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Educational ProgrammeThe educational programme, covers all aspects of respiratory medicine, and will include the following: - 23 Postgraduate Courses, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010
- 18 Meet the Professor Seminars, interactive intimate lunchtime seminars which take place from Sunday 19 September 2010 to Tuesday 21 September 2010
- 1 Workshop, which will take place on Saturday 18 September 2010
- The third HERMES European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine, for registration information please visit the exam registration page
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Postgraduate Courses Morning Sessions
Core - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
- Breaking news on imaging in critically ill patients.
- Asthma - from bench to bedside.
- Molecular pathology for the clinician.
All - Interventional thoracoscopy.
- Techniques in non-invasive mechanical ventilation.
- Phenotypes of asthma and COPD.
- How to manage treatment complications of lung cancer.
- An interactive course on paediatric respiratory emergencies.
- Bronchial challenge tests: usefulness, availability and limitations.
- Infection: a player in the natural history of COPD.
- 'Train the trainer' postgraduate session.
Afternoon Sessions Core - Interventional pulmonology.
- Occupational asthma: risk factors and management.
All - Asthma and COPD: similarities and differences.
- Imaging and pathology of the lung.
- Antimicrobial treatment of LRTI - important new aspects for clinical practice.
- Treatment of OSA.
- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of the respiratory patient.
- Implementing asthma guidelines for children in daily practice.
- Is gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) bad for the lungs?
- Developing pulmonary rehabilitation in non-COPD patients.
- Case and problem-based multimodal treatment in thoracic oncology.
- WORKSHOP: Non-invasive assessment of respiratory function in children.
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Meet the Professor Seminars Can we enhance exercise performance in COPD with nutritional support?- How I manage severe sepsis.
- Virtual microscopy - a new tool for case discussions.
- Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension: when should it be used and which drugs for which patients?
- Choice of inhaler devices in the outpatient setting.
- The impact of airborne occupational exposure in COPD.
- New treatment modalities in cystic fibrosis.
- Laser or stapling resections versus palliative radiotherapy or cryotherapy.
- Breathing issues in COPD, what a physiotherapist can offer.
- Fungal respiratory infections.
- Management of malignant pleural effusions.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outcome measurements: what is important? What is useful?
- Emerging drugs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Mast cells and eosinophils: the two key effector cells in allergic inflammation.
- Evolving concepts in the early and accurate diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Telemonitoring of COPD patients at home.
- Ventilatory strategies in the management of severe hypoxemic respiratory failure
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