A series of one day masterclasses delivering essential updates on the latest evidence based medicine and best practice for clinicians in respiratory medicine.

Learn about:

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

Who should attend:

It is aimed at consultants and specialist registrars in:

• respiratory medicine
• cardiology
• general medicine
• geriatric medicine
• accident and emergency medicine
• intensive care units and critical care

It will also be of interest to associate specialists, staff grades, general practitioners and nurses with a special interest in respiratory medicine.

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

Below are topics from the past programmes to help you keep track of your learning progress:

2007 programme:

• 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 programme:

• 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

Topics included:

• Asthma: how to manage patients with difficult asthma
• Asthma: smoking and asthma
• Reducing hospital admissions for patients with COPD
• Management of respiratory failure
• Tuberculosis: the difficulties in diagnosis
• Opportunist mycobacterial disease: how to treat patients with pulmonary disease
• How to get published

For more information, please email us at masterclasses@bmjgroup.com