Foundation programme - recent updates

Welcome to your February and March 2021 update about the Foundation elearning programme.

The Foundation elearning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) and is approved by UKFPO.

Do you need to complete parts of the curriculum on your e-portfolio which you do not cover in day-to-day practice? If so, why not try some of our free elearning mapped directly to the Foundation Professional Capabilities (Training Outcomes) in the 2016 Foundation Curriculum.

The sessions in the elfh Foundation elearning programme:

Professional capability: 9
Recognises, assesses and initiates management of the acutely ill patient:

• Managing Low Urine Output
• Managing Sepsis
• Assessment and Initial Management
• Re-evaluation and Monitoring
• Arterial Blood Gas Sampling and Interpretation
• Patient with a Reduced Level of Consciousness
• Pain Management
• Oxygen Therapy
• NICE IV Fluid – Assessment
• NICE IV Fluid – Principles and Five Rs
• NICE IV Fluid – Properties
• NICE IV Fluid – More Complex Scenarios
• NICE IV Fluid – When It Goes Wrong

Professional Capability: 11
Obtains history, performs clinical examination, formulates differential diagnosis and management plan:

• Psychiatric Assessment and Mental State Examination
• Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Recognition and Causes
• Delirium (Acute Confusional States): Diagnosis and Management
• Pyschotic Disorders
• Mental Health Act

You can sign in to the elearning with your login supplied by elfh at any time during your foundation training.

HORUS and TURAS link to elfh elearning sessions from the FP Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easy to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.