Time: 09:15 – 18:45
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
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
| The Scenario-based approach | ||
| 08:00 – 14:30 | Registration | |
| 09:15 – 10:00 | POCRUS: Integrating Ultrasound into Probability-Based Rheumatology Algorithms | |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Live Demonstration and Practice | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Live Demo | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Practical Workshop | |
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Prayer & Lunch | |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis/PMRGCA LVV | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Rheumatoid Cases Across the Spectrum: How Can Ultrasound Help? | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | GPSD: PMR GCA LVV: How Can Scanning Help? | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Scanning Techniques and Protocols | Live Demonstration at Workstations – Ultrasound Scanning in Rheumatoid/GCA PMR LVV | |
| 16:15 – 18:15 | Practical Workshop | |
| 18:15 – 18:45 | Q&A, Discussion, and Wrap up | |
| END OF THE DAY | ||
Program as of 23 August 2023.
Convenor
Bhaskar Dasgupta
Professor of Rheumatology
Head of Rheumatology & Director of Research
Southend University Hospital
United Kingdom
Affiliate Investigators
Ahmed Negm
Consultant Rheumatologist
Dubai Hospital – DHA
Associate Professor
Dubai Medical College (DMCG)
United Arab Emirates