Clinical CPD topic
Urinary tract infection: practise, reflect and record
Practise urinary tract infection through five clinical cases, review the explanations and build a professional learning record. Select lower-UTI treatment accounting for pregnancy, antibiotic allergy and resistance risk.
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What you’ll work on
- Select lower-UTI treatment accounting for pregnancy, antibiotic allergy and resistance risk.
- Distinguish routine infant ultrasound from acute ultrasound prompted by treatment non-response.
- Identify the role and timing of DMSA imaging after atypical childhood UTI.
Think through a clinical case
Decide how you would approach this case before opening the question session.
A patient at 24 weeks pregnancy has lower-UTI symptoms, no systemic illness and no antibiotic allergy. What is the best prescribing approach?
A case from the UKMLA question bank. The session provides the answer and explanation after your attempt.
From a decision to a learning record
- Test your reasoning. Answer five questions from this topic’s clinical-content library.
- Explore the gaps. Review explanations and use Tutor to work through decisions that need more thought.
- Reflect on application. Describe what you learned and what you would change or investigate.
- Review your evidence. Confirm the activity and time spent, then retain or export your professional record.
Primary sources and further reading
Read the source in the same jurisdiction as your question session.
- Recommendations | Urinary tract infection (lower): antimicrobial prescribing | Guidance | NICEUK source
- Nitrofurantoin Mercury Pharma 100mg Prolonged-Release Capsules — UK SmPCUK source
- Recommendations | Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management | Guidance | NICEUK source