Overview

This course focuses on the clinical and non-clinical skills and knowledge required for specialist nurses to provide excellent care within rheumatology.
Date
10-11 October 2024
Venue
Crausaz Wordsworth Building, Robinson College, Cambridge
CPD
11 hours
This comprehensive two-day course is designed for clinical nurses new to rheumatology, as well as those already working at an advanced level.

Our course programme covers both clinical and non-clinical skills. With a focus on key clinical areas, including connective tissue disorders (Vasculitis and Sjogren’s), vaccines for immunosuppressed patients, and radiology for nurses as well as a focus on the role, professional development, and career progression, this course will help you to enhance your skills and knowledge, that you can apply to your everyday practice.

The course programme was designed and mapped against the RCN competency framework and includes a combination of lectures, group discussions, and practical interactive workshops with hands-on patient examinations.


Learning objectives:

  1. To focus on the role of the rheumatology nurse, its development, and potential for career progression.
  2. To provide insight into specific clinical areas of interest; highlighting CTDs, vaccines in immunosuppressed and chronic pain.
  3. To provide opportunities for workshops covering specific aspects of extended roles and basic skills.

Rheumatology for specialist nurses

10-11 October 2024 - Please note we can only accept payment by card for our bookings

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Pricing

Level 3: health professionals and nurses

£55
+VAT

Level 3: health professionals and nurses

£90
+VAT

2024 programme

Morning

09:00 - 14:00

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

09:00 - 09:20

Arrival, registration and refreshments

09:20 - 09:30

Welcome and overview of the day

Di Finney

09:30 - 10:15

Rheumatology nursing: Past, present and future

Susan Oliver

10:15 - 11:00

Perspectives of fibromyalgia and chronic pain

Di Finney

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:00

Job planning session for rheumatology nurses

Sharon Petford

12:00 - 12:45

Connective tissue disorders: Vasculitis

Shirish Dubey

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

Afternoon

14:00 - 17:15

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:45 - 14:30

Vaccines and immunosuppression (pre-recorded talk)

James Galloway

14:30 - 16:00

Professional development sessions:

Non-medical prescribing

Kalveer Flora

Research: Abstract writing, submissions for conferences and journals

Heather Rostron

Service development & innovation

Patricia Cornell

16:00 - 16:15

Break

16:15 - 17:00

Keynote lecture: Osteoporosis and decision making for rheumatology nurses

Alison Kent

17:00

Summary and goodbyes

Morning

08:00 - 14:30

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

08:00 - 08:15

Arrival and refreshments

08:15 - 08:20

Welcome and overview of the day 2

Fidelma Gordon

08:20 - 09:00

Connective tissue disorders: Lupus & Sjogren's

Rosalind Benson

09:00 - 09:40

Managing patients with complex auto-immune conditions via an advice line

Teresa Del Sordo

09:40 - 10:40

Radiology for nurses

Basics of Radiology

Muhammad Nisar

Radiology for established rheumatology nurses

Andrew Grainger

10:40 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 13:00

Practical workshop session with patients

Workshop: Assessing cardiovascular risk

Fidelma Gordon

Workshop: Examining heart

Spencer Ellis

Examination station: Lungs

Sarah Agnew

Examination station: PASI scoring

Leah Irungu

13:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:15

Keynote session: Rebuilding teams – working as one unit

Susannah Hunt

14:15 - 14:30

Summary and closing remarks

14:30

End of Day 2

Bursary

 

Looking for funding towards your place on this course? Applications for our education bursaries in 2024 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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