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Feedback from the delegates who have attended the previous Masterclasses

GP series


BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Cardiology & Diabetes

what did you like? 

“Friendly informal atmosphere”
“GP speakers”
“Overall well organised”
“Sharp and fast moving”
“Very interactive, well timed sessions”
“Very elegant and pragmatic overviews”
“Very good generally”
“Absolutely excellent all round”
“Aimed at correct level”
“Lively clear informative and practical speakers
“High standard and relevant to primary care”
“GP speakers”
“Brilliant because not just speakers opinions but digestible summary of evidence with practical guideline and algorithms”
“Presented by GPsi”s- relevant to GPs”
“Meeting other delegates”
“Good organisation, very pleasant and friendly staff”
“Excellent way of consolidating knowledge about these common areas encountered in GP”
“Very applicable to primary care”
“High number of GP speakers”
“The course book is very useful to refer back to”
“Speakers were extremely engaging and interesting”
“That the speakers were GP”s made more of a difference than I expected: added value”
“Opportunities to “buzz” with person next door help engagement”
“Very topical for my present needs”
“Best organised event ever attended” 

how will it change your practice?

“Improved prescribing”
I will have more confidence in managing AF in practice
“AF audit” (GP with special interest in cardiology)
“will be able to improve care of my patients with in cardiology and diabetes”
“Improve evidence based clinical care”
"Renewed enthusiasm"
I will consider more aggressive treatment of elderly with heart failure”
“I now know what to do with eGFRs”
"Achieve targets for CKD"
"More heart failure referrals"
"More proactive re CKD"
“Look at CKD register”
“Got to grips with CKD at last”
“Different use of heart failure drugs, CKD management”
“Considering handheld records for diabetes/HT patients”

BMJ Masterclass for GPs: General Update

Course overall

"Very useful topics. Good ' revision'"

"Very informative and interesting presentations covering useful aspects that are useful to GP practice"

"This was well worth a) using a day's leave b) the cost of the course my rail fare and c) the early start! I will definitely be coming back"

"A very comprehensive update on the relevant evidence and current guidelines / QOF requirements…excellent!!"

"Good update and well oriented toward GPs"

"Very ambitious and brilliantly executed. Achieved a lot in one day"

"Friendly and relaxed environment"

"Very worthwhile. I will be back"

"Relevant topics. Up to date"

"The course and content were great"

"Excellent range of topics"

"Very good pace and very relevant"

"Very high standard. Well done!"

"An excellent concept. Very useful day"

"This course is fantastic"

"A cost effective day for me"

"Couldn’t really fault anything…excellent course"

"Extremely good value"

"An excellent opportunity for educational update"

interaction

"I liked the quiz an questions to test our knowledge before each session"

"Case studies and interactive presentations were great"

"Nice to meet up with other GPs and a good opportunity to meet my colleagues"

"Excellent speakers. Interacted well with the audience"

"Great to have the opportunity for lots of questions"

"I liked the Q and A and interactive voting"

"Stimulating and interactive"

Speakers

"Excellent speakers"

"All speakers of very high quality"

"Excellent, helpful and comprehensive"

"Relevant, practical and entertaining"

"Excellent practical advice from speakers who appreciate the difficulties that GPs struggle with"

"All the speakers gave well prepared talks and were very knowledgeable and relevant to GP"

"The enthusiasm of the speakers has a knock on effect"

"Very animated speakers who captured my attention"

"Enthusiasm for their own field was inspiring"

GP focus

"Perfectly pitched for GPs"

"Great practical advice and very relevant to daily practice"

"Speakers focussed on areas of controversy, new developments and dificult decisions"

"Very pleasant to attend a course specifically tailored to the needs of general practitioners"

"Very high standard and extremely relevant to general practice"

Improve practice

"This course will help me improve my performance in all areas"

"To achieve better standards of practice in evidence based medicine"

"I'm planning many changes to my practice"

"Excellent feedback to take back to my practice"

"This course will help to improve management of my patients"

"More confidence in management of all conditions"

Handbook

"Excellent handbook"

"I will be keeping the course handbook near me at my surgery"

"The course handbook was excellent and very much needed"

 

Specialist series


What do you like most about this event?

BMJ Masterclass in Paediatrics

"Good range of topics, good opportunity for discussion. Good number of delegates - big enough for discussion, but small enough to feel reasonably intimate"

"Pitched at correct level" Consultant, London

"Very high calibre of speakers, excellent day, best course I have attended for [a] long time" SpR, London

"Good group of attendees. Excellent speakers and sessions. Good allocation of teaching balanced with breaks" SpR, London

"Very enjoyable course. Excellent speakers, best 10 topics" Clinical Fellow/SpR, London

"Good time keeping. Stimulating speakers, variety of lecture/workshop format with different venues. An excellent, stimulating day"Staff Grade, London

"Good way to keep up to date with recent evidence" SpR, London

"Really enjoyed the pace and spread of topics - found it incredibly enlivening and informative" Associate Specialist, London

"Excellent content. Very useful especially the 1st session - 10 best articles, speakers very courteous to questions - nice atmosphere" SHO, London

...more


BMJ Masterclass in Respiratory

"Excellent meeting" Consultant, Birmingham

"It was so good, it deserves to raise the profile of respiratory medicine in the UK" Consultant, London

"A wonderful first, thanks for organising it" Consultant, London

"A very worth while course, I would recommend it to all chest SpRs" SpR, London

"Very good course - cutting edge and interesting"GP, London


BMJ Masterclass in Cardiology

"An instructive and excellent day" Consultant, London

"Looking forward to 2007" SpR, London

"A truly interactive experience" Consultant, Birmingham

"Could not improve on this - well done!" Consultant, Birmingham

"Generally useful and informative" Consultant, Edinburgh


In general

"Good variety of topics; very applicable to clinical practice" Dr Sarah Fairley, Consultant

"Good speakers. Case examples were particularly good. Liked the format of talk from one speaker, the case examples from another" Dr Alan Robertson, GP

"Focus on common clinical problems"

"Evidence based approach"

"Case discussions, chance to interact"

"Interaction with top speakers"

"Top speakers, excellent topics and breakout sessions"

"Speakers giving concise messages important to clinical practice"

"Case studies excellent, well explained"

"High calibre and expertise of speakers. Topic choice"

What impact will this event have on your future practice?

BMJ Masterclass in Paediatrics

"Feeling very inspired to go and do more reading - effective reading!! and ask more clinical based questions" SpR, London

"Try to work with evidence based medicine"SpR, London

"An excellent day. Has changed my practice" Consultant, London

BMJ Masterclass in Respiratory

"Has kept me up to date with potential developments"Consultant, London

"Improve evidence based practice' SpR, Birmingham

"My prescribing habits will change'GPSI, London


BMJ Masterclass in Cardiology

"Has altered my practice in all 3 fields of cardiology – excellent' Consultant, London

"High – I’m well updated' Consultant, Birmingham

"Will try to be more evidence based' SpR, Edinburgh

"Considerable in the climate of nurse led services' Nurse, Birmingham


In general

"Will make me more evidence based"

"Consolidates the way I treat patients"

"Up-to-date clinical decisions"

"Improve patient care"

"I will put evidence based medicine into practice and also share the knowledge with my junior and senior colleagues"

"It will help me think analytically and pay more attention to evidence based medicine"

"To come back again and try to apply what I have learnt

 
 
 

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