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
This course is suited to clinical nurse specialists and allied health professionals working in rheumatology.

The course programme is being designed and mapped against the RCN competency framework and will include a combination of lectures, practical interactive workshops and group discussions.  

The course programme is currently in planning stage and will be announced soon. 
Please note, session titles and timings might be different from the ones mentioned in the example programme.

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

Example 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

09:30 - 10:15

Rheumatology nursing: Past, present and future

10:15 - 11:00

Vaccines and immune suppression

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:15

Why do people get fibromyalgia?

12:15 - 13:00

Pain management

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch break

Afternoon

14:00 - 17:15

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

14:00 - 14:30

Nurses job planning session

14:30 - 15:45

Professional development sessions

15:45 - 16:15

Break

16:15 - 17:00

Keynote session

17:00

Summary and goodbyes

Morning

08:00 - 13:30

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

08:00 - 08:15

Arrival and refreshments

08:15 - 08:20

Welcome and overview of the day 2

08:20 - 09:00

Overview of connective tissue disorders

09:00 - 10:00

Radiology for nurses

10:00 - 10:40

Managing patients with complex auto-immune conditions

10:40 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 13:00

Practical session

13:00 - 13:30

Lunch break

Afternoon

13:30 - 14:30

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKERS

13:30 - 14:15

Keynote session

14:15 - 14:30

Summary and closing remarks

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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