you'll be able to:
justify the need for better, more holistic care for the high-risk surgical patient, to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs
engage with risk assessment tools to characterise and quantify the risk of an individual undergoing a particular procedure
demonstrate the need for protocolised care pathways and evaluate the success of the enhanced recovery programmes in reducing variance in practice
describe the major challenges in delivering perioperative medicine for the elderly
discuss the current economic pressure on healthcare systems and how perioperative medicine can be used to reduce these pressures

This course is suitable for all medical and allied health professionals, including:
anaesthetists
surgeons
physicians
preassessment nurses
surgical ward nurses
operating department staff
medical managers
medical students

You can buy a FutureLearn Certificate of Achievement once you have completed 90% of the learning activities.
The team behind this MOOC also runs an online MSc in Perioperative Medicine.

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Subjects

  • Surgery
  • Risk
  • IT risk
  • Medicine in Action
  • Medicines
  • Perioperative medicine
  • Risk Assessment
  • Emergency surgery
  • Reading articles
  • Surgeons

Course programme

Each week covers a different topic, as follows:

  • Week one - the need for perioperative medicine
  • Week two - shared decision-making and the practical use of risk assessment
  • Week three - the role of protocols in elective and emergency surgery
  • Week four - the unique challenges in perioperative care for the elderly
Teaching and structure

You'll learn though:

  • watching specially created video content
  • reading articles
  • completing interactive quizzes

You'll also learn about patients' experiences and discuss what you've learnt with others taking the course.

The core learning activities should take around three hours each week.

Links to additional reading and further resources are also provided for each section.

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