Respiratory Medicine

2010 date coming soon

If you would like to be notified when the date is available, please register your interest.

In the meantime, find out more about the Respiratory Medicine masterclass below, or visit BMJ Learning where there are over 45 online modules on secondary care respiratory medicine to complete. BMJ Learning is free for BMA members, and non-BMA members can take advantage of our BMJ Learning discount subscription offer.

2009 topics:

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): non-pharmacological management
• Asthma – an update on exacerbations
• Occupational lung disease
• Pulmonary complications of systemic disease
• Tuberculosis: the difficulties in diagnosis
• Lung cancer.

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2008 topics:

• Preventing exacerbations in asthma
• Smoking cessation
• Reducing COPD exacerbations
• Pleural effusions
• Pneumonia
• Sleep apnoea.

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2007 topics:

• Managing patients with COPD
• Diagnosing and managing pulmonary embolism
• Bronchiectasis: impact, significance and management
• Pulmonary fibrosis: diagnosis, management and outcome
• Lung cancer: early detection and the latest treatments available.

2006 topics:

• How to diagnose and manage patients with difficult asthma
• How to manage patients with COPD and respiratory failure
• Opportunist mycobacterial disease: how to treat patients with pulmonary disease.

Who should attend:

Consultants, specialist registrars, associate specialists and staff grades in:

• Respiratory medicine
• General medicine
• Geriatric medicine
• Accident and emergency medicine
• Intensive care units and critical care.

This masterclass will also be of interest to general practitioners with a special interest, nurses with a special interest, and physiotherapists.

Why attend?

• Keep up to date with recent changes and developments in respiratory medicine
• Interact with and learn best practice from leading experts
• Network with your peers and experts throughout the day
• Earn required CPD points.