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BMJ Masterclass for Physicians: Neurology, London
A one day masterclasses providing physicians working in acute medicine with confidence to correctly diagnose, investigate, and manage a wide spectrum of common neurological problems.
| When |
Sunday 22 February 2009 |
|---|---|
| Contact Name | BMJ Masterclasses events team |
| Contact Email | response.masterclasses@bmjgroup.com |
| Contact Phone | 020 7383 6241 |
Overview
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.
This essential one day course update you on the latest evidence relating to a wide range of common neurological symptoms and syndromes. Our expert speakers complement recent guidelines with practical tips and relevant case examples that will make even the most challenging aspects of neurology both clear and accessible.
Our seven interactive sessions , delivered in a focused yet informal fashion, allows you plenty of time for both discussion and questions.
This is a thought-provoking, stimulating event that is perfectly pitched for general physicians looking for a comprehensive refresher in neurology.
Learn about:
- Vertigo and dizziness
- Movement disorders
- Collapse of unknown cause
- Stroke
- Weakness and sensory symptoms
- Headache and the acute take.
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?
- Update yourself on advancements and developments in neurology
- Get clear and practical guidance on best practice
- Share best practice and network with experts and your peers
- Earn required CPD points.
- Access an excellent line up of expert speakers who not only know their subjects well and respected as an expert in their field, they are also brilliant presenters who are able to get the points across on difficult subjects and make them interesting and easy to learn.
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
