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Courses and Teaching
![]() We run a variety of workshops both for outside delegates, and for our own RBH and NHLI staff. Venue: National Heart and Lung Institute, Guy Scadding Building, London SW3 6LY. (how to find us) We run workshops on:
The registration fee for the first two workshops is currently £120 per person, and includes lunch. Introductory Medical Statistics is free when held internally, and £250 including optional evening dinner on the first day when held for external delegates. All workshops and courses are strongly participatory, with ample opportunity for discussion. Where employers wish to send large numbers of delegates, we can also arrange teaching sessions at your worksite, if that would be more convenient for you. Please contact Magda Wheatley if this is of interest — contact details below. Further details, such as programs/registration forms and dates of future events, can be obtained from Magda Wheatley: ![]() The Courses
Introductory Medical Statistics Course
Next dates: (external:) 23 & 24 September, 2010 Autumn 2011 (dates TBC) (internal to NHLI + RBH staff:) 11 & 12 November, 2010; 31 March & 1 April 2011 Held twice yearly (internal delegates) and once yearly (external delegates). Please contact Magda Wheatley for further details. Brief description: Designed to introduce junior and trainee doctors, nurses, clinical research fellows and MSc students (anyone who uses statistics in their work or research) to statistical concepts including: epidemiological study design; identifying and describing different data types; selection of appropriate statistical tests (two and three group scenarios); calculation of sample size for basic study designs; understanding the principles behind various forms of regression analysis, including survival analysis. Limited to a maximum of 50 delegates. Accreditation: Internal course is accredited by Imperial Colleges Academic Training Committee as being a recognised B equivalent course on the GSLSM (Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine) Transferable Skills Programme; external course is accredited by the Royal College of Physicians (CPD): 12 non-clinical points.
Occupational Asthma Workshop
Next dates: Friday 15 October, 2010; Tuesday 24 May, 2011 Please contact Magda Wheatley for further details. Brief description: Especially suitable for Occupational Health Advisers, the day covers current issues in the diagnosis of occupational asthma and work-exacerbated asthma in a hospital setting, and examines the role of the Occupational Heath Practitioner in this process. Workplace surveillance is covered, with input on the prevention of occupational asthma. We examine the management of occupational asthma once diagnosed. The implications for patients with such a diagnosis is discussed, and an interview with a patient volunteer is presented. Limited to a maximum of 35 delegates. Accreditation: Accredited by the RCN Accreditation Unit and the Royal College of Physicians (CPD).
Workshop on Lung Function Tests,
Asthma and Work Next dates: Tuesday 16 November, 2010; Friday 24 June, 2011 Held twice yearly. Please contact Magda Wheatley for further details. Brief description: Suitable for all Occupational Health professionals with a particular interest in spirometry and lung function testing, and their implications in the workplace. Examines the role of lung function testing in the workplace. Covers spirometry, histamine provocation and exercise testing: interpretation, abnormalities, longitudinal changes, individual variation and role in health surveillance; use in pre-employment screening/fitness to work; risk assessment of people with asthma. NB: this is not a practical Spirometry course; a working knowledge of practical spirometry is assumed. Limited to 30 delegates. Accreditation: Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians (CPD) and by the RCN Accreditation Unit.
Forthcoming Courses
Staff Teaching Interests
Julie Cannon and Justine Arbery
* CASLAT Holder of the CASLAT qualification: the Certificate of Advanced Student Learning and Teaching. ** HEA Higher Education Academy Fellow. |
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