elearning: Supporting members' CPD
This page brings together elearning materials developed by the BGS and other organisations to support members to keep up-to-date with their continuing professional development. It will be updated with new learning resources as they become available.
This resource page brings together elearning materials developed by the BGS and other organisations to support members to keep up-to-date with their continuing professional development.
To add, remove and edit a listing please email elearning@bgs.org.uk
BGS Frailty elearning module - Identification and interventions
This elearning course, designed and presented by dedicated clinicians from across geriatric medicine, will cover the identification of frailty and interventions to improve outcomes for those with frailty.
It is free to all BGS members. If a CPD certificate is required, there is a fee to attain this and a requirement to achieve 85% on the multiple-choice questions.
Mini GEMS
Mini-GEMs (Geriatrics Elearning Modules) are short, focused video podcasts designed for rapid dissemination of knowledge on a very specific topic area of geriatric medicine.
You can also view and subscribe to the Mini-GEMs on the AEME YouTube channel.
MDTea Hearing Aid Podcasts
Over 100 episodes of the MDTea podcast available to listen to for free, with accompanying episode notes and CPD log.
Geriatric medicine for undergraduates
A series of eleaning resources in geriatric medicine for undergraduates, planned and delivered from the University of Nottingham Medical School. Modules include:
- Promoting physical activity in older people part 1
- Promoting physical activity in older people part 2
- Population ageing
- Prescribing in older adults
- Falls in older adults
- Continence in older adults part 1
- Continence in older adults part 2
- Continence in older adults part 3
- Delirium in older adults
- Dementia part 1
- Dementia part 2
- Dementia part 3
- Dementia part 4
- International Classification of Function, Disability and Health
- Understanding and classifying a stroke
eLearning for Healthcare Hub (HEE)
The elearning for Healthcare Hub includes a huge number of elearning modules of differing lengths and levels.
It includes programmes on Geriatric Medicine, Frailty and End of Life Care.
Its All Our Health modules cover public health topics including dementia, healthy ageing, falls and fractures.
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE)
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) learning portal provides esources on COVID-19 and other online educational resources. Access to courses is payable - click here for more information.
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) London
A number of resources are available for free to RCP members via its RCP OnlineEd™ courses portal.
They also produce the RCP Medicine podcast which is available to all for free via Buzzsprout, Soundcloud or Spotify.
