BritSpine 2020 is organized by United Kingdom Spine Societies Board (UKSSB) and will be held from Apr 01 - 03, 2020 at SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available. ​

Basic Surgical Skills Course is organized by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) and will be held from Apr 15 - 16, 2020 at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Description: This is the new, fifth edition of the Intercollegiate course that runs over two days. It is for trainees anticipating a career in Surgery and preparing for basic surgical examinations. The course aims to teach safe operating techniques and stresses the importance of precautions for safe theatre practice. This programme covers: • Gowning and gloving • Handling instruments • Knots • Suturing techniques • Haemostasis • Handling bowel • Abdominal closure and drain insertion • Skin lesion and LA techniques • Cytology techniques and biopsy • Fine tissue handling • Electro-surgery • Wound management • Endoscopic surgery Suitable for: • Medical Student • Surgeons Outside the UK • Surgical Foundation Trainees • Surgical Core Trainees • Surgical Specialty Trainees • SAS Grade Surgeons Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available. 

This conference has been CANCELLED. British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Annual Conference is organized by British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) and will be held from Apr 20 - 22, 2020 at SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Description: The British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference returns to Glasgow; the UK’s foremost gathering of leading rheumatology professionals, this fantastic three-day event is full of opportunities to learn, share and network. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Recertification Course is organized by Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) and will be held on Apr 24, 2020 at MERAS Health and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Description: The APLS Recertification course is 1-day of pre-course on-line learning (VLE) and a 1-day face-to-face course. You must have already attended and passed a full APLS course in the past 4 years to attend a recertification course. Please see the factsheet below for further criteria. You MUST complete the VLE before you attend so book early and remember that you need at least 10 hours to complete it. These courses are very popular, so please book well in advance of your re-certification date. Objectives: This recertification course has been designed for those candidates who have already undertaken the APLS course and after four years wish to recertify. The course objectives are to: • Provide the knowledge and skills necessary for recognition and effective treatment and stabilisation of children with life threatening emergencies, using a structured, sequential approach. • Refresh the knowledge necessary for effective treatment and stabilisation of children with life threatening emergencies • Practice the practical procedures necessary for effective management of childhood emergencies • Test the retention of the APLS course content. Candidate criteria and eligibility: • This Advanced Paediatric Life Support recertification programme is for those candidates who have already undertaken the APLS course and after four years wish to recertify. • Candidates have six months after their APLS certificate has expired to do this APLS Recertification course • Those whose certificates have expired more than six months must undertake the full APLS course. • All recertifying candidates must read the manual and complete the APLS e-modules. • ALSG offer an amnesty for candidates who fulfil certain criteria: practicing APLS regularly and working in the following roles - on-call general paediatrics; paediatric intensive care; paediatric anaesthesia; general or paediatric emergency department.

Hot Topics GP Update Course is organized by NB Medical Education and will be held on Apr 24, 2020 at Glasgow Marriott Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Learning Credits: By attending the course you will earn 6 CPD credits. In each chapter we include a Quality Improvement Ideas box which provides suggestions to stimulate further continuing professional development such as audits and practice development. This additional work can be claimed as CPD credits.  For example, if you highlight improving end of life care as a major area for your PDP for the year ahead and subsequently do 7 hours work of reading the topic, looking at the resources, doing an audit, preparing a presentation, devising a new practice policy/guideline, you can claim a further 7 credits. Description: The Hot Topics GP Update Course, is the market leading GP Update course in the UK and Ireland. We are passionate about primary care, and committed to helping busy primary care professionals practice evidence-based medicine in an easy, time efficient way. 'Hot Topics' is the original and the UK's most popular one day course to update GPs with the latest developments in the literature and to serve as a platform for CPD and help to deliver better patient care. The course revolves around short, engaging presentations which merge recent clinical evidence with real life clinical scenarios and is fully supported by a full range of paper and electronic course materials. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support (PHPLS) Course is organized by Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) and will be held from Apr 25 - 26, 2020 at MERAS Health and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Description: The PHPLS course is a 3-day course comprising 1-day of pre-course on-line learning (VLE) and a 2-day face-to-face course. Some courses run alongside APLS courses where the PHPLS content is identical to the standalone PHPLS courses. The PHPLS course provides the knowledge and practical procedures necessary for effective treatment of childhood emergencies prior to hospital admission: major incident injury; life-threatening acute illnesses to which children with other underlying chronic diseases may be prone ; he child suffering from the progressive effects of trauma. Prompt recognition and immediate effective treatment improves the life chances for these children. Furthermore, the seriously ill and or injured child needs to be treated as an individual and there are four key differences that determine treatment: weight; anatomy; physiology and psychology. The course focuses on how to recognise and effectively manage the treatment of a seriously ill and or injured child, using a structured approach; how to triage, providing appropriate life saving treatment; how to assess the most appropriate form of transportation; and teaches the ASHICE format for pre-hospital communication: age, sex, history, injuries/illness, current condition, expected time and mode of arrival at an ECD. Candidate criteria and eligibility: This Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support programme’s objective is to improve the emergency care of children, concentrating on the initial critical minutes prior to arriving at hospital and is suitable for those from the following backgrounds: • Medical • Paramedic • Nursing

Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Course is organized by Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) and will be held from Apr 25 - 26, 2020 at MERAS Health and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Description: There are 2 models for APLS courses, a 3-day face-to-face course (non-UK centres) OR a 3-day course comprising 1-day of pre-course on-line learning (VLE) and a 2-day face-to-face course - if you choose the latter you MUST complete the VLE before you attend, so book early and remember that you need at least 10 hours to complete it. Some centres running this model may also be accommodating one group of PHPLS candidates. If you have already completed a course and after 4 years want to recertify, you can choose to attend a shorter APLS Recertification course. Choose APLS Recertification from the dropdown list for dates for these courses. Please check the start and end date of the course to confirm which model you are attending. The target audience for this medical event is: • A medical, nursing, ECP, ODP or RTO background • Physician’s Assistants for which APLS is relevant to their working practice. • RTOs from any background who work in a paediatric hospital are eligible to take the programme. However, RTOs who work in a nonpaediatric hospital, with any other background to those already listed, can send an application to the Working Group detailing their paediatric practice and each of these cases will be considered individually. The Working Group also recommended that nurses are senior staff nurses and above. • Experienced level 5 staff nurses Course Objectives: • The APLS course provides the knowledge and skills necessary for recognition and effective treatment and stabilisation of children with • life-threatening emergencies, using a structured, sequential approach. • The seriously ill and or injured child needs to be treated as an individual; there are four key differences that determine treatment • weight, anatomy, physiology, and psychology. • The structured approach focuses the clinician on resuscitation, emergency treatment followed by continual stabilisation and then transfer to a definitive care environment. • APLS aims to teach, practice and test the acquisition and use of these technical skills. In addition, the human factors that generate the highest quality and safest healthcare provision are considered. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Basic Surgical Skills Course is organized by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) and will be held from Apr 30 - May 01, 2020 at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Description: This is the new, fifth edition of the Intercollegiate course that runs over two days. It is for trainees anticipating a career in Surgery and preparing for basic surgical examinations. The course aims to teach safe operating techniques and stresses the importance of precautions for safe theatre practice. This programme covers: • Gowning and gloving • Handling instruments • Knots • Suturing techniques • Haemostasis • Handling bowel • Abdominal closure and drain insertion • Skin lesion and LA techniques • Cytology techniques and biopsy • Fine tissue handling • Electro-surgery • Wound management • Endoscopic surgery Suitable for: • Medical Student • Surgeons Outside the UK • Surgical Foundation Trainees • Surgical Core Trainees • Surgical Specialty Trainees • SAS Grade Surgeons Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ISPD and EuroPD Joint Meeting 2020 is organized by International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), European Peritoneal Dialysis (EuroPD) and will be held from May 02 - 05, 2020 at SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Conference Description: The programme will aim to strengthen participants’ knowledge of PD and Home Haemodialysis on a national, regional and international scale through a multidisciplinary programme. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

IMPACT Course is organized by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) and will be held from May 05 - 06, 2020 at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Suitable For: • Medical Foundation Trainees  • Medical Core Trainees  • Medical Specialty Trainees Course Description: The IMPACT course is a two-day course introducing the principles and practice of acute medical care and related knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes. Designed by the Federation of Royal Medical Colleges and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, this course is endorsed by the Resuscitation Council UK, the Intensive Care Society and the Society of Acute Medicine. IMPACT enables trainee doctors (specifically trainee physicians) to assess and treat acutely unwell patients and where appropriate gives guidance on when to ask for help. The course is aimed at CT1 and CT2 level doctors in acute medical specialties including Acute Medicine, Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) and General Internal Medicine. The course is also open to FY2 level doctors who are able to demonstrate a particular interest in pursuing a career in the medical specialties noted above. FY2 doctors must have completed at least eight months practice in acute medical specialties in their FY2 year before they can attend the course. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.