Upcoming Medical Conferences in Derby

Dietetic Support Worker Award Enhancing Communication Skills in Practice is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held on Jan 07, 2019 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. Course Aims: The aim of this one day course is to explore different aspects of communication and its importance in achieving behaviour change and to provide an opportunity for skills practice as pertinent to the dietetic support worker. Introduction: This one day course is aimed at dietetic support workers working in both acute and community settings. It will be suitable for those relatively new in post and as a useful update for those with some previous knowledge and experience. The day will cover the importance of good communication including communication and listening skills and the ‘Process of Change’. It will provide an introduction to motivating behaviour change and an opportunity to improve skills and competencies in specific areas such as one to one patient consultations. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the one day course the DSW will be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of effective communication, facilitation and listening skills. • Recognise aspects of both effective and poor communication and listening skills. • Demonstrate an understanding of “The process of change” • Recognise important stages in the cycle of change • Use at least one tool which can assist in increasing motivation • Demonstrate improved competency in one to one patient consultation skills

APPI Rehabilitation Pilates Matwork Level 1 - The Foundation is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 08 - 09, 2020 at Royal Derby Hospital : Education Centre, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12.75 CPD hours. Who will Benefit: This course is open to: Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Rehabilitation Therapists, Sports Rehabilitation Therapists (with degree level qualification), Occupational Therapists, Podiatrists, Doctors, final year physiotherapy students, those holding either a Human Movement or a Sports Science degree. (If you hold any other qualifications outside the above criteria, please contact the institute directly). Introduction: The first level in the matwork Pilates training series which has been designed for those teaching in the rehabilitation setting. Based on the most up to date evidence in spinal stability, pelvic stability, strength/conditioning and pain - this is the essential Pilates training tool for all health professionals. Course Aims: This two day course introduces Pilates technique, relevant research and beginner level exercises. APPI have analysed all 34 traditional matwork Pilates exercises, and broken them down into a step by step guide from day one pain right through to elite level sport. Most importantly, every stage has a clinical reason behind why you should choose that exercise for your client. • Pilates as you have never seen it before, the complete programme based on pain, pathology and function. • Understand the evidence behind this popular exercise method. • Learn the 5 stage rehabilitation programme that is now leading the industry in the UK. • Identify how to clinically reason every exercise and incorporate it into your practice.

Hypermobility/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in Adults & Children: Clinical assessment and management is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held on Jan 10, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. Course Description: This course is for those who want to expand their knowledge on the recognition, treatment and management of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Course Aims: This course will provide participants with the opportunity to review and discuss the assessment treatment and management of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. This will be within a functional framework and based on the best of the latest evidence. The course will consider hypermobility in all groups including children, athletes, adults - including those with a late diagnosis and those with complex problems. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course the participants will: • Have an understanding of and be able to recognise the clinical presentation of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in children and adults. • Be able to implement an appropriate functional assessment based on the best of the current evidence base • Be able to plan and implement a functional management plan for patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. • Acknowledge and be able to use strategies for dealing with both functional and behavioural issues. • Have knowledge of suitable evidence based out measures appropriate to dysfunction in Joint Hypermobility Syndrome/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Treatment & Exploration of Gait for Physiotherapists is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held on Jan 13 - 14, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This CPD Conference has been approved for a maximum of 9 CPD hours. Course Description: This 1.5 day course is looking at gait analysis in the normal adult and exploring how inefficiencies/ compensatory strategies will impact on the gait pattern. The course will analyse gait through observation and handling (as in the norm in the clinical setting). It is aimed at the qualified therapist working with adults with acquired neurological damage and will be best suited to those who have a working knowledge of assessment of 'normals' and are currently, or have recently, worked in neurology. Course Aims: • To provide a structure for gait analysis in the neurological patient in community and/or hospital settings. • To develop a clinical reasoning process to analyse which body part to 'begin with' in treatment of gait. Learning Outcomes: • By the end of the course the participant should be able to: • Briefly assess gait in the clinical setting. • Give clinical reasons for which aspects of gait should be treated and why. • Develop a treatment strategy to address an aspect of gait. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Recognising post traumatic stress in clients is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held on Jan 15, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This CPD Conference has been approved for a maximum of 5.5 CPD hours. Who will Benefit: The workshop is intended to be at an introduction to intermediate level. It is particularly appropriate for allied health professionals working within physical rehabilitation. Course Description: The workshop aims to help health professionals understand more about the development, assessment and treatment of PTSD. The workshop combines both elements of didactic teaching and participative exercises. Course Aims: Specific topics will include: • The theoretical background to PTSD. • The epidemiology of PTSD. • Assessment and diagnostic issues. • An evidence based review of treatment approaches - what works and why? • What makes an effective treatment? - working effectively with resistance to change and keeping therapists engaged. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Bobath Module 3 - Assessment & treatment of adults with neurological conditions: the patient with established movement dysfunction is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 16 - 17, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This CPD Conference has been approved for a maximum of 10 CPD Hours. Who will Benefit: Qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists working in neurology who have already attended Bobath Module 1 and 2. Course Description: This 1.5 day BBTA module will include patient demonstrations, theoretical and practical sessions. It will focus on the assessment and treatment of the patient with more established movement dysfunction. Course Aims: • To discuss the pathophysiology and consequences to the patient with established movement dysfunction. • To build upon participants ability to analyse posture and movement. • To link the evidence base and clinical practice. Learning Outcomes: • By the end of the course, the participants should be able to: • Explain the pathophysiology and consequences of UMN syndrome • Demonstrate a deeper understanding of postural and movement control variations within the normal population. • Problem solve appropriate handling in individual models to align/activate distal key points. • Draw upon improved assessment and clinical reasoning skills to treat a patient with established movement dysfunction. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Bobath Introductory Module 3 - The Integration of Postural Control and Selective Movement for Functional Activities (part B) is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 16 - 17, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 10 CPD points. Who will Benefit: Qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists working in neurology who have already attended Bobath Module 1 and 2 Introduction: This 1.5 day BBTA module will include patient demonstrations, theoretical and practical sessions. It will focus on the assessment and treatment of the patient with more established movement dysfunction. Course Aims: • To discuss the pathophysiology and consequences to the patient with established movement dysfunction. • To build upon participants ability to analyse posture and movement. • To link the evidence base and clinical practice. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, the participants should be able to: • Explain the pathophysiology and consequences of UMN syndrome: • Demonstrate a deeper understanding of postural and movement control variations within the normal population. • Problem solve appropriate handling in individual models to align/activate distal key points. • Draw upon improved assessment and clinical reasoning skills to treat a patient with established movement dysfunction. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

The Assessment and Treatment of Clients with Perceptual and Cognitive Dysfunction is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 20 - 21, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This course has been approved for a maximum of 11 CPD Hours. Who will Benefit: The course is suitable for Occupational Therapists working in acute, rehabilitation and community settings. Introduction: This is a basic course and suitable for all OTs working with clients with perceptual and cognitive dysfunction. This course aims to enable Occupational Therapists to feel confident in assessing and planning appropriate intervention for patients Course Aims: The content of the course involves: • Experience and gain a general understanding of the interaction of normal perception and cognition. • Overview of how neuroanatomy and neuropsychology relate to cognition • Develop an understanding of how perceptual and cognitive deficits impact on functional ability • Briefly evaluate the use of functional and standardised assessments • Obtain a methodology for differential diagnosis • Review current treatment approaches and techniques • Devise an appropriate plan of intervention for given case studies Additional details will be posted as soon as the information is available.

Explain Pain is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 21 - 22, 2020 at Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. This CPD Conference has been approved for a maximum of 12 CPD hours. Who will Benefit: All professionals working with patients or clients in acute or chronic pain and stress states e.g. Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Doctors, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. Course Description: In a world experiencing an epidemic of chronic pain and increasing evidence of the failure of synthetic drugs; simple but extremely powerful educational tools can effectively target the natural pain treatment systems within us all. Knowledge is power. In the new series of Explain Pain courses delivered by NOI teams around the world, cutting edge pain sciences are made accessible and understandable for all. The sciences are turned into metaphor and descriptive narratives, all on a framework of conceptual change science and the philosophy of emergence. Explaining pain is a two way process – the pain patterns, metaphors and stories from the patient’s viewpoint need reasoned analysis and are critical to meeting sufferers at their story. We now know more about pain in the last ten years than in the thousand years before and it’s all increasingly providing answers to “why do I hurt the way I do” and “what can I do about it”. The knowledge is applicable to the young and the old, from back pain to hemiplegia, general aching to the complexities of phantom pain and complex regional pain syndrome. This therapy works – there are no side effects, it is available around the clock, it continues to improve and you can share it with others. These are exciting days for neuroscience, but it must be made exciting for sufferers as well. Don’t miss this unique opportunity. NOI Explain Pain courses are fun, intellectually stimulating, based on evidence, always challenging, and you will come away with the most impressive therapeutic tool set ever – your words. The NOI Explain Pain course is based on David Butler and Lorimer Moseley's book Explain Pain Second Edition. Course Aims: • To expand the clinical framework of rehabilitation via the paradigms of neuromatrix and pain mechanisms. • To teach biologically based pain management skills under a framework of the sciences of clinical reasoning and evidence from clinical trials, neurobiology and education research. • To reconceptualise pain in terms of modern neuroscience and philosophy. • To stimulate an urgent reappraisal of current thinking in rehabilitation, with benefits for all stakeholders in clinical outcomes - the patient, the therapist, the referrer and the payer. • To teach the core pain management skills of neuroscience education. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Vestibular Rehabilitation/Dizziness for Occupational Therapists is organized by National Centre of Rehabilitation Education (NCORE) and will be held from Jan 23 - 24, 2020 at London Road Community Hospital, Derby, England, United Kingdom. Introduction: Dizziness is among the most common patient complaints and can complicate Occupational Therapy intervention. This course allows Occupational Therapists to evaluate and differentiate their patients dizziness. Using movement and exercise, Occupational Therapists can also effectively treat common causes of dizziness. This intense two day course covers the essentials of vestibular assessment and treatment. A strong emphasis is placed on clinical assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment selection. Delegates will be taught to identify signs and symptoms that indicate central/sinister pathology. The vestibular rehabilitation techniques included in the course have a strong evidence base. Discussion regarding the application of vestibular rehabilitation assessment and treatment in the context of Occupational Therapy and Scope of Practice will be included. The course content is particularly applicable to patient/client groups who are prone to falling. Course Aims: • Understand basic vestibular anatomy and physiology (semicircular canal orientation+function and the vestibulo-ocular reflex in particular) • Have an overview of the main vestibular pathologies • Take a relevant subjective history including vestibular special questions • Carry out a clinical oculomotor examination • Clinically assess the vestibulo-ocular reflex (dynamic visual acuity, infrared video analysis and head thrust test) • Clinically evaluate different types of nystagmus (central/sinister s peripheral/benign) • Carry out an appropriate outcome-based assessment of balance • Do positional testing for BPPV, interpret findings and treat using the appropriate manoeuvre (posterior, anterior and horizontal canal variants • Devise, evaluate and progress a patient-specific exercise-based rehabilitation programme • Understand how the content of the course could be integrated in the Occupational Therapy role.