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The Annual Medical Update
for the
General Practitioner
The 10th practical, comprehensive and intensive two-day course for the busy GP
organised by Infomed Research and Training, on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January 2015,
at the Royal College of General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2HD
ARE YOU A GP WHO IS LOOKING FOR ...
 a medical update/refresher to assist you in appraisal/revalidation?
 practical guidance on when to refer or manage the patient safely in the practice?
 a course that will help you to address RCGP’s current Clinical Priorities?
... IF
SO , THEN THIS IS THE
COURSE
FOR YOU !
COURSE ADVISOR
 Dr Rachel Pryke,
GP, Winyates Health Centre, Redditch,
and RCGP Clinical Lead for Nutrition
OUR F ACULTY OF EXPERTS INCLUDES
 Dr Giles Elrington,
Consultant Neurologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
 Dr Jane Roberts,
RCGP Youth Mental Health Clinical Champion, and GP Liverpool
 Dr Dan Bromage, Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
 Prof Jeremy Levy, Consultant Nephrologist,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Imperial College London
 Dr Douglas MacDonald, Consultant Hepatologist,
Royal Free Hospital, London
 Dr Jo Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist,
SW London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
 Dr Alison Wren, Consultant Endocrinologist,
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
 Dr Gavin Johnson,
Consultant Gastroenterologist, University College Hospital, London
 Dr Shirin Irani, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
 Dr Frances Dockery, Consultant Geriatrician,
Department of Ageing and Health, St Thomas' Hospital, London
 Dr Adrian Wills, Consultant Neurologist,
Nottingham University Hospitals
 Dr Pasupathy Sivasothy, Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
 Dr Youssef Sorour, Consultant Haematologist,
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
 Dr Simon Holmes, Consultant Urologist,
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
 Dr Claire Macaulay,
Medico-Legal Advisor, Medical Defence Union
WHAT DELEGATES SAID ABOUT
THE PREVIOUS UPDATES
Excellent - great balance of
interesting topics, central London,
two days of intensive work.
Lots of positive points learnt.
Wide range of topics, smoothly run,
excellent mix of consultants and GP's
delivering lectures, good atmosphere.
Good volume of knowledge passed on,
short duration of each topic - easier to
maintain concentration.
Practical approach by all speakers,
a true update. Reminded me of some
info I knew, and gave me new facts.
Left with more confidence – more
management less referral!
Great variety of subjects relevant to GPs.
The Annual Medical Update for the General Practitioner
Course on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January 2015, at the Royal College of General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2HD
11.10 – 11.40
Tea and coffee break
About the Course
11.40 – 12.20
As patient demands increase, GPs have less time
available to keep up-to-date with new evidence and
recent advances in clinical practice. The course offers a
comprehensive and intensive update for the busy GP:
covering a broad range of topics relevant to day-to-day
practice, addressed by a wide ranging Faculty of
practicing GPs and specialists from around the country,
with a track record of dealing with GP referrals. Sessions
are evidence-based, patient-focused, structured and
interactive, with plenty of opportunities for questions and
answers, and with a focus on areas that can impact
practice and on practical guidance in relation to areas of
controversy.
A guiding principle of the course is that in the large
majority of cases the GP knows well when to refer and
when and how to manage in the practice; however, the
competent GP also encounters a significant number of
'grey' cases in daily practice where there is genuine
doubt. Faculty are asked to focus on these areas, as well
as cases that are commonly referred but shouldn’t be,
and cases that should be referred but commonly are not.
DAY 1: Thursday
29 January 2015
08.30 – 09.15
Registration, tea and coffee
09.15 – 09.30
Welcome and introduction by chair
Respiratory Medicine
Dr Pasupathy Sivasothy,
Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Topics to be included:
 COPD
 The breathless patient
 Asthma, cough
 Spirometry
 Cases that are commonly referred but shouldn’t be
12.20 – 12.30
Cases, Q&A and discussion
12.30 – 13.00
MND and other rare diseases
Dr Adrian Wills,
Consultant Neurologist, Nottingham University Hospitals
Topics to be included:
 Symptoms and symptoms progress
 Diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis
 Appropriate referral
 Medical and symptom management
 Challenges for the GP
 Other rare diseases: update on RCGP work and support
13.00 – 13.10
Cases, Q&A and discussion
09.30 – 10.10
Neurology
Dr Giles Elrington,
Consultant Neurologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
13.10 – 13.50
Lunch
13.50 – 14.10
Topics to be included:
Medico-Legal
 Epilepsy, attacks and funny turns
 Migraine and other headaches – diagnosis and
management
 Small strokes and TIAs
 Dementia and acute confusion
 Parkinson’s
 Potential pitfalls
Dr Claire Macaulay,
Medico-Legal Advisor, Medical Defence Union
Topics to be included:
 Latest GMC regulations
 How to avoid litigation
14.10 – 14.40
Cases, Q&A and discussion
10.10 – 10.20
Cases, Q&A and discussion
14.40 – 15.20
Gastroenterology
10.20 – 11.00
Cardiology
Dr Gavin Johnson, Consultant Gastroenterologist,
University College Hospital, London
Dr Dan Bromage,
Cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
Topics to be included:
 Chronic diarrhoea
 Abnormal liver function tests
 Dyspepsia
 Small haematemesis
 Chronic abdominal pain (e.g. IBS and diberticulosis)
 Rectal bleeding
 When and what to refer
Topics to be included:
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Coronary heart disease
Atrial Fibrillation/multiple ectopic
Breathlessness – when to suspect the heart
Atypical chest pain
Hypertension
Referral and/or management
11.00 – 11.10
15.20 – 15.30
Cases, Q&A and discussion
Cases, Q&A and discussion
The Annual Medical Update for the General Practitioner
Course on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January 2015, at the Royal College of General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2HD
15.30 – 15.45
Tea and coffee break
09.50 – 10.30
Renal Medicine
15.45 – 16.25
Haematology
Dr Youssef Sorour,
Consultant Haematologist,
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Physiological variation in haematological indices
Red cell disorders and ferritin
White cell disorders
Paraproteinaemia
Platelets and bleeding disorders
16.25 – 16.35
Cases, Q&A and discussion
Prof Jeremy Levy,
Consultant Nephrologist, Imperial College Healthcare
NHS Trust, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine,
Imperial College London
Topics to be included:
 Difficult hypertension
 Kidney function, blood pressure, acute and chronic
kidney disease: when to refer, monitoring and
preventing complications
 What do you need to know about patients on dialysis?
 Transplant patients – critical issues in general practice
10.30 – 10.40
Cases, Q&A and discussion
16.35 – 17.15
Psychiatry
10.40 – 11.10
Dr Jo Turner,
Consultant Psychiatrist, South West London and
St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
Topics to be included:
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11.10 – 11.50
Obesity and Malnutrition
Dr Rachel Pryke,
General Practitioner, Winyates Health Centre, Redditch,
and RCGP Clinical Lead for Nutrition
Management of depression
Managing anxiety and OCD
SMIs (e.g. bipolar)
The lithium prescribing guidelines
Why and when to refer
Topics to be included:
17.15 – 17.25
Cases, Q&A and discussion
17.25
Tea and coffee break
 Recent NICE guidelines
 Metabolic sequelae
 Malnutrition – guidance
 Recommended practice, management and referral
pathways
Close
11.50 – 12.00
Cases, Q&A and discussion
DAY 2: Friday
30 January 2015
12.00 – 12.40
Liver Diseases are on the increase
08.10 – 08.50
Registration, tea and coffee
08.50 – 09.00
Welcome and introduction by chair
09.00 – 09.40
Diabetology and Endocrinology
Dr Alison Wren,
Consultant Endocrinologist,
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
Topics to be included:
 Use and positioning of conventional and newer agents
for the treatment of diabetes
 Grey areas in thyroid
 What to refer and when
 Vitamin D – who to test and treat and with what
Dr Douglas MacDonald,
Consultant Hepatologist,
Royal Free Hospital, London
Topics to be included:
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Causes, signs and symptoms progress
Investigations, tests, when Ultrasound/CT
Alcohol, biliary tract, hepatitis B and C
Diagnosis and appropriate referral
Treatment and management
Challenges for the GP
12.40 – 12.50
Cases, Q&A and discussion
09.40 – 09.50
Cases, Q&A and discussion
12.50 – 13.30
Lunch
The Annual Medical Update for the General Practitioner
Course on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January 2015, at the Royal College of General Practitioners, 30 Euston Square, London NW1 2HD
13.30 – 14.10
16.20 – 17.00
Young People Mental Health
Elderly Health
Dr Jane Roberts,
RCGP Youth Mental Health Clinical Champion,
and GP Liverpool
Dr Frances Dockery,
Consultant Geriatrician,
Department of Ageing and Health,
St Thomas' Hospital, London
Topics to be included:
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Topics to be included:
Self-harming
Eating disorder
Anorexia
Depression
Referral pathways
14.10 – 14.20
Cases, Q&A and discussion
 Syncope
 Falls and fractures
 Osteoporosis
 Polypharmacy
 What and when to refer
17.00 – 17.10
Cases, Q&A and discussion
14.20 – 15.00
Men’s Health
17.10
Dr Simon Holmes,
Consultant Urologist,
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Topics to be included:
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Lower urinary tract symptoms
Prostate, PSA and other screening
Impotence
Male UT infections
Referral and/or management
15.00 – 15.10
Cases, Q&A and discussion
15.10 – 15.30
Tea and coffee break
15.30 – 16.10
Women’s Health
Dr Shirin Irani,
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust,
and Consultant Adolescent Gynaecologist, Birmingham
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham
Topics to be included:
 Menstrual disorders (e.g. dysmenorrhoea)
 Menopause management
 Infertility: what test? Assessing the couple?
 HRT
16.10 – 16.20
Cases, Q&A and discussion
Close
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