BMJ Masterclass for GPs: General Update, Programme 2
Date: Various, see below	Location: Various see below
Tuesday 26 February 2008, Glasgow* Wednesday 30 April 2008, London* Thursday 15 May 2008, Sheffield* Wednesday 11 June 2008, Birmingham* Friday 27 June 2008, Newcastle * Running back to back with programme 1 Leading experts bring you the latest evidence, guidelines, and best practice in an easy to understand and interactive format. Learn using case studies, with the chance to ask questions. This update will change your everyday practice and give you greater confidence in managing your patients. You will also receive our popular course handbook covering new guidelines, practical management tips, key references, and commonly asked questions, exclusive to our delegates. Topics include: - Cardiology - Dermatology - Palliative Care - Mental Health - Renal: Chronic Kidney Disease - Women’s Health For the full programme please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/general-update/autumn-2007
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6241/6281

BMJ Masterclass for GPs: General Update, Programme 1
Date: Various, see below	Location: Various see below
Monday 25 February 2008, Glasgow* Wednesday 12 March 2008, Bristol Friday 4 April 2008, Newcastle Tuesday 29 April 2008, London* Wednesday 14 May 2008, Sheffield* Tuesday 10 June 2008, Birmingham* * Running back to back with programme 2 Leading experts bring you the latest evidence, guidelines, and best practice in an easy to understand and interactive format. Learn using case studies, with the chance to ask questions. This update will change your everyday practice and give you greater confidence in managing your patients. You will also receive our popular course handbook covering new guidelines, practical management tips, key references, and commonly asked questions, exclusive to our delegates. Topics include: - Respiratory Medicine - Gastroenterology - Neurology - Diabetes - Musculoskeletal - Paediatrics For the full programme please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/general-update/autumn-2007
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6241/6281

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) – Seminar 2008
Date: 4 April 2008	Location: London, UK
This year’s seminar will focus on three key topics: (1) How does patient privacy legislation affect an editor’s ability to publish? (2) What is publication? — the changing definitions of publication. (3) COPE’s new Best Practice Guidelines. There will also be a short demonstration of an anti-plagiarism system as it is working in a publishing house. Invited speakers will discuss legislation on privacy and data protection that editors need to be aware of; how editors should respond to more and more data being available online prior to formal peer-reviewed publication; and what happens to a publication after it appears in print. The newly designed COPE website will be demonstrated, and there will be interactive workshops on common ethical and editorial dilemmas. Editors, authors and all those interested in improving the standard of publication ethics are welcome. The seminar will include invited talks: - A Pandora’s box of tissues—legislation in relation to tissues and cells - The promise and perils of patient privacy - Pre-publication or duplicate publication? How to decide - What really happens to a publication after it appears in print - Screening for plagiarism: the CrossCheck initiative In addition: - Discussion of COPE’s new Best Practice Guidelines with experiences from journals who have piloted the audit - COPE’s new website unveiled - Interactive workshops on the key topics of the seminar. - Opportunities to network with other editors and share your experiences and challenges The seminar is free for COPE members and £50.00 for non-members. Numbers are limited and early booking is advisable. For registration or more information please contact the COPE Administrator at cope{at}bmjgroup.com or call 020-7383-6602.
email: cope{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20-7383-6602

International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care
Date:22-25 April 2008	Location: Paris, France
Why attend? - Join over 1,000 health care professionals from over 40 countries worldwide - Learn from experienced leaders and improvement experts - Find out what is current in quality and safety - Gain new skills and tools for creating change in your organisation - Take home practical solutions for improvement methods - Network with like-minded colleagues Register on-line from January 2008 onwards For more information on the forum visit http://www.internationalforum.bmj.com
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6409

BMJ Masterclass for Physicians: Cardiology
Date: 30 April 2008	Location: Manchester, UK
CPD 6 hours, RCP Chaired by Professor Roger Hall, Professor of Clinical Cardiology, University of East Anglia, Norwich and Former Editor of Heart, the BMJ Masterclass for Physicians: Cardiology provides you with the latest evidence and best practice in cardiology. Learn about: - Diagnosis and management of stable angina - Management of patients with cardiac arrhythmias - Heart failure: pharmacotherapy and device therapy - Medicolegal risk. For the full programme please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/cardiology/programme-08 Book by Monday 21 January 2008 to take advantage of the early bird discount.
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6241

BMJ Masterclass for Physicians: Respiratory Medicine
Date: 1 May 2008	Location: Manchester, UK
CPD 6 hours, RCP Professor Wisia Wedzicha, Editor in Chief, Thorax, and Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University College London returns to Chair the BMJ Masterclass for Physicians: Respiratory Medicine. Leading experts cover important new topics and debate areas of controversy. Learn about: - Preventing exacerbations in asthma - Smoking cessation - Reducing COPD exacerbations - Pleural effusions - Pneumonia - Sleep apnoea. For the full programme please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/respiratory/programme-08 Book by Monday 21 January 2008 to take advantage of the early bird discount.
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6241

BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Cardiology, Diabetes and CKD
Date: Various, see below	Location: Various see below
Thursday 19 June 2008, London Thursday 25 September 2008, Leeds Monday 3 November 2008, Birmingham This one day masterclass will advance your knowledge in three of the most rapidly changing and challenging areas of clinical practice, and provide you with practical information from expert speakers. Topics covered include: • Heart failure: the essentials of management • Atrial fibrillation • Secondary prevention after myocardial infarction (MI) • Complications of diabetes • Therapeutic challenges in the management of type 2 diabetes • Chronic kidney disease: when to refer to the nephrologist. This masterclass is suitable for: • GPs • Practice nurses • Nurse practitioners Early bird rates are available so don't delay. To view the full programme and list of speakers or to register, please visit: http://masterclasses.bmj.com/GPs/cardiology-diabetes-ckd
email: events{at}bmjgroup.com	Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6241

APPLIED CLINICAL ETHICS (ACE)
Date: March-June 2008	Location: London, UK
ACE 2008, run in collaboration with Imperial College, St George’s, and the Medical Protection Society, is the UK's only professional course in clinical ethics with a strong emphasis on practical issues and designed specifically for clinicians. It is taught by clinicians, lawyers and medical ethicists. ACE 2007 had 33 participants, ranging from surgeons to nurses. For ACE 2008, the MPS have generously provided four bursaries for junior doctors within three years of qualification. Full details of the course, including the programme and booking details, are available on the course website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/cpd/courses/subject/medical/ace/
email: daniel.sokol{at}talk21.com	Tel: +44 (0) 20 8725 3360

Courses: Swansea University - Qualify by Distance Learning
	Location: Swansea, UK
MA Ethics of Healthcare - The longest established course of its kind in the UK. Offered on a part-time and full-time basis. MA Healthcare Law and Ethics - This course aims to facilitate a critical nderstanding of the law and its impact on actual practice within the healthcare system - part-time. MA Medical Humanities - To our knowledge, this course remains the only such programme of its kind on Britain - part-time. For details, contact: School of Health Science Admissions Office, Swansea University. Website: http://www.healthscience.swansea.ac.uk
email: shsadmissions{at}swansea.ac.uk	Tel: +44 (0)1792 518531

Institute of Medical Ethics Prize for most innovative web publication
We would like to announce the winner of the IME prize: SciDev.Net: ethics of medical research dossier www.scidev.net/ethics SciDev.Net is an online magazine / information portal devoted to providing news, views and information about science, technology and the developing world. This is achieved by up-to-date coverage of recent developments (through a range of news and feature articles) and more in-depth resources based on individual topics, known as dossiers. The audience is very broad, incorporating academics, policy makers, scientists, journalists, NGO-workers and students. One of the dossiers is devoted to research ethics in developing countries. The competition entry represents a new development within the dossier - a comprehensive introduction to a specific sub-topic (in this case, consent to research). The keystone of this collection is a peer-reviewed policy brief which is intended to act as an authoritative but readable guide - providing a brief technical overview of consent, a description of why it is important and noting aspects which are controversial. This is linked to relevant ethical guidance, reports and full-text journal articles. This section of the dossier is designed to enable the audience in developing countries (including members with little previous exposure to the topic) to rapidly and comprehensively come up to speed with the complexities of the issue. To visit the consent spotlight, please go to: www.scidev.net/ethics/consent