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ABG Basics
Blood gases can look like a wall of numbers but behind every result is a story about how your patient is ventilating, oxygenating, and compensating. This course will teach you how to read that story with confidence.
ABG Interpretation breaks blood gas analysis down into a simple, six-step approach. You’ll learn how to interpret pH, PaCO₂, HCO₃⁻, oxygen levels, and compensation patterns, and how to apply that knowledge to real patients in real time.
We’ll cover:
- The difference between respiratory and metabolic disturbances
- How to spot compensated, partially compensated, and mixed disorders
- When a VBG is enough and when only an ABG will do
- Classic patterns in COPD, sepsis, DKA, PE, vomiting, and more
- What to look for in oxygenation, lactate, and acid-base balance
With case-based examples, common pitfalls, and a focus on clinical relevance, this course is ideal for clinicians working in urgent care, primary care, and acute settings.
By the end, you’ll stop fearing blood gases and start using them as the powerful diagnostic tool they really are.
Bloods Bootcamp
Bloods Bootcamp is a focused, practical course designed to build confidence in interpreting some of the most commonly requested blood tests in UK primary care.
Across bite-sized episodes, this course strips away the jargon and gets straight to what matters: understanding bloods in the real world. We start with the basics, demystifying vacutainers, their colours, additives, and order of draw so you're confident not just in what you’re ordering, but how you’re taking it.
Next, we deep-dive into key investigations:
- FBC – Learn to interpret anaemia patterns, white cell clues, and platelet changes with confidence.
- U&Es – Make sense of sodium, potassium, urea, and creatinine, including how to assess renal function in context.
- LFTs – Distinguish hepatocellular vs cholestatic patterns, and know when to dig deeper.
- Inflammatory markers – Understand the roles (and limits) of CRP and ESR in everyday decision-making.
Whether you're new to primary care or refreshing your interpretation skills, Bloods Bootcamp will give you the tools, insights, and confidence to make blood results meaningful, for you and for your patients.
Clinical Skills
When it comes to OSCEs and real-world practice, confidence comes from structure, and structure comes from knowing what to say, what to do, and what not to miss.
This course is your step-by-step guide to core clinical examinations, delivered in true ACP Academy style: clear, calm, and clinically sharp. From cardiovascular and respiratory exams to abdominal, musculoskeletal, and neurological assessments, we’ve got you covered.
You’ll also find sensitive but essential content on intimate examinations, including breast, testicular, and skin lesion assessments. We emphasise chaperone use, patient dignity, and communication that keeps the patient safe and respected at every step.
You’ll learn how to:
- Perform key systemic exams with confidence and professionalism
- Spot red flags like neurological deficits, abdominal masses, or suspicious lesions
- Document and present findings clearly and concisely
- Avoid common pitfalls that trip up even experienced clinicians
Whether you’re prepping for an OSCE or refining your day-to-day examination flow, this course will give you tools you can rely on. in exams, in clinic, and in every consultation that matters.
ECG Basics
ECGs can look intimidating, but they don’t have to be. Whether you're on a night shift, mid-consultation, or facing an OSCE station, a good ECG can save lives, and a missed one can cost them.
ECG Basics is your structured, jargon-free guide to interpreting the heart’s electrical story. We’ll walk you through the essentials: from correct electrode placement and lead views to understanding waves, intervals, axis, and rhythms. You’ll learn how to spot normal patterns, decode abnormal ones, and recognise red flags that demand urgent action — like STEMI, VT, or complete heart block.
Expect real-world mnemonics, clinical analogies, and visual cues from "dysfunctional couples" in heart block to “bullet time” lead perspectives. You’ll gain confidence not only in naming rhythms, but in linking ECG findings to patient safety and decision-making.
Whether you’re a beginner or just need to finally ‘click’ with ECGs, this course will give you a repeatable method and sharper clinical instincts.
Because ECGs aren’t just squiggly lines, they’re life stories. And after this course, you’ll know how to read them.
Minor Surgery Set-Up
Thinking of setting up a minor surgery service in your GP practice but not sure where to begin? This course walks you through every step, from initial setup to safe, efficient service delivery.
The Minor Surgery Set-Up course is designed for clinicians, practice managers, and commissioners who want to offer high-quality, low-risk surgical procedures in a primary care setting in line with the Minor Surgery DES. We’ll take the guesswork out of the process, helping you build a service that’s clinically safe, logistically sound, and financially viable.
You’ll learn:
- What procedures are suitable for primary care
- How to meet training, consent, and documentation standards
- What kit, coding, and infection control protocols are essential
- How to handle complications, referrals, and governance
From Appointments to Xylocaine, we’ll cover the practicalities of delivering care, but also how to set up the service itself, avoid common pitfalls, and stay compliant with NHS guidance.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear roadmap to launch or refine your minor surgery offering, with confidence, clarity, and clinical credibility.
NICE CKS Question Banks
Cut through the noise with focused, high-impact clinical question banks based on NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries. Learn the gold-standard approach in days, not months.
This resource is designed to sharpen clinical thinking, improve knowledge retention, and bring NICE CKS guidance to life in a format that’s fast, engaging, and evidence-based.
With over 1,600 unique multiple-choice questions spanning 80+ topics, Lightning CKS gives you the opportunity to test and refresh your knowledge in real time.
Each question is mapped to real clinical scenarios and aligned with current NICE guidance, helping you stay current while building confidence in day-to-day decision making.
Whether you’re an ACP, ANP, Nurse, Pharmacist, Paramedic or clinical trainee, this is more than just revision, it’s purposeful training. Use it on the go, during breaks, or as part of formal CPD.
Track your progress, spot your blind spots, and keep getting better.
Built by clinicians, for clinicians, Lightning CKS turns guidelines into confident practice, Lightning fast!
NMP Preparation Course
Starting your V300 course? This is your fast-track guide to what lies ahead and how to approach it like a confident, clinically grounded prescriber.
Whether you’re a nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or AHP, this course is built to help you understand what non-medical prescribing actually involves, not just in theory, but in everyday practice. We’ll cover the core concepts and hidden expectations that can make or break your V300 experience.
Across four bite-sized episodes, you’ll explore:
- What the V300 demands and how to mentally prepare
- The RPS Competency Framework and how to actually use it
- How to navigate and apply the BNF and BNFc effectively
- Clinical decision-making, accountability, and how to avoid common pitfalls
You’ll gain insight into the structure of the course, the realities of the portfolio, and how to integrate prescribing into your scope of practice safely and confidently.
This isn’t just about passing the V300 course, it’s about stepping up into a new level of responsibility and impact.
Start here. Build strong foundations. And become the prescriber your patients need.
NMP Practice Question Banks
Let’s be honest - Dosage calculations and drug conversions aren’t the fun part of any non-medical prescribing course. But getting them right can make all the difference between a safe, confident prescriber and a shaky one, as well as a PASS or a FAIL. Don't get caught out by that pesky decimal place! The pass mark is 100% after all!
This course is your shortcut to mastering the numeracy and pharmacology basics you’ll need for your V300. Whether you’re struggling with microgram conversions, child weight-based dosing, infusion rates, or just keeping track of tablets per day — we’ve got you.
Inside, you’ll find:
- High-yield numeracy drills to sharpen your calculations
- Clinical case-style questions that mimic V300 exam formats
- Pharmacology foundations that link drug actions to clinical reasoning
We focus on clarity, confidence, and clinical relevance, so you can spend less time second-guessing and more time prescribing safely.
This isn’t just about passing a test. It’s about preparing to prescribe real medicines, for real people, in real-world scenarios.
Start here. Build your confidence. And let’s take the fear out of prescribing maths, one question at a time.
Smarter Scribing
Welcome to Smarter Scribing, your essential guide to documenting consultations faster, clearer, and more safely in UK primary care.
This course is built for busy clinicians who want to spend less time typing and more time thinking. Whether you're a GP, ACP, or allied health professional, Smarter Scribing shows you how to level up your notes, without burning out.
Across three focused episodes, you’ll learn:
- What a ‘gold standard’ primary care note really looks like
- How to structure clinical records for clarity, defence, and efficiency
- Practical shortcuts, templates, and habits that reduce repetition
- How to document risk, safety-netting, and shared decision-making in real time
- And how to future-proof your notes in a world of medico-legal scrutiny and AI-assisted practice
You’ll also explore the pros and pitfalls of ambient scribes, transcription tools, and new tech, and how to use them wisely without becoming over-reliant.
Whether you’re documenting your 5th patient or your 500th, Smarter Scribing will help you write notes that are cleaner, safer, and clinically sharper, without slowing you down.
Let’s reclaim your time, one smarter note at a time.
Urinalysis Matters
Urinalysis is one of the most accessible, low-cost diagnostic tools in primary care, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. This course is here to change that.
Urinalysis Matters teaches you how to move beyond box-ticking and make confident, evidence-based decisions using a urine dip. Whether you're managing a possible UTI, investigating haematuria, or facing an OSCE station, we give you the clarity to interpret results in context — not isolation.
You’ll learn:
- When to test (and when not to) based on NICE CKS guidance
- How to perform and interpret dipstick tests accurately
- Which combinations suggest infection and when to send for culture
- How to manage borderline results, atypical presentations, and red flags
- Key principles for catheter samples, specimen handling, and safety-netting
We’ll also walk you through a structured OSCE-style approach, from patient explanation to dipstick technique and clinical decision-making.
Urinalysis might look simple, but done well, it can influence diagnosis, prescribing, and patient safety. This course gives you the tools to approach it with precision and confidence.
Because in clinical practice and in every sample pot - Urinalysis matters.
X-Ray Basics
Feeling unsure when faced with an X-ray? You’re not alone and you’re in the right place.
This practical, case-based course breaks down the essentials of plain film interpretation in a way that’s clear, structured, and made for real-life clinical practice. Whether you're in urgent care, general practice, or a hospital setting, you’ll learn to approach X-rays with confidence, not guesswork.
We’ll start with the basics: how X-rays work, what densities mean, and how to spot what’s normal vs what’s not. You’ll then master a systematic approach to interpreting Chest X-rays (DRSABCDE), Abdominal films, and MSK imaging using reliable, easy-to-remember frameworks.
Expect clear visuals, high-yield tips, and practical examples you can apply immediately. We’ll also show you how to avoid common pitfalls, interpret in clinical context, and improve accuracy even under pressure.
By the end of this course, you’ll no longer dread seeing “CXR” pop up in the notes, you’ll know exactly where to start and what to look for.
Join us and level up your imaging skills, one film at a time.
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