Courses and Conferences

a courses and conferences ' A charge of f20 per entry is made for the following:

A charge of f60 per entry is made for all other course organisers.

Please ask the Journal Department for submission forms.

Bwdr, Bmnchos, Occupationni and cunicd Intorest Groups, schools of phydotherapy, phydotherapy departments, Heaith Districts and CSP vondated c(HIr8es.

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Grade V Manipulative Techniques for Spinal and Peripheral Joints Courses organised by Mr Derek J B Stevens GradDipPhys GradDipManTher MCSP SRP MTAA

4 Bentinck Mansions, Bentinck Street, London WIM 5RJ (tel 071-486 6865)

September 29-30 or October 13-14 or November 3-4 or

24-25 or December 8-9 or

1991

January 26-27 or February 23-24 or March 9-10 or April 13-14 or

27-28 or June 1-2 or

22-23 or January 5-6 or July 20-21

These two-day practical courses aim to provide individual tuition in Grade V manipulative techniques for physiotherapists with a minimum of two years' clinical experience. Places limited to four per course. Participants must be willing to act as models for each other.

f ie: €70, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE and give alternative dates. No application form required.

October 11

Seminar Room, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

1.30-4.30 pm Registration 1.15 pm

Legal aspects of paediatrlc physiotherapy East Anglian Region

Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists -

Mrs C Burnett MCSP, The Hollies, High Street, Taplow, near Maidenhead, Berks SL6 OEX (tel 0628 661974)

Talk by Mrs P Robinson MA MCSP, director, Professional Affairs, CSP. Half study day. Lunch available in canteen. Open to all interested.

f i e : €4 APCP members, €5 others, includes tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'APCP East Anglia'. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date October 5.

October 12 Meeting the challenges of the Eastbourne and Hastings Branch elderly All Saints Hospital,

Eastbourne Mrs S Barter MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, District General Hospital, King's Drive, Eastbourne 8N21 2UD

9 am-4.30 pm This one-day course for therapists aims to explore areas which present particular problems, such as managing heavy immobile patients, dealing with incontinence and the implications of drug therapy in elderly people. The course will provide an opportunity for participants to air their specific problems and to examine the role of the multidisciplinary team in the care of elderly people in the future.

Fee: €15 Branch members, €20 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Eastbourne and Hastings Branch CSP'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date September 30.

October 13 Anatomy and kinedology related to Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy the horse Leahurst Veterinary

Field Station, Miss A Sutton and/or Mrs K Bloom, Dean Stables, Dean, near Sparsholt, Winchester, Hants SO21 2LP

This course is a practical workshop which will cover anatomical dissection of fore and hind limb cadaver specimens of the horse; it will also cover examination of a lame horse and radiographic anatomy and interpretation. Principal tutor Dr Stephen May. This course is suitable for members of ACPAT (categories A and B). Physiotherapists and students contemplating joining the Association most welcome.

Fee: €50, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent to Miss A Sutton. Please send SAE for course details; places limited to approximately 40 so early application is advised. Closing date September 22.

Neston, Wirral

9.30 am-4.30 pm Registration 9 am

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October 13

Psychology Department, University of Birmingham

10 am-4 pm Rwstration 9.30 am

Single case studies in research Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists - West Midlands Branch

Miss H Wotherspoon MCSP, Paediatric Physiotherapist, 34 Westminster Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham 829 7RS (tel 021-472 8881 - evenings)

The day aims to introduce participants to the use of single case studies as a research method. The programme will include measurements, statistics, and writing a scientific paper. Numbers limited to 30.

Fee: f 17.50 APCP members, €20 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'APCP'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date September 30.

October 13-14 Respiratory muscle function and North Wales Branch

Bangor management Miss E Pritchard MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist,

9 am-4 pm Saturday 9.30 am-3 pm Sunday

Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd

Lectures will include: (1) Anatomy and physiology of the ventilatory pump. (2) The ventilatory pump in disease (3) Medical management of ventilatory pump failure. (4) lnspiratory muscle training. (5) Longitudinal observations in adult cystic fibrosis. There will be practical sessions and workshops including use of training devices and manometers. The course looks at the relationship between respiratory muscle function and treatment.

Fee: €50, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'N Wales CSP'. Please apply by letter and send SAE. Students welcome. Residential accommodation may be available. Closing date September 28. Sender please state fee for Branch members.

October 13-14, November 3 - 4, November 24-25 and December 8 - 9

Bury

9.30 am-5 pm

Registration 9 am

Treatment of musculoskeletal conditions using manipulative techniques (tel 061-705 3293)

Aimed at physiotherapists with little or no experience in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions using manipulative techniques. On completion of the course, it is expected that the participants will have gained a working knowledge of examination, assessment and treatment using the Maitland concept. There are four modules with emphasis on cervical and lumbar spine, the knee and shoulder joints. Tutors: Jean McCluskey GradDipPhys MCSP, John Hall GradDipPhys MCSP.

Fee: €50 each module, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Physiotherapy Endowment Fund, Bury HA'. Please send SAE. Closing date October 1.

Miss R M Chapman MCSP. District Physiotherapist, Bury General Hospital, Walmersley Road, Bury BL9 6PG

October 15-17

Hope Hospital, Salford

Rehabilitation of lower limb Dr P Arnell PhD BSc(PT) MCPA MCSP, Physiotherapy amputees Department, Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD

(tel 061-787 5328)

This course is intended for physiotherapists who want to develop their assessment and gait re-education skills in amputee rehabilitation. The course will cover pre- and post-operative management; normal gait; biomechanics and prosthetic principles; prosthetic checkout; gait re-education; prosthetic gait deviations. The course will include lectures, informal discussions and practical sessions. Course tutors: Dr Peggy Arnell, Dr H J B Day, Janette Ryder.

Fee: €50. Course limited to 35 places. Application form and programme on request.

(1) October 16 (2) November 28

Wolfson Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Wimbledon, London SW20

6.30-8.30 pm

Registration 6 pm

two evening clinical presentations Miss J M Todd MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon, London SW20 ONE (tel 081-946 7711, ext 41252)

The presentations aim to discuss acute, ongoing and long-term management of patients with (1) multiple sclerosis, (2) severe head injury, and to present and demonstrate patients' problems and treatment.

Fee: €2 per evening, to be sent with application, payable to 'St George's Hospital Special Trustees'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome.

October 17

CSP Offices, 14 Bedford Row, London WC1

10 am-4 pm

Registration 9.30 am

ACPP AGM with study day on time and stress management

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Psychiatry

Mrs C Dunn BA MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Tickhill Road Hospital, Tickhill Road, Doncaster DN4 8QL (tel 0302 853241 ext 420)

The aim of the course is to look at signals given, received and perceived, that cause stress. The emphasis is on dealing with stress on a practical level. The AGM of the Association will be held at 12.15 pm (with lunch).

Fee: €20 ACPP members and students, €25 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'ACPP'. Please send SAE. Students welcome. Closing date October 10.

October 18-21

London W1

9 am-5 pm

Basic neck course Ms A-M Hassenkamp MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 45- 51 Bolsover Street, London W1P 8AQ

This course is intended for physiotherapists with little or no experience in treating musculoskeletal disorders of the cervical spine. The approach will be problem-solving, with emphasis on thorough examination, assessment and treatment skills. Basic mobilising techniques will include the Maitland and McKenzie concepts.

Fee: €70, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE. ~

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October 20 Sports physiotherapy

National Badminton

Mr C Angus MCSP, 16 Simonsbath, Furzton, Milton Keynes MK4 1DR (telO908 504330)

Centre, Milton Keynes

9 am-4.30 pm

A day workshop, aiming to introduce and expand on those areas that will enable physiotherapists dealing with sports injuries and rehabilitation to provide a more complete management of their patients. Topics covered include exercise physiology, training and detraining in rehabilitation, overuse injury recognition and correction, prescribing sports footwear, isokinetics, a practical session covering warm-up and flexibility, fitness testing and isokinetic demonstration. Tutors are physiotherapists and an exercise physiologist who have a professional and competitive background in sport and feel there is a need for a better understanding of sportspersons' rehabilitation outside the department.

Fee: f30, includes drinks and lunch. Payable on application to Mr C Angus.

October 22

London SE3

Combined certificate In counselling skills and stress management

The certificate in counselling skills course will introduce participants from the health professions to the approaches of Rogers and Egan which can be used effectively in different work contexts. The course is accredited and recognised by the Institute for Complementary Medicine. No previous knowledge required. Only on completion of the counselling course are participants eligible to begin the certificate in stress management. This is a modular course consisting of one-day units and supervision. (Exemption possible from counselling section.) The course includes cognitive behavioural approaches which can be applied to counselling, group training and other work contexts.

Mr S Palmer BA, Centre for Stress Management, 156 Westcombe Hill, London SE3 7DH (tel 081-293 4114)

,Fee on application. Application form from course organiser.

October 25- Aromatherapy November 1

Mrs E Jones OBE MCSP, Blakes House, Upton, near Andover, Hampshire (tel 0264 76384)

Upton, near Andover

9 am-6.30 pm

Aromatherapy combines the use of pure essential oils of aromatic plants with therapeutic techniques, in particular specialised forms of massage such as lymphatic drainage and Shiatsu acupressure. Aromatherapy is particularly successful in the treatment of stress and stress-related problems. The aim of this course is to give thorough theoretical and practical tuition so that treatments may be given with confidence.

Fee: f 395, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser at above address. Closing date when course is full; first come, first served, as places are limited to 12. Nearby accommodation may be recommended.

October 26 Chilworth Manor, charity) Guildford

9.30 am-4.30 pm

Update on electrotherapy South-West Surrey Mobile Physiotherapy Service (registered

Ms A Wakeham, Flat 5, Crichmere House, Lower Edgeborough Road, Guildford, Surrey GUl 2DT

This course offers physiotherapists, experienced or otherwise, an up-to-date insight into the physics/ physiology of ultrasound, pulsed shortwave, interferential and the Rebox machine. Speakers: Mr Paul Standing, principal, School of Physiotherapy, West London Institute of Higher Education; and Mr David Eldridge. Sponsored by EMS Limited.

Fee: f 20, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'SWSMPS'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome. Closing date October 12.

October 26 Legal issues relating to physiotherapy Scottish Board - Edinburgh Branch Scottish Health Service Centre, Edinburgh

Mrs M Mullen MCSP, Superintendent, Physiotherapy Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh (tel 031-229 2477 ext 2113/2114)

10 am-4.30 pm

Registration 9.30 am The study day is suitable for superintendents and senior physiotherapists to increase their awareness of current medico-legal matters. Topics include: rules of professional conduct, internal disciplinary procedures and professional liability insurance. Also covered will be discussions on writing compensation reports, appearing in court as a witness of fact or as an expert. Speakers: Mrs Penelope Robinson MA MCSP, and a member of the Scottish Health Service Legal Department.

Fee: f12, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'CSP Edinburgh Branch'. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date October 15.

October 26 - 30 Orthopaedic medicine (Cyriax Mrs P E Smeeton, Course Organiser, Orthopaedic Medicine Royal Pharmaceutical principles': Module A Society, London

International, The Old Rectory, Headley, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 8PW (tel 0428 717479)

January 15-24, 1991

Preston Health Authority, Preston, Lancs

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Postgraduate Centre, Glasgow

9 am-5 pm

This is the first part of an intensive three-part course in orthopaedic medicine for doctors and physiotherapists. It covers the diagnosis and effective treatment of soft tissue lesions (including deep frictional massage, mobilisation and manipulation). Each module lasts five days with a gap of approximately six months between each module. The format includes lectures, demonstrations and small closely supervised practical groups ensuring precision of treatment technique. All the tutors are qualified in orthopaedic medicine; most having been teachers and student teachers with the late Dr James Cyriax. Module A deals with the basic principles, lumbar spine, knee and ankle. The course workbook is included in the cost.

Fee: f 195, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. There are limited places so all applications are dealt with on a first-come, first-served basis.


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November 3 Assessment and treatment of Mid Wales Branch

Llanidhoes Hospital 9 am-5 pm

Mrs L Revell MCSP, Senior Physiotherpist, Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, Dyfed (tel 0970 623131)

hand conditions

The aim of the course is to develop the physiotherapeutic skills in the assessment and treatment of hand injuries. Topics will include biomechanics, assessement, practical techniques (Maitland concept), treatment of the stiff hand and a guide line to the treatment of various hand injuries. Lecturer: Mrs Beverly Terrington MCSP, Senior Physiotherapist, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Fee: €12 Branch members, €15 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Mid Wales Branch CSP'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcoma Closing date October 19.

Management of back pain in the community

This course is aimed at Chartered physiotherapists working in the community setting who wish to develop their knowledge and management of back pain - acute and chronic. The day will focus on assessment skills, treatment (including TNS) within the limitations of the home environment and appropriate onward referral. Tutors: Jennifer Hodder MCSP, Fiona Brown MCSP, Alison Middleditch MCSP, Jacky Balfour MCSP and Ros Heron MCSP.

Fee: €30, includes coffee. lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Community Physiotherapy, Roehamptcn'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date October 14.

November 3

London SW15 9 am-6 pm

Course Organiser, Adult Community Physiotherapy Service, Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN (tel 081-789 6611 ext 2522)

November 3 Fairmilehead, Edinburgh 9 am-4 pm

Conmrvatlve management of knee problems Edinburgh Branch

Association of Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists,

Miss E Will MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh EH10 7ED

This study day is aimed at physiotherapists interested in orthopaedics and is designed to cover assessment, diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue problems of the knee joint.

Fee: €15 AOCP members, €20 others, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form and programme from course organiser.

November 3- Rotherham

-4 Adverse neural tension of the nervous system: Upper end lower llmb

Mrs M A Sweeney MCSP, Physiotherapy Out-patient Department, Rotherham District General Hospital, Moorgate Road, South Yorkshire S60 2UD (tel 0709 8244071

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The course will investigate adverse neural tension with regard to upper and lower body quadrants. Emphasis will be on biomechanics, examination and neuro-physiological mechanisms of effective treatment techniques. There will be practical demonstrations of brachial plexus movement on cadaveric specimens by Dr Phillip Evans, clinical anatomist. Practical sessions will provide course members with an opportunity to develop examination and treatment skills. Familiarity with the Maitland concept of examination and treatment by passive movement is a course pre-requisite. Tutors: Mr A N Sweeney MCSP DipBioMech, Dr Phillip Evans, clinical anatomist.

Fee: €55, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application. payable to 'Rotherham Health Authority'. Places limited. Closing date October 5.

9 am-4 pm

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November 7-8 Chailey Heritage seminars Mrs D Blake, Rehabilitation Engineering Unit, Chailey Heritage, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4EF (tel 082-572 2112 ext 210)

These two seminar days for educational, health care and social services professionals will describe some of the current practice and recent continuing developments in the wide range of activities at this establishment for physically disabled young people. The subjects include medical aspects of management of complex disability, pre-school development and assessment, posture management, feeding and oral skills, rehabilitetion of children with head injuries, augmentative communication, and upper school and beyond. Attendance may be for one or two days.

Fee: €35 per day, includes coffee, lunch and tea. Further information, outline programme and local accommodation list available from organiser.

A charge of f20 per entry is made for the following: Boards, Brmches, Occupational and CWniCel Interest Groups, .chods of physiotherapy, physbtherapy departments. H d t h Dirtricfl and

CSP validated courses.

A charge of f 60 per entry is made for all other course organisers. Thododng date far this sectbnisthe 13th of the month precdng the month of publication. Organisam are r e m h d e d t h a t c o u r s e ~ ~ ~

must be stated for each entry under thia section.

Please ask the Journal Department for submission forms.

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November 9-11 Connective tissue massage Glasgow and Edinburgh Branches Bangour General Hospital, West Lothian

1.15 am-5.30 pm Friday 1.30 pm-5.45 pm Saturday 9 am-1 pm Sunday

Registration 1.30 pm Friday

Mrs E Hunter MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist (Community), Bangour General Hospital, By Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland

This course aims to provide both theoretical and practical applications of connective tissue massage techniques based on M Ebner. There is a large degree of practical sessions on the course. Tutors: Miss N Watson MCSP and Miss P Henderson MCSP.

Fee: €35, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date October 12.

November 10 Royal Hospital Scottish Region for Sick Children, Edinburgh

9.45 am-4 pm


Cystic fibrosis - current trends Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists -

Miss L Campbell MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist, Westerlea School, 11 Ellersly Road, Edinburgh EH12 6HY (tel 031-337 12361

This day course will cover the latest trends in research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Lectures will include physiotherapy, genetics, bacteriology and heartflung transplants.

Fee: f 2 0 APCP members, €25 others, includes coffee and lunch, t o be sent with application, payable to ’APCP’. Closing date October 29.

November 10-11 Treatment of peripheral and musculoskeletal disorders November 24-25

Warrington

Warrington Physiotherapy Education Programme

Mrs S Gregory, Secretary to District Physiotherapist, Warrington District General Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG (tel 0925 35911 ext 2289)

9.30 am-3.30 pm

Registration 9 am

The aim of this clinically orientated course is to develop practitioners’ skills in the examination and treatment of peripheral musculoskeletal syndromes. Its contents will be related to the Maitland approach to the mobilisation of peripheral joints and will include soft tissue techniques, management of sports injuries, and observations from the study of traditional Chinese medicine. The emphasis will be on lecture/demonstration with ample opportunity for closely supervised practical sessions. In addition there will be presentation of common case history (syndrome) to relate treatment to the patients’ presenting problems. The course duration is over two weekends amounting to at least 20 teaching hours. A course handbook will be supplied. Course tutors: George R Chia RGN MCSP DipTP, senior lecturer, Sheffield City Polytechnic; and Ian C Wood BSc MCSP, private practitioner. Both are members of the British Acupuncture Association.

Fee: €105, includes coffee and tea, to be sent payable to ‘Warrington Physiotherapy Education Fund‘. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date October 12.

November 10-11 Manipulation block C December 8 - 9 January 18-19 February 15-16

Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists - Northern Branch

Mrs C Burton MCSP, 68 Barnsdale Avenue, Thingwall, Wirral, Mersevside L61 1BE

This is block C of the MACP Northern Branch programme. It is divided as follows: November - cervical combined movements, December - sacro-iliac joint, January - lumbar combined movements, February - grade V techniques. Applicants for this block must have already attended blocks A and B or their equivalent (see January issue of Physiotherapy). Applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, although preference will be given to those attending the full block. Please note change of date and temporary alteration of course organiser and address.

Registration 9 am

Please send SAE for application form. Closing date October 26.

November 12 ‘Contracts‘ and physiotherapy The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy education CSP Offices,

London WC1 Mrs F Pope, Validation Officer, Education Department, CSP, 14 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4ED (tel 071-242 1941)

11 am-5 pm

Registration

This study day will consider the implications of Working Paper 10 for the pre- and post-registration education of physiotherapists, paying special attention to the negotiation of contracts between purchasers and providers. Applications will be accepted from any interested parties but priority will be given to applications from schools of physiotherapy. If there is sufficient demand a second study day will be held in the near future.

Fee: €25, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to ’CSP‘. Application form from course organiser. Closing date October 12.

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November 12-16 Orthopaedic medicine. The Cyrlex Society of Orthopaedic Medicine approach: Part C Postgraduate Centre,

St Thomas’ Hospital, Mrs K M Kesson MCSP, Preston Lodge, 1 The Mall, Faversham, Kent ME13 8JL

This four-day course is intended for physiotherapists and doctors who have already completed parts A & B of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine’s instructional courses. The course is mainly practical and intended to revise techniques learned on parts A & B, to include advanced techniques, and there will be the opportunity to visit the anatomy department to view and handle anatomical specimens. On November 16 the Society’s full membership examinations take place.

Fee: €145, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date October 14.

London SEl

9 am-5 pm


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November 14

Sheffield University, Update Centre, Sheffield

8.30 am-5.30 pm

Leg lengthening: tho surgery and management

Sheffield Paediatric Physiotherapy Department

Miss C Stevens, Leg Lengthening Secretary, Room E63, Stephenson Building, Children's Hospital, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TH (tel 0742 761111 ext 3323)

This course would be of benefit to physiotherapists, nurses and other workers involved with adults and children undergoing leg lengthening and/or limb reconstruction by external fixation.

Fee: €30, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent payable to 'Sheffield Leg Lengthening Course'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome.

November 15-16 Confusion and dementia South Manchester - Rehabilitation Demonstration Centre

Manchester Mrs B Carter, Course Secretary, Area '4, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 9LT (tel 061-946 2823)

This course is intended to look at the concept in depth, to logically work through the varying definitions and to find a more positive and practical way to approach the problem. Aphasias, apraxias and agnosias will be explained and common behaviours related to these impairments will be highlighted. The aim is to help staff not only to recognise them but to gain skills which would improve rehabilitation programmes and goal setting.

November 16-17 and December 7-8

Guy's Hospital, London SE1

November 16-18

Westminster Hospital, London SW1

Electrotherapy for the 1990s: A comprehensive update

These complementary courses cover ultrasound and various low-frequency and medium-frequency currents, including TENS and interferential (November 16-17), electromagnetic radiations, including laser, and pulsed SW (December 7-81. The course will include recent research on these and related topics. There will be practical sessions providing opportunities to handle many different electrotherapeutic sources. Speakers and tutors: Dr M Dyson PhD MlBiol CBiol FAIUM(Hon) FCSP, Dr S Young BSc PhD, Mr J Low BA MCSP DipTP, Mr A Hinde BA GradDipPhys DipTP MISH, Mr A Wijaytunga BA MCSP DipTP DHoniMed), Mrs A Reed BA MCSP DipTP, and Ms S England GradDipPhys.

Fee: €90 each course, €160 for both. Accommodation on site can be arranged at very reasonable rates. Please enclose SAE for application form.

McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part B: Cervical and thoracic S P j W

This three-day course revises Robin McKenzie's concept and with the assistance of a number of patients demonstrates how his principles of mechanical diagnosis and therapy through self-treatment procedures, can be applied to the cervical and thoracic spines. Having completed this course participants will be able to perform evaluations of cervical and thoracic patients so as to identify and describe the three syndromes as they apply to these areas and be able to administer the self-treatment and prophylaxis regime for each category (including 'cervical headache' and 'whiplash'). Course pre-requisite: Attendance of part A, the four-day lumbar course given by Robin McKenzie or member of the teaching faculty of the McKenzie lnstituta Applicants should enclose a copy of part A certificate (see Physiotherapy, January 1990, page 24). Tutor: Malcolm Robinson GradDipPhys MCSP.

Fee: f 8 0 includes coffee, tea, juice and biscuits (lunch at participants' own expense), payable to 'McKenzie Institute UK', to be sent with application.

Mr J Low BA(Hons) MCSP DipTP, School of Physiotherapy, Shepherds House, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT

Physiotherapy Department, Westminster Hospital and McKenzie Institute UK

Ms J Moss MCSP, 3 Calbourne Road, London SW12 8LW

November 17 Management of spine bifida Carshalton, Surrey South East Region

Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists -

9 am-4 pm Ms G Wisbey MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4NR (tel 081-643 3300 ext 343)

The study day is designed to give an overall view of the general management of spina bifida, including surgical treatment, associated problems of hydrocephalus and orthotics. There are two free places available to physiotherapy students, sponsored by the South East Region of APCP.

Fee: €12 APCP members, €15 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'APCP'. Closing date October 31.

November 17 On-call physiotherapy Greenwich

Mr B P Y Cheung MSc SRP, Senior Physiotherapist, Respiratory Care, Physiotherapy Department, Greenwich District Hospital, Vanbruah Hill, London SElO 9HE -

9.30 am-5 pm

Registration 9 am A one-day workshop specially designed for newly qualified physiotherapists in respiratory care, in preparation for on-call duty. The course objectives are: (1) To furnish the basic information and knowledge on on-call conditions and patients. (2) To prepare physiotherapists for on-call duty by role-play and scenarios. 13) To delineate the criteria and policy of on-call chest management.

Fee: f25, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Physiotherapy Trust Fund Account'. Please send SAE for course programme. Closing date October 15.

No course is validated by the Chartered Society unless this is stated under the title. It is impossible for the CSP to assess courses published here except for those which are validated.

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November 17 Lower limb amputee East Dorset District Physiotherapy Poole, Dorset

9 am-4.30 pm Mrs B A Watson MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, Alderney Hospital, Ringwood Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 4NB (tel 0202 735537 ext 223)

The aim of the course is to demonstrate a positive approach to the total rehabilitation of the lower limb amputee from surgery to completion of rehabilitation. It will include physiotherapy management and the latest developments in prosthetics.

Fee: f20, to be sent with application, payable to 'East Dorset Health Authority'. Please send SAE. Closing date November 3.

ACPRC study day and AGM November 17 Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care

Royal Free Hospital, London

Miss A Sechiari MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB

10 am-4.30 pm


An exciting study day in respiratory care on 'Current trends in medical and surgical chest physiotherapy'. The day is full of excellent speakers giving us the opportunity to update and consolidate our knowledge, at whatever level in the respiratory field. Topics include: respiratory muscle training, nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation, quality assurance in respiratory care, and management of the paediatric surgical patient - to name but a few. The course will be very stimulating and thought-provoking with time for discussion. There will be a limit of 200 places. . Fee: €9 ACPRC members and students, €12 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with

application, payable to 'ACPRC'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome. Closing date November 1, no refund thereafter.

November 17

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1

9 am-5.30 pm

Sacro-iliac joint and pelvis Society and Institute of Orthopaedic Medicine

Mrs A Tyldesley, Medipost, 100 Shaw Road, Oldham, Lancashire OL1 4AY (tel 061-678 0233)

This combined symposium of the Institute and Society of Orthopaedic Medicine will include inflammatory lesions of the sacro-iliac joint, movements and dysfunction, groin and buttock pain, biomechanical assessment and rehabilitation of pubic and suprapubic lesions and posturally produced short leg syndrome. During the afternoon session there will be workshops covering treatment of the sacro-iliac joint, pregnancy and the pelvis, and injections around the pelvis. Special emphasis will be given to the multidisciplinary approach. The speakers will include Chartered physiotherapists, an orthopaedic surgeon and physician, rheumatologist and sports medicine practitioner.

Fee: €30 SOM and IOM members, €40 nonmembers, includes coffee, lunch and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send for application form. Closing date November 10.

November 17

St Thomas' Hospital, London SEl

10 am-7 pm


MACP study day and AGM Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists

Miss K Beeton MCSP, 10 Ash Hill Close, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire WD2 1BW

In the morning Alison Middleditch and Kate Sheehy will present a session on 'Vertebro-basilar insufficiency'. Time will be allowed for discussion of testing procedures. After lunch there will be a poster display of the research projects of those physiotherapists who have recently completed the 2 %-year 'Management of musculoskeletal dysfunction' course. The physiotherapists will be available to discuss their projects.

The annual general meeting will take place in the afternoon for MACP members only. This will be followed by the presidential address and presentation of certificates to successful candidates from the 2 !h -year course. The meeting is kindly sponsored by Nomeq. Applications for the morning session must be made in advance.

Fee: f10, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'MACP'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome. Closing date November 2.

November 19

Shrewsbury, Shropshire

9 am-5 pm

Update in team management of Miss J Breakell MCSP, Rehabilitation Department, Royal lower limb amputees Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury SY3 8BR

This course is aimed at physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and social workers as an update in their own clinical areas and in their insight into the role of other team members. Lecturers will be specialists from these professions (including Ros Ham, research physiotherapist, Dulwich Hospital) plus a surgeon, a DSC medical officer, and a prosthetist.

Fee: f15, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application, payable to 'Shropshire Health Authority'. No application form required. Closing date October 12.

November 19-23 Review day February 5 Physiotherapy Department, Amersham General Hospital, ,

Amersham

9.30 am-4.30 pm

Care of the elderly: Clinical update Mrs M McNicoll MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist,

Whieldon Street, Amersham, Bucks HP7 OJD

The aims of this course are to provide a clinical update and to broaden the outlook on the care of elderly people. The course is intended for senior physiotherapists but may also be suitable for 'returners' who have a minimum of six months recent experience in elderly care. Topics include theories of ageing, the ageing process (physical, mental and psychological), patterns of illness in the elderly, demographic and sociological patterns of ageing, normal movement and use of gymnastic balls and acupuncture for the elderly, medico- legal issues and quality assurance. Speakers will include Dr Peter Overstall, Mrs K M Jenkins, Mrs P Robinson and Mrs H Ransome.

Fee: f85, includes coffee, lunch and tea. Send SAE for detailed programme and application form. Places limited to 36. Closing date: September 30.

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November 19-23 Respiratory course South Manchester - Rehabilitation Demonstration Centre

Manchester Mrs B Carter, Course Secretary, Area IN, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 9LT (tel 061-946 2823)

This course is for senior physiotherapists with an interest in respiratory care. It will include applied anatomy and physiology, medical and surgical chest conditions (adults and paediatrics) and intensive care.

November 23 Clinical update on hand injuries East Kent Branch

Margate, Kent Ms V Frampton MCSP, Physiotherapy Department (Hand and conditions

9.30 am-5.30 pm Course), Thanet District General Hospital, St Peters Road, Maraate, Kent CT9 4AN -

Registration 9 am This one-day course aims to provide a broad comprehensive review of hand injuries and conditions. Specific subjects to be covered will include living anatomy of the hand, biomechanics and assessment; soft tissue injuries, the burnt hand and the rheumatoid hand. Treatment techniques of mobilisation will be discussed and there will be an opportunity for practical sessions. Other treatment modalities commonly used in hand injuries, including splinting, will complete the programme. As the content of this day is ambitious, a follow-up day is anticipated in order to cover some of the subjects in more depth.

Fee: f 20, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'East Kent Branch, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy'. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser (fee and date of follow-up day to be arranged).

November 23-24

Stanmore, Middlesex

8'30 am-5 pm Friday 9 am-4 pm Saturday

Update of shoulder surgery and appropriate physiotherapy treatments

This course is aimed at all therapists involved in the treatment of post-operative shoulders as in- and out- patients. Operative procedures including repair and replacement will be covered together with joint biomechanics and subsequent treatment techniques. Diagnostic procedures and clinical assessment will be included, also the study of habitual and recurrent shoulder dislocations. The course will take the format of theory and practical workshop sessions.

Fee: f40 AOCP members, f 5 0 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date November 1.

Mrs S Rowley MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP (tel 081-954 2300 ext 500 or 220)

November 24

Birmingham

9.30 am-4.30 pm

Registration 9 am

Respiratory muscle function Miss J H Faulkner MCSP, Senior I Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, The Accident Hospital, Bath Row, Birmingham 815 1NA (tel 021-643 7041 ext 170)

The aim of this course is to examine the role of respiratory muscle function testing and respiratory muscle training in acute and chronic respiratory conditions. It is intended for physiotherapists with an interest in respiratory care. Speaker: Mr Ken Chatham, Llandough Hospital.

Fee: f25, includes coffee, to be sent with application, payable to 'BAH Physiotherapy Trust Fund'. No application form required. Students welcome. Places limited to 25.

November 24 HACP study day Hydrotherapy Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Milton Keynes Hospital

Ms L Wachtel MCSP, Ravenscroft Farm, Mimms Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3VY

9.45 am-3.30 pm

Registration 9.30 am This study day is intended to give participants some ideas about areas of hydrotherapy in which they previously have had little or no experience. Content will include Glenda Baum lecturing and demonstrating on aquarobics and Moira Erskine will lecture and hold workshops on aqua-natal exercises.

Fee: f 3.50 HACP members, f 10.50 others, f 1 students, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Hydrotherapy Association of Chartered Physiotherapists'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date November 10.

November 24-25 (part 1) and Basingstoke, Hampshire BG24 9NA March 9-10 (part 2) Basingstoke

9 am-5.30 pm

Registration 9 am

Acupuncture for the relief of pain Miss J A Kingston MBAOT GradDipPhys MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Basingstoke District Hospital, Aldermaston Road,

Applicants must have at least two years post-registration experience. You will be expected to study from a reading list, complete case studies, and work under the supervision of a consultant anaesthetist or physiotherapist using acupuncture for pain relief between parts 1 and 2. It is essential to have the co-operation of your Health Authority. Successful completion of examinations in parts 1 and 2 is necessary before proceeding further. Tutor: Linda Tagg.

Fee: f 130, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application. Please send SAE for application form.

November 24-25 Bums and plastics Preston

Mrs B Lanigan MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Royal Preston Hospital, PO Box 66, Sharoe Green Lane, Preston PR2 4HT

9 am-4.30 pm This course is designed to give a better understanding of the treatment and problems associated with treating (a) the burns patient; (b) the plastic surgery patient. The first day deals solely with the burns patient and the second with the plastic surgery patient.

Fee: f 50 for both days, f 25 one day, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'RPH Physiotherapy Trust Fund'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Students welcome. Closing date October 30.

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November 24-25

Harrogate

10 am-5 pm Saturday

10 am-4 pm Sunday

Introduction to the Alexander technique

This is a weekend workshop designed to introduce physiotherapists to the ideas used in the Alexander technique. The course will be informative and experiential and will include: Alexander's discoveries, explanation and mechanisms of posture, primary control, Alexander type breathing, and stress release, and Dr Barlow's ideas of the Alexander technique and the body into balance. Tutor: Jan Ellen MSTAT.

Fee: €65, inclusive of VAT, includes coffee and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Students welcome.

Management of fractures of the hand

The course aims to give a basic teaching on the treatment of fractures of the hand, and will also give therapists a chance to participate in 'hands on' internal fixation of fractures. A// physiotherapists with a growing interest in hand therapy will be welcome.

Fee: €25, includes coffee, lunch and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser.

Mrs J Worsnop, Harrogate Physiotherapy Practice, 37 East Parade, Harrogate HG1 5LQ

November 27

Derby

9 am-4.30 pm


Mrs S Kennedy MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY (tel 0332 47141 ext 2338)

November 30- December 2

Grantham

McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part 9: Cervical and

Grantham Hospital Physiotherapy Department and the McKenzie Institute

thoracic spine Mr V Portas MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital, 101 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 8DG

This three-day course revises Robin McKenzie's concept and with the assistance of a number of patients demonstrates how his principles of mechanical diagnosis and therapy through self-treatment procedures, can be applied to the cervical and thoracic spines. Having completed this course participants will be able to perform evaluations of cervical and thoracic patients so as to identify and describe the three syndromes as they apply to these areas and be able to administer the self-treatment and prophylaxis regime for each category (including 'cervical headache' and 'whiplash'). Course pre-requisite: Attendance of part A, the four-day lumbar course given by Robin McKenzie or member of the teaching faculty of the McKenzie Institute Applicants should enclose a copy of part A certificate (see Physiotherapy, January 1990, page 24). Tutor: Malcolm Robinson GradDipPhys MCSR

Fee: €85 includes coffee, tea, juice and biscuits (lunch at participants' own expense), payable to 'Grantham Hospital Physiotherapy Department, SLHA', to be sent with application. Students not accepted. There is no closing date.

November 30- McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis McKenzie Institute UK December 2

Physiotherapy Centre, Fulham, London SW6

Ms J Moss MCSP, 3 Calbourne Road, London SW12 8LW and therapy. Part C: Problem-solving practical workshop

This course will review the principles of mechanical diagnosis and therapy and will specifically identify and discuss common problem areas of implementation of the approach. The problem-solving method will be demonstrated through examination and treatment of the more difficult patient. Instruction in basic manual techniques as applied in the context of mechanical therapy will be given along with the identification of such techniques. This is a practical course where therapist techniques will be taught and practised. Places limited to 24. Course pre-requisites: attendance at part A and part B presented by Robin McKenzie or the McKenzie Institute - applicants should enclose copies of their certificates (see Physiotherapx January 1990, page 24). Tutor: Juliet Moss MCSP.

Fee: €95, includes coffee, tea, juice and biscuits, to be sent with application, payable to 'McKenzie Institute UK'.

December 1

Chesterfield and North Derbyshire . Royal Hospital

9.45 am-5 pm


Ergonomics and the physiotherapist

This course aims to introduce the subject of ergonomics to physiotherapists, to give an ergonomic viewpoint on physiotherapy and an ergonomic review of seating. Lecturer: Lynn McAtamney MCSP, member of the Institute for Occupational Ergonomics.

Fee: €40, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'D Gage'. Please send SAE. No application form required. Students welcome.

Mr D Gage MCSP, 539 Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 3JS (tel 0246 568057)

December 1 Electrotheraov uDdate Mrs F McKeever MCSP. Phvsiotheraov Deoartment. .. . King Edward VII Hospital,

Heatherwood Hospital,. Ascot, Berkshire '

(tel 0990 23333 ext 2400)

Windsor, Berkshire

9.30 am-4.30 pm

Registration 9 am

This course offers physiotherapists, whatever their experience, the chance to update their knowledge of electrotherapy. Lectures will be on ultrasound, interferential, laser, and PEME. Speaker: Mr Tim Watson BSc MCSP DipTP from the West London Institute of Higher Education.

Fee: €20, includes coffee, lunch and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Heatherwood Physiotherapy Course Fund'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date October 31.

No course is validated by the Chartered Society unless this is stated under the title. It is impossible for the CSP to assess courses published here except for those which are validated.


December 3 Promotion of continence South Glamorgan Health Authority

Cardiff

9 am-5 pm

Mrs C Ellis, The Lodge, Rookwood Hospital, Fairwater Road, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2YN (tel 0222 566281 ext 37511

The aims of this one-day course are to outline the causes of incontinence; to discuss current treatment methods; and to present a multidisciplinary approach to the promotion of continence. The syllabus will include review of relevant anatomy and physiology; assessment of problems affecting continence, medical and surgical interventions, management of urinary and faecal incontinence, consideration of specific client groups, and demonstration of appliances.

Fee: €15 South Glamorgan HA employees, €30 others, includes coffee, lunch and tea, not to be sent with application, payable to 'South Glamorgan HA'. Application form from course organiser. Students welcome. Closing date October 22.


December 3-7 Orthopaedlc medicine Postgraduate Administrator, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton

Somerset Postgraduate Centre, Taunton

TA1 5DA (tel 0823 333444 ext 2430)

This is a basic course in orthopaedic medicine, based on the teaching of Dr J Cyriax, for doctors and physiotherapists only, given by Stephanie Saunders MCSP and Fellows of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine and accredited by the Society. Participants will learn how to examine the moving parts of the body and how to treat the common lesions of the musculoskeletal system, using massage, mobilisation and injection techniques. 50% of course time is allocated to hands-on practical sessions in small groups. Part A covers basic techniques for ceryical spine and upper limb.

Fee: €150.

December 4 Kensington Town Hall, London

10 am-5 pm

Multiple sclerosis: Approaches to management

This one-day seminar is for physiotherapists interested in the clinical treatment and management of multiple sclerosis. Topics will include long-term management, community physiotherapy. management of severely affected MS patients, the use of pressure splints and low frequency neuromuscular stimulation in treatment.

Fee: €25, includes coffee and lunch, to be sent with application, payable to 'Arms Seminar'. Application form from course organiser. Closing date November 6.

McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis

Mrs D Sawdon, Thackraycare, 1 Shire Oak Street, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2DP (tel 0532 744711)

December 12-14 Dudley Area Health Authority and the McKenzie Institute

Dudley and therapy. Part C: Problem-solving practical workshop

Janet Hall, Physiotherapy Department, Dudley Guest Hospital, Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SE

This three-day practical course involves therapist participation in problem-solving, categorising difficult patients, patient demonstrations, in-depth discussion of appropriate use of therapist technique and specific instruction and practice in these techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to bring forward for discussion any particular difficulties they may be experiencing in these areas. The course has limited enrolment of 24 places to ensure adequate instructor/therapist ratio in case study problem-solving and learning of techniques. Course pre-requisites: Attendance at part A and part B presented by Robin McKenzie or a member of the teaching faculty of the McKenzie Institute - applicants must enclose copies of their certificates of attendance (see Physiotherapy, January 1990, page 24). Course leader: Malcolm Robinson GradDipPhys MCSP.

Fee: €100, includes coffee, tea, juice, biscuits (lunch at participants' own expense), payable to 'Dudley Area Health Authority', to be sent with application. Students not accepted. There is no closing data

1991 January 5-8

Abergavenny

McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine

North Gwent Physiotherapy Department and McKenzie Institute

Miss J A Sandilands MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Gwent NP7 7EG

This four-day course consists of lecture and demonstration followed by examination and treatment of patients with complaints of lumbar pain. The patient categories of posture, dysfunction and derangement are described in detail. Appropriate treatment plans are outlined with emphasis on the use of self-treatment procedures. The clinical effectiveness of the self-treatment approach is demonstrated through the use of multiple patient demonstrations. This approach encourages therapists to perform thorough mechanical assessments, enabling them to identify mechanical categories which respond quickly to the use of self-treatment and prophylactic methods and those which require additional manual therapy. Tutor: Malcolm Robinson GradDipPhys MCSP.

Fee: €95, includes coffee, tea, juice and biscuits (lunch at participants' own expense), payable to 'Gwent Health Authority',to be sent with application.

A charge of f20 per entry is made for the following:

A charge of f60 per entry is made for all other course organisers.

Boards, Branches, Occupational and Clinical Interest Groups, schods of physiotherapy, physiotherapy departments, Health Distrkts and CSP validated courses.

The dosing date forthis section is the 13th of the month preceding the month of publicatbn. Organism are rumhded that cowseobjecUves must be stated for each entry under this section.


January 16-19

Taunton, Somerset

McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine

Physiotherapy Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, and McKenzie Institute

Mrs R G Jackson, Physiotherapy Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, Parkfield Road, Taunton, Somerset

This four-day course consists of lecture and demonstration followed by examination and treatment of patients with complaints of lumbar pain. The patient categories of posture, dysfunction and derangement are described in detail. Appropriate treatment plans are outlined with emphasis on the use of self-treatment procedures. The clinical effectiveness of the self-treatment approach is demonstrated through the use of multiple patient demonstrations. This approach encourages therapists to perform thorough mechanical assessments, enabling them to identify mechanical categories which respond quickly to the use of self-treatment and prophylactic methods and those which require additional manual therapy. Tutor: Malcolm Robinson GradDipPhys MCSP.

Fee: €110, includes coffee, tea, juice and biscuits (lunch at participants' own expense), payable to 'Somerset Health Authority', to be sent with application.

January 17-18

Harrogate

Introduction to mobilisation of pelvic and hip joints

This is a basic course designed for physiotherapists with little or no experience in the application of the Maitland concept. The course will cover the principles of the concept, subjective and objective examination of the pelvic and hip joints and fundamental techniques suitable for the treatment of painful and stiff joint structure. Tutor: Robin Blake MCSP DipTP, instructor in the Maitland concept, Harrogate Physiotherapy Practice, 37 East Parade, Harrogate.

Fee: €57.50, inclusive of VAT, includes coffee and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Students welcome.

Mrs J Worsnop, Harrogate Physiotherapy Practice, 37 East Parade, Harrogate HGl 5LQ

am-5 pm Thursday

9.30 am-4 pm Friday

January 19-20

Paisley

9.30 am-4.30 pm Sunday

Introduction to mobilisation of pelvic and hip joints

This is a basic course designed for physiotherapists with little or no experience in the application of the Maitland concept. The course will cover the principles of the concept, subjective and objective examination of the pelvic and hip joints and fundamental techniques suitable for the treatment of painful and stiff joint structure. Tutor: Philip Newton MCSP, chief physiotherapist to the Football Association

Fee: €57.50 including VAT, includes coffee and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Students welcome.

Introduction to mobilisation of

This is a basic course designed for physiotherapists with little or no experience in the application of the Maitland concept. The course will cover the principles of the concept, subjective and objective examination of the knee complex and fundamental techniques suitable for the treatment of painful and stiff joint structure, Tutor: Kevin Banks BA MCSP, senior physiotherapist, Montagu Hospital, Mexborough.

Fee: €57.50 including VAT, includes coffee and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser.

Paediatric respiratory care for

Ms J Manson MCSP. 26 Vardar Avenue, Clarkston, Glasgow

am-5 pm Saturday

January 19-20 Chichester the knee complex Chichester, West Sussex

Ms S Morton MCSP, 15 Hunters Way, Summerdale,

am-4 pm Saturday

9 am-3 pm Sunday

February 4-8 London WCl physiotherapists Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WClN 1EH '

9 am-5 pm

Mrs A Crowley, Short Courses Officer, Institute of Child

(tel 071-829 8692, direct line)

This course is aimed at physiotherapists who have a special interest in respiratory care and would like to update their knowledge in the field of paediatrics. It will cover a wide range of topics, from the development and physiology of the lungs, and the general management of common paediatric respiratory conditions, to the advances in treatment of children in the intensive care and cardiothoracic units.

Fee: €150, includes coffee and tea, not to be sent with application.

February 7-April 4 Single case study research Mrs J A Wade, Secretary, Physiotherapy Uepartment,

February 8-April 5 (case study)

methodology: A course for clinicians

Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster DN2 5LT

Rehabilitation research: Initial discussion will focus on available methods for the scientific evaluation of outcome. Consideration will be given to issues such as control, generalisation and spontaneous recovery. Different research designs will be illustrated with clinical examples. Tools of measurement and statistical analysis: The importance of objective measurements will be highlighted. The merits of visual analysis of data will be discussed. A simple semi-statistical method of analysis will be taught. Writing for publication: Areas to be covered: literature searches, time management, organisation of material and the editorial process.

Fee: €30, includes coffee, to be sent with application, payable to 'Doncaster Physiotherapy Education Fund'. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Closing date November 9.

Hospital, Doncaster

2 pm-5 pm

Registration 1.30 pm

March 6 Hoists and slings School of Physiotherapy, Coventry Polytechnic

Coventry Mrs P Arrowsmith, Commercial Development Unit, Coventry Polytechnic, Priory St, Coventry CV1 5FB (tel 0203 8387261

One-day course giving opportunity to operate a wide variety of hoists. Participants will also experience being moved/lifted by a hoist.

6 e : €30, payable to 'Coventry Polytechnic'. Please send SAE for further details from course organiser.

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March 9-10 onwards Finchley Memorial Hospital, h d o n N12

Analysis and treatment of Mrs D Kettle, 16 Loring Road, London N20 (tel 081-361 55581 musculoskeletal dysfunction

This is a complete introductory course in manipulative physiotherapy based on the Maitland philosophy. It consists of one weekend per month over nine consecutive months, the first weekend being March 9-10, 1991. The course will cover examination, assessment and treatment of all peripheral and spinal areas with a large emphasis on analysis and problem-solving. Where possible there will be patient demonstrations. The format is the same as the currently running MACP weekend series apart from the exclusion of the combined movement weekends. Tutors: Mandy Avery and Desley Kettle assisted by Derek Stevens on the Grade V weekend.

Fee: f450, includes coffee and tea, to be sent with application, payable to 'Mrs D Kettle'. Please send SAE, no application form required. Closing date November 5.

Bath hydrotherapy coursa (CSP validated)

The two-week course is preceded by eight weeks of home study beginning January 7, 1991. Content of the course is theory and practice of pool management information. The course has been validated by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Hospital accommodation available. Course membership limited to eight. We regret an incorrect date was given for this course in our August issue, page 476.

March 11-22

Bath Mr C Quinnell, Hospital Manager, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, Bath BAl 1RL (tel 0225 465941)

Fee: f250.

August 2-4 Intmational paediatric

Cardiff

2.30 pm - 5 pm Registration 9 am Friday 9.30 am-5 pm Registration 9 am

9.30 am-12.30 pm Sunday

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care and Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists Mrs J Millar MCSP, Physiotherapy Department, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Newport Road, Cardiff CF2 1SZ (tel 0222 492233 ext 451)

physiotherapy conference

The aim of this three-day course is to broaden your knowledge of current trends in the care of children. It will be suitable for a multidisciplinary audience. The content will include speakers on genetics and neonatology, children with specific muscle conditions and children with a variety of respiratory conditions. The conference will conclude with a series of open workshops to discuss the wider issues of caring for a child who is ill.

Fee: €45 ACPRC, APCP members and students, €55 others (if booked prior to April 1, 1991, or f 55 and €64 respectively if booked later), includes coffee, lunch and tea. Please send SAE for application form from course organiser. Students welcome. Closing date July 1, 1991.

Saturday I ,

1992 September 28- Physiotherapy October 1

Dublin 2, Eire

School of Physiotherapy, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Eire

Trinity college quartercentenary: Quantity or quality of physiotherapy in the year 2000.

International October 8-14 Physical Therapy

Jakarta, Indonesia

Secretariat, 4th General Assembly of the Asian Confederation for Physical Therapy, JI Puskesmas 20, Otista 82, Jatinegara, Jakarta 13330, Indonesia

Fourth general assembly in Asia.

November 25- December 2 Bad Worishofen, Germany

Health educationhourism seminar

The seminar's main themes will cover health tourism as a future-directed form of tourism, the contribution of spas to the noticed developments, and preventive and curative health systems.

World Association for Laarning and Travel, Stationsweg 52, 7941 HG. Meppel, The Netherlands (tel 31/5220/59776)

1991 March 19-23 Internationai exhibition for health Royal Netherlands Industries Fair

care Utrecht, The Netherlands

Overseas Trade Show Agencies Ltd, 11 Manchester Square, London WlM 5AB (tel 071-487 5831, fax 071-487 3480)

The exhibition will cover three 'main groups: medical (medical and laboratory equipment, instruments (including sterilisation/disinfection), physiotherapy and rehabilitation; nursing (comprehensive range of nursing items), furniture and hospital furnishings; technical/administrative, including pharmacy and project furnishings, catering, textiles, communication, information, training services and hospital construction.

November 27 - 30 MPAA 7th biennial conference Manipulative Physiotherapists Association of Australia

Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

Conference Secretariat, PO Box 380, Spit Junction, New South Wales 2088

The scientific programme will consist of paper and poster sessions and a number of workshops. There is no specific theme for the conference. Papers and posters are invited on any related subject in the field of manipulative therapy.

Australia

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courses in brief After the first announcement of a course, its date, place and title wiy nonndly be dven In subsequent issues of the Journal unless the closing date falls on or before the 20th of the month of issue, or the organiser sends in notification that it is fully booked. Further details may be obtained by referring t o the issue of the Journal given after the title of the course in parentheses.

September 20-21 (Banstead, Surrey) Head injury and acquired brain damage (June)

September 22 (Glasgow) Laser therapy (August)

September 22-23 and November 3 - 4 (Boston) The Maitland concept (June)

September 22-23 (West Lothian, Scotland) Sports medicine weekend (June)

September 22-23 (London NW31 Basic orthopaedic course (June)

September 22-23 (Harrogate) Adverse mechanical tension in the nervous system (June)

Acutekraumatic soft tissue injuries of the lower limb (July)

September 22-24 (Ipswich) McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part 6: Cervical and thoracic spine (June)

September 27-28 (Uxbridge, Middlesex) Future organisation of specialist health professions (June)

September 27-29 (Bournemouth) CSP Congress (May p275)

September 28 (London E2) Update on home respiratory care (August)

September 29 (Harrogate) Concept of the hand clinic (May)

September 29-30 (Southampton) Basic acupuncture course (July)

September 29-October 2 (Bournemouth) McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine (June)

October (Wednesday afternoons) Diploma in rehabilitation counselling (subject to validation) (August)

October 1990-April 1991 (Burton, Cheshire) Western acupuncture (July)

October 1-2 (London N3) Counselling skills workshop (August)

October 1-3 (Christchurch Hospital) Rheumatoiogy (July)

October 1-5 (Crewe, Cheshire) Functional rehabilitation (July)

October 4 -5 (Uxbridge, Middlesex) Managing service quality (June)

October 4 -5 (follows on from rheurnatology course) (Christchurch Hospital) Splinting in rheumatology (July)

October 5 (CSP Offices, London WC1) Experiental learning: Come into the Nineties - NOW (August)

October 5 (Harrogate) Arthritis, pain and pharmacology (June)

October 5-6 (Macclesfield) Electrotherapy update (June)

September 22-23 (Chesterfield)

October 5 -6 (London SW151 Treatment

October 5 -7 (Oldham) McKenzie: of lower limb amputees (August)

Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part B: Cervical and thoracic spine (July)

October 6 (Bolton) Cyriax approach to the lower limb (August)

October 6 (Gillingham, Kent) Electrotherapy update and application in soft tissue injury (August)

for the promotion of continence (June)

Principles of Alexander technique as applied to therapeutic movement (August)

Northants) Conductive education approach to management of adults with neurological disability (June)

October 10 (Newcastle upon Tyne) The disabled school-leaver . . . the future? (June)

The way ahead (August)

Wheelchair management (August)

soft tissue injuries (June)

paediatric course (July)

Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine (July)

October 12 (Harrow, Middlesex) Physiology and sports injuries (July)

October 12-13 (CSP Offices, London WCl) Anatomy, examination and treatment of the knee joint (August)

October 12-14 (London SW6) Headaches and the cervical spine (June)

October 13 (Chesterfield) Teaching safe lifting and moving of loads (July)

October 13-14 (Coventry) AOCP AGM 1990 (July)

October 13-14 (Chester) Neurological trauma: Life goes on (July)

October 13-14 (London SE7) Halliwick swimming method: Part A and Part B (July)

October 13-14 (London NW3) The elbow joint (August)

October 15-17 b e d s ) Paediatric respiratory care (July)

October 17, November 14 and December . 12 (three half days) (Coventry)

Leadership skills (June) October 17 (Headington, Oxford) Motor

neurone disease (July) October 17 (Windsor) Introduction to the

McKenzie concept (August) October 18 (London W1) Patterns of

recovery (August) October 18-20 (Birmingham) McKenzie:

Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part C: Problem-solving practical workshop (July)

October 18-21 (Edinburgh) Treatment of cervico-thoracic musculoskeletal disorders with manipulation (grades I-V) (July)

October 8 (Scunthorpe) Electrotherapy

October 8-12 (Brentwood, Essex)

October 8-26 (Wellingborough,

October 11 (Northampton) Kemsley -

October 11 (Oswestry, Shropshire)

October 11 -12 (Harrogate) Treatment of

October 11-12 (Shrewsbury) Bobath

October 11-14 (London N15) McKenzie:

October 18-21 (Manchester) Refresher course for physiotherapists (August)

October 19 (Bath) Measurement of pain for clinicians and researchers (June)

October 19-20 (North London School of Physiotherapy, Highgate Hill, London N19) Annual congress (August)

October 2 0 (London NW3) Seat belt techniques for mobilising spinal and peripheral joints (August)

(Leeds) Bobath concept in the treatment of adult hemiplegia (August)

(Bedford) Assessment and management of musculoskeletal problems of the lower limb (August)

October 22 (Cambridge) Experiential workshop on the Feldenkrais method (August)

October 23 (Newcastle upon Tyne) Research in physiotherapy: The response to change (August)

October 23- 24 (Salford) Electrical stimulation of muscle (August)

October 25-26 (Uxbridge, Middlesex) Organising effective multidisciplinary community teams (June)

October 25-28 (Sunderland) McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine (July)

October 26-27 (London W1) Respiratory care (August)

October 26-28 (London SW6) The lumbar spine: Assessment and treatment (June)

October 26-28 (Nottingham) McKenzie: Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part C: Problem-solving practical workshop (July)

October 26-29 (Harrogate) Functional kinetics after Klein-Vogelbach (June)

October 26-30 (Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London) Orthopaedic medicine (Cyriax principles): Module A (July)

national study day: Legal aspects (August)

October 29-30 (Manchester) Effective explaining and lecturing skills (August)

October 29-31 (Glasgow) Functional electrical stimulation: Practical applications for clinicians (March)

October 29-31 (Kettering) Senior level paediatric course (June)

October 29-November 2 (Airdrie, Lanarkshire) Orthopaedic medicine (July)

October 31-November 1 (Uxbridge, Middlesex) Organising effective primary health care teams (June)

October 31-November 2 (London E2) Basic paediatrics (July)

October 31-November 2 (Glasgow) Hydrotherapy (July)

November 1 - 2 (Harrogate) Mobilisation of the shoulder (Maitland concept) (July)

(August)

October 20-21 and November 3-4

October 20-21 and November 17-18

October 27 (London WC1) ACPIN

November 1-2 (Exeter) Bobath workshop

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November 2-3 (Isleworth) Autumn conference: Non-articular manifestations of rheumatoid disease (August)

November 3 (Ascot) Normal movement (August)

November 3 (London WC1) Neurosurgery study day (August)

November 3 (Surrey University) Communication and presentation skills (August)

mechanical tension in the nervous system (August)

spinal injuries (August)

respiratory care (July)

computers and cost-benefit evaluation in occupational physiotherapy (August)

Mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Part A: The lumbar spine (August)

November 10 (Portsmouth) A complete approach to cystic fibrosis (August)

November 10 (Birmingham) Advances in orthopaedics (August)

November 10 (Tunbridge Wells, Kent) Common sporting injuries affecting the lower limb (August)

Chronic/overuse soft tissue injuries of the lower limb (July)

November 3 -4 (Paisley) Adverse

November 5-7 (Cardiff) Management of

November 5-9 (London SW171 Review of

November 8-9 (Nottingham) Use of

November 8-11 (Southport) McKenzie:

November 10-11 (Taunton)

November 10-11 (Paisley) Mobilisation of the shoulder (Maitland concept) (July) November 10-11 (Plymouth) Mobilisation

of the lumbar spine (Maitland concept) (July)

November 14 (London WC1) Splinting for patients with neurological conditions (August)

Parkinson's disease (August) November 14 (Headington, Oxford)

November 15-16 (Harrogate) Adverse mechanical tension in the nervous system (August)

November 17-18 (Chichester) Mobilisation of the lumbar spine (Maitland concept) (July)

November 21-23 (London SWV The physiotherapist's role in the care of HIV/AIDs patients (August)

November 22 (London SE26) The role of the physiotherapist in oncology (August)

November 22 (Woodford Green, Essex) Behavioural approaches to working with elderly people (August)

November 24 (Sutton Coldfield) Update on electrotherapy (August)

November 24- 25 (Frimley, Surrey) Bobath approach to treatment of adult hemiplegia (July)

Chronic/overuse soft tissue injuries of the lower limb (August)

November 29-30 (Harrogate) Mobilisation of the lumbar spine (Maitland concept) (July)

November 29-December 2 (Thornton Heath, Surrey) Cyriax approach to orthopaedic medicine: Part A (July)

December 1 - 2 (Harrogate) Clinical application of the biomechanical analysis of ankle and foot (August)

December 3-7 (South Manchester) Foundation management programme (August)

December 7 (Bath) Wheelchair and seating study day (July)

December 8-9 (Chichester) Introduction to mobilisation of the pelvic and hip joints (August)

December 8-9 (Paisley) Mobilisation of the lumbar spine (August)

December 8-9 (Plymouth) Introduction to mobilisation of the pelvic and hip joints (August)

November 24-25 (Chesterfield)

1991 January- September (Polytechnic of East

London) Evaluation of practice for the remedial professions (August)

January 7-March 6 (London SWl) Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (CSP validated) (July)

January 15-16, March 11-15 end 18-20, June 11-12 (Bradford) Promotion of continence and management of incontinence (CSP validated) (May)

March 6 (Coventry) Hoists (June)

International October 22- 24 (Prague, Czechoslovakia)

Cerebral palsy (August) November 5-8 (Maastricht; Netherlands)

Advancement of rehabilitation technology (December)

November 16-20 (Boston, USA) Gerontology (August)

November 17-18 (Vancouver, Canada) Spinal therapy (July)

November 21 - 23 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Cancer care: The complete circle (December)

Worishofen, Bavaria, Germany) Health and fitness (July)

November 28-December 1 (Budapest, Hungary) Preparing for the future (March)

November 25-December 2 (Bad

1991 January 31-February 3 (Orlando, USA)

April 8-10 (Seattle, USA) Spinal injuries

May 17-19 (Wroclaw, Poland) Tenth

June 19-23 (Lausanne, Switzerland)

Physical therapy (August)

(August)

congress (February)

Handicap '91 (August)

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branch news Bath and Distrlct: Wednesday, October

17, 7 pm coffee, 7.30 pm prompt meeting; physiotherapy department, Royal United Hospital; Mrs M Wickes RGN, cardiac research sister, RUH, on 'Resuscitation' - a demonstration and practical evening. All Branch members and students welcome.

Birmingham: Tuesday, October 9, 6.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Birmingham General Hospital; Christine Jones MCSP, principal, Midiand School of Reflextherapy, on 'Reflexology'.

Brighton: Thursday, October 4, 7 pm; physiotherapy gym, Brighton General Hospital; Dr Peter Gorman, consultant anaesthetist, on 'Pain control'. Followed by a short business meeting.

Brlstol: Tuesday, October 23, 6.15 pin, Southmead Postgraduate Centre; Ms M Simpson, District advisedplanning and paramedical services manager, BRI; Mrs J Osborne, director of acute unit

physiotherapy services, Southmead; and Mrs E Kew, District physiotherapist, Frenchay, on 'After the White Papers, where are we now in Avon?' Followed by business meegng.

7.45 pm, physiotherapy department, Ellesmere Porl Hospital; Mr K Mercer MCSP LBIST,of Camp Northern, on 'Modern-day orthotics'.

Cumbria: Thursday, September 20, 7 pm; physiotherapy department, Cockermouth Cottage Hospital; Miss K Auld MCSP on 'Where cultures cross - Physiotherapy with Afghan refugees in Pakistan'. Preceded by a short business meeting.

Dartford: Wednesday, October 17, 8 pm; postgraduate centre, Joyce Green Hospital; M r i Penelope Robinson MA MCSP, CSP director of professional affairs, on 'The future of Branches'.

Derby: Wednesday, October 17,

Chester: Tuesday, October 16,

7.30 pm; postgraduate centre, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary; Dr Keeley, consultant in palliative medicine, on 'The McMillan Unit'.

East Kent: Wednesday, October 24, 7.30 for 8 pm; postgraduate centre, William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent; Mr A Andrews, Regional legal advisar, on 'Legal implications for physiotherapists working in the NHS or private sector'.

East Surrey: Wednesday, October 17, 7.45 pm; education centre, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill; Rosie Lillie BSc MCSP on 'Sports injuries in judo'.

Edinburgh: Tuesday, September 25, 7.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Astley Ainslie Hospital; Dr B Pentiand BSc MB ChB FRCPM, consultant neurologist in rehabilitation medicine, will give the presidential lecture.

Thursday, October 25, 7.30 pm; physiotherapy department, Western General Hospital; Penny Robinson MA

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