Royal College of General Practitioners - Online Learning Environment

Essential Knowledge Update 2022.3 consists of five modules covering new and changing knowledge on:

• Medicine dependence or withdrawal symptoms and opioid reduction
• Investigating hypertension in younger patients
• Visible haematuria
• Eating disorders: a National Clinical Guideline
• Epilepsies in children, young people and adults

Essential Knowledge Update 2020.2 consists of five modules covering new and changing knowledge on:

• Atopic eczema/dermatitis and emollients for eczema in children
• Diverticular disease: diagnosis and management
• Investigating cortisol excess or deficiency
• Diagnosis and treatment of sciatica
• Contraception for women aged over 40 years

Essential Knowledge Update 18 consists of eight modules covering new and changing knowledge on:

• Combined Pharmacotherapy & Behavioural Interventions for Smoking Cessation
• Wheeze & Asthma in Young Children
• Menopause: Diagnosis & Management
• Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life
• Management of Chronic Heart Failure
• Alcohol Use Disorders
• Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: Management
• Motor Neurone Disease: Assessment & Management

Essential Knowledge Update 16 consists of eight modules covering new and changing knowledge on

• Identification, Assessment & Management of Overweight & Obesity in Children, Young People & Adults
• Pharmacological & Non-pharmacological Interventions for Somatoform Disorders & MUPS in Adults
• Diagnosis & Management of Community & Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adults
• Recognition, Diagnosis & Management of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease in Children & Young People
• Classification, Assessment, Prevalence, Effect & Treatment of Personality Disorder
• Diagnosis & Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults
• Management of Multiple Sclerosis in Primary & Secondary Care
• Management of Osteoporosis & the Prevention of Fragility Fractures

The third Essential Knowledge Challenge to be released in 2022, EKC2022.3 provides a twenty item online applied knowledge test with instant answer access.

The questions included within the Challenge are sourced from the content of the modules and reference material found within EKU2022.3.

The second Essential Knowledge Challenge to be released in 2021, EKC2021.2 provides a twenty item online applied knowledge test with instant answer access.

The questions included within the Challenge are sourced from the content of the modules and reference material found within EKU2021.2.