Epilepsy training for professionals

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If your organisation is planning to arrange an epilepsy training event or conference related to epilepsy and would like us to promote this free of charge, then please contact Greg Smith at gsmith@epilepsy.org.uk or telephone our head office number:  +44 (0)113 210 8800.

We are here to help everyone understand epilepsy. 

Managing risks in people with epilepsy, half-day workshop for health professionals

• 16 May 2012
• 9.00am – 1.30pm
• Tullyglass House Hotel, Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
• 'Managing Risk in People with Epilepsy' has been approved by the Federation of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 4 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).
• Tickets cost £45 (or £40 for professional members of Epilepsy Action). This includes refreshments, and a buffet lunch.
• Book online (credit/debit card payment)

This half-day event is open to anyone UK-wide with a professional interest in epilepsy. It is targeted at GPs, practice nurses, community nurses and midwives. This event will help professionals explore the risks for people living with epilepsy from diagnosis. It will also look at how health professionals can support the patient to evaluate risks associated with daily living and social tasks – for example, cooking, bathing, swimming, horse riding. There are also risk factors associated with prescribing for individual patient groups, and associated with surgery.

Highlights will include:

• Understanding of the complex needs of medically managing a person with epilepsy
• Assessing risk factors associated with prescribing for individual patient groups
• Understanding risk factors associated with surgery as a treatment for people with epilepsy
• Exploring the social aspects of living with epilepsy
• Accessing support through Epilepsy Action Northern Ireland

Half day epilepsy awareness courses

Fifteen per cent discount for Epilepsy Action professional members 

• Manchester and Liverpool, UK
• Community Epilepsy Services is running courses aimed at people with epilepsy, nurses and health care professionals, carers, families, employers and the legal profession.

Dates

• 23 March 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 4 April 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 9 May 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 6 June 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 4 July 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 5 September 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm
• 10 October 2012 9.00am - 1.00pm

Venues

• Manchester - Longford St Group Practice, Longford Street, Heywood, Greater Manchester OL10 4NH. 
• Liverpool - Exemplar Health Care, Kavanagh Place, 1 Rumney Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool L4 1UB

• Cost: £55 for each delegate.

The courses will cover a wide range of issues including types of epilepsy and seizure classification; causes and triggers of epilepsy; first aid; how epilepsy can affect lifestyle, self esteem and independence; driving regulations; employment issues; medication and individualised care plans.

• More information and booking form

9th National Neuroscience Conference: Epilepsy in Children 2012

• 20th June 2012
• Hallam Conference Centre, London
• http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/epilepsyinchildren2012
• rikki.bhachu@markallengroup.com

After the success of the last 8 years, we are delighted to announce our 9th national neuroscience conference ‘Epilepsy in Children’, in association with British Journal of Hospital Medicine and British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. This conference has been carefully designed to provide participants with updates on the current issues and latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of paediatric epilepsy.

It will provide an excellent opportunity for specialists and trainees in neurology, neurosurgery and paediatrics, as well as GPs and specialist nurses, to update and extend their knowledge.

Highlights will include:

• Clinical aspects of diagnosis
• The clinical impact of epilepsy genetics 
• Child neurology: epilepsy of infancy
• The role of an epilepsy specialist nurse 
• Approaching adulthood – managing young people with epilepsies
• DGH approach to managing epilepsy and associated conditions
• Classifications and pathways of paediatric epilepsy
• Surgery: the balance of risk and benefit in those less severely affected
• Misdiagnosis of epilepsy

Epilepsy Action run regular conferences across the UK aimed at people with epilepsy and everyone who has an interest in the condition.