Interactive Online Training Course
Manchester Specialty Certificate Examination in Endocrinology and Diabetes
Saturday, 11th October 2025
(Day 1)
| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome and introduction | Prof Handrean Soran |
| 09:00-09:35 | What is new in Endocrinology? Answered in 12 interactive questions. |
Dr Safwaan Adam |
| 09:35-10:05 | What is new in diabetes? Answered in 12 interactive questions. |
Dr Naveed Younis |
| 10:05-10:40 | Hyperlipidaemias: What is new? Answered in 12 interactive questions. |
Prof Handrean Soran |
| 10:40-10:45 | Comfort Break | |
| 10:45-12:00 | Lessons from previous exams | Prof Handrean Soran |
| 12:00-13:00 | Managing diabetes and endocrinology disorders in pregnancy. |
Dr Clare Mumby |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45-15:00 | Lipid and lipoprotein disorders, cardiovascular risk and lipodystrophies. |
Prof Handrean Soran |
| 15:00-15:05 | Comfort break | |
| 15:05-16:05 | Parathyroid, Vitamin D, bone disorders, calcium and electrolytes, HRT, MEN, image-based questions. |
Prof Handrean Soran |
| 16:05-17:05 | Lessons and examples from previous exams and image-based questions. |
Dr Shaishav Dhage |
| 17:05-17:10 | Comfort break | |
| 17:10-18:25 | Andrology, Gonads, related conditions and rare genetic diseases, CAH, PCOs. | Dr Jan Ho |
| End of day 1 | ||
| This meeting is for health care professionals and it is not open for members of the public. |
Sunday, 12th October 2025
(Day 2)
| 08:45-09:00 | 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 | Prolactinoma, prolactin, growth hormone disorders. Transitional endocrinology, delayed and precocious puberty |
Dr Alex Lewis |
| 11:00-11:05 | Comfort Break | |
| 11:05-12:25 | Pituitary, Cushing’s syndrome, endocrinology dynamic tests, image based questions | Dr Safwaan Adam |
| 12:25-12:30 | Comfort break | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Diabetes emergencies, diabetes kidney disease, diabetes neuropathy, in-patient diabetes, National diabetes Guidelines and TAs. |
Dr Shazli Azmi |
| 13:30-14:15 | Lunch | |
| 14:15-15:10 | Insulin therapy, Carbohydrate Counting, diabetes retinopathy (including images), Diabetes and driving (DVLA), relevant NICE guidelines and TAs. |
Dr Naveed Younis |
| 15:10-16:10 | Thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer Managing thyroid disorders in pregnancy |
Dr Salman Razvi |
| 16:10-16:15 | Comfort Break | |
| 16:15-17:15 | Obesity, disorders of appetite & weight, bariatric surgery, related guidelines and related TAs/NICE guidelines. | Prof Akheel Syed |
| End of day 2 | ||
| This meeting is for health care professionals and it is not open for members of the public. |