Course Overview
This interactive workshop is suitable for all members of the Primary Care clinical team, particularly Practice Nursing Teams, covering the detection, diagnosis and management of hypertension.
Course Content
- What’s the impact of high blood pressure?
- Understanding blood pressure – what’s going on inside?
- What do the guidelines say?
- Diagnosing Hypertension: Clinic Vs Home readings?
- Assessing target organ damage: What do we need to know?
- Managing Hypertension: reaching targets with lifestyle and medicines
- Annual review – more than a blood pressure check
Learning Outcomes
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- To recognise the burden of high blood pressure in the population
- To be familiar with related policy and guidelines
- To understand the current evidence based diagnostic pathway
- To be able to assess for target organ damage
- To be familiar with the current evidence-based treatment pathway
- To know when to refer
Course Length
Course time: 9.30am-3.30pm
CPD: 6 hours
