Shaping the Future of Musculoskeletal Services - A conference for interface musculoskeletal practitioners 8 June 2011, Skinners Hall, Dowgate, London

Time	Session	Speaker
9.00am	Arrival, Registration and Coffee
9.30am	Welcome Address	Dr. Christopher Deighton (chair) Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal Derby Hospital; President Elect of the British Society of Rheumatology
9.45am	Musculoskeletal Commissioning – The National Perspective	John Wicks NHS Commissioning Board Implementation Team, Department of Health
10.10am	A Commissioner’s Perspective	Dr. Victoria Tzortziou-Brown GPwSI in musculoskeletal conditions; Research Fellow SEM; Commissioning Executive Committee member, Tower Hamlets; Regional Commissioning Champion RCGP
10.35am	Delegate Discussion: MSK Commissioning
11.10am	Coffee Break
11.30am	Developing a Musculoskeletal Interface Service – A 15 Year Experience	Dr. Peter Dawes Rheumatologist UHNS Clinical Lead Haywood Hospital
11.55am	Shaping the Future Through Feedback on Patient Experience	Dr. Lisa Roberts Arthritis Research UK senior lecturer in physiotherapy; Consultant physiotherapist
12.20pm	Delegate Discussion: Skills and Competencies
12.45pm	Lunch
1.50pm	Clinical Vignettes from the Interface	Dr. Ajit Menon Consultant Rheumatologist, Haywood Hospital
2.15pm	Developing Disease Pathways  – Lessons Learnt at the MSK Interface	Susan Oliver Nurse consultant, Rheumatology
2.40pm	Delegate Workshop: Developing an MSK Patient Pathway
4.25pm	Closing Address	Dr. Christopher Deighton (chair)
4.45pm	Close

Post Conference Reception

Post conference reception drinks will be served until 7pm, to continue the opportunities for networking and to allow delegates to enjoy the fantastic surroundings of Skinner’s Hall.

As places are limited, please let us know if you’d like to attend the drinks reception when you register

Workshop Facilitators

Dr Louise Warburton – GPwSI; President of the Primary Care Rheumatology Society

Dr Adrian Dunbar – GPwSI; Associate Director of Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Leeds

Dr Tony Mitchell – GPwSI; Education Lead, East Lancs MSK Service

Contact

Abby Webster
Communications Manager
t: 0300 790 0400
e: a.webster@arthritisresearchuk.org
w: www.arthritisresearchuk.org

Elite Human Performance and Sports Medicine Centre

PML deliver sports science, sports medicine and cardiac screening services to the FA, UEFA, FIFA, professional football and cricket clubs and professional athletes throughout the UK.

The Lab is a consolidation of experience, learning and innovation and a hub of dedicated sports medicine professionals with common interests and who recognise the holistic nature wellbeing and of treating athletes and patients at all levels of ability. Professional clubs and individual athletes can benefit from our services for baseline assessment, injury prevention and conditioning strategies. The Lab is an ideal location to send long term injured athletes for a change of scenery and intense 1:1 conditioning and rehabilitation or when your treatment room becomes full.
The Lab is a 1500 sq ft facility located in Oswestry, Shropshire and is just over an hour from Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham airports. We are 3 and a half hours from London by road.
The Lab is within a beautifully restored former Maltings which retains many of the original features and provides a wonderful restful environment. It is impossible to see into the building and we have private garage parking available on site. The Lab is equipped with the latest and innovative equipment, each item being chosen individually for its merit and capabilities rather than branding.


For further information on the Lab and the services we offer, please visit www.pmlthelab.com or email j.pither@pml.tel

London marathon medicine conference Saturday 16 April 2011 - Royal Society of Medicine

 London marathon medicine conference

Saturday 16 April 2011

Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE

Sponsored by the Virgin London Marathon

and held in conjunction with The Sport and Exercise Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine

A free conference on the medicine and science of the marathon for doctors, physiotherapists, podiatrists, and sports scientists.

8.30 am	Registration, tea and coffee
9.00 am	Introduction and welcome
9.05 am	Mental toughness research and application: Implications for endurance performers
	Professor Sheldon Hanton, Professor of Sport Psychology, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
9.45 am	Overheating: Managing heat stroke effectively
	Dr Francis O'Connor, Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University, USA, Medical Director for the Consortium on Health and Military Performance, President Elect, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
10.25 am	Limits to endurance performance: Lessons from the animal kingdom
	Professor Alan Wilson, Professor in Locomotor Biomechanics, Royal Veterinary College
11.05 am	Tea and coffee break
11.40 am	Debate - marathon running and the heart: Can you have too much of a good thing?
	Dr Andre la Gerche, University of Leuven, Belgium and Professor Sanjay Sharma, St George's Hospital Medical School
12.40 pm	Completion of evaluation forms and close of meeting

FA Medical Soc (NW) 18.4.2011 Liverpool FC Melwood Training Ground - Pre Signing Screening in Pro Football