PRE-CONGRESS COURSE

The 13th WMS Pre-Congress Course will be held from Tuesday 29th – Wednesday 30th September 2015 in London.

Maximum number of attendees: 45
Registration Deadline: Now closed

Registration fee: £195 (includes coffee/lunch breaks and course materials. Accommodation not included)

TEACHING OBJECTIVES
To improve the diagnostic competence of professionals dealing with patients with neuromuscular diseases.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Medical specialists (paediatricians, neurologists, paediatric neurologists, geneticists, neuropathologists) and medical specialists in training, and also other attendees of the WMS congress.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The emphasis of this course will be on the clinical approach of patients who present with symptoms of weakness and the interpretation of ancillary investigations including, EMG, muscle biopsy and genetics. The course will be entirely practical and case reports will be presented to highlight key clinical concepts. There will be the opportunity to discuss the diagnostic approach to patients shown on video. Generous time will be allowed for questions from the audience, and for discussion of difficult topics.

For this purpose, each participant will be asked to present one neuromuscular case to be presented and discussed.

For every case he/she should prepare two Powerpoint slides:

• Slide 1 should contain: a clinical picture/clinical video demonstrating major clinical characteristics (onset; clinical course; CK; NCV; heredity; other)
• Slide 2 should contain: one pertinent piece of information (e.g. muscle or brain imaging; a family tree; immunofluorescence or Western blot data).

The presentation should not take longer than 3 minutes.

Bring a maximum of 5 Powerpoint slides on a USB stick showing the most salient muscle biopsy findings. Slides should be loaded onto the main course computer prior to the beginning of the course or during breaks.

UPON COMPLETION
Participants should be able to better recognize a number of important neuromuscular presentations; incorporate up-to-date diagnostic approaches to the patient suspected of a neuromuscular disease; consider the differential diagnosis; apply appropriate tests.

Booking for the course cannot be made once registration for the congress is full so WMS 2015 advises delegates to book early to avoid disappointment.

Pre-Congress Course venue: 33 Queen Square, Lecture Theatre, London, WC1N 3BG The course will be held in London and the congress will be held in Brighton. For those travelling to Brighton for the main congress the easiest route is by ThamesLink from London St Pancras Station. The journey takes about 1.5 hours. Visitors are advised to use public transport. NCP car parks are sited off Southampton Row and Brunswick Centre. Pay-and-display parking around Queen Square is both expensive and limited.

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