Category: Courses Classes & Study

New RA event in Solihull

NRAS are pleased to announce a FREE Rheumatoid Arthritis event in Solihull taking place on Saturday 16th September. The event takes place at The Village Hotel, Solihull (B90 4JG) and there is plenty of free parking available. Please arrive for refreshments at 13:30 with talks due to start at 13:45 and the event will run until approximately 16:00.
The keynote speaker is Professor Christopher Buckley, DPhil FRCP, Kennedy Professor of Translational Rheumatology, Director of the Birmingham NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical, Research Facility, Director of Clinical Research, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.…

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The UK’s largest acupuncture association is taking its conferences on the road to Bristol and Edinburgh.

The AACP conferences provide a full day packed with distinguished speakers to educate you in the latest acupuncture research and techniques. All AACP conferences are designed to ensure every delegate learns and develops new techniques in western medical acupuncture that can be applied in their workplace.

Bristol Conference

Date: 23rd September 2017

Location: Holiday Inn Bristol – Filton, Filton Road, Bristol, BS16 1QX

Speakers:

• Sinead McCarthy – Acupuncture in men’s health
• Val Hopwood – UK Acupuncture from a political and historical perspective
• Tianjun Wang – Scalp Acupuncture
• Lesley Pattenden – Low Back Pain
• Tom van Calster – The role and importance of Acupuncture in Musculoskeletal problems – practical demonstration: Treatment of Neck pain.

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Bookings are now open for the RCN rheumatology study day being held on 12^th January 2018.

RCN Rheumatology Nursing workshop 2018
‘Rheum with a view’

Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London W1G 0RN
13:00 – 15:00

More information can be found here, including the event programme.

 

New Inflammatory Arthritis Publication

The newly updated guidance “Assessing, managing and monitoring biologic therapies for inflammatory arthritis” will soon be available to access from the www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications page.

Chiropractic: It’s not what I do, it’s who I am
(also commemorating 20 years of the Welsh Institute of Chiropractic)

30th September – 1st October 2017
University of South Wales

Speakers include: Josh Wagner, John M Ventura, Richard Brown, Ulrik Sandstrøm and Michael Stone

Harnessing and improving a practitioner’s skills to be the ‘Gold standard’ in spine care.
Includes a look at the impact of Chiropractic on Public Health.
Practical workshops to enhance clinical skills in an interdisciplinary setting.

Read more from the chiropractic website.…

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On Friday 22^nd September 2017, the British Acupuncture Council are holding their AGM for BAcC members. This is a free event that includes a lecture and drinks reception. The AGM is first in the weekend’s schedule of conference events taking place at Wokefield Park, Reading.

The British Conference of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
22 – 24 September 2017

Full details of conference speakers, workshops and prices can be found on conference.acupuncture.org.uk.

The iO Convention is the biggest and best-known osteopathic training and networking event in the UK osteopathic calendar. This year’s convention, running from 20^th – 22^nd October, looks to build on the success of last year, where 88% of delegate feedback ratings were good or excellent.

The iO Convention features an excellent range of workshops and networking opportunities, and an outstanding line-up of speakers, including the Suzanne Rastrick the Chief Allied Health Professionals Officer for NHS England.

The theme for this year is ‘Emerging Models’.…

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