Internal Medicine — Old Senior Academic Day Lectures (Until Sep 2023)
Hypertension causes and update in pharmacological treatment
Teaching
Competencies covered in this activity
| 1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise | ||||||
| 1.3. Apply knowledge of the clinical and biomedical sciences relevant to Internal Medicine | ||||||
| 1.3.8. Pharmacology as it relates to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action, routes of delivery and elimination, and adverse effects of medications | ||||||
| 1.3.8.1. Analgesics | ||||||
| 1.3.8.2. Antimicrobials | ||||||
| 1.3.8.3. Cardiovascular medications | ||||||
| 1.3.8.4. Endocrine medications | ||||||
| 1.3.8.5. Immune modulating therapies | ||||||
| 1.3.8.6. Neuropsychiatric medications | ||||||
| 1.3.8.7. Respiratory medications | ||||||
| 1.3.8.8. Systemic therapies for cancer | ||||||
| 1.3.8.9. Drugs commonly used recreationally | ||||||
| 1.3.8.10. Supplementary and complementary medications | ||||||
| 1.4. Apply knowledge of the following systems, clinical scenarios, conditions, diseases and therapies applicable to Internal Medicine, including the manifestations, investigation, and management | ||||||
| 1.4.2. Vascular | ||||||
| 1.4.2.1. Symptoms | ||||||
| 1.4.2.1.1. Claudication | ||||||
| 1.4.2.2. Findings | ||||||
| 1.4.2.2.1. Peripheral edema | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3. Disorders | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3.1. Hypertension | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3.2. Aortic aneurysm | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3.3. Peripheral arterial disease | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3.4. Peripheral venous insufficiency | ||||||
| 1.4.2.3.5. Venous and arterial ulcers | ||||||