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Exactly twenty five years ago, on the 18th October 1996, TheSynapse was officially launched with the aim to provide news, services and education resources to all medical professionals. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary, we are proud to launch the International Masterclass in Diabetes.  The Masterclass consists of thirteen self-learning sessions with self-assessment tests as well as ten webinars held twice a week for five weeks starting on 17th November 2021. The webinars will be complementary to the ‘on demand’ sessions so we strongly recommend that you will do these sessions prior to the webinars. This CME30 session encompasses a discussion and exploration of the main themes around pre-diabetes focusing on diagnosis, screening for DMT2/pre-diabetes and interventions in pre-diabetes. A few landmark studies are discussed. The ADA guidelines on the subject are discussed and explained. On completion of this module you will be awarded a certificate of participation which you can use for accreditation purposes. The Medical Association of Malta 1 CME point for each of  the 13 on demand eLearning sessions. Learning Objectives Summarise the pathophysiological principles occurring in pre-diabetes/DMT2 Discuss the main recommendations in diagnosis and management of pre-diabetes Discuss a few landmark studies on the subject Explore and delineate the management of pre-diabetes | Release Date: | 18th October 2021

In this session, Mr Mark Formosa, Consultant Gynaecologist describes the Pathology of HPV infections and the potential for malignancy. The management of HPV infection and it's oncogenic complications are discussed

This series is aimed at medical professionals and today's session is tutored by Dr Nigel Camilleri, consultant psychiatrist Join us for this podcast where Dr Nigel Camilleri discusses Anxiety – Effects of COVID – health anxiety, avoidance, school/ phobia, trauma from exposure to ill people. Overview of different forms of anxiety Dr Camilleri also gives us vital tips to medical professionals to help avoid the negative effects of anxiety and prevent burnout especially during this stressful period.

Covid 19 is real in Malta and is posing a real threat to all. Most viewers never experienced a pandemic situation so there is a lot of apprehension. Apprehension to make sure the patient is managed correctly and apprehension for not being a victim ourselves by contracting the disease. In today’s session, we meet Dr Charles Mallia Azzopardi Consultant Infectious disease specialist who will be taking us through the management of patients from when they are first diagnosed. Topics covered include • Diagnosis of COVID infection  • Assessment of severity  • Home management – management, precautions, red flags, other family members  • Does this patient need assessment by specialist – how best to communicate,  • Facilitating safe referral  • Hospital management – moderately severe cases  • When do patients require respiratory support  • Discharging patients  • When is patient considered safe and not infective?  • Assessment of patient fitness to return to work and perhaps the most important question  • how can we, as medical professionals, stay safe in the current pandemic. What are the most important precautions needed to avoid getting infected

Currently there are a number of prostate imaging modalities available which have different roles in the diagnosis, staging and treatment of Prostate Cancer. The e-Learning session is aimed at explaining the importance of MRI of the prostate with respect to other modalities and in concordance with PSA level and digital rectal findings. Learning Objectives To provide an overview of a number of imaging modalities available for prostate imaging.To guide healthcare professionals on how the decision on which imaging modality is used is made depending on the clinical question.To give an overview of PSA testing; including its importance, role as a screening and monitoring tool as well as red flags in PSA result values and trends which warrant referral.To explain the role of MRI of the prostate in the localisation, diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer as well as in the monitoring of response to treatment.

This e-learning Session will discuss the immune mechanisms that play a role in COVID-19 as well as the role of serologic testing for diagnostic purposes. The potential of immunomodulatory treatments currently in clinical trials will be assessed. Learning Objectives To discuss the assessment of the high-risk patient in terms of impaired host defense (either due to decreased antiviral immunity or due to hyper-inflammatory phenotype)To discuss how the use of CRP may be used to identify high-risk patientsTo highlight how the empiric off-label immunomodulator use in high-risk patients may decrease burden on healthcare system

This elearning Session is tutored by Dr. Noel Borg, a Consultant Intensive Care Specialist who discusses the management of the covid-19 patients who will bear the worst brunt of the Disease. Among others, this Session covers the following points: Proportion of Covid-19 positive patients expected to deteriorate and require ICU admission and treatment Red flags which warrant ICU admissionTypes of respiratory support required by Covid-19 positive patients Expected sequela for patients who survive Covid-19 

CME30 has invited a number of Healthcare Professionals who are at the forefront of the fight against this Virus both at an international and at a local level to tutor a number of eLearning Sessions on the Topic. In this first session we meet Dr Gauden Galea, head of WHO in China who will  discuss the experience in China and what lessons can be learnt from the public health point of view.

This is part of CME30.eu COVID 19 Symposium. In this symposium we are looking at various aspects of this pandemic and today we are going to look specifically at the management of patients suffering from chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD.  We invite Prof. Stephen Montefort to speak about the subject.Prof Montefort is the lead respiratory physician at Mater Dei Hospital (Malta), Head of teh department of medicine and deputy dean of the Malta Medical School