Course Date: 24th March 2010
Course Duration: 1 day
Location: Royal Society of Medicine, London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price:
RSM Member: £30 – £80
Non RSM Member: £35 – £150
Course objectives:
Though tuberculosis kills nearly 2 million people a year, of whom half a million are dually infected with HIV and is one of the three infectious diseases which the Global Fund is raising funds to fight, it is very much the orphan when it come to publicity, funding and awareness of its importance across the globe.
The morning session is intended to ask the question why this might be and to supply solutions.
For the afternoon session we have asked those at the front line of TB control to give their wish lists as to the way the next set of guidelines should be drawn up with changes they would like to see.
This conference is held in conjunction with the Liverpool Medical Institution, The Manchester Medical Society and TB Alert.
Target audience:
Consultants, SpR, Trainees in Respiratory Medicine, Nurses and Specialist Nurses.
Topics covered:
The role of the All Party Parliamentary Group
Not as forgotten as you think
No headlines for TB
Overshadowed by AIDS
The NGO response
What I would like to see changed in the NICE guidelines: The nurse specialist
What I would like to see changed in the NICE guidelines: The chest physician
What I would like to see changed in the NICE guidelines: The ID doctor
What I would like to see changed in the NICE guidelines: The consultant communicable disease control
What I would like to see changed in the NICE guidelines: The microbiologist
Language:
English
CME points:
5 CPD points (applied for)
Contact person name: Nicole Leida
Contact person phone: 020 7290 3946
On-line booking hyperlink: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/rmj104.php?utm_source=medicourse&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=test
Contact person email: respiratory@rsm.ac.uk
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