Category Archives: Education

End of Life Conversations

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Dr Plume

We are pleased to announce that we now have Stephanie’s excellent presentation on communication at the end of life. It can be found in the article below, along with the really useful drug chart and drug kit. As with any … Continue reading →

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Drug Kit and Drug Chart

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dr Plume

Feedback on the presentation at the refresher course has so far been excellent, with many people requesting copies of the Drug Kit and Drug Chart either in electronic or paper copy. I have now uploaded these forms to my previous … Continue reading →

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GP Refresher Course 2010

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Dr Plume

Last Wednesday I was invited to lecture on our local GP Revision Course. This is always a good chance to meet colleagues I haven’t seen for a while as well as some familiar faces and is usually fun. This year … Continue reading →

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E-Learning in Palliative Care.

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Dr Plume

As a busy GP and self professed geek I am always interested in E-Learning which I can do at my own pace. I am particularly excited by this latest offering from E-Learning for Health- E-ELCA ( E-End of Life Care … Continue reading →

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Fakenham Palliative Care Meeting

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dr Plume

Back in early September I was invited to Fakenham surgery to talk about “Palliative Care”. This is a colossal subject on which I could have spoken for hours given the chance! I decided instead to concentrate on looking at the results … Continue reading →

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Difficult discussions with patients and their families.

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Dr Plume

End of life is back in the news this week, just peeking from under the blanket coverage of the swine flu, but still there never the less. The BMJ this week have an excellent interview with Lord Falconer regarding the … Continue reading →

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Ich bin ein Berliner

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Dr Plume

As promised having delivered my findings from the Berlin conference to our local clinical governance group, I have attached them below. Medication to match the BTcP Profile I have tried to summarise the key points made by each of the … Continue reading →

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Non-Principals Group

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Dr Plume

Yesterday evening I gave a talk to the non-principals group of which I am a member, luckily most of them had enjoyed Tony’s excellent coffee so no-one fell asleep! When given the chance to “teach us about palliative care” I … Continue reading →

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End of Life Conference-Patients with Non-Malignant disease.

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Dr Plume

I was very lucky last week to be invited to present at this conference held at Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve (near Fakenham) It was a packed day with presentations on, unsurprisingly, optimal end of life for patients with non-malignant disease. … Continue reading →

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Syringe driver education for the YouTube Generation

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Dr Plume

Update: We have been getting very positive feedback about our video (Setting up a syringe driver in the community) from local groups including the Out of Hours service. Unfortunately the powers that be have suggested a number of small procedural … Continue reading →

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