7th Medical Update for the
General Practitioner
The practical, comprehensive and intensive two-day course for the busy, hands-on GP organised by
Infomed Research and Training, on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 November 2011,
at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH

Are you a GP who is...

• Looking for a medical update to assist in maintaining a high level of evidence based decision-making in patient care?

• Ready for a refresher course to help answer the difficult medical questions faced in day to day practice?

• Looking for further guidance on when to refer or when to monitor and treat the patient safely in the practice?

• Coming back from maternity leave or just been appointed?

... IF SO, THEN THIS IS THE COURSE FOR YOU!

On Referrals, all lectures address:

• Recognising the acute cases to refer – immediate, urgent, routine

• Cases that are commonly referred but shouldn’t be

• Cases that should be referred but commonly are not

• Information for a good referral and for good feedback

• Monitoring and managing the diagnosed patient

The Course Faculty

• Dr Rachel Pryke, GP, Winyates Health Centre, Redditch

• Dr Luke Howard, Consultant Chest Physician,
  Hammersmith Hospital, London

• Dr Janet Barter, Consultant in Sexual and
  Reproductive Health, Enfield PCT

• Dr Claire Macaulay, Medico Legal Advisor, MDU Services Limited

• Dr Shefali Rajpopat, Consultant Dermatologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London

• Dr George Webster, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University College Hospital, London

• Dr Pat O'Callaghan, Consultant Cardiologist, Barts and The London NHS Trust

• Dr Jo Turner, Consultant Psychiatrist, SW London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

• Dr Simon Holmes, Consultant Urologist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

• Dr Alison Wren, Consultant Endocrinologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

• Miss Michelle Fynes, Director, Department of Urogynaecology and
  Pelvic Floor Reconstruction, St Georges Hospital, London

• Dr Frances Dockery, Consultant Physician, Department of Ageing and Health,
  St Thomas's Hospital, London

• Dr Tom Crisp, Sports and Orthopaedic Physician, Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford

• Dr Tim Harris, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal London Hospital

• Dr Kim Barrett, Consultant Paediatrician, Northumberland Care Trust

You will benefit from 16 lectures and Q&A

• Respiratory Medicine

• Cardiology

• Neurology

• Psychiatry

• Obesity

• Medico-Legal

• Musculoskeletal

• Ultrasound

• Dermatology

• Diabetology and Endocrinology

• Gastroenterology

• Teenagers

• Children’s Health

• Women’s Health

• Men’s Health

• Elderly

If you require further information please call us: +44 (0)20 8123 0021 or email us