College Learning Series 2020

Lecture Availability Schedule: Adult Medicine (anticipated upload dates)

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Week Date Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3

1 17 Jan Rheumatology 1: Systemic lupus Rheumatology 2: Gout and crystal Rheumatology 3: Rheumatoid
erythematosus arthropathy arthritis

2 24 Jan Rheumatology 4: Approach to non- Rheumatology 5: Systemic Rheumatology 6: Axial

autoimmune MSK conditions sclerosis and inflammatory spondyloarthritis and psoriatic
myopathies arthritis

3 31 Jan Rheumatology 7: Giant cell arteritis Rheumatology 8: Rheumatology Oncology 1: Urological

and polymyalgia rheumatica revision cancers

4 7 Feb Oncology 2: Gynaecological cancers Oncology 3: Breast cancer Oncology 4: Melanoma

5 14 Feb Oncology 5: Colorectal cancer Oncology 6: New oncology drugs Oncology 7: Lung cancer
and pathways

6 21 Feb Oncology 8: Upper GI cancers Oncology 9: Hereditary cancer Oncology 10: Oncology
syndromes revision

7 28 Feb Immunology 1: Basic Immunology Immunology 2: Vasculitis Immunology 3: Cytokines &

chemokines in human disease

8 6 Mar Immunology 4: Drug hypersensitivity Immunology 5: Diagnosis of Immunology 6: Asthma and

and anaphylaxis primary immunodeficiencies allergy

9 13 Mar Immunology 7: Immunology Revision Renal 1: Transplantation Renal 2: Renovascular

hypertension & renal artery
stenosis

10 20 Mar Renal 3: Acute renal failure and acute Renal 4: Glomerulonephritis – Renal 5: Glomerulonephritis –
kidney injury part 1 part 2

11 27 Mar Renal 6: Polycystic kidney disease Renal 7: Complications of CKD Renal 8: Dialysis

12 3 Apr Renal 9: Renal physiology 1 Renal 10: Renal physiology 2 Renal 11: Renal revision

13 10 Apr Endocrinology 1: Female reproductive Endocrinology 2: Type 1 diabetes Endocrinology 3: Type 2

endocrinology diabetes

14 17 Apr Endocrinology 4: Thyroid disease Endocrinology 5: Calcium, Endocrinology 6: Osteoporosis

vitamin D and phosphate

15 24 Apr Endocrinology 7: Pituitary disorders Endocrinology 8: Obesity Endocrinology 9: Adrenal

disease

16 1 May Infectious diseases 1: The Infectious diseases 2: Serious Infectious diseases 3: Viral
immunocompromised host infections infection

17 8 May Infectious diseases 4: HIV part 1 Infectious diseases 5: HIV part 2 Infectious diseases 6: Travel
Medicine

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18 15 May Infectious diseases 7: Septicaemia Infectious diseases 8: Common Infectious diseases 9:
infectious diseases Tuberculosis

19 22 May Infectious diseases 10: Community- Genetics 1: Fundamentals in Genetics 2: Clinical genetics
onset infectious diseases genetics

20 29 May Genetics 3: Genetic testing Genetics 4: General genetic Genetics 5: Cancer genetics
conditions

21 5 June Genetics 6: Cardiac genetics Dermatology Palliative care

22 12 June Obstetric Medicine 1 Obstetric Medicine 2 Gastroenterology 1: Cirrhosis

& HCC

23 19 June Gastroenterology 2: Inflammatory Gastroenterology 3: NAFLD & Gastroenterology 4: Clinical

bowel disease haemochromatosis nutrition

24 26 June Gastroenterology 5: Upper GI Gastroenterology 6: Chronic Gastroenterology 7: Coeliac

bleeding hepatitis C disease

25 3 July Gastroenterology 8: Decompensated Gastroenterology 9: Oesophageal Gastroenterology 10:

cirrhosis and liver transplantation disease Hepatitis B

26 10 July Gastroenterology 11: Geriatrics 1: Falls in the older Geriatrics 2: Dementia

Gastroenterology revision adult

27 17 July Geriatrics 3: Polypharmacy Geriatrics 4: Delirium Respiratory 1: Airways

diseases

28 24 July Respiratory 2: Pleural effusion Respiratory 3: Pneumonia Respiratory 4: Respiratory

failure

29 31 July Respiratory 5: Sleep disorders Respiratory 6: Bronchiectasis and Respiratory 7: Spirometry

cystic fibrosis /arterial blood gases & ILD

30 7 Aug Respiratory 8: Radiology of the chest Respiratory 9: Bronchoscopy and Neurology 1: Headache
endobronchial ultrasound

31 14 Aug Neurology 2: Epilepsy Neurology 3: Myopathy and Neurology 4: Acute

Myasthenia encephalitis

32 21 Aug Neurology 5: Acquired peripheral Neurology 6: Stroke 1: Acute Neurology 7: Stroke 2:

neuropathies stroke diagnosis and management Secondary prevention

33 28 Aug Neurology 8: Multiple sclerosis Neurology 9: Parkinson’s disease Neurology 10: MND and
Neurodegeneration

34 4 Sept Neurology 11: Neurology revision Haematology 1: Multiple myeloma Haematology 2: Approach to
and principles of autograft the cytopenic patient

35 11 Sept Haematology 3: AML and MDS Haematology 4: Coagulation Haematology 5:

disorders Haematological malignancies

36 18 Sept Haematology 6: CLL Haematology 7: Anaemia & Haematology 8: Haemolytic

haemoglobinopathies anaemia & transfusion medicine

37 25 Sept Haematology 9: Chronic myeloid Haematology 10: Blood and Haematology 11: Haematology
leukaemia & myeloproliferative marrow transplantation revision
neoplasms

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38 2 Oct Clinical Pharmacology 1: Clinical trials Clinical Pharmacology 2: Quality Clinical Pharmacology 3:
and EBM during the pandemic use of medicines Pharmacokinetics for
physicians

39 9 Oct Clinical Pharmacology 4: Practical Clinical Pharmacology 5: Cardiology 1: ECG for

prescribing Toxicology & medication safety physician trainees

40 16 Oct Cardiology 2: Heart failure guidelines Cardiology 3: Cardiac Cardiology 4: Advanced heart
haemodynamics and CHD failure and therapies

41 23 Oct Cardiology 5: Management of ACS Cardiology 6: Pacemakers & ICDs Cardiology 7: Supraventricular
arrhythmias

42 30 Oct Cardiology 8: Valvular heart disease Cardiology 9: Wide complex Cardiology 10: Coronary artery
tachycardias and VT disease

43 6 Nov Rehabilitation Psychiatry 1: Psychoses and anti- Psychiatry 2: Depression

psychotic medications

44 13 Nov Sexual Health Medicine No lecture No lecture

45 20 Nov Statistics 1: Introduction to Statistics 2: clinical applications No lecture

biostatistics

46 27 Nov Perioperative Medicine No lecture No lecture

47 4 Dec ICU 1: Sepsis and toxicology ICU 2: Who needs admission to No lecture
intensive care

48 11 Dec Hypertension* Ulcers* No lecture

*Unfortunately, the lectures on Hypertension and Ulcers were unable to be delivered in the 2020
series. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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