The GMOHNG present:

Movers & Shakers 3: Fit to Work - Thursday 16 September 2010
in The Stretford Suite at Manchester United Football Club

This will be an important conference and opportunity to discuss the impact of the Fit note in our work. 

Our keynote speaker is Professor Mike Kelly, Director of the Centre of Public Health Excellence at NICE.

Other speakers include:
Dr Rob Hampton - Clinical lead for the Leicester Fit for Work pilot
Ed Cotton and Glen Hayes - Irwin Mitchell, leading employment law solicitors
Paul Spencer-Wimpenny - Physiomed, isokinetic testing
Ann Byrne - Obaire Associates, Workplace Functional Capacity

Early birds (members) £85  Others £100
After 30 July (members) £95  Others £125

Further information and a registration form can be downloaded here

Click here for a map to the venue is also available.

Introductory Medical Statistics - Thursday 23 to Friday 24 September

Registration fee: .... £250 (includes optional evening dinner on the first day) 

Registration:

https://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/intromedstats_1009.html

Brief description: 

Designed to introduce doctors, nurses, clinical research fellows and postgraduate students (anyone who uses statistics in their work or research) to statistical concepts including: epidemiological study design; identifying and describing different data types; selection of appropriate statistical tests (two and three group scenarios); calculation of sample size for basic study designs; understanding the principles behind various forms of regression analysis, including survival analysis.

Accreditation: ........ 12 non-clinical, external CPD points (event ref: 55239)

Occupational Asthma Workshop - Friday 15 October 

Registration fee: .... £120

Registration:

http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/occasthma_1010.html

Brief description: 

Especially suitable for Occupational Health Advisers, Occupational Health Nurses and Practice Nurses, the day covers current issues in the diagnosis of occupational asthma and work-exacerbated asthma in a hospital setting, and examines the role of the Occupational Heath Practitioner in this process. 

Workplace surveillance is covered, with input on the prevention of occupational asthma.  Management of occupational asthma once diagnosed is examined.  The implications for patients with such a diagnosis is discussed, and an interview with a patient volunteer is presented.

Accreditation: ........ CPD: 6 clinical points to be sought; RCN Accreditation Unit: 6 study hours (event ref. 3746) 

 
Workshop on Lung Function Tests, Asthma and Work - Tuesday 16 November

Registration fee: .... £120

http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/lungfunctasthma_1011.html

Brief description:

Suitable for all Occupational Health professionals with a particular interest in spirometry and lung function testing, and their implications in the workplace. 

Examines the role of lung function testing in the workplace.  Covers spirometry, histamine provocation and exercise testing: interpretation, abnormalities, longitudinal changes, individual variation and role in health surveillance; use in pre-employment screening/fitness to work; risk assessment of people with asthma. 

NB: this is not a practical Spirometry course; a working knowledge of practical spirometry is assumed. 

Accreditation:......... CPD: 5 clinical points (21 May event ref. 53284);  RCN Accreditation Unit: 5 study hours (event ref. 3803).