Sepsis
Welcome to this Dentaljuce course on sepsis, one of the world’s biggest killers. World-wide, 20% of all deaths are due to sepsis.
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by the body’s reaction to an infection.
Normally, a person’s immune system will attack and try to destroy the micro-organisms that cause an infection. It does this by releasing bioactive chemicals. Occasionally, when the micro-organisms have entered the blood stream, these chemicals are released in such huge amounts that they attack the person’s whole body as well as the original infection. This is known as sepsis.
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Course Review: Sepsis
Participant Feedback Overview
Participants provided overwhelmingly positive feedback about Dentaljuce's online CPD course "Sepsis," highlighting its clear, engaging, and comprehensive approach to an important and timely subject in dental practice.
Key Strengths
Participants particularly valued:
Clear and Concise Information: The course was praised for clearly explaining the causes, symptoms, and management of sepsis, making complex medical concepts easily digestible.
Clinical Relevance: Participants highlighted the immediate applicability of the knowledge gained, appreciating the practical focus on recognising symptoms and managing suspected sepsis promptly and effectively.
Engaging Format: The effective use of mixed media, including impactful videos and patient scenarios, was noted to significantly enhance engagement and reinforce learning.
Specific Positive Comments:
- "Excellent concise module on the incidence, gravity, recognition, and management of sepsis."
- "This was such a great course—so informative but concise enough to understand it easily."
- "Excellent course; I feel so much more equipped to care for my patients."
- "Eye-opening—will change my protocol and the things I look out for."
- "Brilliant course, very helpful."
- "Using patient scenarios was helpful."
- "Really important knowledge and content for patient safety."
- "Very informative; videos very impactful."
- "Excellent learning. I've done courses on sepsis previously, but this brought everything together in a clear and concise format."
- "Explains things very clearly, delivered at a great pace too."
- "Fantastic!"
- "Very informative, engaging and useful to the whole dental team."
Participants consistently mentioned how the course significantly raised their awareness and confidence in identifying sepsis early, contributing positively to patient safety.
Closed-Question Feedback Summary
- Met learning objectives: 98.7% strongly agree/agree
- Good quality: 98.7% strongly agree/agree
- Useful & relevant: 98.8% strongly agree/agree
- Engaging: 97.5% strongly agree/agree
- Pitched at right level: 96.2% strongly agree/agree
These results demonstrate exceptionally high satisfaction among participants, indicating strong endorsement of course quality, relevance, and educational value.
Suggestions for Improvement
A minor suggestion from participants was to include clear reference ranges for essential signs (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate) to complement the existing information, assisting learners less familiar with normal physiological parameters.
Overall Participant Impression
The "Sepsis" course was highly regarded by participants as informative, engaging, and practically valuable. It notably enhanced their understanding and competence in recognising and managing sepsis, positively impacting patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Aim
The aim of the learning and teaching materials in this Dentaljuce module is to allow learners to develop their professional knowledge, understanding and management skills in relation to sepsis, in line with their identified personal development requirements.
Course objective
- to teach about sepsis and its management.
Anticipated learning outcomes:
The learner will, with respect to the components that he or she has elected to study as listed below:- know what sepsis and septic shock are.
- understand the causal mechanisms for sepsis and septic shock.
- learn when and how to use the Sepsis Trust UK flow chart to assess sepsis risk.
- know what to do next when sepsis is suspected.
- through achieving these outcomes, provide an improved level of service to their patients.
GDC Development Outcomes
This CPD will support the learner in meeting the following GDC Development Outcome(s): C.