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Stroke

26 November 2004

Gwent, Wales

3rd Welsh Stroke Conference

Multidisciplinary Speakers on a variety of topics

Please inform other members of your team

To submit a poster, please contact Stuart Nixon at stuart.nixon@gwent.wales.nhs.uk

Registration fee: £10.00 (non medical staff)
£25 (medical staff)

CME and PGEA applied for


Contact: Dr E A Freeman at St Woolos Hospital Newport Gwent
Tel: 01633 238321 Email: anne.freeman@gwent.wales.nhs.uk

The Flexible Masters Programme
Postgraduate Award in

Diabetes and the Older Person

22 -26 Nov 2004

Centre for Health Services Studies
The University of Warwick


Lead by: -
Professor A Sinclair
and
Dr R Gadsby

This PGA Programme (20 CATS points at level 4) is aimed at Healthcare Professionals wishing to develop and enhance their knowledge and application of the principles of Diabetes and the Older Person in the workplace.

The course structure involves: -

Day 1: Ageing, glucose tolerance & metabolism, epidemiology and prevalence in older populations, diagnosis and methods in older people.

Day 2: Functional assessment of older people, cognitive function assessment, complications and
care pathways.

Day 3: Diabetes treatment issues in the elderly, metabolic and vascular risk assessments.

Day 4: Models of care, organising local services for older people with diabetes.

Day 5: Diabetes in care homes, education of staff, care plans and care structure.

Consisting of lectures, seminars, tutorials and home study. Can form the module of the Warwick Masters Programme in Diabetes (MClinSci, MA, MSc).

For an application pack or further information, please contact:

Mrs Julia Hyde
Section of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
CHESS
University of Warwick,
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Tel: (024) 76572831 Fax: (024) 76524964 Email: julia.hyde@wbs.ac.uk

Course Fee: - £775

Geriatrics & Gerontology

27-28 November 2004

New Delhi, India

International Conference

A joint conference of Geriatricians, Gerontologists, Geriatric Nurses & Geriatric Caregivers

Registration: US$150 up to 30 July 2004

A joint conference of geriatricians, gerontologists, geriatric nurses and geriatric caregivers

Official travel agent: Naams Trours and Travels (naams@ndc.vsnl.net.in)

Contact:
Dr O P Sharma
Email: opsharma@geriatricindia.com or drmohit@vsnl.com.
Website: www.geriatricindia.com


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