2018 ILAE British Branch Clinical Epilepsy Course for Junior Doctors

10:00 am - 5:30 pm February 15, 2018 - February 15, 2018
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Date: Thursday 15th February 2018

Venue: Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square, WC1N 3AY

Registration fee:

Early Bird rate   £85.55

Standard rate:   £116.35

Brief outline of the course:

A well-established 1-day course for junior doctors and other health professionals with an interest in epilepsy.

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. In the UK, 600,000 or one in every 103 people has epilepsy and each day 87 people are diagnosed with epilepsy. The ILAE British Branch Clinical Epilepsy Course was successfully launched in 2014 and is now an annual event. The aim of the course is to provide a high quality education for junior doctors and allied health professions to develop a comprehensive and clear understanding of the diagnosis and management of patients with epilepsy.

The one day course takes the format of lectured style teaching and video sessions. The course content has been carefully tailored to cover a wide variety of topics related to epilepsy management for clinicians both in hospital and community settings. Each topic is founded on the latest clinical evidence and presented in a practical manner including detailed case discussions.

The course is aimed at FY1 and FY2 junior doctors, core trainees (CT 1/2), specialist trainees (ST 1/2) and specialist registrars in fields such as neurology, psychiatry, neuropsychology, neurosurgery, acute and emergency medicine. The ILAE Clinical Epilepsy Course is also aimed at GP trainees and general practitioners and other professionals are welcome to apply.

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Programme

Time Description
09:15
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10:00		 Registration and refreshments
10:00
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10:15		 Welcome statement
Professor Matthew Walker, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
10:15
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10:30		 What all people with epilepsy need to know
Dr John Paul Leach, Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow; Honorary Associate Clinical Professor & Head of Undergraduate Medicine, University of Glasgow
10:30
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11:00		 Surgery for refractory epilepsy
Dr. Doug McCorry, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
11:00
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11:30		 How to, why to – MRI
Dr John Paul Leach, Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow; Honorary Associate Clinical Professor & Head of Undergraduate Medicine, University of Glasgow
11:30
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12:30		 How to, why to – EEG and video session
Professor Matthew Walker, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
12:30
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13:30		 Lunch
13:30
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14:15		 Antiepileptic drugs: indications and side effects Dr. Doug McCorry, Consultant Neurologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Case discussions:
14:15
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14:40		 First seizure – Dr John Paul Leach, Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow; Honorary Associate Clinical Professor &Head of Undergraduate Medicine, University of Glasgow
14:40
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15:00		 Long term epilepsy – Dr. Manny Bagary, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust
15:00
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15:30		 Refreshment break
Case discussions:
15:30
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15:50		 Pregnancy and epilepsy – Dr John Paul Leach, Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow; Honorary Associate Clinical Professor & Head of Undergraduate Medicine, University of Glasgow
15:50
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16:10		 Status epilepticus – Professor Matthew Walker, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, London
16:10
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16:30		 Epilepsy in the elderly – Dr Sanjeev Rajakulendran, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgey, London
16:30
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16:50		 Epilepsy in children Dr. Ronit Pressler, Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Child Health, London
16:50
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17:10		 Non-epileptic attack disorder and depression – Dr. Manny Bagary, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust
17:10
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17:30		 Summary and close

International League Against Epilepsy British Branch

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