Acute Medicine Course

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Stop dreading on-calls. Start managing them.

The Acute Medicine Course teaches you to confidently assess, investigate, and manage common, high-risk presentations you’ll encounter on the acute take. Built around practical diagnostic frameworks and aligned with UK national guidelines, this course gives you a structured approach to clinical reasoning that you can use on your very next shift.


Who Is This Course For?

  • FY1/FY2 doctors building confidence on the acute take
  • IMT/ACCS/JCF/SHO doctors systematising their clinical approach
  • International Medical Graduates adapting to UK practice
  • Senior Clinical Fellows and Registrars revising guideline-based management
  • Allied healthcare professionals seeking structured acute medicine teaching

How It Works

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

Important

CPD certificates are issued 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.

Course Content

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
Module 7: Electrolyte Disturbance
Live Session Attendance
Live Session Attendance
1 Quiz
Virtual (Required)
Available February 7, 2026 2:00 pm
AMC Post-Course Assessment
Available February 7, 2026 2:00 pm