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BMJ Masterclasses for Physicians
Our 2009 Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Haematology masterclasses have now ended. 2010 course dates will be available on the website later this year. Please register your interestto be notified when further information is available on these courses.
This year's Neurology masterclass will be taking place on Wednesday 25 November 2009. Plan ahead and put the date in your diary now. Alternatively, you can register your interest to be notified when registration opens. You can also view the 2008 Neurology programme below.
Overview
This year we have added 3 exciting new topics to the key neurological conditions essential to your daily practice, including medicolegal risks ... avoiding a neurological disaster.
This masterclass is chaired by Dr Geraint Fuller, Consultant Neurologist, Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust, and Professor Phil Smith, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Learn about:
- Chronic daily headache: important causes and effective treatment
- Vertigo and dizziness
- Parkinson's disease
- Collapse of unknown cause.
- Weakness and sensory symptoms
- Stroke
- Medicolegal risks ... avoiding a neurological disaster.
Who should attend?
Consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists and staff grades in:
- Neurology
- General medicine
- Geriatric medicine
- Accident and emergency medicine
- Intensive care.
It will also be of interest to general practitioners with a special interest and specialist nurses.
Why attend?
- Keep up to date with recent changes and developments in neurology
- Gain clear guidance on best practice
- Network with peers and experts, and share experiences
- Earn required CPD points.
What our delegates said?
We looked back at our delegate feedback from London and Manchester in 2008 and listed some comments on what they think about the sessions, our speakers and what they got out of the day:
- Never understood vertigo properly! Practical tips and useful breakdown into categories
- Massive amount of information conveyed concisely and very clearly
- Extremely useful esp. differentiation between syncope and seizures
- Excellent. Very good for acute medicine
- Answered all questions, comprehensively
- Stimulating way of teaching neurology, problem solving fascinating, good way of learning
- I really enjoy Professor Bronstein's talk, it's an area I feel particularly ignorant about in and he gave a really useful practical way of thinking about vertigo and dizziness
- Very practical, accessible based approach, sensible audience numbers to allow useful audience participation, excellent quality of speakers
- Excellent practical talk about diagnosis and pitfalls
- Valuable revision of diagnosing epilepsy
- Very clear approach to a difficult diagnostic process & excellent videos
- Throroughly enjoyable & clear presentation of a clinically difficult subject
- Absolutely brilliant! The best lecture on dizziness I've ever heard
- Makes neurology easy!!
- Well pitched for those of us who are rusty on neurology
- The day tackled some of the more challenging aspects of neurology
- Good topics in neurology for geriatricians, good quality speakers, relevant to my work, easy access
