See below planned SpR Rheumatology Training Days and other Speciality specific meetings, September 2023 - August 2024 cycle.
In addition, this page contains other non-compulsory training opportunities - if you know of any events not yet advertised here that may be of use to the group please contact Michael Chen-Xu or Arslan Ather to add.
Rheumatology SpR Training Days (Mandatory):
|
Date |
Theme | Supervising Consultant | Organising Registrar | Location |
|
18/09/2023 & 19/09/2023 |
SpA Academy (PsA and AxSpA) | Prof. Karl Gaffney, Dr. Deepak Jadon | N/A | Emmanuel college |
|
02/11/2023 |
Rheumatology Essentials | Dr Shenker, Dr Nandagudi | Michael Chen-Xu, Arslan Ather | BRS |
|
14/12/2023 |
Early inflammatory arthritis | TBC | TBC | Virtual |
|
25/01/2024 |
Combined with ENRAD | Dr Frances Hall | Michael Chen-Xu | BRS |
| 15/02/2024 | Autoinflammatory disease | Dr. Chetan Mukhtyar |
Tauseef Ghaffar, Kway Naing Oo, Qurat Amjad |
Virtual |
| 20/06/2024 | Connective tissue disease | Dr. Eleana Ntatsaki | Hassan Naeem, Sarah Premraj, Oliver Collas |
Virtual |
| 15/08/2024 | Access all areas: management theme | Dr. Anurag Bharadwaj | Kapil Garg, Beenish Rizvih, Asma Ibrahim |
Virtual |
EARS Meetings:
These occur on the first Friday of March, June, September and December every year.
| Date | Theme and Organisers | Location |
| 1st December 2023 | EARS Winter meeting - Lister | TBC - Virtual/BRS |
| 1st March 2024 | EARS Spring Meeting(Southend) | TBC |
| 7th June 2024 | EARS summer meeting | TBC |
| 6th September 2024 | EARS Autumn meeting | TBC - Virtual/BRS |
N.B. If not receiving invitations/links for EARS meetings please contact Muhammad Nisar (EARS Secretary) to be added to the mailing list. (Muhammad.Nisar@ldh.nhs.uk)
CHEERS Meetings (Paediatric Rheumatology):
| Date | Meeting | Location |
| TBC | TBC for 2023-24 circuit | TBC |
ENRAD training days (not including those merged with SpR training days):
| Date | Meeting | Location |
| 18/07/2024 | ENRAD/ENKID Summer meeting (SLE/Obstetrics themed) | BRS |
N.B. If not receiving invitations/links for ENRAD meetings please contact Colin Ransom or Jasmin Colledge (Specialised Rheumatology ENRAD Coordinator and Analyst) to be added to the mailing list. (colin.ransom@addenbrookes.nhs.uk or jasmin.colledge@addenbrookes.nhs.uk)
Additional External Rheumatology Conferences:
| Date | Meeting | Location |
| 27th-28th September 2023 | BSR Case-based Conference | RCP, The Spine, Liverpool, L7 3FA and online https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/events-learning/conferences/case-based-conference |
| 10th-15th November 2023 | ACR 2024 | San Diego, USA. Virtual -
https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/events-learning/courses/core-skills-rheumatology |
| 23rd-24th November 2023 | BSR Core Skills Conference | Virtual - https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/events-learning/courses/core-skills-rheumatology |
| 24th-26th April 2024 | BSR Annual Conference | Liverpool ACC - https://www.rheumatology.org.uk/events-learning/conferences/annual-conference |
| 12th-15th June 2024 | EULAR Congress 2024 | Vienna, Austria - https://congress.eular.org/ |
N.B. The above conferences currently require aspirational leave if applying for funding from the SpR study budget
GIM Training Days: