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Cardiovascular Examination for the Primary Care Practitioner (Nurses & AHPs)
Event Summary
This online refresher session, designed for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, provides a valuable opportunity to refresh and enhance your clinical assessment skills in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular care.
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Event Speakers & Trainers
Log into Zoom 09:15Â session runs 09:30 to 12:30Â
Introduction
This online refresher session, designed for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, provides a valuable opportunity to refresh and enhance your clinical assessment skills in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular care. Whether you're aiming to build confidence in physical examination techniques or stay up to date with current best practices, this session offers practical, supportive, and interactive learning.
Aims
To increase knowledge and understanding of the systematic assessment and examination of the cardiovascular and peripheral vascular systems.
Objectives
- To understand the principles of assessment using inspection, palpation and auscultation and cardiovascular specific history taking
- To be able to relate clinical findings to common disease pathologies of the CVS and PVS
- To have an increased understanding of the cardinal symptoms of cardiovascular disease
- To have an awareness of red flag signs and presentations
Content
Ann Sunderland, Consultant in Clinical Skills and Simulation will deliver this interactive session looking at:
- Heart Anatomy
- CVS Examination
- Symptom analysis
- Heart Failure
- Hypertension
- Risk Factors
- Red Flags
- Jugular vs. Carotid Pulsations
- Palpation
- Heart Sounds & Murmurs
Places are limited to ensure an optimal, focused learning experience for attendees.
Previous Delegate Feedback
"Well structured and has given me the knowledge and skills I need when seeing patients who require a CV assessment"
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Event Speakers & Trainers
Ann qualified as a registered nurse in 1986. After working in a hospital setting for two years, she moved into general practice working as a practice nurse before qualifying as a nurse practitioner in 2001. She later moved into a hybrid clinical, leadership and managerial role within a local clinical commissioning group before entering full time academia in 2006. While undertaking a Masters degree in medical education, she developed a special interest in clinical simulation and worked as Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation at Leeds Beckett University. In 2018, she left to start her own business and now works freelance across a range of organisations including further education colleges, private education providers and industry partners specialising in clinical simulation. She is associate lecturer at both Sheffield Hallam and Huddersfield Universities and is currently completing a Doctor of Education degree, focusing on the use of virtual reality in assessment.
Price List
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Description |
Price (Inc VAT) |
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All GPs and members of staff working within GP practices in Wessex LMCs’ catchment area |
This option is for everyone working in a GP practice in Wessex LMC's catchment area, that does not fit into one of the other options on offer. |
£89.00 |
| BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinicians (excluding GPs) | Thanks to the BSW Primary Care Training Hub and to the NHSE Investment in Continual Professional Development, some clinical roles can attend fully funded. These may include Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and HCAs. | £00.00 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Nurses & AHPs |
Thanks to the HIOW Primary Care Training Hub and to NHSE Investment in Continual Professional Development, certain eligible roles such as Nurses and Allied Health Professionals can attend fully funded | £00.00 |
| Dorset Nurses & AHPs | We are delighted that, thanks to the Dorset Primary Training Hub, and to NHSE’s Investment in Continual Professional Development, certain eligible roles such as Nurses and Allied Health Professionals can attend fully funded. Enter the discount code when booking. (Contact lead@wessexlmcs.org.uk if you have not received the code). NB this discount code will no longer work if all the free places have already been booked up. | £00.00 |
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Non Members |
This is the cost if you are not working in a practice in the Wessex LMCs' catchment area. | £178.00 |
Waiting List
Please be advised there are spaces available on this course unless it states otherwise. If a course is full you will be given the option to book on the waiting list. If you are on the waiting list and a place becomes available, you will be notified automatically via email, you do NOT need to contact Wessex LMCs.
Cancellations
Please note cancellations two weeks prior to the event will not be refundable, however you are very welcome to substitute another delegate to attend the course to prevent your practice missing out on the training. Any admissible cancellations will incur an administration fee of £15 if the event fee is £100 or over and £10 if the event fee is £99 or under.
Attendance Details
In certain circumstances, we will share details of attendance or non-attendance with the person who booked and/or funded this course for the delegate. If you have any objection to your attendance status being shared, please can you contact Louise Greenwood (Wessex LMCs Director of Education & Training) at least 48 hours before the start of the training at louise.greenwood@wessexlmcs.org.uk
Pharmaceutical Sponsorship
This event may be sponsored by pharmaceutical company/ies having the opportunity for promotional product presentation at the start of the meeting. No pharmaceutical companies have been involved in the selection of speakers, agenda items, or any other matters relating to this training. Your name and practice will be shared with the sponsor representative, but not your email address.
