What we cover

  • The why: why am I doing this test? (and what will I do with the result?!); the importance of trends, as well as absolutes; who will follow up the results?
  • When is an ‘abnormal’ result satisfactory, and how can we identify the ‘normal’ result that is clinically significant
  • Haematological conditions including anaemia, leukaemia, B12 deficiency and thrombocytosis
  • Renal disease including acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
  • Biochemical abnormalities including hyperkalaemia, hypokalaemia and hyponatraemia
  • Liver function tests
  • Endocrine tests including thyroid disease, parathyroid disease and calcium abnormalities
  • Cardiovascular tests including NT-proBNP and lipid management
  • Inflammatory markers including their uses in PMR, GCA and myeloma
  • Tumour markers including PSA and CA125.

What you get

Option to attend the live online event(s) which takes place during your subscription, for an interactive experience
Watch anytime during your subscription
6 hours teaching
Fully chapterised course so you can dip in and out of topics
1 year access to the course on demand to learn any time it suits you
Pick up where you left off and re-watch sections as you like

Meet the team

Dr Kate Grint

GP and Red Whale Clinical Director

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Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi 

GP, Presenter and Lifestyle Medicine Course Lead

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Dr Nik Kendrew

GP, Course and Podcast Presenter 

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Dr Michael Horsfield 

GP, Presenter and Author

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Dr Jackie Dominey 

GP and Presenter

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Dr Lucy Cox 

GP, Presenter and Women’s Health Course Lead 

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Dr Susan Waldron

GP, Presenter and Author 

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Dr David Plume

GP, Presenter, Author and Cancer Course Lead 

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Dr Fiona Ritchie

GP, Presenter, Commercial and Integration Clinical Lead

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Dr Katharine McClenaghan 

GP, Presenter and Digital Content Clinical Lead

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Dr Ayo Ajanaku 

GP, Presenter and Men’s Health Course Lead

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Dr Lucy Jenkins

GP, Presenter and Author

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Dr Steve Garbutt

GP and Presenter

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Red Whale Knowledge

Includes 1 year access to Red Whale Knowledge - our library of 900+ online written resources (if you already have a subscription, we'll extend your expiry date by 1 year)

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Learning the Red Whale way

We design our courses to be a little bit different to ones you might have booked or attended in the past!

  • Varied teaching styles to optimise engagement
  • Evidence based content and education tools enhance learning & delegate experience
  • Engaging content: stories, humour, cases, WhaleArt and more
  • Our presenters are practising GPs: they focus on getting learning into practice while understanding the realities of the day job!
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What our customers say about our courses

Covers common bloods in primary care needed for our role and helped expand knowledge to help deliver personalise care and support planning as often patients bring up other symptoms
Very clear presentations, very informative and I always learn something that will change my clinical practice
Brilliant course as ever! So much for me to take on board as an advanced paramedic, but knowing where to find the knowledge on Red Whale helps me during my working week.

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