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| 01 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Armagh City Hotel, Armagh | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Hugh McGavock NIMDTA and University of Ulster Target Audience GPs Available Places: 20 Aims and Objectives Modern prescribing covering many chronic conditions is a minefield this talk will attempt to steer through the serious and potentially fatal pitfalls |
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| 02 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Ramada Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Stuart Elborn Professor of Respiratory Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 49 Aims and Objectives Like most branches of medicine, 95% of respiratory medicine is managed in general practice, with or without specialist involvement. The new GP contract has rightly acknowledged this and encouraged it. To do so effectively requires a thorough understanding of the advances in treatment of lung diseases and Professor Stuart Elborn of the Respiratory Disease Centre at the Belfast City Hospital and QUB is a leading authority in his field and an excellent postgraduate lecturer. He will cover all the major lung diseases in his seminar, with challenging case histories for audience participation. There are other dates and venues available for this topic |
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| 02 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Balmoral Hotel, Blacks Road, Dunmurry, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Robin Adair ENT Surgeon Belfast City Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 12 Aims and Objectives AIM Update ENT knowledge and discuss modern management OBJECTIVES To achieve greater understanding of: ● Dizziness and vertigo management ● Sinus disease and treatment ● Deafness and understand diagnosis, causes and treatment ● Increase knowledge of otitis media and otitis externia |
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| 07 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechlawn House Hotel, Dunmurry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr J Price Consultant Obstetrician Target Audience GPs Available Places: 10 Aims and Objectives ● The management of PMB/Perimenopausal bleeding ● The role of HRT ● How to manage ovarian cysts ● Cervical screening |
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| 08 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr P O\'Hare Dermatology Department Altnagelvin Area Hospital Mr Zawislak General Surgeon Altnagelvin Hospital Dr P Gardiner Consultant Rheumatologist Altnagelvin Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 16 Aims and Objectives This course aims to provide confidence in the management of a variety of conditions relating to minor surgery in general practice There shall be lectures, discussion and practical sessions in minor surgery techniques and also joint injections |
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| 09 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Peter Passmore Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 24 Aims and Objectives Thanks to expert proactive care in general practice, the over 70\'s now form a growing echelon of our population and a major clinical challenge and workload. They are often our most appreciative patients and they deserve the best we can give them. Professor Peter Passmore is one of our most popular postgraduate teachers and an enthusiast for his subject. Geriatric medicine is the most complex clinical area, encompassing the normal ageing process and the \'knife-edge\' scenario of loss of organ function, when one event often triggers a \'domino\' effect on other organs. Drug treatment is particularly challenging - 12% of all elderly A&E admissions are caused by prescribed drugs. So there is a lot to revise and update. There have been further developments in many of the disease areas affecting older people for example hypertension, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis. |
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| 09 Oct 2008 9.00 am - 5.00 pm | Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Mr Ewan Mochrie NLP Trainer INSPIRE 360 Target Audience GPs and Nurse Practitioners Available Places: 22 Aims and Objectives AIM To provide an overview of neurolinguistic programming and its application in primary care. By the end of this session participants should be able to: ● Describe the benefits of NLP in the consultation and to one\'s personal development ● List the conditions which might benefit from NLP ● Value hypnosis as a theurapeutic tool ● Describe Time line therapy and its use in brief intervention for anger management, depression, anxiety, phobias and OCD. |
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| 09 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Bushtown House Country Hotel, Coleraine | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Barry Mitchell Lodge Health, Coleraine Dr Paul McCormack Kilrea Health Centre Target Audience GPs who want to learn to inject these joints or those who need a refresher in this area Available Places: 6 Aims and Objectives ● To demonstrate helpful examination techniques of shoulder, knee and elbow ● To demonstrate safe injection techniques for these joints ● To allow practical time to inject these joints and related structures using models and under supervision |
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| 09 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | N.I. Ambulance Service Training Room, Knockbracken Healthcare pk | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr McManus NI Ambulance Service Dr Ruddell NI Ambulance Service Target Audience GPs Available Places: 1 Aims and Objectives The emphasis will be on practical interactive learning with an informal atmosphere. Participants will gain confidence in the pre-hospital assessment and management of medical and trauma emergencies as well as learning about new developments in prehospital emergency care to include: ● Airway management - adapting a simple stepwise approach to managing airway problems ● Basic life support and use of an automatic defibrillator ●Venous access to become familiar with new techniques and equipment ● Review of management of common medical emergencies in general practice ● Interaction with the ambulance service—how to make best use of ambulance resources |
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| 14 Oct 2008 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm | Canal Court Hotel, Newry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Shane Moan Consultant Respiratory Physician Daisy Hill Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 26 Aims and Objectives To provide an overview of the diagnosis and management of COPD By the end participants should be able to: ● Interpret spirometry results ● Describe the stages of COPD ● Develop an appropriate treatment plan |
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| 15 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr P O\'Hare Dermatology Department Altnagelvin Area Hospital Mr Zawislak General Surgeon Altnagelvin Area Hospital Dr D Armstrong Consultant Rheumatologist Altnagelvin Area Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 14 Aims and Objectives This course aims to provide confidence in the management of a variety of conditions relating to minor surgery in general practice. There shall be lectures, discussion and practical sessions in minor surgery techniques and also joint injections |
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| 15 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Stormont Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr David Edgar Consultant Immunologist Royal Victoria Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 2 Aims and Objectives AIM To update GPs regarding investigation and management of allergy OBJECTIVES ● Diagnosis and investigation of allergy ● Suitable cases for hospital referral ● Diagnosis, investigation and management of nut allergy ● Recognising immunodeficiency ● Treatment of Anaphylaxis ● Training regarding use of Epipen (and practical experience) |
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| 16 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Armagh City Hotel, Armagh | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Stuart Elborn Professor of Respiratory Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 20 Aims and Objectives Like most branches of medicine, 95% of respiratory medicine is managed in general practice, with or without specialist involvement. The new GP contract has rightly acknowledged this and encouraged it. To do so effectively requires a thorough understanding of the advances in treatment of lung diseases and Professor Stuart Elborn of the Respiratory Disease Centre at the Belfast City Hospital and QUB is a leading authority in his field and an excellent postgraduate lecturer. He will cover all the major lung diseases in his seminar, with challenging case histories for audience participation. There are other dates and venues available for this topic. |
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| 16 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Park Avenue Hotel, Holywood Road, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Tim Warke Consultant Respiratory Physician Royal Victoria Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 16 Aims and Objectives AIM To provide a practical update in the management of common respiratory conditions using current evidence and best practice guidelines. OBJECTIVES ● Asthma management summarised (BTS/SIGN 2008 Guideline) ● Understanding holistic management of COPD ● Managing respiratory infections including: bronchitis, pneumonia, infective exacerbation of COPD, bronchiectosis ● Red-Flags for lung cancer - who to suspect and refer |
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| 16 Oct 2008 9.15am - 4.00pm | Kings Hall Belfast | CEMACH | £75.00 | Not available online, see booking info. | |
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For further information and to book online please visit: http://www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk/work/Training/trainingevents.htm Speakers Various - See Conference Programme Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Follow link given below to view leaflet |
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| 21 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Rosspark Hotel, Ballymena | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Ms Olwen Sheridan The Training Warehouse Target Audience GPs Available Places: 8 Aims and Objectives ● To give an update on time management principles ● To improve time management in surgery and personal life ● To study how good time management can reduce personal stress levels ● To improve personal effectiveness by good time management principles ● To develop effective time and self management techniques ● Learn the importance of goal setting ● To prioritise tasks appropriately ●To deal with interruptions |
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| 22 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Sports Medicine Dept, Musgrave Park Hospital | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | This course is fully booked. | |
Unfortunately this course is fully booked.
Please contact a member of the ATHENA team on 02890 400033 or email athena@nimdta.gov.uk to have your name placed on a reserve list. Booking Information
N/A Speakers Professor Michael Collins Sports Medicine Dept Musgrave Park Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives AIM To provide a GP with a relevant overview of musculoskeletal medicine OBJECTIVES With increasing specialisation it is difficult to achieve an overview of orthopaedic medicine and this can most readily be provided through the sports medicine department ● To help diagnose and formulate a treatment plan for the most common musculoskeletal conditions presenting in General Practice |
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| 23 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Ballymoney Health Centre | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Peter Passmore Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 20 Aims and Objectives Thanks to expert proactive care in general practice, the over 70\'s now form a growing echelon of our population and a major clinical challenge and workload. They are often our most appreciative patients and they deserve the best we can give them. Professor Peter Passmore is one of our most popular postgraduate teachers and an enthusiast for his subject. Geriatric medicine is the most complex clinical area, encompassing the normal ageing process and the \'knife-edge\' scenario of loss of organ function, when one event often triggers a \'domino\' effect on other organs. Drug treatment is particularly challenging - 12% of all elderly A&E admissions are caused by prescribed drugs. So there is a lot to revise and update. There have been further developments in many of the disease areas affecting older people for example hypertension, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis. |
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| 23 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Seagoe Hotel, Portadown | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Simon Baird GP, Broughshane Dr Ian Menown Consultant Cardiologist Craigavon Area Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 23 Aims and Objectives Dr Baird will review the guidelines on the management of hypertension. He will present short case histories and discuss best practice for GP identification, investigation & therapeutic management of hypertension. Dr Menown will discuss referral pathways for patients with angina, present shot case histories and show video clips of the stenting process. He will discuss the GP management of the patient following coronary angioplasty and stenting and indications for re-referral. |
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| 23 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Kevin Dynan Consultant in Care of Elderly Ulster Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 2 Aims and Objectives ●Increased understanding of the overlap of the syndromes of falls, syncope and epilepsy ● Raised awareness of the impact of falls on society ● Review the evidence base for falls prevention ● Important points in history taking in patients who blackout ●Which blackouts need further investigation? ●Who to refer to a falls and syncope clinic ● How to manage orthostatic hypotension |
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| 29 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr M Howie Family Planning Practitioner WHSSB Target Audience GPs and Nurse Practitioners Available Places: 13 Aims and Objectives To provide an update on family planning issues including emergency contraception and the variety of contraception options available. Please note that this course will not cover specific training on the insertion of coil devices. |
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| 30 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Silver Birch Hotel, Omagh | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Stuart Elborn Professor of Respiratory Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 24 Aims and Objectives Like most branches of medicine, 95% of respiratory medicine is managed in general practice, with or without specialist involvement. The new GP contract has rightly acknowledged this and encouraged it. To do so effectively requires a thorough understanding of the advances in treatment of lung diseases and Professor Stuart Elborn of the Respiratory Disease Centre at the Belfast City Hospital and QUB is a leading authority in his field and an excellent postgraduate lecturer. He will cover all the major lung diseases in his seminar, with challenging case histories for audience participation. There are other dates and venues available for this topic. |
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| 30 Oct 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm *Multiple Dates | Rosspark Hotel, Ballymena | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Addtional Dates Please note that an intermediate course in spirometery is planned for January - June 2009 Speakers Barbara Martin Nurse Specialist Royal Victoria Hospital Target Audience GPs, Practice Nurses or Nurse Practitioners wanting to develop basic skills in spirometry Available Places: 14 Aims and Objectives An introduction to basic spirometry ● To look at effective use of spirometry equipment ● To learn how to perform spirometry technique correctly (practical demonstration) ● To develop basic interpretation skills in spirometry |
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| 04 Nov 2008 9.30 am - 5.00 pm | Malone House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Geoff McCracken Consultant Gynaecologist, CAH Dr I Harley Consultant Gynaecologist, BCH Professor N McClure Consultant Gynaecologist, RVH Dr D Hunter Consultant Gynaecologist, RVH Dr K Johnston Consultant Gynaecologist, AAH Target Audience GPs Available Places: 10 Aims and Objectives AIM To provide an update on gynaecology Morning session will include: ● Prolapse and urinary incontinence ● Endometriosis and pelvic pain ● The management of infertility Afternoon session will include: ● An update on laparoscopic surgery ● The management of abnormal uterine bleeding |
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| 05 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Armagh City Hotel, Armagh | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Jim Sharkey Consultant Opthalmologist RVH Target Audience GPs Available Places: 12 Aims and Objectives To update GPs on the management of common eye conditions. By the end of this course the participant should be able to: ● Diagnose the Red Eye ● Recognise opthalmological emergencies ● Treat common eye conditions appropriately ● Be familiar with modern surgical approach |
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| 06 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Ramada Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Peter Passmore Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 46 Aims and Objectives Thanks to expert proactive care in general practice, the over 70\'s now form a growing echelon of our population and a major clinical challenge and workload. They are often our most appreciative patients and they deserve the best we can give them. Professor Peter Passmore is one of our most popular postgraduate teachers and an enthusiast for his subject. Geriatric medicine is the most complex clinical area, encompassing the normal ageing process and the \'knife-edge\' scenario of loss of organ function, when one event often triggers a \'domino\' effect on other organs. Drug treatment is particularly challenging - 12% of all elderly A&E admissions are caused by prescribed drugs. So there is a lot to revise and update. There have been further developments in many of the disease areas affecting older people for example hypertension, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis. |
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| 06 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Balmoral Hotel, Blacks Road, Dunmurry, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Janet Deacon Family Planning Instructing Doctor Target Audience GPs Available Places: 7 Aims and Objectives To provide an update in contraception ● Provide contraceptive choice for older patients ● Discuss LARC ● Look at current issues in sexual and reproductive healthcare ● Prescribe hormonal oral contraception appropriately |
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| 11 Nov 2008 9.30 am - 5.00 pm | Malone House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Craig Consultant Neurologist Dr Hawkins Consultant Neurologist Target Audience GPs Available Places: 13 Aims and Objectives Topics to be covered throughout the day will include: • An update on epilepsy • The diagnosis and management of headaches • Medically unexplained (functional) neurological symptoms and MS: issues in general practice There will be an opportunity for discussion throughout the sessions. A more detailed programme of the content of the morning and afternoon session will be available on request. |
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| 11 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 4.15 pm | Rosspark Hotel, Ballymena | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Rosemary Black Associate Specialist in Dermatology Target Audience GPs Available Places: 8 Aims and Objectives AIM An update in dermatology conditions in practice. OBJECTIVES ● To give an overview of the diagnosis and management of eczema ● To give an overview of the diagnosis and management of acne ● To give an overview of pigmented skin lesions and their management ● To give an overview of benign lumps in the skin |
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| 12 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Lansdowne Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr H Courtney Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology RVH Target Audience GPs Available Places: 8 Aims and Objectives The following topics will be covered using case based discussion with regards to patient management: ● Guidance on diagnosing DM – type I and type II ● Initiation of treatment following the diagnosis of DM ● Who to refer to secondary care ● New treatments regimes in DM ● How to manage patients with impaired serum glucose levels |
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| 12 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Prof Wallace Dinsmore GUM Clinic Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Target Audience GPs and Nurse Practitioners Available Places: 23 Aims and Objectives To provide a revision and update on sexual health matters including diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections |
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| 12 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | This course is fully booked. | |
Unfortunately this course is fully booked.
Please contact a member of the ATHENA team on 02890 400033 or email athena@nimdta.gov.uk to have your name placed on a reserve list. Booking Information
N/A Speakers Dr Michael Armstrong GP in Newtownards Target Audience GPs Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Aim The aim is to consider common presentations in primary care in a round table interactive setting Objectives ● To review common presentations in primary care their aetiology, progress and management ● To consider appropriate examination methods in a primary care setting ● To highlight those conditions requiring urgent intervention ● To discuss those conditions appropriate for referral to secondary care and consider referral pathways |
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| 13 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Darren McLaughlin Consultant Physician Ulster Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 10 Aims and Objectives ● To use case presentation and analysis to create an interactive learning session on endocrinology based presentations ● To consider a range of conditions including diabetes, thyroid disorder, pituitary disease, Cushings syndrome etc ● To review the role of primary care in management and criteria for referral to specialist care |
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| 13 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA Sponsored | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Stuart Elborn Professor of Respiratory Medicine QUB Target Audience GP''''s Available Places: 29 Aims and Objectives Like most branches of medicine, 95% of respiratory medicine is managed in general practice, with or without specialist involvement. The new GP contract has rightly acknowledged this and encouraged it. To do so effectively requires a thorough understanding of the advances in treatment of lung diseases and Professor Stuart Elborn of the Respiratory Disease Centre at the Belfast City Hospital and QUB is a leading authority in his field and an excellent postgraduate lecturer. He will cover all the major lung diseases in his seminar, with challenging case histories for audience participation. There are other dates and venues available for this topic. |
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| 19 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Stormont Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | This course is fully booked. | |
Unfortunately this course is fully booked.
Please contact a member of the ATHENA team on 02890 400033 or email athena@nimdta.gov.uk to have your name placed on a reserve list. Booking Information
N/A Speakers Dr Diana Patterson Consultant Psychiatrist Shaftsbury Square Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Aim To gain greater confidence in dealing with patients with illicit and prescribed drug dependencies and services available to these patients Objectives To discuss use of illicit drugs in our community ● Common drugs used ● Recognising usage and effects ● Referral and support ● Dealing with users To discuss dependence on prescribed medication ● Recognising the problem ● Withdrawal strategies ● Discussing and agreeing a plan with patients ● Services available for support |
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| 20 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Armagh City Hotel, Armagh | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Peter Passmore Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 21 Aims and Objectives Thanks to expert proactive care in general practice, the over 70\'s now form a growing echelon of our population and a major clinical challenge and workload. They are often our most appreciative patients and they deserve the best we can give them. Professor Peter Passmore is one of our most popular postgraduate teachers and an enthusiast for his subject. Geriatric medicine is the most complex clinical area, encompassing the normal ageing process and the \'knife-edge\' scenario of loss of organ function, when one event often triggers a \'domino\' effect on other organs. Drug treatment is particularly challenging - 12% of all elderly A&E admissions are caused by prescribed drugs. So there is a lot to revise and update. There have been further developments in many of the disease areas affecting older people for example hypertension, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis. |
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| 20 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Ms Helen Cullen Resuscitation Officer Target Audience GPs Available Places: 8 Aims and Objectives Aim A practical workshop to update GPs on resuscitation of adults and children according to current guidelines Objectives By the end of this workshop participants should be able to: ● Assess a collapsed patient ● Perform basic life support competently on an adult and child ● Describe how to use a defibrillator ● Perform first aid on a choking adult or child |
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| 21 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Ross Park, Ballymena | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Ms Helen Johnston and Ms Jenny Irwin Travel Health Nurse Specialists Target Audience GPs and Practice Nurses Available Places: 16 Aims and Objectives A practical workshop to update GPs on resuscitation of adults and children according to current guidelines |
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| 25 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | The Lodge Hotel, Coleraine | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Mark Rollins Consultant Paediatrician Causeway Hospital Target Audience GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Health Visitors and Practice Nurses Available Places: 17 Aims and Objectives NICE have issued guidelines on both of these topics in recent times. This course aims to provide an update on these guidelines with the opportunity to discuss them and how it affects clinical practice. The red, amber, green status of assessing children with fevers will be discussed and how they are assessed. The changes to the definition of recurrent UTI, investigation and management will also be discussed. |
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| 26 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | This course is fully booked. | |
Unfortunately this course is fully booked.
Please contact a member of the ATHENA team on 02890 400033 or email athena@nimdta.gov.uk to have your name placed on a reserve list. Booking Information
N/A Speakers Dr David McCreary GP, Hillsborough Target Audience GPs Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives An active learning session considering techniques and skills required for minor surgery in a primary care setting. Objectives ● To review theory and principles required in preparation for a minor surgery session ● To perform common skin lesion excisions ●To practice the techniques involved with routine joint injections |
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| 26 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Smithson Consultant in Communicable Diseases Mr Cullen Consultant ENT Surgeon Dr N Corrigan Consultant Paediatrician Altnagelvin Target Audience GPs and Nurse Practitioners Available Places: 22 Aims and Objectives To provide a revision of current vaccination policy and rationale behind this. The session will also cover ENT problems, dealing with the acutely ill child and other common childhood illnesses. |
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| 27 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm *Multiple Dates | Ballymoney Health Centre | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Addtional Dates There are other dates and venues available for this topic. Speakers Professor Stuart Elborn Professor of Respiratory Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 24 Aims and Objectives Like most branches of medicine, 95% of respiratory medicine is managed in general practice, with or without specialist involvement. The new GP contract has rightly acknowledged this and encouraged it. To do so effectively requires a thorough understanding of the advances in treatment of lung disease and Professor Stuart Elborn of the Respiratory Disease Centre at the Belfast City Hospital and QUB is a leading authority in his field and an excellent postgraduate lecturer. He will cover all the major lung diseases in his seminar, with challenging case histories for audience participation. |
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| 27 Nov 2008 9.30 am - 4.30 pm | Canal Court, Newry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Roy Harper Ulster Hospital Dundonald Dr Mark Davies Belfast City Hospital Target Audience GPs, Practice Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Available Places: 18 Aims and Objectives Aim To give an overview of modern diabetic management in primary care Objectives By the end of this course the participant should be able to ● Prescribe oral hypoglycemic therapy appropriately ● To demonstrate pens, needles and regimes for insulin use in primary care ● To motivate patient change in diabetes |
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| 27 Nov 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Seagoe Hotel, Portadown | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Colin Mathews GP and Sexual Health Practitioner Dr Lyndsey McCann Community Sexual Health Adviser Target Audience GPs and Practice Nurses Available Places: 24 Aims and Objectives Aims ● To make GPs & Practice Nurses more comfortable in discussing sexual health concerns of their patients ● To present care pathways for the testing and management of STIs and HIV Objectives By the end of this session participants should: ● Have a better understanding of the issues related to sexual history taking ● Understand the process of testing for STIs and HIV ● Know the referral process to the GUM Service and Sexual Health Advisers |
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| 02 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Ross Park, Ballymena | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Gavin McDonnell Consultant Neurologist RVH Target Audience GPs Available Places: 19 Aims and Objectives ● Update on the management of multiple sclerosis ● To give an overview of the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Northern Ireland ● To look at types of presentations of multiple sclerosis and classification of types ● To study disease modifying therapy and its indications and effectiveness Delegates are invited to submit questions in advance for the speaker |
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| 02 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechlawn House Hotel, Dunmurry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Olivia Earley Consultant Ophthalmologist Mater Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 18 Aims and Objectives ● The management of the red eye and other acute ophthalmic conditions in primary care ● Interpretation of letters from opticians; including advice on referral to secondary care ● Ophthalmic quiz to summarise topics covered during the meeting |
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| 03 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr John Lindsay Consultant Endocrinologist Altnagelvin Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 22 Aims and Objectives To provide an update on type 2 diabetes including the practicalities of making the diagnosis, therapeutic options and ongoing management of these patients in primary care. |
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| 03 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Beechill House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Stephen Dobbs Consultant Gynaecologist Belfast City Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 13 Aims and Objectives Aim To provide GP’s with an update on the diagnosis and management of the common gynaecology cancers Objectives To use case dscussions to look at scenarios involving patients with cancer of the ovary, uteris and cervix |
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| 03 Dec 2008 9.00 am - 5.00 pm | Ramada Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £75.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr Bob Taylor Mr D Adams Sr P Haugh & Sr B Trainor Dr Ann Black Dr Frank Casey Dr David Marshall Mr James Marshall Dr Larry Martel Dr C Campbell Target Audience GPs Available Places: 6 Aims and Objectives Aim To consider management of common paediatric problems Objectives By the end of this interactive session participants should be able to diagnose and manage ● A critically ill child ● Common surgical conditions ● Common dermatological conditions |
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| 04 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Enniskillen Health Centre | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Professor Peter Passmore Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine QUB Target Audience GPs Available Places: 22 Aims and Objectives Thanks to expert proactive care in general practice, the over 70\'s now form a growing echelon of our population and a major clinical challenge and workload. They are often our most appreciative patients and they deserve the best we can give them. Professor Peter Passmore is one of our most popular postgraduate teachers and an enthusiast for his subject. Geriatric medicine is the most complex clinical area, encompassing the normal ageing process and the \'knife-edge\' scenario of loss of organ function, when one event often triggers a \'domino\' effect on other organs. Drug treatment is particularly challenging - 12% of all elderly A&E admissions are caused by prescribed drugs. So there is a lot to revise and update. There have been further developments in many of the disease areas affecting older people for example hypertension, stroke, dementia, osteoporosis. |
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| 09 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Malone House, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr A Cairns Consultant Rheumatologist Musgrave Park Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 13 Aims and Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis - clinical and biochemical diagnosis - treatment options (DMARDS and anti-TNF factor) - screening for co-morbidities ● Management of the acutely swollen joint ● Diagnosing and managing gout ● DEXA scans, osteoporosis and treatment ● Diagnosing and managing PMR ● When to consider ankylosing spondylitis |
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| 10 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Stormont Hotel, Belfast | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | This course is fully booked. | |
Unfortunately this course is fully booked.
Please contact a member of the ATHENA team on 02890 400033 or email athena@nimdta.gov.uk to have your name placed on a reserve list. Booking Information
N/A Speakers Professor Michael Collins Sports Medicine Dept Musgrave Park Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: N/A Aims and Objectives Aim In order to achieve a realistic and practical view of sports medicine conditions actually presenting to the clinic can be discussed regarding diagnosis, investigation and management Objectives ● To achieve a broad spread of practical understanding in area of sports medicine ● To achieve a greater understanding of actual investigation and treatment plans in order to optimise referral pattern |
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| 10 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Dr P O\'Hare Dermatology Department Altnagelvin Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 17 Aims and Objectives To provide a revision of a wide variety of common dermatological conditions encountered in general practice |
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| 11 Dec 2008 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Seagoe Hotel, Portadown | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Ms Bernie O\'Connor Resuscitation Officer Craigavon Area Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 23 Aims and Objectives This is a practical workshop on CPR By the end of this session GPs will have been updated on ● CPR Guidelines ● Assessment of the collapsed patient ● Performing basic life support on adult & child ● The use of defibrillators ● Management of the choking child or adult Please note this is a basic update and not advanced life support |
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| 28 Jan 2009 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm | Broomhill Hotel, Derry | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Ms R Brennan Consultant Ophthalmologist Altnagelvin Hospital Target Audience GPs Available Places: 23 Aims and Objectives To provide a revision of ophthalmology conditions encountered in General Practice The session also will provide an update on some of the more recent advances (and abbreviations/terminology) in this area of practice |
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| 29 Jan 2009 2.00 pm - 4.30 pm | Please refer to our website for further information | NIMDTA | £50.00 £0.00 [ATHENA] | ||
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N/A Speakers Southern Board local speakers. Please refer to our website for further information. www.nimdta.gov.uk Target Audience GPs Available Places: 18 Aims and Objectives Based on the BMJ Series “The 10 Minute Consultation” Southern Board GPs will present management guidelines on 5 common primary care medical conditions with the emphasis on quick assessment and diagnosis & effective and uniform management. These will be Gout, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Emergency Contraception, PSA Testing, Gastric Reflux. |
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