Overview

Whether you’re new to rheumatology or needing a refresher, our Core skills course offers key education for all professional groups working in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology.
Date
23-24 November 2023
Venue
Online
CPD
11 credits
Audience: entire multidisciplinary (MDT) team

Across this 2 day course enjoy parallel streams, core interactive lectures and discussion sessions. Update your knowledge and exchange best practice with peers through networking forums.

The content for the course is split into Medical, MDT and Paediatric streams to support the development of vital competencies for all professionals working in adult, paediatric and adolescent rheumatology.

The programme is structured around the patient journey, and covers the rheumatology consultation through to treatment, management, mental health and more, helping to keep patient care at the forefront of everything we do. 

Learning objectives:
  • To provide attendees with an in-depth refresher and update of basic core skills for those working within rheumatology
  • To ensure attendees are aware of best practice in examining the musculoskeletal system

Pricing

Level 1: consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and pharma representative

£275
+VAT

Level 2: rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor

£195
+VAT

Level 3: nurse, allied health professional, nurse, psychologists, physician associates, pharmacists, retired and other

£150
+VAT

Level 1: consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and pharma representative

£415
+VAT

Level 2: rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor

£295
+VAT

Level 3: nurse, allied health professional, nurse, psychologists, physician associates, pharmacists, retired and other

£225
+VAT
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Core Skills in Rheumatology Course

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2023 programme

Morning

Day one: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00-09:10

Welcome and introduction

Spencer Ellis

09:10-09:50

The rheumatology consultation

Spencer Ellis and Ei Phyu Htut

09:50-10:30

Examination session

Pre-record

10:30-11:10

Core radiology for adult and adolescent rheumatology

Emma Gerety

11:10-11:30

Break

11:30-12:15

Immunology

Sarah Tansley

12:15-13:30

Lunch

12:30 - 13:15

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day one: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:30 - 14:15

Pharmacological management in rheumatoid arthritis

Peter Taylor

14:15 - 14:50

Cardiology

Paul Cacciottolo

14:50 - 15:25

Renal involvement in ANCA associated vasculitis

Oliver Flossmann

15:25 - 15:40

Break

15:40 - 16:15

Organs: Respiratory

Maria Kokosi

16:15 - 16:20

Break

16:20 - 17:10

Keynote lecture: Myositis and new guidelines

Hector Chinoy

17:10

Closing remarks for day 1

Morning

Day two: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome back for day 2

Spencer Ellis

09:30 - 10:15

Case discussions: Spondyloarthropathies

Ben Davies and Thomas Williams

10:15 - 11:00

Hot joints

Muddassir Shaikh

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30

Bone health and treatments across different age groups

Christopher Chan

12:30 - 13:00

Avacopan in vasculitis

Prof David Jayne

13:00 - 14:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:00

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day two: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

14:15 - 15:00

Why patients don’t take medication?

Hilary McKee and Kanta Kumar

15:00 - 15:45

Adrenal suppression

Sandra Walton-Betancourth

15:45 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 16:45

Keynote lecture: Digital health

Philip Hamann

16:45 - 17:00

Summary and closing remarks

Morning

Day one: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00-09:10

Welcome and introduction

Spencer Ellis

09:10-09:50

The rheumatology consultation

Spencer Ellis and Ei Phyu Htut

09:50-10:30

Examination session

Pre-record

10:30-11:10

Core radiology for adult and adolescent rheumatology

Emma Gerety

11:10-11:30

Break

11:30-12:15

An introduction to blood tests in rheumatology

Trish Cornell

12:15 -13:30

Lunch

12:30 - 13:15

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day one: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:30 - 14:15

Pharmacological management of rheumatic diseases



Hilary McKee

14:15 - 14:50

Fatigue: the invisible symptom

Patricia Bisset and Karen Lafferty

14:50 - 15:25

Diet, inflammation and rheumatic disease. What’s the link?

Elena Nikiphorou

15:25 - 15:40

Break

15:40 - 16:15

Foot and ankle in rheumatology

Kara Simpson

16:15 - 16:20

Break

16:20 - 17:10

Keynote lecture: Myositis and new guidelines

Hector Chinoy

17:10

Closing remarks for day 1

Morning

Day two: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome back for day 2

Spencer Ellis

09:30 - 10:15

Case discussions: Spondyloarthropathies

Ben Davies and Thomas Williams

10:15 - 11:00

Activity, exercise and rheumatic diseases

Jade Skeates

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30

Bone health and treatments across different age groups

Christopher Chan

12:30 - 13:00

Pain and sleep

David Harding

13:00 - 14:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:00

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day two: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

14:15 - 15:00

Why patients don’t take medication?

Hilary McKee

15:00 - 15:45

Adrenal suppression

Sandra Walton-Betancourth

15:45-16:00

Break

16:00 - 16:45

Keynote lecture: Digital health

Philip Hamann

16:45 - 17:00

Closing remarks and summary

Morning

Day one: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00-09:10

Welcome and introduction

Spencer Ellis

09:10 - 09:50

The paediatric and adolescent rheumatology consultation

Peter Bale

09:50 - 10:30

Clinical examination in paediatric rheumatology - what, when, how?

Sharmila Jandial (pre-recorded talk)

10:30 - 11:10

Musculoskeletal ultrasound in JIA

Madeleine Rooney

11:10 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:15

Using and understanding immunological tests in the rheumatology clinic

Catherine O'Sullivan and Peter Bale

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch

12:30 - 13:15

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day one: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:30 - 14:15

Pharmacological management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)


Stephanie Smith

14:15 - 14:50

Non-inflammatory conditions and anatomy

Verna Cuthbert

14:50 - 15:25

Hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)

Ellie Potts

15:25 - 15:40

Break

15:40 - 16:15

Radiology in paediatric and adolescent rheumatology

Caren Landes

16:15 - 16:20

Break

16:20 - 17:10

Keynote lecture: Myositis and new guidelines

Hector Chinoy

17:10

Closing remarks for day 1

Morning

Day two: Morning sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome back for day 2

09:30 - 10:15

Case discussions: Spondyloarthropathies

Ben Davies and Thomas Williams

10:15 - 11:00

Uveitis with paediatric rheumatic disease

Ilaria Testi

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:00

Systemic JIA and Macrophage Activation Syndrome

Ethan Sen

12:00 - 12:30

An Introduction to connective tissue diseases in childhood

Beverley Almeida

12:30 - 13:00

Pain and sleep

David Harding

13:00 - 14:15

Lunch

13:15 - 14:00

Lilly Sponsored Promotional Symposium

Afternoon

Day two: Afternoon sessions

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

14:15 - 15:00

Why patients don’t take medication?

Hilary McKee and Kanta Kumar

15:00 - 15:45

Adrenal suppression

Sandra Walton-Betancourth

15:45 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 16:45

Keynote lecture: Digital health

Philip Hamann

16:45 - 17:00

Closing remarks and summary

Bursaries

Looking for funding towards your place on this course? Applications for our education bursaries are now open, so if you're a health professional, nurse or trainee member, or a colleague from a low and middle-income country, we could support you.

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