GP General Update
Tuesday, 1 November – Wednesday, 2 November 2022
BMJ Masterclasses is excited to be back with its refreshed GP General Update. The virtual format allows you to participate at a place that suits you. You will have the flexibility of selecting sessions to meet your needs and you can catch up on what you miss after the event.
The new format will feature necessary clinical updates on a range of topics, with expert speakers demonstrating how they can be applied to patients in the clinic or practice.
You will be guided in ways to manage tricky cases, co-morbidities and how to work hand-in-hand with patients to improve their outcomes.
Who should attend? GPs, practice nurses and those working in secondary care who see patients with a wide range of conditions, such as emergency care physicians, geriatricians and doctors in training.
100% of attendees said they’d change their practice after attending the GP General Update.
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Event benefits
Leave with the Evidence Toolkit, containing a suite of relevant resources from BMJ.
Recordings of the entire programme available for 6 months post-event
Personalise your experience by selecting sessions across streams
CPD certificate of attendance
Receive detailed forms to help you reflect and identify take-home messages with ways to change your practice
Dedicated Q&A with the experts
6 months complimentary access to BMJ Best Practice
6 months complimentary access to BMJ Learning
Tuesday, 1 November – Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Tuesday, 1 November
Wednesday, 2 November
Tuesday, 1 November
| Times | Stream 1 | Stream 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 - 9.20 | A healthier world Alex George This is a non-clinical opening session that will speak on how to manage your mental health in the medical workspace. | A healthier world Alex George This is a non-clinical opening session that will speak on how to manage your mental health in the medical workspace. |
| 9.20 - 10.05 | Cardiology Angus Nightingale In this session we will look at: - What are the new drugs in heart failure and how do i use them? - What to do with a patient with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction when the heart failure clinic doesn't have capacity to see them? - How to achieve target BP in people with drug resistance or drug intolerances? - Which patients with high cholesterol do i need to refer? - whats new that i need to know about in AF and aortic valve disease | Cardiology Angus Nightingale In this session we will look at: - What are the new drugs in heart failure and how do i use them? - What to do with a patient with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction when the heart failure clinic doesn't have capacity to see them? - How to achieve target BP in people with drug resistance or drug intolerances? - Which patients with high cholesterol do i need to refer? - whats new that i need to know about in AF and aortic valve disease |
| 10.10 - 10.55 | ENT Nishchay Mehta The latest evidence, guidelines and pathways in the management of hearing and balance problems commonly seen in primary care such as wax, hearing loss, earache, ear discharge, tinnitus and especially dizziness. After taking part in this session, you will be able to appropriately manage common ear problems in primary care, and know when to refer to secondary care. | How lifestyle medicine can enhance your clinical practice Angela Goyal What is the Lifestyle Medicine Specialty Why this is crucial in the modern health crisis epidemic How evidence based lifestyle interventions are a powerful additional tool in treating your patients. How to fit this into GP and specialist consultations using motivational interviewing |
| 10:55 - 11:15 | Break | Break |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Care of the Older Person Clifford Lisk Falls is a common presentation in older adults and a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. This talk highlights the new world falls guidelines using a real life case study. This will include the role of Falls risk increasing drugs (FRIDs), the STOPPFall tool and the components of effective multidomain falls prevention interventions. The talk will also highlight the role of excercise in reducing falls, which types and dosage of excercise are required, what excercise is required for older adults living with frailty and reflect on the fact that a falls excercise programme isn’t just a set of excercises that are given to older adults to go away and do. | Abnormal Bloods Andrew Day The session will cover the interpretation of abnormal results for some of the biochemistry tests that are most commonly requested from primary care. These will include abnormalities in sodium and potassium concentrations, calcium disorders and abnormal liver function tests. |
| 12:00 - 13.00 | Break | Break |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Women's Health Toni Hazell Menopause / HRT | Women's Health Toni Hazell Menopause / HRT |
| 13.50 - 14.35 | Menopause Ask the expert roundtable Toni Hazell and Louise Price Join this session to ask Women’s health experts your questions regarding menopause and HRT basics. Participate in discussions with your colleagues on pressing health matters surrounding menopause | Menopause Ask the expert roundtable Toni Hazell and Louise Price Join this session to ask Women’s health experts your questions regarding menopause and HRT basics. Participate in discussions with your colleagues on pressing health matters surrounding menopause |
| 14:35 - 14:55 | Break | Break |
| 14.55 - 15.40 | Diabetes Tahseen Chowdhury Update on important areas of progress in diabetes, particularly around new NICE guidelines for management of Type 2 diabetes, progress in inducing remission of Type 2 diabetes, and the use of newer technology in diabetes management | End of Life Care Philip Lodge - Managing common symptoms of advanced disease - Advance care planning - acknowledging the challenges - Dilemmas of end of life care at home - Anticipatory prescribing in the community |
| 15.45 - 16.30 | Respiratory Kevin Gruffydd Jones This respiratory update will focus on recent developments in 3 high prevalence conditions in primary care using case histories: ASTHMA CHRONIC COUGH COPD | Respiratory Kevin Gruffydd Jones This respiratory update will focus on recent developments in 3 high prevalence conditions in primary care using case histories: ASTHMA CHRONIC COUGH COPD |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Closing remarks | Closing remarks |
Wednesday, 2 November
| Times | Stream 1 | Stream 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 9.00 - 9.20 | The Selfcare Equation Claire Kaye This is a non-clinical opening session that will speak on how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others. | The Selfcare Equation Claire Kaye This is a non-clinical opening session that will speak on how to take care of yourself so you can take care of others. |
| 9.20 - 10.05 | Dermatology Ahmed Kazmi Hair loss In this session candidates will revise the common pathologies which can present with hair loss and how these are grouped. We will revise key points to cover in the history and how to perform a systemic examination of the scalp and hair. We will also touch on options for management. We will focus on the common non-scarring alopecias (pattent, telogen effluvium and alopecia areata). | Dermatology Ahmed Kazmi Hair loss In this session candidates will revise the common pathologies which can present with hair loss and how these are grouped. We will revise key points to cover in the history and how to perform a systemic examination of the scalp and hair. We will also touch on options for management. We will focus on the common non-scarring alopecias (pattent, telogen effluvium and alopecia areata). |
| 10.10 - 10.55 | Paediatrics Giles Armstrong This session will conver bronchiolitis and Asthma in relation to the NICE guideline changes | Obesity Stephanie de Giorgio During this session you will learn the reality of the science of obesity including the causes, physiological changes and evidence based treatments. It will have a primary care focus to help you feel confident to have successful consultations with your patients who have overweight and obesity and it will educate you about the practical things we can do to help our patients within our practices |
| 10:55 - 11:00 | Break | Break |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Gastroenterology Simon McLaughlin Investigation and management of diarrhoea, Coeliac disease mini masterclass, SBBO (small bowel bacterial overgrowth), Investigation and management of Iron deficiency anaemia, A brief overview of video capsule endoscopy and other useful gastro tips and tricks | Musculoskeletal medicine Elspeth Wise This session will cover the up to date management of back pain, shoulder pain, gout and tendon disorders. |
| 11:45 - 13:00 | Break | Break |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Mental Health Soumitra Burman-Roy - ADHD referrals - How to manage the private practice referring people for drug treatments - is there any more information what drugs they're talking about? ADHD meds or others? | Mental Health Soumitra Burman-Roy - ADHD referrals - How to manage the private practice referring people for drug treatments - is there any more information what drugs they're talking about? ADHD meds or others? |
| 13.50 - 14.35 | Urology/Oncology Early diagnosis on prostate cancer Sponsored by Ipsen | Urology/Oncology Early diagnosis on prostate cancer Sponsored by Ipsen |
| 14.55 - 15.40 | Rheumatology Richard Smith - NICE guidance on OA - NOGG guidance on Osteoporosis - Romo has just been approved for Osteoporosis - new medications / JAKs / Biologics must be bewildering for GPs - how to handle the Fibromyalgia consult?" | Ophthalmology Martin Leyland |
| 15.45 - 16.30 | Neurology Philip Smith - The clinical diagnosis of an epileptic seizure requires detailed history taking, including an eyewitness account. - In children and teenagers, interictal EEG, ideally within 24 hours after a first seizure, is particularly important. All patients who have had a suspected focal-onset seizure should undergo detailed MR imaging of the brain. A 12-lead ECG is essential following a first seizure or an unexplained blackout spell. - Patients who have had an epileptic seizure should be informed about factors that may provoke seizures (e.g., sleep deprivation and alcohol use), the risks of seizures and the legal restrictions on driving. - Data from long-term pragmatic trials suggest that the first-line medication for patients with focal-onset seizures is either lamotrigine or levetiracetam, although other reasonable options are available; for patients with generalised-onset seizures, the first choice is sodium valproate, except for women of reproductive age, in whom the first-line medication is usually levetiracetam. | Neurology Philip Smith - The clinical diagnosis of an epileptic seizure requires detailed history taking, including an eyewitness account. - In children and teenagers, interictal EEG, ideally within 24 hours after a first seizure, is particularly important. All patients who have had a suspected focal-onset seizure should undergo detailed MR imaging of the brain. A 12-lead ECG is essential following a first seizure or an unexplained blackout spell. - Patients who have had an epileptic seizure should be informed about factors that may provoke seizures (e.g., sleep deprivation and alcohol use), the risks of seizures and the legal restrictions on driving. - We will also look at data from long-term pragmatic trials including the suggested first-line medications for patients with focal-onset seizures, other reasonable options for patients with generalised-onset seizures, and exceptions for women of reproductive age |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Closing Remarks | Closing Remarks |
Programme subject to change. Session outlines announced soon.
Tailor your experience
This BMJ Masterclass is a flexible, multi-stream event, so you can tailor your experience by choosing to attend sessions and workshops running at the same time. You will receive access to the sessions for six months post-event, enabling you to catch up on demand at a time that suits you.
Virtual fees:
| Fee (Excl. VAT) | One Day Ticket | Two Day Ticket |
|---|---|---|
| BMA member: Doctor | £172 | £344 |
| Doctor (standard) | £204 | £408 |
| Concession | £144 | £296 |
Concessions include trainees, recently qualified*, pharmacists, nurses and allied health professionals.
*To classify as recently qualified, you must have been qualified within the last two years.
All the above prices are per delegate and are exclusive of VAT as this is based on country of residence and will be added automatically during the registration journey as such:
VAT for attendees in the UK is 20%
VAT for attendees in the EU (excluding UK), AUS and IND who are NOT VAT registered is 20%
VAT for attendees in the EU (excluding UK), AUS and IND who ARE VAT registered is 0%
VAT for attendees different from the above is 20%.