Rheumatology for advanced specialist nurses

Overview

This course focuses on the clinical skills and knowledge required for experienced specialist nurses to provide excellent care within rheumatology.

Date

12 October 2023

Venue

The Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Birmingham

CPD

6 hours

Taught at an advanced level, this course is ideally suited to clinical nurse specialists and allied health professionals in rheumatology working at an experienced level.

Taught through interactive lectures and hands on practical workshops, it is a great opportunity to enhance your knowledge and introduce advanced skills in your everyday practice.

The programme focuses on exploring spondyloarthropathies and covers topics such as prescription for comorbidities, abnormal liver tests, practical spine examination, leadership and service improvement.

By the end of the course the delegates should be able to:

1. Recognise the key clinical, social and economic drivers behind Spondyloarthropathy treatment strategies
2. Employ effective clinical assessment skills in both clinical settings, and virtual environments in order to formulate effective treatment strategies
3. Demonstrate practical abilities in the assessment of Spondyloarthropathies including spine and multisystem manifestations
4. Formulate a personal and service engagement leadership strategy to enhance and support both career and service development
5. Identify important multisystem clinical features of Spondyloarthropathies relevant to advanced and autonomous clinical practice in day-to-day clinical encounters, including red flags and dermatological manifestations

Pricing

Members

Non-members

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

£50

+VAT

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

£75

+VAT

2023 programme

Thursday 12 October

Morning

09:30 - 12:55

Afternoon

13:45 - 17:15

Bursaries

Looking for funding towards your place on this course? Applications for our 2023 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.

Overview

Pricing

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

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

2023 programme

Morning

09:30 - 12:55

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:30 - 09:35

Welcome

Diana Finney

09:35 - 10:35

Exploring spondyloarthropathies

Nicola Gullick

10:35 - 11:35

Workshop: Spine assessment

Will Gregory and Diana Finney

11:35 - 11:55

Break

11:55 - 12:55

Prescribing the right drugs based on comorbidities

Robert Clark and Leah Irungu

12:55 - 13:45

Lunch

Afternoon

13:45 - 17:15

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:45 - 14:30

Abnormal liver function tests in spondylarthritis patients

Richard Smith

14:30 - 15:15

Case-based learning session

Diana Finney, Julie Painter, Patricia Cornell, Alex Eden, Robert Clark

15:15 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:15

Spondylarthropathy history taking

Spencer Ellis

16:15 - 17:15

Leadership and service improvement: a personal experience

Nicola Faithfull

17:15

Summary and close

Bursaries

Looking for funding towards your place on this course? Applications for our 2023 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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