Events for professionals
Frontiers in Transplantation - Clinical Excellence Through Innovation
DATE: 8th – 9th September 2011
VENUE: Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London
This two-day course will cover recent developments in basic transplantation immunology alongside the latest cutting-edge clinical research, with an emphasis on the ‘bench-to-bedside’ strategies being pursued within the MRC Centre for Transplantation at Guy’s Hospital and King’s College London. A number of distinguished speakers are invited to speak on exciting and important areas in translational transplantation biology.
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RCGP Certificate in the Detection, Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis B and C in Primary Care
DATE & VENUE: 9th September 2011 – London, 23rd September 2011 – Birmingham, 24th November 2011 – Manchester.
This RCGP Certificate Part 1 consists of an e-module plus a one day training component and is targeted at GPs, practice nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Each training day is led by two clinicians experienced in these areas and is designed to be interactive with presentations, group work and discussion.
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The Royal Society of Medicine – HIV: Emerging challenges in an ongoing epidemic.
DATE: 22nd – 23rd September 2011.
VENUE: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE.
This conference aims to study the challenges now seen by those caring for people with HIV in a complex, changing and ageing population.
The conference is aimed at specialists in HIV, both doctors and nurses; sexual health physicians; internal physicians with an interest in HIV care and chronic disease; public health physicians. CPD Applied for.
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Hepatitis C therapy in the age of protease inhibitors
DATE: 3rd October 2011
VENUE: Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.
This conference will hear reviews of the latest developments in this therapeutic arena and develop and approve guideline statements on the use of drugs across the UK to ensure equity of access and the most cost effective approaches to hepatitis C therapy.
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The Department of Primary Care Clinical Sciences at the University of Birmingham: Liver disease in primary care
DATE: 13th – 14th October 2011
VENUE: University of Brimingham
This is a two day CPD accredited mini conference aimed at GP’s, practice nurses and other health care professionals with an interest in the liver.
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MCA Annual Meeting & Symposium
DATE: 16th November 2011
VENUE: British Medical Association House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JP
This conference aims in the morning session to look at the Alcohol Policy in the UK and the afternoon symposium will examine issues surrounding Alcohol use in the Military.
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Latin American Association for the study of the Liver (ALEH) Congress 2012
DATE: 5th – 7th September 2012
VENUE: Peru
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