Events

Monday 9 February 2009 - BMA House, London
CPD 6 HOURS/RCP

This one day masterclass will advance your knowledge in three of the most rapidly changing and challenging areas of clinical practice, and provide you with practical information from expert speakers.

Topics covered include:
• Diagnosis and management of acute coronary symptoms: STEMI and non-STEMI
• Management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias
• Valvular heart disease: when are percutaneous techniques appropriate?

This masterclass is suitable for:
Consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists and staff grades in:
• Cardiology
• Respiratory medicine
• General medicine
• Geriatric medicine
• Accident and emergency medicine
• Intensive care units and critical care
This masterclass will also be of interest to general practitioners and nurses with a special interest in cardiology.

Register by Monday 1 December to take advantage of our early bird rates. A special two day rate is available for delegates who are also interested in attending the Respiratory Medicine masterclass, running back to back with this programme.
To view the full programme and list of speakers or to register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/physicians/cardiology/2009

Tuesday 10 February 2009 - BMA House, London
CPD 6 HOURS/RCP

This masterclass will deliver essential updates on the lastest evidence based medicine and best practice for clinicians in respiratory medicine. Chaired by Professor Wisia Wedzicha, Editor in Chief, Thorax, and Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London.

Topics covered include:
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): non-pharmacological management
• Asthma – an update on exacerbations
• Occupational lung disease
• Pulmonary complications of systemic disease
• Tuberculosis: the difficulties in diagnosis
• Lung cancer.

This masterclass is suitable for:
Consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists and staff grades in:
• Respiratory medicine
• Cardiology
• General medicine
• Geriatric medicine
• Accident and emergency medicine
• Intensive care units and critical care
This masterclass will also be of interest to general practitioners with a special interest, nurses with a special interest, and physiotherapists.

Register by Monday 1 December to take advantage of our early bird rates. A special two day rate is available for delegates who are also interested in attending the Cardiology masterclass, running back to back with this programme.
To view the full programme and list of speakers or to register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/physicians/respiratory-medicine/2009

Respiratory Medicine
Wednesday 20 May – BMA House, London

This one day masterclass will cover the wide range of respiratory disease encountered in general practice. You can catch up on the latest guidelines and protocols, get tips and learn tricks from the experts, find the answers to your clinical conundrums, and meet and network with your peers.

5 new topics for 2009:
o Latest asthma guidelines
o Management of COPD
o Respiratory infections
o Investigating haemoptysis
o Delivering respiratory services - the GP's role.

To view the full programme and speakers please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/respiratory-medicine

Register early to take advantage of our early bird rates and save up to £30. To register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/register-now

BMJ Masterclasses for GPs: General Update
Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March – BMA House, London
Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May – Royal York Hotel, York
Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 June – Holiday Inn, Birmingham
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 September – BMA House, London
Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October – Renaissance Hotel, Manchester
Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November – Radisson SAS, Glasgow
Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November – Marriott Hotel City Centre, Bristol
Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December – BMA House, London

Our most popular course for GPs is back, featuring two brand new topics - interpreting lab results and polypharmacy. Expert speakers will guide you through the hot topics for 2009, and highlight the most recent evidence, guidelines and best practice.

Programme 1 topics include:
o Respiratory medicine
o Dermatology
o Diabetes
o Ophthalmology
o Interpreting lab results
o Paediatrics

Programme 2 topics include
o Cardiology
o ENT
o Neurology
o Musculoskeletal
o Polypharmacy
o Women’s health

To view the full programmes and speakers, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/general-update

Register early to take advantage of our early bird rates and save up to £30. To register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/register-now

Cardiology, Diabetes and CKD
Thursday 30 April – Renaissance Hotel, Manchester
Tuesday 9 June – BMA House, London
Tuesday 22 September – Radisson SAS, Glasgow

This one day masterclass for GPs and advanced nurse practitioners will advance your knowledge in three of the most challenging areas of clinical practice.

6 new topics for 2009:
o Heart failure: focus on case studies
o Cardiac arrhythmias
o Cardiovascular prevention programme: the new challenge
o Diabetes: current treatments
o Managing co-morbidities in patients with diabetes
o Chronic kidney disease: hot topics.

To view the full programme and speakers please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/cardiology-diabetes-ckd

Register early to take advantage of our early bird rates and save up to £30. To register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/register-now

Musculoskeletal Medicine
Wednesday 10 June – BMA House, London
Monday 5 October – Holiday Inn, Birmingham

This popular one day course for GPs will provide useful tips on managing key musculoskeletal conditions in primary care. You will hear practical advice from our expert speakers, including live demonstration of examination techniques.

Learn about the essentials of diagnosis and management of:
o Back pain
o Ankle and foot problems
o Hip pain
o Chronic musculoskeletal pain
o Knee disorders
o Shoulder pain
o Elbow and hand disorders.

To view the full programme and speakers please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/musculoskeletal-medicine

Register early to take advantage of our early bird rates and save up to £30. To register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/register-now

The pulmonary interstitial diseases comprise over a hundred entities. Histopathologists encounter considerable difficulty with respect to the accurate classification of interstitial diseases of the lung which has implications for the appropriate treatment and accurate prognostication of these diseases. In view of these problems a panel of histopathologists with special expertise in this subject has been set up -the UK Interstitial Lung Diseases Panel- in order to facilitate better " diagnosis of these diseases. The membership of the panel is as follows:
Professor B. Corrin (Chairman)
Dr AR Gibbs (Secretary)
Dr N Ibrahim (Treasurer)
Dr B Addis
Dr H Bharucha
Dr C Clelland
Dr P Hasleton
Dr K Kerr
Dr A Nicholson
Dr S Stewart

The panel will be pleased to receive cases and provide opinions on open and thoracoscopic lung biopsies from "interstitial lung problems". Cases should be submitted to the Secretary - Dr A R Gibbs, Department of Histopathology, Llandough Hospital, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, Penlan Road, Penarth, CF64 2XX. Relevant clinical details should be provided on the downloadable form below (available as a pdf file). The material should consist of a paraffin wax block or 10 stained/unstained sections so that each member of the panel can be circulated at the same time. The panel will not accept small endoscopic biopsies because these are usually inadequate for assessing these diseases, nor will the panel accept post mortem cases except in exceptional circumstances.

DOWNLOAD FORM HERE: PDF format or Word document

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