Join a multidisciplinary faculty of top specialists to understand how to approach your patients about healthy eating, weight management and physical activity in a productive manner.
Sports medicine specialists, dietitians and psychologists will provide you with practical knowledge, skills and tools to help your patients achieve realistic healthcare goals and manage musculoskeletal ageing and metabolic disorders.
The course includes lectures on the important topic of weight stigmatisation and how it counter-productively leads to patients gaining weight, poorer professional-patient communication, and patient lack of adherence to recommendations. There will also be interactive workshops including experiential learning.
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We have 10 discounted places available for this event – 5 x students and 5 x trainee places available. If you would like to apply for one of these places, please email events@rsm.ac.uk and quote the event code – FHM03.
These discounted places are on a first come, first served basis.
Dr Tatiana Christides, President, Food and Health Forum Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, University of Leicester Medical School
Dr Leigh Breen, Reader in Metabolic and Molecular Physiology, Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham
Professor Judy Swift, Associate Professor of Behavioural Nutrition, University of Nottingham
Ms Amy Bull, Lead Weight Management Dietitian, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Ms Elaine Mason, Physical Activity Specialist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Please select your choice for workshop rotation 1 during online registration
Case scenarios talking to patients regarding weight management - Mr Bryan Stanion, Director, Near Reality Training Ltd
Practical application of weight management strategies - Ms Amy Bull and Dr Vanessa Snowdon-Carr, Clinical Psychologist and Specialist, Field of Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery
Practical application of physical activity management strategies - Ms Elaine Mason
Dr David Unwin FRCGP, GP, The Norwood Surgery NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Clare Llewellyn, Associate Professor in Obesity, University College London
Please select your choice for workshop rotation 2 during online registration
Case scenario talking to a patient regarding weight management - Mr Bryan Stanion, Director, Near Reality Training Ltd
Practical application of weight management strategies - Ms Amy Bull and Dr Vanessa Snowdon-Carr, Director, eWeightloss surgery
Practical application of physical activity management strategies - Ms Elaine Mason
Annual General Meeting for council members
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
This one-day critical appraisal and research methods course is aimed at all doctors, dentists, nurses, health professionals, and students, who are interested in research, speaking at journal clubs and personal development within their professional career.
This event will give delegates the insights needed to help them frame local strategies and implementations to improve wellbeing, maintain health and make their community thrive.
A course providing principles of musculoskeletal radiology and application to common pathologies.
