Rheumatology Update Thursday 3rd November 2011

12.55pm  Welcome by the organiser
Dr Taraneh Khalafpour GP Tutor.

1.00pm Introduction
                       Meet the Rheumatology Team at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

1:20pm  Rheumatoid Arthritis - The Importance of early diagnosis treatme
 by Dr Helen Linklater, Consultant Rheumatologist

1.40pm Biological Therapies – What do GPs need to know
by Dr Helen Linklater, Consultant Rheumatologist.

2.00pm  Vitamin D – What is the fuss? – We learnt about it in Medical School &
   you can buy it over the counter so what is there for us to know
by Dr Pamela Laventis, Consultant Rheumatologist.
                     

2.20pm Shared care – Does it work & how can we improve it?
      by Dr Sanjeev Patel, Consultant Rheumatologist.                  
  

3.15pm Back Pain & Ankylosing Spondylitis – 
How to diagnose AS & developments in treatment.
By Dr Oliver Duke, Consultant Rheumatologist.

3.35pm  Gout – Why is it so difficult to diagnose & treat?               
by Dr Pamela Laventis, Consultant Rheumatologist.

4.00pm The FRAX tool for Osteoporosis – 
Should all GP’s be calculating the Frax score prior to treatment.
 by Dr Sanjeev Patel, Consultant Rheumatologist. 

4.15pm  How to diagnose PMR – 
Do the British Society of Rheumatology Guidelines help?
By Dr Oliver Duke, Consultant Rheumatologist.