Short Courses

Online Course – Starts Tuesday 14th May 6.30pm – 8.30pm

The NIPC are delighted to offer this free online training and education programme, designed for healthcare professionals in Ireland.

The course aims to raise awareness of how to prevent, recognise and manage people at risk of or living with CKD. A strong focus in this course is the wider considerations in the prevention and management of CKD given the shared risk factors with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) more widely and integrated management approaches required.

This 3-month online course will cover the latest advances in evidence and practice to integrated approaches in the management of CKD and CVD. 

Course modules includes:

Module 1: Overview of Renal Disease and Importance of the Connections in Chronic Disease Management
Module 2: Cornerstones in the Management of CKD
Module 3: Prevention Matters in CKD – Guidelines, Early Detection and Management of Risk?
Module 4: Management in those Living with CKD and CVD
Module 5: Case-Based Implementation of Best-Practice
and Take Home Messages

Applications deadline – 26th April

Saturday 18th May, 9:00am-3:30pm, Hilton Kilmainham, Dublin

Our comprehensive agenda addresses key facets of this complex issue, from understanding stigma and patient perspectives to mastering assessment techniques, implementing the model of care and exploring the impact of lifestyle modification on health outcomes. Additionally, we’ll delve into pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery, providing essential insights into eligibility, challenges, benefits and the influence of medical tourism.

Agenda Includes:

• Stigma and Patient Perspectives
• Assessment and Screening
• Model of Care for Obesity in Practice
• Medical Nutrition Therapy Approaches for Long Term Patient Goals
• Helping Patients Understand their Obesity & the Value of their Ability to Movement
• Use of Pharmacotherapy in Obesity Management
• Bariatric Surgery: Eligibility, Challenges, Benefits and Impact of Medical Tourism

Attendance is free and registrations welcome from all healthcare practitioners working in primary care and community settings. CPD Approval Pending.

Saturday 18th May, 9:00am – 1:00pm

This course addresses the needs of primary care nurses and doctors, hospital-based nurses, private and public, paramedics and other allied health professionals who encounter ECG monitoring and traces. It aims to be as interactive as possible, with participants encouraged to bring along ECGs for discussion. The course assumes no knowledge of ECG and is an excellent foundation course in ECG and rhythm recognition.

Course content includes:

• Ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardiac
• Atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrilation
• Ischaemia and acute myocardial infarction
• SVTs

This is a virtual ECG workshop, where participants will partake in all aspects of the workshop online.

Course Format:

• Online Learning: (Approx. 4 hours) which can be carried out in your own time in the 2 weeks prior to the workshop.
• Online Interactive workshops: A half day of real-time sessions.