Meetings
| BMS/FSRH Menopause special skills module | |
| Date: | 25 - 26 September 2008 |
| Venue: | Holiday Inn, Edinburgh North 107 Queensferry Rd. Edinburgh EH4 3HL |
| Details: | A combined Theory and Practical Training module aimed at doctors who work regularly in the field of women's health. Download the flyer and booking form here (pdf 52k) |
| Contact: | Mike Gray |
| Phone: | 01872 242192 |
| Email: | info@crescetis.com |
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| 19th Annual Symposium on Women’s Health. | |
| Date: | Friday 3 October 2008 |
| Venue: | Royal Society of Medicine, London W1G 0AE |
| Details: | Who should attend: GPs, Family Planning Clinic Doctors, Menopause Clinic Doctors, Hospital Doctors, Nurses and any medical professional with an interest in Women's Health. A day of interesting and informative update lectures by some eminent professors and consultants on topics including: A new concept in menopausal therapy. New management of menorraghia. Alerts for ovarian cancer. Androgen therapy in women. HRT –the u-turn is complete. HIV and oral contraception. Accreditation: Accredited by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Register online at the link below or download the invitation and registration form here(PDF 430K). Or programme only here(PDF 15K). |
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| Phone: | 01628 478473 / 524009 |
| Email: | info@womens-health-concern.org |
| Web: | http://www.womens-health-concern.org/ |
| BMS One day Regional Meeting | |
| Date: | Friday 17 October 2008 |
| Venue: | The Windmill Room, Ipswich Holiday Inn |
| Details: | Cost: £90 Programme includes: perimenopausal contraception, perimenopausal bleeding problems - Andrew Prentice , migraines and hormones - Anne MacGregor, silent postmenopausal problems – Dr Annie Evans and managing the menopause after breast cancer - Fiona Mac Neill. There will be workshop session with workshops with Dr Imogen Shore and Dr Sandra Watson (local GPs with special interests), Caroline Marfleet and Sarah Gray. Topics to include: contraception in perimenopause, premature menopause and tailoring HRT to minimise side effects The meeting will be chaired by Dr Caroline Marfleet This meeting is aimed at all health professionals from Primary and Secondary care who have an interest in menstrual problems, the menopause and post menopause. The speakers are experts in their field and are all nationally and internationally acclaimed. Topics covered will range from migraines, and their relationship to hormones, through to perimenopausal bleeding problems. Session will include looking at issues which older female patients find difficulty in talking about, and on how to manage the menopause after breast cancer. During the afternoon, there will be an opportunity for all delegates to take part in 2 of 4 different workshops when case presentations and management problems will be discussed. To register, please complete and post or fax the downloadable form (click here) to the address below. British Menopause Society, 4-6 Eton Place, Marlow, Bucks. SL7 2QA |
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| Phone: | 01628 890199 |
| Email: | anne@thebms.org.uk |
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| Clinical update in STIs and sexual health | |
| Date: | Wednesday 29 Oct 2008 |
| Venue: | The Royal Society of Medicine. 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE |
| Details: | More information: www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/xdg103.php |
| Contact: | Events Co-ordinator: Nicole Leida |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 20 7290 3946 |
| Email: | nicole.leida@rsm.ac.uk |
| Web: | http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/xdg103.php |
| Menopause: The Foundations. | |
| Date: | Wed 5th/Thur 6th November 2008 |
| Venue: | Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex. |
| Details: | Details: Aimed at nurses, this course aims to provide nurses with a foundation knowledge
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued on completion. Download booking form: here Download Programme: here |
| Contact: | Kathy Abernethy |
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| Email: | Kathy.abernethy@btinternet.com |
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| BMS/FSRH Menopause Special Skills Module | |
| Date: | 6th and 7th November 2008 |
| Venue: | Holiday Inn, Gloucester. Crestway, Barnwood, Gloucester, GL4 3RX |
| Details: | Download the programme and booking form here (PDF, 76K) |
| Contact: | Mike Gray. CRESCETIS, Egloserme Farm, St Erme, Truro, Cornwall. TR4 9BW |
| Phone: | 01872 242192 |
| Email: | 8info@crescetis.com |
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| RCN NATIONAL MENOPAUSE CONFERENCE 2008 | |
| Date: | Thursday 13th November 2008 |
| Venue: | Cowdray Hall, RCN HQ, London |
| Details: | Cost £75 before 20th Sept, £85 after. Programme: Vulval Health and Menopause tbc Mental Health and Menopause Ann Jackson HRT after Mallgnancies Naila Kamal Premature Menopause - Overview Elaine Stephens Current Thinking in Breast Cancer Treatments Emma Pennery HRT Update Philomena McFall Healthy Eating at Menopause Jacqui Morrell Download the flyer here |
| Contact: | Kathy Abernethy |
| Phone: | 0208 869 2877 |
| Email: | kathy.abernethy@btinternet.com |
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| Scottish Menopause Network | |
| Date: | 14th November 2008 |
| Venue: | Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Lecture Theatre 1 |
| Details: | "The Menopause – everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask". For O & G trainees/Consultants/Specialist doctors. Download the flyer here (pdf file, 32K) |
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| Joint BMS/NAPS Women’s Health One Day Meeting. | |
| Date: | Friday 21st November 2008 |
| Venue: | Inchyra Grange, Grangemouth, Scotland. |
| Details: | Cost: £35 Programme includes: migraine & women- Dr Alok Tyagi, bleeding problems from menarche to menopause - Dr Paul Mensah, postnatal depression - Dr Roch Cantwell, premenstrual syndrome - Nick Panay, prevention & management of osteoporosis - Sister Katrina Martin and hormones & the heart - Dr Heather Currie. There will be a workshop session covering practical management of systemic and vaginal menopausal symptoms related to, symptom control, prescribing, duration of therapy, assessing risks and benefits. |
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| Email: | anne@thebms.org.uk |
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| European Menopause and Andropause Society | |
| Date: | May 16-20, 2009 |
| Venue: | Excel Conference Centre, Canary Wharf, London |
| Details: | Host Society: British Menopause Society. Details to be arranged. Note: this meeting is in 2009 |
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| Web: | http://www.kenes.com/emas-congress/ |
| 6th Amsterdam Menopause and Women's Health Symposium | |
| Date: | 26-28 September 2010 |
| Venue: | RAI Congress Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Details: | Menopause and Women's Health: New challenges, new goals At this 6th AMS the discussion on principles and practice of gender-specific medicine will be further expanded. The discussion will focus on optimal management of women's health, as adapted to individual women's needs; critical assessment of individual risks and benefits of HT and its alternatives; female sexuality and aging; quality of life, lifestyle and healthy aging. The 6th AMS will also aim to translate "progress in Women's Health Science" into "down-to-earth clinical practice". For the first time, special parts of the programme will be held in Spanish, French and Italian. EACCME accreditation will be obtained from UEMS as before. Please make a note of the date. We hope to see you again in Amsterdam. |
| Contact: | Saskia Sidler |
| Phone: | +31-33-434.57.30 |
| Email: | ssidler@marktwo.nl |
| Web: | http://www.marktwo.nl/menopause |
