Adult Type 1 diabetes in Primary Care
Insulin, which is the mainstay treatment for type 1 diabetes, has been viewed for many years as a secondary care specialised treatment. As the role of primary care physicians gains more importance in the holistic management of patients, it is vital that these same physicians…
Identification & Management of Pre-Diabetes
This CME30 session encompasses a discussion and exploration of the main themes around pre-diabetes focusing on diagnosis, screening for DMT2/pre-diabetes and interventions in pre-diabetes. A few landmark studies are discussed. The ADA guidelines on the subject are discussed and explained.
Chronic Heart Failure – A 2021 Update for the Medical Professionals
This session is an update on the new guidelines on the management of chronic heart failure published in August 2021. The session will focus on diagnosis of HF and proceed to provide an update into the new treatment algorithm for CHF with particular attention to…
Reducing Cardiovascular Burden in Diabetes 2 – Use of novel drugs
Prof. Stephen Fava, Consultant Diabetologist & Endocrinologist, and Head of the Diabetes and Endocrine Unit at Mater Dei Hospital, discusses the use and effectiveness of novel drugs in the reduction of cardiovascular burden in diabetes. This discussion will follow the presentation on reduction of modifiable…
Nephroprotection in Diabetes
The guest speaker of this module is Prof. Stephen Fava, who is a Consultant Diabetologist & Endocrinologist and heads the Endocrinology Department at Mater Dei Hospital.
Diabetic Eye Disease
Ms. Maria Agius, Consultant Ophthalmologist, will be delivering a presentation on diabetic eye disease, which is an important complication of diabetes associated with high morbidity.
HPV The Facts and New Frontiers
HPV infection is perhaps one of the most important topics in gynaecology because of increasing recognition, improvements in diagnosis as well as new development in prevention of infection and once established, prevention of the most important sequelae of the disease – namely oncogenicity. In this…
Decontamination and antisepsis in the prevention and treatment of infections
Prof. Michael Borg discusses the normal human skin microbiome, indications and methods for skin decolonisation including antibiotic and non-antibiotic methods in various scenarios including decolonisation of carriers, as an adjunct to wound management, with particular focus on diabetic ulcers as well as pre operatively decolonisation. Who is this module for? Medical…
Inherited cardiomyopathies and genetics
An introduction to the different types of inherited cardiomyopathies followed by a description of each cardiomyopathy and the genetics involved. This session also includes a brief on the management of the cardiomyopathy and a demonstration of clips that shows the echocardiograms depicting the different cardiomyopathies….
Targeted Therapy in Cancer
In cancer therapy, targeted therapy is a treatment that uses drugs to target specific genes and proteins that are involved in the growth and survival of cancer cells. This therapy can affect the tissue environment that helps a cancer grow or it can target cancer…
Out on a limb – Treatment of the most common upper limb conditions
In this session, Mr Alastair pace goes through the presentation, investigations and management of the most common orthopaedic problems affecting the upper limb including the latest developments in their treatment Learning Objectives Learn what are the most frequently encountered shoulder, elbow and hand conditions are…