Please note that unless stated accommodation is not included. Tea/Coffee and Lunch is included.
All Courses are CPD accredited by the Royal College of Physicians.
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 Core Course 1
Date: 8 - 10 September 2010
Location: Hexham
Register before 8 July 2010 to qualify for the early
registration rate.
Target Audience:
SpRs in rheumatology, Allied Health Professionals and GPwSls.
Aims/Objectives:
This three day course will consist of teaching GALS & REMS, recognising early synovitis interpreting common imaging and investigation, improving diagnostic skills, managing common musculoskeletal conditions and undertaking/teaching joint injection. The course will take the form of short lectures, round robins, case discussions and small seminar work.
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Foot and Ankle Course
Date: 7 - 8 October 2010
Location: Leeds
Register before 16 August 2010 to qualify for the early registration rate.
A course dinner is included in the registration fee.
Target Audience:
Rheumatologists, Rheumatology trainees, Allied Health Professionals and GPwSls.
Aims/Objectives:
This two day course aims to provide an opportunity for attendees to better familiarise themselves with the manifestations and management of rheumatological presentations in the foot and ankle. Sessions will include topics on the symptoms and mechanical changes in rheumatic disease, hands-on clinical workshops. Management of the foot and ankle pathology will also be supplemented with hands-on workshop sessions.
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US Anatomy
Date: 22 October 2010
Location: Newcastle
Register before 23 August 2010 to qualify for the early
registration rate.
Target Audience:
Consultant Rheumatologists, SpRs in rheumatology and Allied Health Professionals.
Aims/Objectives:
This is an intensive day in the anatomy lab revising 3D anatomy with cadaveric specimens. Small groups will revise the regional anatomy guided by anatomy demonstrators alongside live ultrasound demonstrations. The course is aimed at anyone wishing to improve their anatomy skills for musculoskeletal ultrasound.
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Allied Health Professionals in Rheumatology - Core Course in Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Date: 16 - 17 November 2010
Location: Bournemouth
Register before 17 September
2010 to qualify for the early registration rate.
The
option of accommodation
can be included in the registration fee.
Target Audience:
Allied
health professionals who may be in the early stages of their careers in
rheumatology who would like to further their knowledge and skills in
the management of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Aims/Objectives:
This two day course aims to help attendees who may be in the early stages of their
careers in rheumatology who would like to further their knowledge and
skills in the management of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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Basic Ultrasound Course
Date: 19 - 21 November 2010
Location: Nottingham
Register before 20 September 2010 to qualify for the early registration rate.
Accommodation and two course dinners are included in the registration fee.
Target Audience:
Consultant Rheumatologists, SpRs, GPwSIs, Allied Health Professionals
Aims/Objectives:
This three day course will aim to help attendees familiarise themselves with how to use ultrasound machines. Demonstrating the appearance of normal tissues and the systematic approach to scanning common joints.
By the end of the course delegates will have sufficient hands-on experience at the scanning common joints (hands, wrists, knees, ankles and feet) to enable them to start a musculoskeletal ultrasound service in their respective place of work.
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Musculoskeletal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Course
Date: 25 November 2010
Location: Cheltenham
Register before 28 September
2010 to qualify for the early registration rate.
Target Audience:
Consultant and trainee rheumatologists, microbiologists and physicians with a specialist interest in infectious diseases, AHPs
Aims/Objectives:
This one day course will explore how infections can present with musculoskeletal symptoms. It will also examine how to investigate, interpret and treat relevant infections.
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Lupus Management 2010
Date: 25 - 26 November 2010
Location: Manchester
A course dinner is included in the registration fee.
Register before 28 September
2010 to qualify for the early registration rate.
Target Audience:
Consultants and Trainees in Rheumatology, Nephrology, Obstetrics/Foetal and Maternal Medicine, Clinical Immunology, GPwSIs, Allied Health Professionals
Aims/Objectives:
This one and half days course aims to provide attendees with a pragmatic overview of the management of SLE, to update clinicians on the current therapeutic approaches to SLE, to discuss specific areas of management where a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach are needed with regards to pregnancy and renal disease and to update delegates on how to reduce the risk of specific long-term co-morbidities in SLE patients.
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Core Course 2
Date: 2 - 3 December 2010
Location: Oxford
Register before 1 October 2010 to qualify for
the
early
registration rate.
Target Audience:
SpRs in rheumatology, Allied Health
Professionals and GPwSls.
Aims/Objectives:
This two day course will address core
competencies in Rheumatology by providing instruction in the basic
investigation, diagnosis and management of the core inflammatory
diseases treated by rheumatologists. Day one will incorporate topics on
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Spondyloarthropathies (SpA) and Osteporosis.
Day two will incorporate Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Connective Tissue Disease (CTD),
Vasculitis and Paediatric Rheumatology.
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Advanced Ultrasound Course
Date: 9 - 10 December 2010
Location: Bath
Register before 7 October 2010 to qualify for
the
early
registration rate.
Target Audience:
Consultant Rheumatologists, SpRs in rheumatology and Allied Health Professionals
Aims/Objectives:
This two day course aims to build upon the knowledge already gained from the Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course. The programme will provide a comprehensive review of regional musculoskeletal ultrasound. The emphasis will be on the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal pathology and the pitfalls of interpretation. The faculty will consist primarily of consultants in musculoskeletal radiology. Candidates will have adequate opportunities to assess patients during the practical sessions of the programme.
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