General Medicine for Cardiologists: Frontlines and Frontiers
This course aims to equip cardiologists and trainees with the knowledge and skills for pertinent general medial and cardiometabolic issues they will face as part of their clinical practice.
About the course
As the population lives longer, cardiologists are regularly seeing patients with intertwined medical conditions. When deciding the best route for treatment, we need to have an awareness of these wider conditions in order to effectively plan ahead.
The faculty will be made up of a variety of prominent speakers and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Course Directors:
Dr Jenny Rossington, BCS Education Committee Chair
Dr Sophia Khattak
Key information
Date: Monday 27 April
Location: Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, London, NE1 4LE
Costs:
- BCS Associate (BJCA) members: £100
- BCS Affiliate, Emeritus, International and Ordinary members: £205
- Non-members: £440
Course Programme
8:45am – 9am: Registration and refreshments
9am – 9:05am: Welcome and Introduction, Dr Jennifer Rossington and Dr Sophia Khattak
9:05am – 9:25am: General internal medicine in cardiology – curricula and cases, Dr Kishan Moosai
9:25am – 9:45am: Elderly care – how to assess, investigate and effectively manage delirium, Dr Belinda Kessel
9:45am – 10:05am: Rheumatology – inflammation and the heart, Dr Taryn Youngstein
10:05am – 10:20am: Q&A
11am – 11:20am: Haematology – haematological conditions in cardiology patients: when is it safe to manage as standard care versus seeking expert advice? Dr Will Lester
11:20am – 11:40am: Gastroenterology – gastro-intestinal bleeding in the cardiology patient: how to treat and when to scope, Dr Rupert Ransford
11:40am – 12noon: Neurological – stroke management in the cardiology patient: update on current practice, Dr Vasileios Papavesileiou
12noon – 12:15pm: Q&A
12:15pm – 12:45pm: Sponsored symposia
1:45pm – 2:05pm: Diabetes – the extremes: managing emergencies and who does not need specialist input, Dr Dipesh Patel
2:05pm – 2:25pm: Renal – cardiac medications are nephrotoxic: myth busting, Prof Debasish Banerjee
2:25pm – 2:45pm: Electrolyte imbalance – strategic approach to investigating and managing electrolyte imbalances, Dr Vasilis Chortis
2:45pm – 3pm: Q&A
3:30pm – 3:50pm: ITU – current intensivist approach to managing patients post cardiac arrest, Dr Maria Maccaroni
3:50pm – 4:10pm: CPEX/lung function – cardiorespiratory investigations: role and interpretation, Richard Madeley
4:10pm – 4:30pm: Respiratory – update on risk stratification and management of pulmonary embolic disease, Dr Robin Condliffe
4:30pm – 4:45pm: Q&A
4:45pm – 4:50pm: Closing remarks
If you have any questions about this course, email our education team: [email protected].