RCGP Clinical Champions Supper Seminars
During 2009/10, the RCGP Clinical
Champions presented a series of clinical updates covering the
College’s full clinical focus for that period. Details on each can
be found below.
Forthcoming seminars
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Hay fever: an issue not be
sneezed at
Presented by Professor Helen
Smith
RCGP Clinical Champion for Allergy
This update, presented by Professor Helen Smith,
RCGP Clinical Champion for Allergy, will explore the essential role
of the GP in allergic rhinitis followed by discussion and
Q&A.
Educational objectives are to enable
participants to:
- differentiate between allergic and non-allergic disease and to
identify the offending allergens
- better manage patients in primary care
- better understand how allergic rhinitis impacts on patients and
how to optimise self management
- identify patients who could benefit from allergen
desensitisation.
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Venue: RCGP, 1 Bow Churchyard,
London EC4M 9DQ
Cost (including a buffet
supper)
RCGP Members - £20
Non-members - £45
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Perspectives on mental health in
primary care
Presented by Professor Carolyn
Chew-Graham FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Mental Health
This update, held in Mental Health Week, was
introduced and chaired by Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, RCGP
Clinical Champion for Mental Health, exploring the essential role
of the GP in primary care mental health, followed by discussion and
Q&A.
Educational objectives were to
enable participants to:
- be aware of the importance of Early Intervention (EI) in young
people with developing psychosis and to review the evidence for EI
initiatives
- encourage practitioners to return to their practices and
develop link with their EI team
- understand the revised NICE guidelines and how implementation
can be facilitated with local services
- take ideas for audit of depression care back to their
practice
- promote reflection on current thinking about depression as a
biomedical illness
- consider different approaches to patients with distress within
the consultation.
Wednesday 13 October
2010
Venue: Chancellors Hotel &
Conference Centre, Chancellors Way, Moseley Road, Manchester, M14
6NN
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Anaphylaxis: the essential update
Presented by Professor Aziz Sheikh
FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Allergy
This update, presented by Professor Aziz Sheikh,
RCGP Clinical Champion for Allergy, explored the essential role of
the GP in the management of anaphylaxis, followed by discussion and
Q&A.
Educational objectives were to enable participants
to:
- recognise the clinical features of anaphylaxis
- effectively manage anaphylactic emergencies
- gain hands-on experience safely and effectively with using
adrenaline auto-injectors
- ensure that the long-term needs of patients with anaphylaxis
are being met so as to minimise the risk of recurrent reactions and
maximise the chances of favourable outcomes if a
further reaction occurs.
Participants were encouraged to bring
clinical cases that they wish to discuss.
Thursday 14 October
2010
Venue: Royal College of
Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ
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Dementia care: promoting
excellence in practice
Presented by Professor Louise
Robinson
RCGP Clinical Champion for Ageing and Older
People’s Health and Wellbeing
This update, presented by Professor Louise
Robinson, RCGP Clinical Champion for Ageing and Older People's
Health and Wellbeing, explored the essential role of the GP in
key areas of dementia care including detection and diagnosis
followed by discussion and Q&A.
Educational objectives included to enable
participants to:
- know how dementia presents in primary care consultations
- demonstrate cognitive assessment tools for use in primary
care
- know what non-drug and drug options are available to manage
behavioural problems in people with dementia
- understand how research has influenced dementia care in the UK
in terms of prevention and cure.
Additional speakers
included:
- Professor Ian McKeith, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and
Clinical Director, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle
University.
- Dr Mani Krishnan, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Centre for
Health of the Elderly, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Thursday 16 September
2010
Venue: Copthorne
Hotel, Newcastle, NE1 3RT
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Cuts we like: managing skin
cancer in general practice
Presented by Dr Jonathan
Botting
RCGP Clinical Champion for Minor Surgery
This update, presented by Dr Jonathan Botting,
RCGP Clinical Champion for Minor Surgery, explored the essential
role of the GP in the management of skin cancer, followed by
discussion and Q&A.
Educational objectives were to update and
discuss the following areas of development:
- Latest NICE guidance on BCCs
- Revalidation and minor surgery
- Training, CPD and audit
Dr Botting was joined by Dr Soon Lim, portfolio
GP, Director of Minor Surgery for the Beds & Herts Faculty of
the RCGP, for a lively debate.
Thursday 22 July
2010
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How to manage osteoporosis in general
practice
Presented by Dr Graham Davenport
FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Osteoporosis
(musculoskeletal medicince)
This update, presented by Dr Graham Davenport,
RCGP Clinical Champion for Osteoporosis (Musculoskeletal Medicine),
explored the essential role of the GP in the primary and secondary
prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures in primary care,
followed by discussion and Q&A.
Educational objectives were to
enable participants:
- to identify the ‘at risk’ groups for fragility fractures
- to manage these patients in primary care
- an opportunity to discuss the practical implementation of NICE
guidance and the FRAX assessment tool
- an opportunity to discuss the issues around medication
compliance.
Tuesday 1 June
2010
Venue: Woodlands Conference
Centre, Southport Road, Chorley, PR7
1QR
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How to manage headaches in general practice
Presented by Dr David Kernick FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Headache
Despite a high impact on the lives of sufferrers,
the needs of headache patients go largely unmet. The majority do
not receive a diagnosis and when they do tretment is less than
ideal. This update by Dr Kernick focussed on ways to manage
headaches in general practice.
Educational objectives:
- Headache is not easy to manage within the constraints of a ten
minute consultation. What is it, how can I treat it, does it
represent an underlying pathology? The objective of the evening was
to clarify this area and enable GPs to be more confident in the
management of this common problem.
Wednesday 21 April
2010
Venue: Engineers' House, The
Promenade, Clifton Down,
Bristol, BS8
3NB
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Managing COPD and asthma in primary care in
2010 - the latest guidelines
Presented by Dr Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Respiratory
Disease
This update briefly outlined the proposed
National Strategy for COPD and updated participants on the changing
face of managing the patient with COPD in primary care. Dr
Gruffydd-Jones was joined Dr Duncan Keeley for Asthma Management
2010 – New Guidelines, New Opportunities.
Educational objectives:
- To learn about the main themes of the forthcoming National
Strategy for COPD
- To learn about a system of patient-centred management in
COPD
- To learn about forthcoming developments in the management of
COPD
- To learn about recent changes in the British asthma
Guidelines
Thursday 11 February
2010
Venue: Weston Manor Hotel,
Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire, OX25 3QL
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Improving end of life care in primary
care
Presented by Professor Keri
Thomas
RCGP Clinical Champion for End of Life
Care
The RCGP presented an informal open discussion
with the RCGP Clincial Champion for End of Life Care, Professor
Keri Thomas and guests to discuss the recently launched RCGP End of
Life Care Strategy and the challenges faced by primary care teams.
This was a chance to suggest practical ways in which the RCGP
could help GPs improve end of life care for patients.
Guest speakers included:
- Prof Mike Richards, National Director for Cancer and End
of Life Care
- Prof Mayur Lakhani, GP and Chair, National Council for
Palliative Care
- Lynn Young, End of Life Care Policy Lead, RCN
Tuesday 19 January
2010
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How to manage osteoarthritis in general
practice
Presented by Dr Mark Porcheret
FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Osteoarthritis
(Musculoskeletal Medicine)
This update started with a presentation on the
burden of osteoarthritis for patients (and the challenge to general
practice) and a summary of the recent NICE Osteoarthritis Guidance
followed by discussion and Q&A.
Educational aims were to give
participants:
- an understanding of the
recommendations for management of osteoarthritis in general
practice
- an opportunity to have any
queries on its management, or questions from clinical practice
answered
- an opportunity to discuss
the practical implications of implementing the NICE guidance.
Tuesday 1 December
2009
Venue: Keele Hall,
Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 5BG
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Responding to patients with urgent care
needs
Presented by Dr Agnelo Fernandes FRCGP
RCGP Clinical Champion for Urgent and
Emergency Care
This update explored the essential
role of the GP in:
- promoting quality in providing urgent care
out of hours
- improving response to patients with urgent
care needs in hours
- developing expertise in providing urgent
care
- putting quality at the heart of urgent
care centre services
- patient views and involvement to improve
urgent care
- developing a strategic view of the urgent
care system
Wednesday 25 November
2009
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