Education & Events
Respiratory Examination for the Primary Care Practitioner (Nurses & AHPs)
Event Summary
This dynamic refresher session is designed for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals looking to refine and strengthen their respiratory assessment skills.
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Event Speakers & Trainers
Log into Zoom 09:15 session runs 09:30 to 12:30
Introduction
This dynamic refresher session is designed for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals looking to refine and strengthen their respiratory assessment skills.
Aims
This training session aims to equip participants with the skills to undertake a focused and effective respiratory history, develop a clear understanding of the key components of the respiratory examination, and accurately distinguish between normal and abnormal findings.
Participants will also learn to recognise red flag signs and symptoms associated with respiratory conditions and will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge by conducting a virtual reality respiratory examination in a realistic clinical scenario.
Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Conduct a targeted and comprehensive respiratory history with an emphasis on symptom analysis.
- Understand and perform the key components of the respiratory examination, including observation, percussion, palpation, and auscultation.
- Differentiate between normal and abnormal respiratory findings.
- Identify red flag signs and symptoms indicating potentially serious respiratory conditions.
Content
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History Taking
A focused approach to gathering a comprehensive respiratory history, including key symptoms, risk factors, and red flags. -
Respiratory System Examination
Step-by-step instruction on conducting a thorough respiratory examination, including inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. -
Virtual Reality Scenario
An immersive, interactive case-based experience that allows participants to apply history-taking and examination skills in a realistic clinical setting.
Places are limited to ensure an optimal, focused learning experience for attendees.
Previous Delegate Feedback
"Theory balanced in the right proportion to the virtual practical. Really helpful to hear the sounds and have the resource to listen again and again. Excellent session, thank you"
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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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Name |
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 |
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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
Sponsorship
This event may be sponsored so companies have the opportunity to promote their product(s) at the start of the meeting. No sponsors 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.
