In 2022, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FPM) embarked on a major project called DEfining MEdical NeeDs and Evidence (DEMENDE).
This project aimed to pinpoint unresolved issues and gaps in data and knowledge pertaining to the management and care of COVID and other respiratory diseases.
Through that project, FPM produced the DEMENDE COVID Workshop: Report and Recommendations report. One of the recommendations from the report was to enhance the education of healthcare professionals in the clinical presentation and correct prescribing of treatments and therapies for COVID, Influenza, RSV, and other viral infections.
Since November 2023, FPM has been developing a series of e-Learning modules for healthcare professionals in the UK, including general practitioners (GPs), specialist doctors (especially those working in intensive care medicine, geriatric medicine, oncology etc.), and nurses.
This e-Learning, which is branded ‘Managing Respiratory Diseases: an e-Learning series from FPM’, is now available free of charge and hosted on the NHS Learning Hub.
Financial support has been provided to FPM as a grant from Pfizer Ltd. Pfizer Ltd have had no involvement in the content development.
“The e-learning series equips practitioners with the tools to communicate effectively with patients, helping them understand their therapies and adhere to treatment regimens.”
“By disseminating evidence-based guidelines and best practices, the series helps ensure that all practitioners are equipped with the same foundational knowledge.”
“A great module including realistic and useful case scenarios that helps the audience grasp the important information…”
“A detailed and up to date module…”
“Makes a complicated topic easy to understand and absorb”
By the end of this series, learners will better understand...
- Epidemiology and burden of diseases
- Transmission and structure of key viral respiratory diseases
- Treatments, therapies, and the correct application of these
- High risk patients and patient management
Example images of the e-Learning content below:
FPM's e-Learning series is...
Free and suitable for a variety of healthcare professionals, including general practitioner (GPs), specialist doctors, and nurses.
Written by a team of subject matter experts in the field and tested by end-users and Infectious Disease experts.
Highly interactive and designed to suit a range of learning styles and accessibility requirements.
Comprehensive and developed to enable healthcare professionals to maintain competence, ethics and integrity, and the highest professional standards.
Designed to improve patient outcomes
FAQs
Module content is delivered on the NHS Learning Hub, providing flexibility that allows participants to make more effective use of their time. The modules are around 45 minutes in length.
Module 1 is designed as the introduction to some of the common themes and issues, including the definition and clinical presentation of acute respiratory infection, epidemiology and pathogenesis, seasonality and spread.
Then, modules 2 to 4 delve into greater detail into Coronavirus, Influenza, and RSV. These modules include an investigation of the burden of disease, clinical presentation and diagnosis, management and treatment options, and guidance from the UK Government, NICE and others.
The material includes the use of case studies and a host of interactive features including Q&A, click and select, pop-ups, “drag and drop” exercises and others, as well as links to external and downloadable resources.
The series has been designed to suit a range of learning styles and accessibility requirements. If you would like more information, please see FPM’s eLearning Accessibility Statement.