Upcoming Medical Conferences in UK

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) School Nurses conference and exhibition is organized by Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and will be held on Aug 22, 2018 at Amba Hotel Marble Arch, London, England, United Kingdom. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7 CPD hours. Conference Aims and objectives : This one-day conference will: • enhance attendees’ professional and clinical practice knowledge • demonstrate links between policy and practice • raise awareness of the RCN’s Staying Healthy Forum and how school nurses can get involved in influencing and shaping future policy and practice • allow attendees to share ideas and discuss issues. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Gyn/Men's Uro/Pain/Psych is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Aug 27 - 30, 2018 at Savoy Hotel, London, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to: • Describe the management and treatment of abnormal pap smears, uterine bleeding, and HPV • Explain the process of menopausal transition (climacteric) and describe the potential risks/benefits of HRT option, especially in relation to breast cancer and cardiovascular disease • Discuss updated recommendations for breast cancer screening and interpretation • Evaluate the signs and symptoms of common sexually transmitted infections and describe the work up and treatment • Describe medications, manual therapies, injections as well as psychological and other approaches to pain management • Utilize current evidence to design treatment strategies for fibromyalgia • List strategies treat addiction in the primary care setting • Accurately diagnose and treat (pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic) depression in adults • Differentiate between benign prostate conditions and prostate cancers • Discuss the biology and screening, and treatment options of prostate cancer and testicular cancer • Discuss medical management of male sexual health including sexual function and androgen replacement Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography (SMRA) 30th Annual International Conference is organized by Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography (SMRA) and will be held from Aug 28 - 31, 2018 at University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

29th Biennial Congress is organized by International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeon (ISUCRS) and will be held from Aug 29 - Sep 01, 2018 at Bush House, London, England, United Kingdom. This promises to be an outstanding scientific gathering of colorectal surgeons from all over the world. Highlights for the meeting include: • Angelita Habr-Gamma Pioneer in Colorectal Surgery Award • The Fumio Konishi Excellence in Clinical or Research Award • The Jae Gab Park for Outstanding Contribution to Colon and Rectal Surgery Award • The ISUCRS Master of Coloproctology Award • The Bacon Lecture There will be a parallel session for free original scientific paper & video presentations, poster presentation. Awards will be made for best original scientific oral and poster presentations. On the 31st August, there will ISUCRS Thames River Cruise with food & drinks (separately priced - more information later). There will also be a number of coloproctological courses and workshops which will be held is a newly developed skills units at The Weston Education Centre, King's College Hospital on the Saturday 1st September 2018. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Entrepreneurship and innovation - get your idea off the ground is organized by Medics Academy, Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) and will be held on Aug 29, 2018 at The Healthcare Leadership Academy, London, England, United Kingdom. Course Description: This course based on a series of courses, talks and university programmes that some of the faculty have been delivering for the last couple of years. A lot of healthcare workers are interested in innovation, entrepreneurship and starting new businesses. This one-day short course is an introduction for anyone considering turning an idea into a business. There are a lot of accelerators, incubators, angel investors, institutional investors and healthcare professionals out there looking for founders of companies, but there is very little impartial and independent learning aimed at healthcare workers about turning ideas into businesses. This one-day introductory course will be based on the experiences of the team at The HLA (social enterprise) and Medics. Academy (a commercial technology company) as well as an array of people that have experiences of being entrepreneurs and working with startups. If you have considered applying to an accelerator or considered trying to raise some investment money to get an idea off the ground, is that really the best idea for you? Invest in yourself by spending a day just exploring whether you know what you are letting yourself in for. What will the day cover?: • Finding a niche • Ideas, testing and execution • Budget and business planning • GDPR and Data protection • Validation of ideas as a business • Understanding key documents such as Articles of Association, Shareholders Agreements, Company ownership structures • How to deal with investors, the role of Boards in Start-ups and shareholder management • Making decisions • Line Management and Direct Reports • Options agreements • Legal structures ie Ltd, CIC or charities • Will I be accused of selling out or going to the dark side? There is a special early bird rate of £45 for the first 10 people that book Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

23rd Dundee Advanced Rhinoplasty Course is organized by Dundee Institute for Healthcare Simulation University of Dundee and will be held from Aug 29 - 31, 2018 at Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification, Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 16 CPD Points. Conference Objectives are : • Single delegate per work station • Individual Thiel cadaver dissection • Practical exercises in tip sculpturing, columella and septal struts, cartilage harvesting, osteotomy techniques and cartilage graft surgery. • Lectures in peri-operative care, imaging and managing complications, etc • High tutor delegate ratio Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Family Medicine: Women's Health Cruise Conference is organized by University at Sea and will be held from Sep 01 - 09, 2018 at 8-Night Norwegian Fjords Cruise Conference, Southampton, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Primary Care Physicians, OB/GYN, Family Medicine, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Conference Objectives: Following attendance to this educational activity, participants should be able to: • Explain evidence-based approaches to disease management • Provide an update on some of the newer treatment regimens for diabetes • Review the role of unstable coronary artery plaque as a cause of acute cardiac death • Discuss the more frequent incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in individuals with migraine with aura • Review the medications that are associated with osteoporosis • Analyze the role of calcium and Vitamin D for bone health • Recognize the risk of sexually transmitted infections after a single unprotected sexual encounter • Review the role of expedited partner therapy in the treatment and prevention of STDs • Discuss the risk factors and clinical presentations of cardiovascular disease in women compared to men • Identify the America Diabetic Association diagnostic guidelines for the diagnosis of Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, the Joint National Committee on Hypertension (8) guidelines for blood pressure and the National Cholesterol Education Program III guidelines for lipid treatment in women • Appreciate the clinical nuances and differences between monopolar and bipolar depression • Provide an overview of the benefits and limitations of the various medication classes presently available to treat mono-polar and bipolar depression disorders • Review the similarities and differences between a migraine, tension, cluster, and sinus headache in adults and children • Discuss the pharmacologic therapies for a migraine including "abortive" and "preventative" therapy • Recognize the prevalence and risk factors associated with osteoporosis • Emphasize the lifestyle and therapeutic options for the prevention of osteoporosis • Review the clinical features of the more common sexually transmitted diseases • Discuss the rational use of pharmacologic agents for the treatment of common STDs, excluding AIDS, following the most recent guidelines of the Center of Disease Control • Understand the recent controversies in hormonal contraception • Describe changes in the management of an abnormal Pap test • Formulate a strategy for menopausal therapy • Define a medical approach to abnormal uterine bleeding

Family Medicine: Women's Health is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held during Sep 01 - 09, 2018 at 8-Night Norwegian Fjords Cruise Conference, Southampton, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Primary Care Physicians, OB/Gyn, Family Medicine, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Program Purpose / Objectives: Following attendance to this educational activity, participants should be able to: • Explain evidence-based approaches to disease management • Provide an update on some of the newer treatment regimens for diabetes • Review the role of unstable coronary artery plaque as a cause of acute cardiac death • Discuss the more frequent incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in individuals with migraine with aura • Review the medications that are associated with osteoporosis • Analyze the role of calcium and Vitamin D for bone health • Recognize the risk of sexually transmitted infections after a single unprotected sexual encounter • Review the role of expedited partner therapy in the treatment and prevention of STDs • Discuss the risk factors and clinical presentations of cardiovascular disease in women compared to men • Identify the America Diabetic Association diagnostic guidelines for the diagnosis of Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, the Joint National Committee on Hypertension (8) guidelines for blood pressure and the National Cholesterol Education Program III guidelines for lipid treatment in women • Appreciate the clinical nuances and differences between mono-polar and bipolar depression • Provide an overview of the benefits and limitations of the various medication classes presently available to treat mono-polar and bipolar depression disorders • Review the similarities and differences between migraine, tension, cluster, and sinus headache in adults and children • Discuss the pharmacologic therapies for migraine including "abortive" and "preventative" therapy • Recognize the prevalence and risk factors associated with osteoporosis • Emphasize the lifestyle and therapeutic options for the prevention of osteoporosis • Review the clinical features of the more common sexually transmitted diseases • Discuss the rational use of pharmacologic agents for the treatment of common STDs, excluding AIDS, following the most recent guidelines of the Center of Disease Control • Understand the recent controversies in hormonal contraception • Describe changes in the management of an abnormal Pap test • Formulate a strategy for menopausal therapy • Define a medical approach to abnormal uterine bleeding Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Faculty of Homeopathy Glasgow Masterclass : Stress, Burnout and Overcoming Addictions is organized by Faculty of Homeopathy and will be held during Sep 01 - 02, 2018 at NHS Centre for Integrative Care, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Conference Description : This class explores the issues of stress, burnout and addiction from overwork to addiction to over-stimulus. He will explain the themes and sensation of drug remedies in the Piperaceae, Papavaraceae, Solanaceae, Malvales and Magnolianae plant families, and in the Acute, Typhoid, Cancer and Leprosy miasms. These cases will be compared with a differential to issues and themes found in cases of gas remedies. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Introductory Module 1: Human Movement Analysis as a Basis of Clinical Intervention is organized by British Bobath Tutors Association (BBTA) and will be held from Sep 01 - 02, 2018 at Manchester Neurotherapy Centre, Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is Qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists working in neurology. Course Description : This two-day module is designed to introduce participants to the concept of movement analysis in the assessment and treatment of adults with neurological or neuromuscular dysfunction. The module consists of a theoretical introduction to movement analysis, practical sessions, and a patient demonstration. Course aims: • To discuss movement analysis based on The Bobath Concept. • To explore and enhance skills of observation, analysis and facilitation in a neurologically intact subject. • To link the evidence base and clinical practice. Course Objectives: • Describe key components relating to the analysis of positions / postural sets (sitting/standing) and movement sequences (sit to stand to sit). • Identify key characteristics of efficient movement performance and recognize potential causes for lack of efficiency. • Understand the wide postural and tonal variations in the normal adult population. • Demonstrate efficient handling skills to facilitate movement from one postural set to another (sit to stand to sit). • Apply knowledge of movement analysis to the assessment and treatment of patients with neurological dysfunction. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.