Events

This year’s Trent Occupational Medicine symposium takes place on 17 October at Nottingham Belfry hotel in Nottingham. This educational event provides 5.5 CPD points and is aimed at occupational health nurses and physicians as well as GPs with an interest in occupational medicine.

Presentations will include travel medicine, medical and legal perspectives on drug and alcohol abuse at work, respiratory health surveillance, dementia in the working age population and PTSD.

For more information and to book your place please click here.

The Edinburgh Training and Conference Centre

16 St Mary’s Street Edinburgh EH1 1SU

Date: 25/10/2019 - 27/10/2019

The purpose of this educational activity is to provide advanced training to clinical psychologists, social workers, PhD/NP level nurses and physicians in the practice of CBT-I. The workshop is roughly evenly split between didactics and active learning exercises. The learning exercises (Day 2 & 3) include e.g., case presentations and role plays. The lectures (Day 1& 2) cover several topics including advanced models of insomnia, actigraphy, interpreting PSG reports, alternative treatment strategies (e.g., sleep compression, bright light treatment, etc.), alternative treatment delivery modes (e.g. group, telehealth, etc.) and issues regarding medication titration. The programme should position clinicians to more effectively deal with complex issues and cases. This training, along with other CE workshops, supervised practice, a past case load of 10 or more cases, and a reasonable programme of self-study (readings and videos) should adequately prepare individuals for the certification exams.

For full event information, including eligibilty to attend please click here.

For registration and further information please contact Lisa Wood

Tel: 07555796272

Email: lisa@sleepconsultancyltd.co.uk 

Website: www.sleepconsultancyltd.co.uk/courses/

We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our autumn meeting, to be held on Wednesday 6th November 2019 at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire Service Headquarters, Oakroyd Hall, Birkenshaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD11 2DY. Please find details below:

9.30 - 10.45 - Dr Samrat Roychowdhury: Ageing workforce - benefits and challenges from a physician's perspective

10.45 - 11.00 - Break

11.00 - 12.30 - Dr Beth Durrell, GMC Case Examiner and Consultant Psychiatrist: Insight into the management of doctors in difficulty by the GMC and what it expects from the OH Physicians

12.30 - 13.15 - Lunch

13.15 - 14.30 - Dr Suman Mukhopadhaya: Mental state examination and psychiatry risk assessment

14.30 - 14.45 - Break

14.45 - 16.00 - Dr Sandip Ghosh: Current advances in the management of Diabetes

Places are available on a first come, first served basis, and a place is only guaranteed by immediate payment in full to the SOM bank account.

Please note, the venue is not a hotel therefore lunch and refreshments will be basic. The Fire Service are providing their rooms FOC. A map of the venue is available here.

There is free parking at Fire Service HQ, accessed from the Whitehall Road West (A58) entrance. Delegates should park in the main car park and present to reception by 09.15. Late attendees are not guaranteed admittance.

5 CPD points are available. The cost to attend is £25. Payment must be made by BACS. Please use your name as the payment reference. This event is for SOM members only.

If you would like to attend, please email Sam.Butter@som.org.uk

RCN and SOM Occupational Health Nursing Conference and Exhibition 2019: Key issues in occupational health

Venue: Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London, W1G 0RN

Join us as we explore the diversity of practice within occupational health nursing. Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills whilst remaining professionally up to date on developments in public health and care in the workplace setting.

By attending this conference you will:

- Be updated on the latest occupational health research, practice and policy

- Develop your confidence and competence in legal issues related to practice and OH report writing

- Consider and reflect on how to manage complex cases, including Diabetes. Research and evidence will include a focus on drug and alcohol issues, men’s health and individuals with cognitive decline

- Network with OH professionals from a broad spectrum of industries to share experiences and best practice. Return to your workplace stimulated with fresh ideas to share

This conference is suitable for all nurses and healthcare professionals working in or with an interest in occupational health.

RCN and SOM members £125 + VAT

Non-members £185 + VAT

For further information and to book please click here.

Online booking available here.