Pre nego što pročitate poziv obratite pažnju da je Ministrastvo zdtavlja Velike Britanije odobrilo specijalizaciju sportske medicine u trenutku koja je kod nas praktično proterana iz institucija sistema.
For the attention of the Secretary General
Apologies for the length of this note, I have included details of the medical and scientific programme for your information.
I am writing on behalf of The United Kingdom Association of Doctors in Sport (www.ukadis.org) and Great Run to invite your Sports Medicine Organisation to become involved in the First World Medical Conference on Track and Field being held in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK on Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 September 2005. The Conference will take place alongside the celebration of the 25th BUPA Great North Run so it promises to be a busy and exciting time with lots to see and do.
In late February 2005 the UK Department of Health (DH) announced the recognition of Sport and Exercise Medicine as a medical speciality. This is a tremendous step forward for all doctors working in the area and follows much hard work put in by members of The United Kingdom Association of Doctors in Sport (www.ukadis.org) and other lead UK professional sport and exercise medicine organisations. The DH Press release can be found at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/PressReleases/PressReleasesNotices/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4103978&chk=3GAisx
Developed by UKADIS before this announcement, this exciting and high level multidisciplinary conference for healthcare professionals has been organisedby Dr Bryan English, former Chief Medical Officer of UK Athletics, and is being run in partnership with Nova International (who deliver all UK Great Runs). It will be attended by sports medicine doctors, physiotherapists, healthcare professionals, coaches, athletes and sport development officers from various national and international athletic squads.
The conference is being run with the support of BUPAand the backing of UK Sport and UK Athletics. The conference will take place alongside the celebration of the 25th BUPA Great North Run. All majorUK Sport and Exercise Medicine and Science Organisations have been invited to support the event. National Athletic Associations, Olympic Committees and Sport and Exercise Medicine Organisations are beinginvited to send delegates.
We are delighted to invite Members of your Organisation to attend this Conference which will focus on medical, scientific and performance aspects of track and field with one session being devoted to running, a second to jumping and the third to throwing.
A small number of Conference Booking Forms is being sent to you by post and we will be very grateful if you can disseminate these to appropriate Members of your Association. If you are able to post information of this conference on your website, we will also be very grateful.
We will be delighted to welcome Members of your Organisation to attend this Conference, which for the first time brings together leaders in the field of Athletics Sports Medicine. Conference sessions will focus on medical, scientific and performance aspects of track and field with one session being devoted to running, a second to jumping and the third to throwing.
Provisional Programme, Themes & Speakers
Day One - 13 September 2005
1000 Registration, refreshments and commercial exhibition
1115 Opening of Conference - An introduction and welcome to Newcastle and the build upto The BUPA Great North Run
Mr Brendan Foster MBE, Chairman and Chief Executive of Nova International
Brendan is Chairman and Chief Executive at Nova International and is creator of the Great North Run, the first staging of which was 25 years ago in 1981. He has won Commonwealth, European and Olympic medals as well as being the world record holder for 3,000m and 2 miles and now imparts his knowledge and expertise as part of the BBC Sport Athletics commentary team.
1130 “The importance of a the medical team” Mr David Moorcroft, Chief Executive UK Athletics
David was a world record holder at 5000m when the funding for medical support was next to nil. He will talk us through the changes, positive and negative, over his career as an athlete and now as a Chief Executive of Track and Field.
1150 “How may the support team affect performance - The Olympic Games, Athens 2004” Professor David Collins, Professor of Sports Psychology and Performance Director UK Athletics
David was an integral part of the successful Track and Field team at the last Olympic Games. As UK Athletics new Performance Director he will inform us how the support team has helped in the past and, more importantly, how this support will/should improve in the future.
1215 “Experiences of a sports physician in Track and Field over 2 Olympiads” Dr Bryan English, Medical Officer to Chelsea Football Club
Bryan worked for Track and Field from 1997 to 2005. The talk will be a general address to the medical audience of the work involved as medical officer to the 5th most successful nation at this sport.
1235 Question and answers - Open forum
1245 Lunch and commercial exhibition
1400 “RUN” - (with a focus on sprinting/middle distance) - Session Chair: Dr Bryan English, Medical Officer to Chelsea Football Club
“The problems we have with sprinters.” Dr Alex Nieper, Sports Physician UK Athletics
1420 “Where tendons and ligaments meet bone: basic considerations forunderstanding enthesopathies” Professor Mike Benjamin Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology and Sports Medicine Research, Cardiff University. Honorary Professor of Anatomy for UK Athletics
Mike has spent his career looking at the anatomy of the musculoskeletal tissues and has particularly focussed on entheses. He has an honorary MD from Linkoping University (Sweden) for contributions to Sports Medicine research, has won the Messner Foundation prize for research in this area and heads the large connective tissue biology research group at Cardiff University. He has a unique knowledge and approach to these tissues which will change one’s view of how to treat such lesions.
1510 Questions and answers - Open forum – followed by Afternoon Tea and commercial exhibition
1550 “Is a sprinter born or created?” Mr Mike Macfarlane OBE, UK Sport
Mike has coached many of our top sprinters and he has recently taken an appointment with UK Sport. Coaching is not a science but Mike takes the process to as near a science as is possible. His passion for the sport and striving for excellence is an example to all and his talk with demonstrate how an athlete may walk onto a track for the first time as a junior to then become a world medallist.
1615 “Common medical problems affecting track and field athletes” Dr Paul Dijkstra, Sports Physician to many South African and International Olympic Track and Field Athletes; Centre for Sports Medicine, Potchefstroom
Paul has extensive knowledge and experience of the management of medical in the elite athletes. This is backed up by a vast range of treatment options that he has collated during his ventures around the world, analysing forms of medicine from every continent. UK Athletics medical team have embraced his expertise particularly in the management of some of our middle distance runners.
1700 Questions and answers - Open forum
1730 UKADIS AGM
2000 Informal dinner at Marriott Gosforth Park Hotel
Day Two - 14 September 2005
0830 Registration, refreshments and commercial exhibition
0900 “JUMP” – (with a focus on Triple Jump) - Session Chair: Dr Bruce Hamilton, Sports Physician UK Athletics
Opening of morning session - tbc
0915 “What makes a good athlete great?” Mr Charles Van Commennee, Chef De Mission for the Dutch Olympic Association, Previous Technical Director for Jumps UK Athletics, Coach to Denise Lewis Olympic Champion Sydney 2000
Charles knows has an eye for which good athletes will become great athletes. He is very demanding of the athlete and the medical support to and this is matched by the demands that he puts on himself. His knowledge of all aspects of coaching is highly respected and this is particularly relevant to that of his favoured sport, Track and Field.
0945 “The problems we have with jumpers” Dr Bruce Hamilton, Sports Physician UK Athletics
1005 “Muscle plasticity and jump training” Dr Hechmi Toumi, Sports Scientist, Cardiff University
Hechmi has been researching on muscle for the last 8 years. He has recently spent 2 years working with Professor Tom Best at the University of Wisconin and is currently working on entheses with Mike Benjamin at Cardiff University. Hechmi has a PhD in Sports Science from the University of Clermond Ferrand, was the track team coach at Clermond for 3 years and has represented France at long jump.
1040 Questions and answers - Open forum – leading into Refreshments and commercial exhibition
1130 “Radiology of the infrapatella tendon - Current thinking as to whether the scan will match both the clinical findings and the histopathological findings” Dr Jerry Healy, Radiologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Jerry works extensively with elite athletes. He has a broad knowledge of what constitutes a normal tendon in an elite athlete and relates this to changes within a tendon therefore being normal adaptations that may not be present in the more sedentary population. His talk will provide us with a few take home messages as to what we should believe about scans and their reports, and what we should question.
1150 “My experience of ruptures of the infra-patella tendon - Will the athlete make a full recovery?” Mr Andy Williams, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Andy is a specialist in knee surgery and he operates on many of the countries top athletes in rugby, football and many other sports. He has become the first port of call for UK Athletics when it comes to traumatic knee injuries. His talk will provide information as to what may constitute a successful operative procedure and what makes determines how he may guide the first few days of rehabilitation.
1210 “Total management of the lower limb tendons in the jumper.” Dr Paul Dijkstra, Sports Physician to many South African and International Olympic Track and Field Athletes; Centre for Sports Medicine, Potchefstroom
Paul has been a close associate of the UK Athletics medical and his input has been crucial with athletes such as Kelly Holmes. He has an early background in physical training to add to his expertise in sports medicine which adds an extra dimension to his knowledge of rehabilitation following injury. Paul is one the most senior and experienced Track and Field sports physicians in the world.
1250 Questions and answers - Open forum leading into Lunch and commercial exhibition
1415 “THROW” - (with a focus on the javelin) - Session Chair: Dr Andrew Vallance-Owen, Group Medical Director BUPA
Opening of afternoon session - “What makes a champion?” Mr Steve Backley OBE, Olympic silver medallist, Four times European Champion
Steve is one the most accomplished javelin throwers in the history of the sport. His knowledge of all aspects of the event is second to none. As a perfectionist he leaves nothing to chance. He has now retired from throwing, however his professional life now offers others the chance to learn from his insight and experiences.
1440 “The spear. The history and the technicalities of the sport. How do you prepare an elite thrower for competition as manager of the athlete’s team?” Mr John Trower, Technical Director for Throws for UK Athletics
John has worked with elite throwers for many years. In the UK his knowledge is second to none on what it takes to get the athlete to a competition in the best possible shape to perform at their maximum.
1505 “Key factors in the preparation of the throwing athlete - Prevention of injury?” Mr Calvin Morris, Strength and conditioning coach for England Rugby Union
Prior to working for England Rugby, Calvin was a crucial member of the UK Athletics support team. His contribution was so valued that he was poached by England Rugby and played no small part in their success in the last World Cup.
1530 “The problems that we have with throwers. The 3 most common injuries in a javelin thrower and how to avoid them” Mr Neil Black, Chief Physiotherapist UK Athletics
Neil has worked for Track and Field for longer than he can remember. No physiotherapist has more experience in the sport in The UK. Sometimes we have “missed the boat” when an injury occurs so this talk will mention treatment but more importantly how regular attention to the athlete may avoid the 3 most common injuries.
1600 Questions and answers - Open forum followed by Afternoon Tea and commercial exhibition
1630 The UKADIS Lecture “What makes a top sports medicine doctor and a top sports medicine environment?” Dr Paul Dijkstra, Sports Physician to many South African and International Olympic Track and Field Athletes; Centre for Sports Medicine, Potchefstroom
In light of the announcement by The UK Department of Health that Sport and Exercise Medicine is to be a speciality in its own right in The United Kingdom, Paul will provide us with his opinion on how to maximise this opportunity to the benefit of doctors and the community.
1730 Questions and answers followed by close of conference
We hope that some of your Members will be able toattend this conference and visit the vibrant city of Newcastle. If they wishto book on-line, details are available at www.greatshow.org Alternatively, please email:
If you have any queries concerning this event, please get in touch with me.
Yours sincerely
Barry Hill, UKADIS
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