Acute Medicine Course

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From Guidelines to the Bedside

The Acute Medicine Course gives you 14 diagnostic frameworks for the presentations you’ll see most – chest pain, dyspnoea, sepsis, electrolytes, headache, GI bleeding, and falls. Work through the video modules at your own pace, then join a live session for interactive case discussions and your CPD certificate. Built around UK guidelines. Designed for doctors who want a structured approach they can rely on.


What’s Included

  • 14 hours of video teaching — 7 modules covering core acute presentations
  • 7 hours of live teaching — interactive case discussions via Zoom
  • 14 diagnostic frameworks — downloadable PDFs you can use on shift
  • Up to 21 CPD points — certificate issued via CPD UK
  • 6 months access — revisit the material whenever you need it

How It Works

  1. Watch — Work through the video modules at your own pace
  2. Attend — Join the live Zoom workshop for interactive case discussions
  3. Certify — Receive your CPD-accredited certificate directly from CPD UK

Who Is This Course For?

  • FY1/ FY2 doctors building confidence on the acute take
  • IMT/ ACCS/ JCF/ SHO doctors systematising their clinical approach
  • IMGs adapting to UK practice
  • Registrars/ SCF/ SAS doctors revising guideline-based management
  • AHPs seeking structured acute medicine teaching

Important

CPD certificates are issued directly by CPD UK and are sent out ~4 weeks after attending the live Zoom session. If you can’t make your scheduled session, you’ll be offered a place in the next cohort while keeping full access to all video content. After registration, details on the live session will be sent out via email closer to the session date.

2026 Live Workshop Dates:

  • 7th February 2026
  • 25th April 2026 (next session)
  • 4th July 2026
  • 5th September 2026
  • 1st November 2026

Course Content

Welcome
Welcome
Video Library
Module 1: Dyspnoea
7 Lessons
Approach to the Dyspnoeic Patient
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Asthma
COPD
Pulmonary Embolism
Pneumothorax
Heart Failure
Module 2: Chest Pain
7 Lessons
Approach to Chest Pain
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Pericarditis and Myocarditis
Aortic Dissection
Oesophageal Impaction and Rupture
MSK/Other Causes of Chest Pain
Module 3: Sepsis
5 Lessons
Definitions and Epidemiology
Risk Factors and Pathophysiology
Sepsis Recognition, Sources and Management
Septic Shock and Multi-Organ Failure
Discharge and Post-Sepsis Syndrome
Module 4: Headache
6 Lessons
Headache Framework and Red Flags
Migraine
Tension-Type Headache
Cluster Headache (i.e. Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgia)
Case Discussions and Management
Recognising Secondary Causes of Headache
Module 5: GI Bleed
6 Lessons
UGIB: Overview & PUD
UGIB: Oesophagogastric Varices
UGIB: Mallory-Weiss Tear and Others
UGIB Management Overview
UGIB: Overview of Major Haemorrhage Protocol
UGIB: BSG Acute Care Bundle for the Management of Stable UGIBs
Module 6: Falls
7 Lessons
Collapse with LOC Overview
Collapse w/LOC: Syncope
Collapse w/LOC: Hypoglycaemia
Collapse w/LOC: Seizure
Collapse without LOC: Overview
Collapse w/o LOC: (Multifactorial) Mechanical Fall
Collapse w/o LOC: Stroke
Module 7: Electrolyte Disturbance
8 Lessons
Hyponatraemia Part 1
Hyponatraemia Part 2
Hyponatraemia Part 3
Hyponatraemia Part 4
Hypernatraemia
Hyperkalaemia Part 1
Hyperkalaemia Part 2
Hyperkalaemia Part 3
Live Session
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