Course/Event Booking
PET4ward
Dates and location to be confirmed
Method of delivery: Face to faceCourse Duration: 2-days
Cost: GBP 485.00
Reduced Cost: GBP 440.00 Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, eg EEG technicians, Dietitians
Total Course Places: 48 (42 standard places currently available; 6 reduced rate places available)
CPD Points: 12. You will be able to download a pdf of your CPD certificate following attendance at the course.
There is no pre course reading for this course
OBJECTIVES
Background:
The PET123 courses have now been running since 2005 and has been established worldwide. The PET courses aim to improve the diagnosis of epileptic and non-epileptic events; improve the standard of care; and raise awareness of when to liaise with a Paediatric Neurologist, a children’s epilepsy expert. The PET4ward course will be a bespoke course, which will follow on from PET123, for those wishing to keep up to date with new and breaking topics within paediatric epilepsy. This course will be clinically based, patient centred and will allow for peer review and discussion, with assurance that you are adhering to safe practices and kept up to date. It will be recommended to attend the course at least once every 5 years. Anyone wishing to attend this course must have attended the PET123 courses.
If you have attended a PET2 or PET3 course within the last two years, we recommend waiting until closer to the end of this two-year period before booking onto the PET4ward course. This allows you to benefit from the latest updates and newer topics introduced in PET4ward, which were not covered in PET2 or PET3 courses prior to their updates in 2024.
PROGRAMME
Day 1:
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration, tea and coffee | |
| 10.00-10.15 | Welcome and introduction | Whole group |
| 10.15-11.15 | Recent advances: epilepsy genetics & technology | Whole group |
| 11.15-11.35 | Tea and coffee break | |
| 11.35-12.15 | New guidelines and ILAE classifications | Whole group |
| 12.15-13.00 | Epilepsy syndromes and guidelines in practice | Small group |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00-14.35 | Risks, safety and medications | Whole group |
| 14.35-15.10 | Learning from experience | Whole group |
| 15.10-15.50 | Risks and safety | Small group |
| 15.50-16.10 | Tea and coffee break | |
| 16.10-16.40 | Expectations and disagreements in the care of children and young people with epilepsies | Whole group |
| 16.40-17.05 | Sharing our experience of disagreements and conflict in children with epilepsies | Small group |
| 17.05-17.20 | Questions to faculty | Whole group |
| 17.20 | Close | |
| 19.30 | Course dinner for those who have booked |
Day 2:
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration, tea and coffee | |
| 09.00-09.05 | Introduction | Whole group |
| 09.05-09.35 | Mental health and epilepsy in principle | Whole group |
| 09.35-10.05 | Functional seizures | Whole group |
| 10.05-10.50 | Mental health and epilepsy in practice | Small group |
| 10.50-11.15 | Tea and coffee break | |
| 11.15-11.35 | Quality improvement landscape for paediatric epilepsy | Whole group |
| 11.35-12.05 | Recent advances: Epilepsy surgery | Whole group |
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12.05-12.35 |
Recent advances: Newer treatments | Whole group |
| 12.35-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-14.20 | Scanning the research horizon - from 'Bench to Bedside' | Whole group |
| 14.20-14.30 | Feedback and questions to faculty | Whole group |
| 14.30 | Close | |
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Aimed at all those which have undertaken the PET1, PET2 and PET3 courses:
- Consultant paediatricians and community paediatricians, especially those with particular expertise or responsibility for children with epilepsy
- Clinical neurophysiologists and physiologists
- Epilepsy nurse specialists
- Trainees in paediatrics, paediatric neurology and neurodisability
If you have attended a PET2 or PET3 course within the last two years, we recommend waiting until closer to the end of this two-year period before booking onto the PET4ward course. This allows you to benefit from the latest updates and newer topics introduced in PET4ward, which were not covered in PET2 or PET3 courses prior to their updates in 2024.
If you are not currently a practising clinician or you hold a different job role to those listed above, please contact a member of the Short Course Team on +44(0) 1204 526 002 or email us at shortcourses@bpna.org.uk to discuss if you should attend this course.
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