Time: 10:15 – 17:00
Date: Friday, 18 October 2024
Venue: InterContinental Dubai Festival City, UAE
Target Audience
This event is designed to engage rheumatology consultants, and senior specialty professionals, responsible for managing dynamic rheumatology services, providing them with practical insights to make swift, effective decisions for their patients.
Learning Objectives
- Understand common presentation scenarios in Rheumatology
- Apply a probability-based approach to evaluate individual presentations
- Understand the role of point of consultation ultrasound in the probability-based algorithm
- Recognise specific and sensitive ultrasound signs/patterns
- Confirm/exclude different scenarios by applying ultrasound findings
- Understand the individual settings and procedures for ultrasound scanning
| 08:00 – 10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Principles for Applying Point of Care Ultrasound to Rheumatology Practice/GPSD | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Ultrasound for Suspected Rheumatoid Arthritis/Osteoarthritis/Mimics | |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Ultrasound for Suspected Psoriatic Arthritis/Enthesitis/Mimics | |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | Ultrasound for Suspected Sjögren’s Syndrome/Mimics | |
| 11:10 – 13:00 | Hands-On Session: Focused on RA/Psoriatic Arthritis/Dactylitis/Enthesitis/ Sjögren’s/Mimics | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Prayer & Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Ultrasound for Suspected Gout/CPPD/Acute Monoarthritis | |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Ultrasound for Suspected GCA/PMR/LVV/GPSD | |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | ADARRCTM Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Hands-On Session: Focused on Gout/Crystal/GCA/PMR/LVV/Mimics | |
| END OF THE DAY | ||
Program as of 12 August 2024.
*Disclaimer: This program is tentative and may be subject to change at the discretion of the Faculty.
Convenor
BHASKAR DASGUPTA, MB BS, MD, FRCP
HEAD OF RHEUMATOLOGY & DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Southend University Hospital
PROFESSOR OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Queen Mary London, Essex and Anglia Ruskin Universities
London, United Kingdom
Affiliate Investigator
AHMED NEGM, MBBcH, MSc, MD
CONSULTANT RHEUMATOLOGIST
Dubai Hospital – DHA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Dubai Medical College (DMCG)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Workshop Instructors
AHMED ZAYAT, MBBCh, MSc, MD, MRCP
SENIOR CONSULTANT RHEUMATOLOGIST
University Hospital Sharjah
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
FAISAL ELBADAWI, FRCP
CONSULTANT RHEUMATOLOGIST
Dubai Hospital – DHA
Dubai, United Arab Emirates