Programme
MIMS Learning Live London allows you to personalise your programme, by giving you the option to combine a morning and afternoon of learning. This year you can choose from 9 streams: Women’s Health; Dermatology; Respiratory; Rheumatology; Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Clinical updates; Early Diagnosis; Long term conditions.
Click on the streams below to filter the programme.
Morning streams:
Afternoon streams:
Morning sessions:
Women's Health
9:00 - 9:15 | Chair's Address
9:15 - 10:00 | Mental health and menopause
10:00 - 10:45| Difficult Conversations
Interactive session around difficult conversations with patients. Session moderated by Dr Anna Steel, with Dr Carmel Bergbaum role-playing the doctor and actress Sangeeta Reding role-playing the patient
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 - 12:00 | Women's health session, details to be confirmed
12:00 - 12:45 | Endometriosis: diagnosis and management
•Women’s health strategy
•What is endometriosis?
•Diagnosis and management
•Health, social and economic benefits of addressing endometriosis
•Developing the endometriosis awareness charity
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Respiratory
08:45 - 09:00 | Chair's Address
9:00 - 9:45 | Acute presentations in respiratory
9:45 - 10:30 | Respiratory session, details to be confirmed
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:00 - 11:45| Difficult Conversations
Interactive session around difficult conversations with patients. Session moderated by Dr Anna Steel, with Dr Carmel Bergbaum role-playing the doctor and actress Sangeeta Reding role-playing the patient
11:45 - 12:30 | Respiratory session, details to be confirmed
sponsored by Chiesi
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Cardiovascular
9:15 - 9:30 | Chair's Address
9:30 - 10:15| How to approach syncope in primary care
•Diagnostic algorithms
•Causes of syncope
•How to identify high-risk patients
•Next steps
10:15 - 11:00 | Whose patient is it anyway?: Reducing eGFR decline in T2D
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
10:15 - 11:00 | Whose patient is it anyway?: Reducing eGFR decline in T2D
Dr Yassir Javaid MA (Cantab) FRCP FRCGP PGDip Cardiology – Cardiovascular and Diabetes Lead Northamptonshire ICS, Primary Care CVD lead East Midlands Clinical Network (2013-2020)
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:30 - 12:15 | The management of hyperkalaemia in primary care
Dr Rajesh Chelliah – Consultant Cardiology, Leicester Glenfield
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
11:30 - 12:15 | The management of hyperkalaemia in primary care
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
12:15 - 13:00| Difficult Conversations
Interactive session around difficult conversations with patients. Session moderated by Dr Anna Steel, with Dr Carmel Bergbaum role-playing the doctor and actress Sangeeta Reding role-playing the patient
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Early diagnosis
9:30 - 9:45 | Chair's Address
9:45 - 10:30 | Prostate cancer diagnosis
10:30 - 11:15 | The role of probiotics in cow’s milk protein allergy
Dr Bruce McLain – Paediatric Gastroenterologist
sponsored by Reckitt
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:45 - 12:30| Atrial fibrillation: what can be done in primary care in 2023
•How to find the missing AF in a post pandemic environment
•Risk assessment for stroke and bleeding
•How to select the correct anticoagulant and dose
•When referral to specialist services may be required
12:30 - 13:00 | Real-World experience of deprexis® , a digital therapy for depression in primary care
- Clinical outcomes
- User experience
- Patient experience
Dr Robert Baker – Clinical Lead Nuneaton North PCN
This session is sponsored by Ethypharm Digital Therapy
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Clinical updates
9:00 - 9:15 | Chair's Address
9:15 - 10:10| FIT testing for colorectal cancer diagnosis
•Introduction to faecal immunochemical testing
•Understanding of the limitations of FIT and the different thresholds used for screening and symptomatic patients
•How to use FIT in primary care for patients with symptoms that might indicate colorectal cancer
10:00 - 10:45 | Influenza: the forgotten CVD risk factor
sponsored by Sanofi
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 - 12:00 | Diagnosing rashes in children
- Differentiating the viral exanthemas
- Management of common infections, including exposures in pregnancy and onward referral if relevant
12:00 - 12:45 | Clinical updates session, details to be confirmed
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Afternoon sessions:
Dermatology
13:45 - 14:30 | Psoriasis: diagnosis and management
- Diagnosis and topical management of psoriasis in primary care
- Consideration of psoriatic comorbidities and the need for annual review
14:30 - 15:15 | Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Primary Care using Patient Cases
This session is sponsored by La Roche-Posay & CeraVe
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
15:45 - 16:30 | Practice advice around skin and nutrition
Rheumatology
13:30 - 14:15| Rheumatoid arthritis: diagnosis and management for GPs
• A diagnostic approach to rheumatoid arthritis
• Initial and escalated treatment options
• Managing flares of disease and treatment complications
14:15 - 15:00| Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: diagnosis and management
- How PMR and GCA are diagnosed and treated
- Update on guidelines
- Novel management strategies
- What to do with difficult cases and atypical presentations in primary care
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
15:30 - 16:15| Axial spondyloarthritis - a primary care overview
- Disease characteristics
- Identification and screening in primary care
- Factors contributing to delay and how we might address these
Diabetes
14:00 - 14:45| Using a low-carb approach for drug-free T2D remission
• What does type 2 diabetes drug-free remission this mean?
• How can you help your patients achieve this?
14:45 - 15:30 | Diabetes session, details to be confirmed
BREAK AND NETWORKING
16:00 - 16:45| Diabetes technology for glucose monitoring in primary care
•What are intermittent and continuous glucose monitoring devices?
•Why is ‘time in range’ a useful measure alongside HBA1c?
•The basics of data interpretation
•What do you actually need to know in primary care?
•National guidelines – who is eligible for this technology?
•Practicalities of implementation in primary care (and possible pitfalls!)
•Opportunities for further education and support tools
Long-term conditions
14:00 - 14:45| Long-term conditions session, details to be confirmed
14:45 - 15:30 | Respiratory session, details to be confirmed
This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
16:00 - 16:45| Guidance update on type 2 diabetes
Clinical updates
13:45 - 14:30 | Clinical updates session, details to be confirmed
14:30 - 15:15 | Clinical updates session, details to be confirmed
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
15:45 - 16:30| Management of neuropathic pain
•Diagnosis and Assessment of Neuropathic Pain
•Rational implementation of NICE 173 Guideline
•Optimising analgesic control – combination therapy
END OF DAY
AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship grant towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposia presentations.
AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship grant towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposia presentations.