Advanced Practice and Urgent Care: Minor Injuries Courses
CPD Hours : 20 Accreditted by CPDUK
Course Summary
The Minor Injuries course is suitable for healthcare professionals working in advanced roles in urgent nd primary care. The introductory 3 day classroom course is suitable for clinicians who are new to seeing and treating minor injuries. Sessions explores assessment and treatment of upper and lower limb injuries with a focus on clinical decision-making, red flags and appropriate management. Some of the content are recorded webinars with 3 month access to give you flexibility to learn at your own pace. We also offer related courses such as Plastering and Suturing, Upper and Lower Limb X-Ray Interpretation and Wound Care as stand alone sessions.
Who should attend:
This course is suitable for nurses and registered healthcare professionals working in acute and unscheduled care settings, such as emergency departments, walk-in clinics, urgent care centres, primary care or other community and first contact settings.
Pre Requisites
Have a UK or overseas degree from a recognised institution or equivalent professional or other qualification.
Hold professional registration with the relevant Nursing or Allied Health Professional Body/Council or the GMC.
You will normally have a minimum of 3 years post-registration experience in a relevant care environment.
You should be employed in a role that will support development of clinical skills during the programme should you wish to complete the competency portfolio which is optional.
You should be working in a relevant clinical environment in which you can achieve the clinical skills required.
You should have access to an appropriate practice supervisor within that area.
Whats Included
Audio presentations
3 day classroom course with expert lecturers
Handouts and booklets
3 months access
Option to attend practical plastering and suturing workshop at a discounted rate
Option to attend practical skills session with mock OSCE and Skills Portfolio.
***Optional Skills Portfolio – this is not a requirement of the course
Content
Audio Session – Self directed o-line learning
History Taking and Documentation
Assessment and Management of Burns
Clinical Decision-making in Burns and Bites
Head Injuries
C-Spine Assessment
Eye Injuries
Classroom Sessions 3 face to face days
Ethical and Legal issues including consent and capacity
Upper and Lower Limb Assessment and Management of Injuries
Statement writing
Practical upper and lower limb assessment day
Musculoskeletal disorders and medication for MSK injuries.
“Red Dot” X-Ray Interpretation
Live Online Programmes – See dates below for live webinars
Direct interaction with expert lecturers — live and in real time — through the use of zoom and MS teams to improve the learning experience
Highly agile program design and delivery responding to the changing demands of today’s busy clinician by providing lunchtime and evening educational sessions.
Robust curriculum of learning units and course bundles structured to optimise learning and facilitate
Self Paced On-Line Elearning Courses
Large range of self paced learning that gives you 3 months access to the Learning Management System to study at your own pace.
Training can be scaled across large, multinational, and geographically diverse workforces, allowing ease of access across time zones.
Choose from a large range of courses to meet the evolving needs of healthcare professionals working in primary care settings.
Blended Learning and Hybrid Education Training
The course content can be tailored to meet your specific needs as some of our sessions used a flipped classroom or blended learning approach
Our programmes are a mixture of eLearning and classroom or webinar learning.
Classroom/ On-site Courses
Courses can be delivered on site in the geographical area or environment where clinicians work, saving time and costs on travel.
Currently our classroom courses are held in Battersea, London or Manchester. We can provide in-house courses locally.
For more information on how to book a Belmatt Healthcare Training Course
We will work with you to design a bespoke programme right for your team and working within your budget.
If you are an individual / PCN or organisation who has funding to support staff educational courses, contact us for a list of our wide range of courses available or see our Course Brochure.
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