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Essential Knowledge Challenge 1: Nov 2008 (Archived)

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A fifty item online applied knowledge test, with questions sourced from the major updates, briefings and reference material found within Essential Knowledge Update 1, on topics including:

  • Opioids for Chronic Lower Back Pain
  • Chronic Asthma in Children
  • Urinary Tract Infection in Children
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Mental Health Act 1983 & 2007 (England & Wales)
  • Ezetimibe for the Treatment of Primary Hypercholesterolaemia
  • Secondary Prevention Following Myocardial Infarction
  • Atopic Eczema in Children
  • Assessment of Pain in Older People
  • Bronchiolitis in Infants
  • Management of Cervical Cancer
  • Feverish Illness in Children
  • Prevention & Management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care
  • Varenicline for Smoking Cessation
  • Prevention, Diagnosis & Referral of Melanoma of the Skin
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or Encephalopathy)
  • Suicide Prevention in Older People
  • Heavy Menstral Bleeding (Menorrhagia)
  • Adolescent Depression
  • Drug Misuse & Dependence

This Challenge was archived in May 2010.


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Essential Knowledge Challenge 15: Jul 2015

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A fifty item online applied knowledge test, with questions sourced from the major updates, briefings and reference material found within Essential Knowledge Update 15, on topics including:

  • Diagnosis & Management of Drug Allergy in Adults, Children & Young People
  • Female Genital Mutilation
  • Chronic Prostatitis & Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
  • Assessment & Management of Bipolar Disorder in Adults, Children & Young People
  • Atrial fibrillation & New Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
  • Dyspepsia & Gastro‑oesophageal Reflux Disease
  • Screening, Care & Treatment of Persons with Hepatitis C Infection
  • Asthma, COPD & Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome


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Category: Challenges

Essential Knowledge Update 1: May 2008 (Archived)

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The first Essential Knowledge Update covers new and changing knowledge relevant to daily general practice. This Update consists of twenty major items including:


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Category: Updates

Essential Knowledge Update 15: Apr 2015 (Reviewed Mar 2018)

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The fifteenth Essential Knowledge Update covers new and changing knowledge relevant to daily general practice, wherever you work in the UK. It consists of eight major items and twenty one briefings.

Please note: the topics highlighted in green were audited as current/applicable evidence or guidance up to 14 March 2018:


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Category: Updates

Hepatitis B&C

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Time to complete this course:
2.5 hours
Date of publication:
Nov 2018

After completing the course the learner will:

  • Understand the epidemiology of hepatitis B and C and how to assess the risk of hepatitis B and C for a patient.
  • Understand the new treatment options for hepatitis C, and their success rates.
  • Know when patients with hepatitis B and C should be referred, or re-referred, to secondary care in view of changes in treatment options.
  • Be confident in communicating with patients to assess risk, discuss testing and giving results.
  • Know how to manage patients with chronic hepatitis before, during and after their treatment.

This course was developed in partnership with Gilead Sciences

Category: Clinical Courses and Certifications

Hepatitis C: Enhancing Prevention,Testing and Care

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This course is currently being reviewed and will be updated in the near future. You are advised to await this revision before completing any part of this course.



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This course provides an understanding of hepatitis C and its prevalence. It also gives an overview of the liver and its function, and the stages and natural history of untreated hepatitis C liver disease.

Time to complete this course: 2 hours
Date of publication: April 2015
Reviewed and updated: January 2018

Category: Clinical Courses and Certifications