Category: Courses Classes & Study

Primary Care Rheumatology Society Annual Conference 2017

The annual PCRS Conference in York features a highly respected hands-on, friendly educational conference for GPSIs in MSK + Rheumatology where you can learn from, build contacts and mix with your peers.

Start Time           Thursday, 16th of November 2017 – 12:00
End Time             Saturday, 18th of November 2017 – 13:00

There are still places available and you can now see the full conference programme with expanded details of the Workshop sessions, and download the delegate application form here.

For details of the venue, visit the event’s page on the PCR Society website.

NRAS Events in September & October

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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AACP 2017 Conferences – Bristol and Edinburgh

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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BMAS Autumn Meeting

Venue: Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
Price from £140

Saturday 28 October 2017

Update yourself on the latest research into acupuncture, catch up with news, network with colleagues and earn CPD hours. Speakers to include:

  • Geoffrey Burnstock: Purinergic signalling and its involvement in pain and acupuncture
  • Berthold Henkel: Acupuncture for pain control after caesarean section
  • Taras Usichenko: Analgesic effects of auricular acupuncture
  • Catharina Klausenitz: Auricular acupuncture for exam anxiety in medical students

For further details and to register for courses, visit www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/event-registration…

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RCN Rheumatology Forum study day and new publication

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

More people could be offered drugs to prevent bone fractures because of osteoporosis

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has now published its new guidance and cost effectiveness appraisal on the use of bisphosphonates for preventing bone fractures in people at increased risk. The new guidance links a person’s risk of having a bone fracture with the point at which treatment should be started, based on cost effectiveness – this is called a multi technology appraisal.

It recommends treatment with the bisphosphonate drugs alendronic acid, ibandronic acid and risedronate sodium as options for people who have at least a 1% risk of a bone fracture within the next 10 years.…

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British Chiropractic Association Autumn Conference 2017

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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British Acupuncture Council’s Hundred Meetings

On Friday 22nd 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.

Bringing together the osteopathic profession at the 2017 iO Convention

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 20th – 22nd 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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National Training Scheme for Bone Densitometry

The National Osteoporosis Society delivers a biennial course popular with health professionals working in the field of musculoskeletal conditions, radiography, radiology and DXA.

Date: 6th and 7th March 2018
Venue: Conference Aston, Birmingham

The National Training Scheme for Bone Densitometry is the only course that offers Certification in Bone Densitometry for healthcare professionals or clinical scientists. The scheme consists of a two-day lecture course on ‘Bone Densitometry in Osteoporosis Assessment and Management’ followed (at a later date) by an online examination and portfolio submission process, successful completion of which leads to Certification in Bone Densitometry providing operators with proof of their competence to perform bone densitometry measurements.…

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