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Respiratory Medicine 2008 Programme
| 0820-0920 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 0920-0930 | Welcome and introduction by the Chair |
| 0930-1010 | Managing asthma in primary care Learn about strategies for effective long term control of asthma. The speaker will focus on:
Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Community Health Services, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, and Principal in General Practice, Whitstable Medical Practice, Whitstable, Kent |
| 1010-1020 | Question time |
| 1020-1100 | Diagnosis of respiratory disease The session will cover effective diagnosis of respiratory disease, particularly occupational disease. Get your burning questions answered as the speaker discusses:
Reader in Respiratory Medicine, and Co-Director and Clinical Director, Centre for Workplace Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Dr Mark Levy (London) Editor, General Practice Airways Group and Primary Care Respiratory Journal, and Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh |
| 1100-1110 | Question time |
| 1110-1130 | REFRESHMENTS |
| 1130-1210 | Allergy Learn how to recognise and treat patients with allergic respiratory conditions. This session will give you confidence in:
Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, General Practice Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Dr Samantha Walker (London) Director of Education and Research, Education for Health and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh |
| 1210-1220 | Question time |
| 1220-1300 | Living and dying with COPD This session will give you confidence in providing best care for patients in the terminal phase of COPD. The speaker will focus on:
Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Primary Care, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King's College London, London |
| 1300-1310 | Question time |
| 1310-1410 | LUNCH |
| 1410-1455 | Sponsored symposium supported by Pfizer & Boehringer Ingelheim   Reason to Believe - The role of long acting bronchodilators in the effective management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dr Iain Small COPD MCN Clinical Lead, NHS Grampian and Chairman, GP Airways Group |
| 1500-1540 | Smoking cessation This session will give you confidence, skills and knowledge of how to support your patients in their attempts to stop smoking. Learn about:
GP with a Specialist Interest in Smoking Cessation, Wandsworth, London |
| 1540-1550 | Question time |
| 1550-1610 | REFRESHMENTS |
| 1610-1650 | Chest infection Get practical advice on the challenges in diagnosis and treatment of chest infections you encounter in primary care, particularly:
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich |
| 1650-1700 | Question time |
| 1700-1710 | SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS |
PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ALL CONTENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE EDITOR
