Interactive Online Training Course
Manchester Specialty Certificate Examination in Endocrinology and Diabetes
Course Agenda
Thursday, 7th April 2022
(Day 1: Updates in Endocrinology and Diabetes and interactive short sessions)
| 18.00 | Registration | |
| 18.15 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Handrean Soran |
| 18.30-19.10 | What is new in Endocrinology? Q&A |
Dr Safwaan Adam |
| 19.15-19.55 | Lipid modifying drugs and cardiovascular risk management: what is new? Q&A |
Professor Handrean Soran |
| 20.00-20.40 | New therapies for type 2 diabetes, their place in patient management and related NICE TAs, national and international guidelines. Q&A |
Dr Naveed Younis |
| 20.45 | End of day 1 |
Friday, 8th April 2022
(Day 2)
| 08.30-09.00 | Welcome and introduction | Professor Handrean Soran |
| 09.00-10.30 | Prolactinoma, prolactin, growth hormone disorders. Transitional endocrinology, delayed and precocious puberty. | Professor Stephen Shalet |
| 5 minute comfort break | ||
| 10.35-11.35 | Lipoprotein disorders, cardiovascular risk management, severe insulin resistance, lipodystrophies. Examples from previous exams. | Professor Handrean Soran |
| 11.35-11.55 | Coffee | |
| 11.55-13.15 | Managing diabetes and endocrinology disorders in pregnancy | Dr Clare Mumby |
| 13.15-13.50 | Lunch | |
| 13.50-14.50 | Diabetes nephropathy and diabetic foot, Diabetes and driving (DVLA), type 2 diabetes NICE guidelines and TAs. | Dr Naveed Younis |
| 5 minute comfort break | ||
| 14.55-15.55 | Insulin therapy, Carbohydrate Counting, diabetes retinopathy (including images), relevant NICE guidelines and TAs. | Dr Naveed Younis |
| 5 minute comfort break | ||
| 16.00-17.20 | Andrology, Gonads, related conditions and rare genetic diseases, CAH, PCOs. | Dr Jan Ho |
| 17.20 | Mock exam 1, 50 questions | Professor Handrean Soran |
| End of day 2 |
Saturday, 9th April 2022
(Day 3)
| 08.50-09.00 | Welcome | |
| 09.00-10.00 | Type 1 diabetes, managing hypoglycaemia, insulin pump/indications, interpreting continuous glucose monitoring data, relevant NICE guidelines and TAs | Dr Jonathan Schofield |
| 10.00-11.00 | Lessons from previous exams | Professor Handrean Soran |
| 11.00-11.20 | Coffee break | |
| 11.20-12.40 | Pituitary, Cushing's syndrome, endocrinology dynamic tests, image based questions | Dr Safwaan Adam |
| 5 minutes comfort break | ||
| 12.45-13.45 | Diabetes emergencies, in-patient diabetes, National diabetes Guidelines and TAs. | Dr Shazli Azmi |
| 13.45-14.20 | Lunch | |
| 14.20-15.20 | Parathyroid, Vitamin D, bone disorders, calcium and electrolytes, HRT, MEN, image based questions. | Professor Handrean Soran |
| 5 minute comfort break | ||
| 15.25-16.25 | Thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer. Managing thyroid disorders in pregnancy | Dr Salman Razvi |
| 16.25-16.40 | Coffee | |
| 16.40-17.40 | Obesity, disorders of appetite & weight, bariatric surgery, related guidelines and related TAs/NICE guidelines. | Dr Akheel Sayed |
| 17.40 | Mock exam 2, 50 question | Professor Handrean Soran |
| End of day 3 |
Sponsor:
Novo Nordisk and Amgen have provided sponsorship to Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to cover the cost of the speaker fees for this meeting. The sponsors have had no influence over the meeting agenda or arrangements.