Joint Meeting of Scottish Society for Rheumatology

with Félag íslenskra gigtarlækna*

Friday 27th October 2006

Marine Hotel and Spa, North Berwick

Registration Free to SSR members

Non-members are most welcome at the subsidised cost of £15 pp, payable in advance or on the day.

PROGRAMME (page 1 of 4)

Registration & Coffee / 9.30 – 10.20 am
Concurrent
AHP Session- Bass Rock Suite
Trainee Session – Tantallon Room
Consultants’ Business Meeting – Bass Rock Suite 2 / 10.20am – 12.30pm
Lunch / 12.30 – 1.40 pm
Society AGM / 1.40 – 2.10 pm
Session 1 / 2.10 – 3.30 pm
Afternoon Tea / 3.30 – 4pm
Session 2 / 4 – 5.40 pm

AHP PROGRAMME (page 2 of 4)

Bass Rock Suite

Chaired by :Kate Wright (OT)

Janice Paterson (Specialist Nurse)

ForthValley Acute Hospitals

10.20 – 10.30Welcome Notices

10.30 – 11.00The Mediterranean Diet -

Dr. Anne McEntegart, Consultant Rheumatologist

StobhillHospital, Glasgow

11.00 – 11.45Wound Management –

Adele Osbourne, Highly Specialist Podiatrist, CameronHospital, Fife

Violet Butters, Specialist Podiatrist,Glasgow Royal Infirmary

11.45 – 12.15Research in Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Stella Howden, Lecturer in Physiotherapy

QueenMargaretUniversityCollege, Edinburgh

12.15 – 12.30Telephone Advice Line Documentation

Darryl McGhee, Rheumatology Specialist Nurse,

Southern GeneralHospital, Glasgow

12.30 – 1.40LUNCH

TRAINEE PROGRAMME (page 3 of 4)

Tantallon Room

9.30 – 10.30REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

10.30 – 12.00Critical Paper Review -

Led/presented/facilitated by Dr Anne Langston, PhD

Clinical Trials Unit Co-ordinator, University of Edinburgh

This is a seminar and workshop which introduces the basic skills required for critical appraisal of clinical trials papers. After an initial presentation there will be small group working to assess published papers, then a feedback and analysis session. Very hands on (OK, brains on) in a crucial area of medical practice which is often undertaught.

Dr Langston has extensive experience of organising and designing large clinical trials and has lectured on trial design and weaknesses. She is well known to many Scottish Rheumatologists as the indefatigable coordinator of the PRISM trial and is part of the burgeoning Edinburgh Rheumatology imperial staff.

The examples used will be:

Yep at al Single dose intravenous Pamidronate is effective alternative therapy for Paget’s disease refractory to calcitonin. Horm Res. 1991; 36:70-74

Hosking et al Comparison of change in bone resorption and bone mineral density with once-weekly Alendronate and daily Risedronate: A randomised, placebo-controlled study. Current Med Res Opinion. 2003; 19 (5): 383 – 394

(It would be very helpful if the Trainees could read and think about these in advance)

12.00 – 12.30Behcet’s Syndrome –

Professor Dorian Haskard, ImperialCollege, London

12.30 – 1.40 LUNCH

1.40 – 2.10Scottish Society for Rheumatology AGM

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME (page 4 of 4)

BASS ROCK SUITE

12.30 – 1.40LUNCH

1.40 – 2.10Scottish Society for Rheumatology AGM

2.10 – 3.00GUEST LECTURE:

MODERN GOUT – an old disease with some new concepts

Professor Dorian Haskard, ImperialCollegeLondon

3.00 – 3.15Acute Gout presenting as an Acutely Swollen Prosthetic Knee Joint

Roberts G, Field M, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

3.15 – 3.30Soft Tissue Rheumatic Lesions & HIV Infection in Zambians

Njobvu P D & McGill P E, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia and

StobhillHospital, Glasgow

3.30 – 4.00TEA & COFFEE

4.00 – 4.15Increased Prevalence of Auto-immunity amongst First Degree Relatives of IgA Deficient Individuals

Jorgensen G, Ludvikson V R, Johannesson A J, Porsteinsdottir I, Guomundsson S, University Hospital Reykjavik, Iceland

4.15 – 4.30Audit of Biologic Therapy Use in Inflammatory Polyarthritis 2001-2006

Savage H, Morrison I, Morrison E, Southern GeneralHospital, Glasgow

4.30 – 4.45DAS 28 as a Predictor of the Treatment Change in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tan SY, Smith S, Bhat H, Strang A, Morley K D, Pullar T, Galaraga B, NinewellsHospital, Dundee

4.45 – 5.00Audit of Monitoring Stable Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Discharged to

Primary Care

Mathew R, Dhillon V, Western GeneralHospital, Edinburgh

5.00 – 5.15Familial Aggregation of Auto-immunity

Steinsson K, Centre for Rheumaotlogy Research, Reykjavik, Iceland

5.15 – 5.30Screening for TB prior to Anti-TNF Therapy – Implementation of the New Guidelines

Pringle J, Gordon M, Stirling A, Hunter J, Porter D, GartnavelGeneralHospital, Glasgow

5.40Announcement of oral presentation and poster prizes

5.40CLOSE OF MEETING

There will be poster viewing in the Main Auditorium (Bass Suite) from the moment they are put up until they are taken down.