Case studies

Our interactive case studies present clinical scenarios with questions to help you reflect on your medical decision-making skills and improve patient care. Our online case studies provide:

• an engaging and flexible learning experience
• choice of access on computer or tablet, with seamless switching between devices
• immediate feedback from experts and peer comparisons to challenge your thinking
• best practice points to apply to your care of patients.

View learning outcomes.

Target audience: GPs

Open to: GPs, Pharmacists, Nurses, Students

Cost: Free

CPD points: Self-directed CPD

Topics available

View the topic summaries and learning outcomes here or click on a title below to start a case study.

• Anticholinergic burden: reducing the impact on older people (For pharmacists and nurses)
• Chronic Pain: Supporting patients to taper opioids
• Diagnostic imaging in ankle and knee injuries (Closed 12/01/2026)
• Navigating inhaled medicines management in COPD
• Opioid analgesics: Safe use for acute postoperative pain (For pharmacists and nurses)
• Optimising rheumatoid arthritis treatment (For pharmacists - Closed 12/01/2026)
• Otitis media: Clarifying the role of antibiotics
• Practical tools for osteoarthritis management
• Preventing fractures: where to start with osteoporosis
• Safe use of opioid analgesics for acute pain in the Emergency Department (For pharmacists and nurses)
• Tailoring initial treatment in depression: Re-examining the options (Closed 05/05/2026)
• Taking action for acute low back pain
• Urinary tract infections: exploring antibiotic treatment

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