POCT

Boost your healthcare career with the best, most resourceful and easy-to-complete course on point of care testing.
Learn to earn the respect and confidence of patients and become your community health champion whether you’re a nurse, pharmacist, community health worker or medical doctor.
If you are a business owner, you can boost revenue by implementing point of care testing, and this course gives
WEEK 1 LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION TO POINT OF CARE TESTING
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1MODULE 0: HOW TO NAVIGATE THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM
Watch this video to understand how to navigate the e-learning platform and access your course.
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2DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS
Definitions and concepts of point of care testing
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3TERMINOLOGIES I
DEFINITIONS OF IMPORTANT TERMS USED IN POCT
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4TERMINOLOGIES II
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5CLIA WAIVED TESTS AND PHARMACY MODELS OF POCT
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6CLINICAL MODELS OF POINT OF CARE TESTING
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7HISTORICAL TRENDS AND MULTIDISCPLINARY NATURE OF POCT I
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8HISTORICAL TRENDS AND MULTIDISCPLINARY NATURE OF POCT II
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9WEBINAR 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE WHO ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS LIST 1
In this webinar, Point of Care Testing expert, Akindele Opeyemi, introduces you to the World Health Organisation Essential Diagnostics List. He shows you the purpose and structure of the WHO guidelines and factors that would affect implementation in different countries.
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10WEBINAR 2 WHO EDL PART 2
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11WEBINAR 3: WHO EDL PART 3
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12SWOT ANALYSIS OF POCT
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13CONSUMER INSIGHTS AND FEATURES OF POCT
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14HANDLING OBJECTIONS TO POCT
WEEK 2 LECTURE 2: IMPLEMENTING POCT AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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15INTRODUCTION TO PERSONNEL, SAMPLES, AND TOOLS
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16QUALITIES OF PERSONNEL HANDLING POCT
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17UTILITY OF LANCETS AND CASSETTES AS TOOLS
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18SAMPLES AND TOOLS
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19PRINCIPLES OF RISK MINIMIZATION IN POCT
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20TOOLS FOR RISK AND ERROR MINIMIZATION IN POCT
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21ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN TESTING
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22SOURCES OF ERRORS IN TESTING
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23THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF POCT
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24SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL(SEM) IN THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK I
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25SEM THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK II
WEEK 3 LECTURE 3: PCD TESTS RELATING TO CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
WEEK 3 LECTURE 4: PCD TESTS OF FERTILITY & REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
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33OVULATION, SPERM AND PROSTATE TESTS
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34WEBINAR 4: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SCALING POCT: NEED FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
Chidi Okoro, former General Manager at GSK and strategy faculty at the Lagos Business School shows us new pathways for the delivery of care in community settings and how doctors and other healthcare professionals can benefit from collaboration.
WEEK 3 LECTURE 5: RED BLOOD CELLS IN DIAGNOSIS
WEEK 4 LECTURE 6: TESTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE
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40INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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41H.PYLORI TEST FOR PEPTIC ULCER I
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42H.PYLORI TEST FOR PEPTIC ULCER II
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43HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND HIV TESTS; HERPES SIMPLEX 1 & 2
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44TESTS FOR SYPHILIS AND GORNORRHEA
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45TESTS FOR TYPHOID AND MALARIA
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46LECTURE 3 BY PHARM FOLASADE LAWAL: FIGHTING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC: HALTING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE WITH POCT
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47LECTURE 3 CASE STUDIES
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48WEBINAR 5 BY FOLASADE LAWAL: HOW TO INTEGRATE POCT WITH YOUR PRACTICE
WEEK 5 LECTURE 7: POCT PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
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49WEBINAR 6: TRUTHFUL HUMANS, LYING MACHINES: HOW TO MINIMISE ERRORS
This webinar facilitated by experienced Medical Laboratory Scientist & CEO Navic Medicals, Chinakwaeze Victor, is all about understanding the factors that affect quality and outcomes of tests carried out whether at the point of care or in the laboratory.
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50TOOLS, LANCETS AND LANCING DEVICES
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51SAMPLE COLLECTION AND APPLICATION I
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52SAMPLE COLLECTION AND APPLICATION II
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53SAMPLE APPLICATION AND RESULT INTERPRETATION
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54HOW TO MINIMIZE ERRORS AND RISKS DURING TESTING
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55WEIGHT ANALYSIS, WHR, BODY COMPOSITION TESTS I
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56BODY COMPOSITION TESTS II
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57CHOLESTEROL TESTS
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58PCV TESTS
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59TYPHOID, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITS C, HIV AND TP TESTS
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60URINALYSIS
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61BLOOD SUGAR TESTS
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62GENOTYPE SCREENING WITH HEMOTYPE SC
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63CHLAMYDIA SCREENING
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64BLOOD PRESSURE DIGITAL VIDEO
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65GONORRHOEA TEST
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66TUBERCULOSIS RDT
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67HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TEST
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68PROSTATE SURFACE ANTIGEN TEST
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69MALARIA PAN ANTIGEN TEST
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70RENAL FUNCTION TEST
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71CARDIAC TROPONIN TEST