Hot Topics GP Update Course Preview - Autumn 2024

The Hot Topics GP Update course offers a fun and enjoyable way to stay current with the latest literature, tailored specifically for professionals working in front-line General Practice. If you’re in a patient-facing role in primary care, this course is designed for you! Our course not only provides you with a concise update on all the latest developments relevant to primary care to ensure that you are up to date but it also gives you a valuable reference resource for your day-to-day patient care with our newly enhanced and fully updated course book available in both print and digital formats.

To accommodate your busy schedule and preferred learning style, you have the flexibility to join our live, fully interactive sessions or to do the course on demand at your own pace. All the Hot Topics we present shall be new compared to a year ago and will include:

• Cardiovascular medicine
  • Atrial fibrillation – ‘more than just anticoagulation’, we look at recent papers and guidelines on the growing burden of AF and its consequences
  • Infective endocarditis – is it time to re-introduce antibiotics?
• Chronic kidney disease
  • SGLT2i now have evidence as disease-modifying drugs in CKD, but when and how should they be used in primary care according to the evidence and latest guidelines?
• Prescribing
  • Anticholinergics – we look at recent publications highlighting the risk of accumulating a high ‘anticholinergic burden’ for patients when prescribing, and how can we assess this risk in a quick and practical way?
• Obesity and metabolism
  • The GLP-1 analogues are a class of drugs moving beyond the management of diabetes and obesity, we look at the recent evidence including for CVD prevention and NAFLD
• Women’s Health
  • Unscheduled bleeding in the menopause is always a tricky problem, we have new guidance from the British Menopause Society to guide us
  • PCOS, we look at new guidelines on diagnosis and management including the role of metformin and the COCP
• Abnormal blood tests
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency, an update on diagnosis and management based on the new 2024 NICE guideline
• Cancer
  • Early onset colorectal cancer is on the rise, we look at recent papers and guidance to make sure we do not miss a case
  • Ovarian cancer, we look at the 2024 NICE guidelines on identifying and managing familial risk
• Mental health
  • We look at new evidence for the successful management of depression, and also on improving cardiometabolic guidelines in people with serious mental illness
• Respiratory
  • COPD - how should we use eosinophil counts to guide our management?
• Infections 
  • Pertussis has seen a dramatic rise in cases this year, we look at recent publications including the updated 2024 UKHSA guideline on diagnosis and management
• Gastroenterology
  • GORD in infants and adults 
• Plus miscellaneous Hot Topics cases based on recent papers with simple actionable learning points

We look forward to seeing you on anyone of our LIVE courses from September 21st, or on demand of course via NB Plus!