Fee: £125

Venue: University of Leicester

Course:

A one day meeting intended to provide an overview on the current management of shoulder dislocations. It will address the problems encountered in everyday management of dislocations around the shoulder and provide delegates the opportunity to share the views and experience of leaders in the field.

The course is aimed at all Orthopaedic Surgeons having an interest in shoulder surgery. The course will be in the form of interactive lectures with tips on practical management by experts in the field. There will be ample time for discussions and addressing problems and pitfalls encountered in practical management.
Topics Covered :

• Traumatic Shoulder Dislocations
• Conservative management
• Arthroscopic management
• Instability in the elite athlete
• Role of Open Bankarts Procedure
• Role of Bristow Laterjet Procedure
• Posterior Dislocations
• Dislocation in Epileptics
• Acromioclavicular Dislocations
• Acute surgical Management
• Weaver Dunn Procedure
• Endoscopic Management
• Sternoclavicular Dislocations

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Contact Details:

Mrs. Elaine James
E-mail: ej9@le.ac.uk
Tel: 011 6258 4702

Fees: Early bird bookings made before 13th April 2012: £35-£110. From 14th April: £50-£125

Venue: James Education Resource Centre, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Mindelson’s Way, Edgbaston, B15 2TG

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Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: James Black Centre, Off Cutcombe Road, King's College London Denmark Hill campus, London SE5 9RJ

Educational meeting and peer-support forum for consultants, trainees and nurses involved in the care of adults with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia

http://www.ststn.co.uk/events/

To register: This event is free but you must email Annabelle Kelly, STSTN Support Manager: info@ststn.co.uk

Fees: £50 - £195
Time: 09:00 - 16:45
Venue: The British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT

The inexorable development of digital technology in the 21st century is no more in evidence than in the world of Radiography. This study day will examine the changes occurring around us, predict those to come, and suggest how we can best adapt our dynamic professional practice for the future. The benefits to clinical or procedural practice that this new technology offers will be explored and how to address potential challenges and hurdles they must overcome. Join us at this exciting event and increase your knowledge and skills in the digital age.

Web: The British Institute of Radiology

King’s College Hospital, Guys and St Thomas’ School of Medicine
Department of General Practice & Primary Care

Venue:

Ophthalmology Department, King’s College Hospital
Normanby Building, 1st Floor (located opposite main entrance)King's College London Denmark Hill Campus, London Borough of Lambeth, London SE5

This very popular ophthalmology workshop has been running since 1998.  It is led by Miss Fiona Robinson and Miss Genevieve Larkin, Ophthalmology Consultants - King’s College Hospital, and organised in conjunction with, Deanery Tutor & Alex Risorto, Primary Care Liaison Manager, King’s Health Partners.

At the workshop there will be demonstrations, clinical cases and a discussion at the end.  This meeting is free for GPs working in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. Places limited to 55, so please book early. A certificate of attendance will be given.

To book a place on this workshop please contact:

Alex Risorto
Primary Care Liaison Manager
Email: a.risorto@nhs.net

Charge: Free

Venue: London Deanery, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, WC1B 5DN

Aims: To review and discuss the growing and evolving role of SASG doctors in today's NHS

Objectives:

• To review the workforce implications of the changes being made in the NHS and how SASG doctors can contribute in new models.
• To discuss the implications of appraisal and revalidation for SASG doctors.
• To highlight the CPD needs of SASG doctors and how these can be most effectively met.

This year’s Frontier conference will be the forum for stakeholders across the NHS to explore the opportunities and challenges faced by SASG doctors in our changing climate.  Delegates have the opportunity to hear talks from speakers such as:

• Naila Kamal, Associate Dean for Workforce Development – Frontier
• Wendy Reid, Director of Education for RCOG and Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, London Deanery
• Roger Sharpe, Director of Medical Education, Northwick Park Hospital (NWLH)
• Jane Dacre, GMC Council Member
• Julia Whiteman, Director of Appraisal Revalidation and Performance
• Ray Fields, Revalidation Project Manager – NHS London
• Elisabeth Paice, Former London Deanery Dean Director
• …and more to be confirmed!

To register, contact:

Alice Doyne frontier@londondeanery.ac.uk
Frontier, London Deanery
Tel: 020 7862 8634

Web: http://frontier.londondeanery.ac.uk/conference-registration

Charge: From £35

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

Contact details: Ruth Threadgold

Email: intellectual.disability@rsm.ac.uk

Tel: 020 7290 3942

Web: www.rsm.ac.uk/intellectual-disability

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Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

A joint meeting with Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool

Web: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/plc06.php

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Time: All day

Venue: King's College London Denmark Hill Campus, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ

Now in its fifth year, Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) is a two-day intensive, educational event designed to discuss and highlight emerging clinical complications and management of sickle cell disease.  The clinical and scientific lectures are aimed at consultants, trainee doctors and other health professionals involved in the care of patients with disease, and academic researchers in this field.

http://www.ststn.co.uk/events/

To register: Online booking available. Prices vary. Please visit the Kings College London online store for full details: http://tiny.cc/scif2012

Venue: The Barbican, London

Fees: Charity Sector - £195 + VAT, Public Sector Rates - £295 + VAT, Private Sector - £895 + VAT

• People suffering from long-term conditions represent 30% of the population
• We need a new approach to treatment, services and care that not only improves outcomes but is also cost-effective
• What can be done to tackle long-term conditions in a more effective way, how can health services continue to deliver to more people with less resources?
• How can we empower patients and give them greater choice and personalised care plans to help them to manage their long-term conditions better?

Web: Register Your Place Today

Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: James Black Centre, Off Cutcombe Road, King's College London Denmark Hill campus, London SE5 9RJ

Educational meeting and peer support forum for consultants, trainees and nurses involved in the care of children with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia.

http://www.ststn.co.uk/events/

To register: This event is free but you must email Annabelle Kelly, STSTN Support Manager: info@ststn.co.uk

Venue: Queen Anne Building Greenwich University London

Themes for Discussion

Web: For further information please visit the UKCEN website 

Fee: The course fee is £600. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee.

Venue: Classroom 2, Weston Education Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus, Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ

Application closing date: 12th June 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the An Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods Summer School course 2012. This three day course aims to provide students with an understanding of the purpose and appropriate use of qualitative research methods and to equip them with the basic skills to design and conduct qualitative research in the mental health field.

Different theoretical approaches to data collection and analysis will be explained and explored, including the Grounded Theory approach and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Methods to be described will include in depth interviews, focus group discussions, and participant observation.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

A joint meeting with Help the Hospices

Web: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/plc05.php

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Fee: The course fee is £100.

Venue: University of Leicester

Course overview:
This is a one day course aimed at specialist trainees, specialist registrars and orthopaedic clinical fellows who are involved in the management of foot and ankle injuries. The course will comprise of interactive lectures with tips on practical management and hands on workshops for fixation of foot and ankle fractures. There will be ample time for discussions between the delegates and faculty.

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Contact Details: Mrs. Elaine James
E-mail: ej9@le.ac.uk
Tel: 0116 258 4702

Fee: £200 for attendance on both days, or £125 for attendance on one day only

Venue: Governor’s Hall, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH

Course details:

This 2 day course is aimed at all health care professionals (dermatology, gynaecology, GU medicine and oral medicine, GPs) who wish to learn more about the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the ano-genital and other mucosal sites. It will address the importance of multi-disciplinary working in the care of these patients.

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Contact Details: Sylvia Botiba-Peter
Email: Sylvia.Botiba-Peter@gstt.nhs.uk
Tel: 020 7188 6293

Venue: Royal College of Physicians, London

Application closing date: 19th June 2012

Course overview:

This one-day conference is designed to provide an update in the diagnosis, treatment and management of hypertension. It is aimed at Trainees, General physicians, Stroke physicians, Cardiologists, Geriatricians, Clinical Pharmacologists, GPs and Allied health professionals.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The course fee is £1,000. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee.

Venue: Seminar Room 1, David Goldberg Centre, Institute of Psychiatry. King's Colleg London, Denmark Hill Campus, 16 De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF

Application closing date: 19th June 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Recovery: from research evidence to clinical practice and organisational transformation Summer School course. This course describes research-based best practice in developing a focus on recovery in mental health services.

The five day course are comprised of one taught and four workshop days, covering empirical evidence, clinical practice and organisational transformation. It is designed for clinicians, managers, researchers and students with experience in the mental health system and who want to learn from international experts about approaches to supporting recovery.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The course fee is £350 (£315 for students).

Venue: Seminar Room 1, David Goldberg Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF

Application closing date: 3rd July 2012

Course overview:
For the first time, the Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Women's Mental Health Summer School course. This two day course aims to provide students with an understanding of relevant research methods which can be used when investigating women's mental health problems, specific risk factors and the effectiveness of interventions for women's mental health problems.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The course fee is £400 - £650 (£175 per day).

Early Bird Registration until 14 May 2012

Venue: St John’s Institute of Dermatology St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Course overview:
We are pleased to announce that an internationally-recognised panel of dermatologists will provide expert lectures, workshops and detailed clinical case-based teaching covering all major dermatological disorders during the week. Emphasis will be placed on practical and current management relevant to the general practitioner.

Newly introduced highlights include: hands- on practical workshops on cryotherapy, dermoscopy, topical steroids, emollients & scalp applications with lectures on psycho-dermatology, cosmetic dermatology and ethnic skin. Our welcome evening reception will be held this year at the Florence Nightingale Museum on the first day of the conference.

We hope this course will provide a comprehensive, practical and enjoyable overview of dermatology and look forward to meeting you throughout the week.

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Web: www.theconquestofskindisease.com

E-mail: Sylvia Botiba-Peter

Fee: The course fee is £600. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee

Venue: Seminar Room 1, David Goldberg Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF

Application closing date: 10th July 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Research on Stigma and Discrimination Summer School course 2012. This two-day course will provide a basic background in theoretical concepts of mental health related stigma and discrimination and new developments in this field. We will also discuss research applications using real world examples.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: Early Bird Discount £70 (normally £90),

Venue: Royal Sunderland Hospital

Course details:

This course is perfect for those who are about to start an ENT post, those who will find themselves cross-covering ENT, and A&E and GP trainees who have had minimal or no previous ENT experience.

We will be providing 7 CPD points and a certificate of attendance.

We will be providing hands on experience with:

• Vertigo testing and Epley's manoeuvre
• Flexible nasendoscopy
• Microsuction Airway management
• Nasal packing for epistaxis
• Drainage of peritonsillar abscess (quinsy)

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Fee: The course fee is £600. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 7th August 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Principles of Social Psychiatry Summer School course 2012. Social psychiatry is concerned with the relationship between the social environment and the onset, course and treatment of mental illness. This three day summer school aims to provide students with an introduction to the theoretical, conceptual and methodological foundations of social psychiatry. Teaching sessions on theory, methods and research draw on studies conducted by the course tutors and provide state-of-the-art overviews of the field.

Topics include:

• The interface between social psychiatry and both the social and biological sciences
• Adversity, stress and trauma and culture
• Ethnicity and mental health.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: Participants from High Income Countries: £1,000. Participants from Low and Middle Income Countries: £750

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 14th August 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Global Mental Health Summer School course 2012. This five day course is designed to provide participants with an in depth understanding of the clinical and public health significance of mental health in the global context, the challenges involved in scaling up the coverage of evidence-based interventions to close the 'mental health gap' and recent progress towards achieving this objective.

The course also aims to equip participants with an understanding of the application of epidemiological, health service and health system research methodologies to the furtherance of the global mental health agenda.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The course fee is £400. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 27th August 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Mental Health Services Research: Theory to Practice Summer School course 2012. This two day course will teach participants to choose appropriate research designs for studying complex interventions in mental health services. The content ranges from developing the theoretical basis for an intervention to implementation studies of evidence based interventions, covering key aspects of design such as mixed methods evaluation and cluster randomised trials. Participants will learn to appraise randomised controlled trials, and to decide what to do before, during, after, or instead of this gold standard.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The course fee is £600. Course fees cover participation in the course, course materials, lunch, mid morning and afternoon tea and coffee

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 4th September 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Developing Community Mental Health Services Summer School course 2012. This course will provide a detailed and intensive examination of the key concepts that underpin the planning and delivery of an appropriate balance of hospital and community based services. The course will consider care models appropriate to low, medium and high resource settings.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Time: 09:00 – 17:00

Venue: James Black Centre, Off Cutcombe Road, King's College London Denmark Hill campus, London SE5 9RJ

An exam-based educational day for haematology trainees. Programme details confirmed soon but save the date.

http://www.ststn.co.uk/events/

To be added to the mailing list for updates please email Annabelle Kelly, STSTN Support Manager: info@ststn.co.uk

Fee: The standard Commercial Sector rate for the course is £600. Reduced rates are available for Public Sector employees and for Public Sector Employees living and working in Low Income Countries. A further 10% discount is available for participants attending both the Economic Evaluation in Mental Health course and the Mental Health Policy course. The full range of rates can be found here.

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 4th September 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Mental Health Policy Summer School course 2012. This two day course will look at the principles of mental health policy and consider examples of their implementation. The 2012 topics are yet to be confirmed, but previous years' subjects have included: financing and resource allocation; commissioning and governance; need, prevalance and demand; provision and delivery of treatment and support; stigma and discrimination; safeguarding; serious incidents and personality disorder; choice and control; system interfaces (with social care and housing, for example); prevention and promotion.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Fee: The standard Commercial Sector rate for the course is £600. Reduced rates are available for Public Sector employees and for Public Sector Employees living and working in Low Income Countries. A further 10% discount is available for participants attending both the Economic Evaluation in Mental Health course and the Mental Health Policy course. The full range of rates can be found here.

Venue: Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill Campus

Application closing date: 4th September 2012

Course overview:
The Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research Department presents the Economic Evaluation in Mental Health Summer School course 2012. This two-day course aims to provide students with an understanding of economic evaluation and its relevance to mental health policy and practice. The principle elements of an economic evaluation will be introduced, including the identification, measurement and valuation of costs, measurement of outcomes and methods of cost-effectiveness analysis. A range of examples will be used throughout the course to illustrate economic evaluation in practice, drawn from the work of the course tutors and spanning the full extent of mental health needs.

Web: Full details on the course can be found here.

Time: 08:00 – 18:00

Venue: Roben Suite, Guy’s Tower, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 9RT

A four day conference on sickle cell disease and thalassaemia hosted by Dr Baba Inusa.

http://www.ststn.co.uk/events/

To be added to the mailing list for updates please email Annabelle Kelly, STSTN Support Manager: info@ststn.co.uk

Venue: Royal College of Physicians, London

A one-day conference, organised jointly with the British Cardiovascular Society, designed to bring busy clinicians up-to-date in the ever changing landscape of cardiology. Who should attend? Consultants and trainees who undertake general medicine as part of their clinical service, general physicians, GPs and acute medicine specialists.

Full details on the course can be found here.

Venue: St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, London

Content:

A four day international multi-disciplinary meeting which will include this time a day dedicated to the career of Professor John Northover who is retiring in 2012. We do hope that many of those who have had the privilege to work and train with him at St Mark’s Hospital will be able to join us.

Topics to include among many others:

• Cutting edge symposia
• Full exhibition and learning centre
• Breakfast sessions

Contact details:

Tel: 020 8235 4046/8
E-mail: nwlh-tr.StMarksAcademicInstitute@nhs.net
Web: www.stmarkshospital.org.uk