Why join the course?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a very important aspect of medical education and is often not taught specifically in either undergraduate or postgraduate courses. St George’s has one of the few TBI services in the country, and the TBI team have developed this one-day teaching course to focus on the clinical management of this patient group. A particular focus will be the inter-disciplinary team management and the entire MDT will be presenting during this teaching day.
Course Description
The course will cover: TBI presentations, and the common complications of the pathology, understanding the importance of inter-disciplinary team working, and how the various allied healthcare professional members of the team integrate with the medical staff. We will also concentrate on important topics such as the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty and the management of the acutely behaviourally disturbed patient. These are all critical to all healthcare professionals on a day to day basis.
It is hoped that learners who complete the course will be able to:
- Understand the way in which an MDT work together in an inter-disciplinary way.
- Understand the common presentations of a patient with a TBI.
- Understand the principles behind the treatment of the acutely agitated patient.
- Understand the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty clause, and why these are important patient safeguards.
This is a hybrid course and delegates can choose to attend face to face or online via MS Teams. Provisional programme can be seen below but please note this may change once we have a new date.
View the previous programme for the day here. (PDF)
The highlight video of the previous Traumatic brain injury course can be viewed here.
Audience
Postgraduate clinical staff, including nurses, allied health professionals and medical staff.
Certification
You will be provided a certificate of attendance and the course will be applied for 7 CPD credits by the Royal College of Physicians.
Past students have said...
"This course helps us understand how TBI affects our patients and what we can do to support them in their recovery. The lecture series had excellent resource speakers and the collaborative synergy was amazing. I'm very happy to have joined the lecture series from the experts."
- Delegate 2023-24
"I enjoyed the module. Very thought provoking. New approach and development of thinking and skills regarding mental health."
- Delegate 2023-24
"It was a brilliant day - most of the speakers were very animated and kept the audience interested and engaged...The learning I had will be of big help on my plan for service improvement in work."
- Delegate 2022-23
“Excellent course and content. I found the course to be very informative and provided a well-rounded overview of what a TBI is, how to manage it and interventions which can be useful.”
- Delegate 2022-23