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RCSEd Audit Symposium 2010

Course Date: 12th March 2010
Course Duration: 1 Day
Location: The Wolfson Hall, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£85.00

Course objectives:
To discuss evidence based management of surgical problems; To share experiences of general principles involved in surgical training; To provide topic based symposia in Oncology, trauma and endoscopic surgery for example.

Appreciation that outcomes need to be evidence based. Awareness of evidence based practices. Update of knowledge in specific topics in evidence based topics.

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Lower GI Cancer- The Multimodality Treatment Paradigm

Course Date: 12th March 2010
Course Duration: 1 day
Location: BIR, 36 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AT
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

Non BIR members:

£175

BIR Members:

£108

BIR Associate Members:

£142

BIR Trainee member:  

£48

Retired:           

£48

Course objectives:
This meeting will examine the treatment of lower gastrointestinal cancer with an emphasis on new and exciting innovations in cancer care. From the introduction of imaging advances in the GI tract, through the latest surgical techniques and molecular targets for colon cancer and GIST to the emerging role of brachytherapy in rectal cancer and life after the ACT2 trial, the latest techniques will be reviewed and examined and their roles critically appraised. The latest national and international trials of rectal brachytherapy will be introduced and summarised. We will be joined by international speakers to give a wide-ranging perspective on treatment advances.

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Thyroid and Parathyroid Masterclass

Course Date: 15th March 2010
Course Duration: 1 day
Location: The Royal College of Surgeons of England,35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields,London WC2A 3PE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£150 Trainee surgeons, SpRs
£170 Consultants

Course objectives:
An intensive one day interactive masterclass / workshop on surgery of the thyroid and parathyroids. This course aims to give you the opportunity to receive state-of-the-art teaching on controversial areas of endocrine surgery within informal group discussions, with emphasis on interactive teaching style.

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Masters in Radiology: Professor Adrian Dixon. Multidisciplinary Approach to Diseases of the Thorax and Head and Neck

Course Date: 18th March 2010
Course Duration: 2 days
Location: Hilton Hotel, York, UK
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

DAILY RATE

 

BOTH DAYS

 

Non BIR Member:

£175   

Non BIR Member:

£330

BIR Member:   

£108

BIR Member: 

£196

BIR Associate Member:

£142

BIR Associate Member:

£264

Trainee BIR Member:

£48

Trainee BIR Member: 

£96

Retired:           

£48

Retired:           

£96

Course objectives:
Following on from the success of 2008's "Series Masters in Radiology Course: Professor Peter Armstrong", the BIR North of England Branch is pleased to announce the next Series Masters in Radiology Course. 2010's meeting is a tribute to Professor Adrian Dixon for his role as a model of excellence to the radiology community worldwide (please click here for more information). We are delighted to announce that Professor Dixon will be joining us in York. The course will be focused on a multidisciplinary approach to diseases of the thorax and head and neck. It will be addressed to all levels of expertise, providing advanced knowledge and cutting edge techniques in thoracic and ENT diagnosis and treatment. 

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12th Bill Owen – Oesophago-Gastric Symposium: ‘Meet the Experts’

Course Date: 18th March 2010
Course Duration: 1 Day
Location: The Royal College of Surgeons of England35-43 Lincoln's Inn FieldsLondon WC2A 3PE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

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Course objectives:
The 12th Bill Owen Oesophago-Gastric Symposium will provide an international expert faculty to guide participants through discussions and video presentations on the optimal use of mechanical staplers as well as personal preferences for either stapling or hand sewing of the difficult oesophago-gastric anastomoses.

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Tuberculosis: The forgotten plague

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.

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Basic Surgical Skills

Course Date: 8th April 2010
Course Duration: 2 days
Location: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson St, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£585

Course objectives:
This course is designed to instil core surgical skills at the very start of a surgeon’s training by teaching the correct basic techniques used in surgery such as handling instruments, knot tying, core biopsy as well as wound management including wound debridement and drainage of abscess.

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Emergency Surgery for the On-call General Surgeon

Course Date: 12th April 2010
Course Duration: 2 Days
Location: The Royal College of Surgeons of England,35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields,London WC2A 3PE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£800

Course objectives:
The aim of this course is to teach and remind general surgeons, whatever their sub-specialty interest, the skills necessary to manage life threatening emergencies out of hours. It will update experienced general surgeons in the management of a wide range of emergency surgical conditions and to stimulate discussion in controversial areas of patient management.

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Acute Medicine

Course Date: 14th April 2010
Course Duration: 1 day
Location: Royal College of Physicians 11 St Andrews Place London NW1 4LE
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£225.00   Standard fee
£175.00   RCP Fellows, Trainee doctors and Allied healthcare professionals
£165.00   RCP Subscribing Members
£75.00   RCP Retired Fellows
£50.00   Full time students

Course objectives:
This popular annual conference spotlights common clinical scenarios encountered in acutely ill medical patients. The topics covered in the programme allow for discussion of conditions that present particular challenges in acute medicine and will be supported with interactive cases.

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Red Flags in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Course Date: 14th April 2010
Course Duration: evening
Location: RCGP, 14 Princes Gate, Hyde Park, London SW7 1PU
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Price: 

£45

Course objectives:
Join us for supper and learn about Red Flags in Musculoskeletal Medicine

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