Core Skills in Rheumatology

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Overview

Core Skills in Rheumatology is aimed at the whole multi-disciplinary team.

Date: 25-26 November 2019

Venue: Mercure Holland House Hotel, Bristol

CPD: 12

Booking is now closed for this event. Registration is available in-person on the day.

With talk streams for consultants and trainees, allied health professionals and nurses, the course offers education for all team members.

As well as the parallel streams, there are keynote lectures and practical sessions, giving a chance to update your knowledge, refresh your practical skills and exchange best practice with peers.

Topics for consultants and trainees include:

What you need to know about the kidneys, lungs, eyes and gastrointestinal system
Acute rheumatology
Immunological tests in the rheumatology clinic

Topics for health professionals and nurses include:

Mental health
Patient activation and motivational interviewing
Non-pharmalogical management of symptoms

Objectives

To provide attendees with an in-depth refresher and update of the basic core skills for those working within the rheumatology field
To ensure all delegates are comfortable with and capable of examining the musculoskeletal system
To identify the different roles of the multi-disciplinary team

Programme

Monday 25 November

Morning sessions
09:00-14:00

Includes hands-on workshops focusing on diagnosis and management

Time	Session title	Speakers
08:30-09:00	Arrival, registration and refreshments
09:00-09:30	The Rheumatology Consultation	Dr Spencer Ellis
09:30-11:30	Hands-on workshop (diagnosis and management): Hands Foot and ankle Spine
11:30-12:00	Tea and coffee break
12:00-13:00	Consultant/trainee stream What you need to know about: The kidney The lungs	Dr Saira Risedale, Dr Harsha Gunawardena
12:00-13:00	Health professional stream Motivational interviewing, what it is and how to harness it	Dr Emma Dures
13:00-14:00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions
14:00-17:00

Includes core radiology for rheumatology

Time	Session title	Speakers
14:00-15:00	Consultant/trainee stream What you need to know about: The gastrointestinal system The eye	Dr Ana Terlevich, Dr Catherine Guly
14:00-15:00	Health professional stream Non-pharmacological management of symptoms	Dr Yeliz Prior
15:00-15:30	Tea and coffee break
15:30-16:15	Understanding the adolescent and young adult in rheumatological clinical practice	Dr Nicola Minaur
16:15-17:00	Core radiology for rheumatology	Dr Philip Perkins
17:00	Close

Tuesday 26 November

Morning sessions
09:00-14:00

Includes biologics and novel DMARDs

Time	Session title	Speakers
09:00-09:30	Biologics and novel DMARDs	Dr Gerald Coakley
09:30-11:00	Hands-on workshop (diagnosis and management): Shoulder and elbow Knees Hips
11:00-11:30	Tea and coffee break
11:30-13:00	Consultant/trainee stream Acute rheumatology: GCA and other vasculitides CTDs in the acute setting The Hot Joint Infectious diseases	Dr Vanessa Quick Dr Emma Williams Dr Spencer Ellis Dr Emma Williams
11:30-12:15	Health professional stream Managing mental health in patients with rheumatic disease	Kate Druett
12:15-13:00	Health professional stream Patient activation	Bethan Jones
13:00-14:00	Lunch

Afternoon sessions
14:00-16:30

Includes keynote lecture on spondylosing ankylosis

Time	Session title	Speakers
14:00-14:30	Consultant/trainee stream Using and understanding immunological tests in the rheumatology clinic	Dr Sarah Tansley
14:30-15:00	Consultant/trainee stream Osteoporosis cases	Dr Emma Clark
14:00-15:00	Health professional stream Looking beyond the DAS	Ruth Williams
15:00-15:20	Tea and coffee break
15:20-16:20	Keynote lecture: What's new in SpA?	Dr Raj Sengupta
16:20	Close