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Malaria: clinical review

Malaria: clinical review

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Format

Clinical Review

Time to Complete

1.5 hours

Published

March 8, 2016

Updated

April 6, 2018

Programme Description

Dr Lisa Ford outlines the latest guidance on diagnosis and management of malaria, highlighting advice to give to travellers on prevention, and how to approach investigation of people with suspected malaria. This activity includes an evidence base for primary care professionals with links to latest guidelines and travel health advice.

Educational Objectives

After undertaking this activity, healthcare professionals should be better able to:
  • Consider latest guidance on malaria prevention
  • Advise patients on mosquito bite avoidance and chemoprophylaxis
  • Undertake appropriate investigations for suspected malaria
  • Recognise symptoms that may indicate malaria

    • Readers' comments

    ‘A well presented and concise article, relevant to general practice.'

    ‘Excellent article.'

    ‘Great reminder to consider malaria in travellers.'

    Authors

    Activity and test authors
    Dr Lisa Ford
    Clinical lecturer
    Well Travelled Clinic
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    Dr Adrian Rogers
    Clinical assistant
    Well Travelled Clinic
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

    INSTRUCTIONS

    This is a learning activity provided by MIMS Learning, featuring learning material and a test. Completing the test enables you to claim 1.5 learning credits (1.5 hours learning). This credit award is recommended by MIMS Learning based on completing the activity and reflecting on what you have learned. If you spend less time on the activity we recommend claiming fewer credits.

    Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully answered all the test questions and completed your evaluation.You will then receive your MIMS Learning CPD certificate, which will be added to your CPD organiser for access at any time and may be exported to the Clarity & RCGP Appraisal Toolkit for GPs.

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    Hardware and Software Requirements
    • A computer with an internet connection
    • Internet Browser: Internet Explorer 7.x or higher, Firefox 4.x or higher, Safari 2.x or higher, or any other W3C standards compliant browser
    • Additional Software: Adobe Flash Player and/or an HTML 5 capable browser maybe required for video or audio playback. PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat Reader may occasionally be required