CACTUS - Children's ACuTe Ultrasound

Course aims
This course is an introduction to acute point-of-care ultrasound in paediatrics. Both lectures and hands-on practice are used to equip delegates with the skills to start their training towards achieving PICS accredited competence in acute ultrasound in children. Full details of the accreditation process will be explained on the course

Course content
This introductory course covers the basic principles and physics that underpin ultrasonography, moving on to covering the specifics of focused abdominal, heart and lung imaging. Every candidate will get supervised practice scanning live volunteers of varying ages. 

Date
​To be advised

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Motivational Interviewing​

Motivational Interviewing
Delivering Patient Empowerment, Shared Decision Making

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a technique to facilitate behaviour change by drawing out a patient’s own motivations and goals, rather than imposing those of the health professional.

• By placing greater importance on the patient’s autonomy, MI techniques out perform traditional advice-giving in terms of improving health behaviours and adherence to recommendations.
• Effects persist even when MI is used in brief consultations - such as the few minutes in the clinic setting.
• MI is easily adapted for use by all health care professionals and non-clinicians, such as local patient and peer support groups.  

For more information and how to book, visit the TIER Website