SSIEM Academy course

4^th & 5^th October 2010

Applications are invited from clinicians and laboratory scientists training in inherited metabolic disease, for a 2 day SSIEM academy course to be held in Manchester, UK. There will be separate teaching for clinicians and laboratory scientists which will run concurrently but with a joint session to discuss clinical cases.

The programme will include the following topics:

·        Disorders of purines and pyrimidines

·        The mucopolysaccharidoses & oligosaccharidoses

·        Peroxisomal Disorders

Teaching will be a combination of lectures, group working and interactive sessions. The educational aims are as follows but with each course having a somewhat different emphasis:

·        To have an understanding of the relevant metabolic pathways

·        To understand the methods used for investigating the particular disorders

·        To be able to interpret normal and abnormal results resulting from these investigations

·        To know the different clinical presentations, complications and outcome

·        To understand the management of these disorders including the use of ERT in mucopolysaccharidoses

There will be no charge for the course and 2 nights accommodation with breakfast and lunch will also be provided. Students will need to fund their own travel and evening meals.

Applications should be made online (http://www.ssiem.org/ssiemacademy2010/); the closing date is 16^th August. Applications should state which course is being applied for (clinical or laboratory) and include a brief CV detailing experience in inherited metabolic disorders and a letter of support from the head of department or from a senior colleague.

John Walter MD FRCPCH

Education & Training Advisory Committee

13^th July 2010

A MetBioNet workshop on disorders of vitamin B₁₂ and propionate metabolism will be held at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Wednesday 29^th September 2010. 

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