EMG Course Programme

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Consultants:

10th International Paediatric EMG Congress
- 9/10/11 September 2015 - CONSULTANT NON-RESIDENTIAL http://www.cam-pgmc.ac.uk/courses/10th-international-paediatric-emg-congress-9-10-11-september-2015-consultant-non-residential

10th International Paediatric EMG Congress
- 9/10/11 September 2015 - CONSULTANT RESIDENTIAL http://www.cam-pgmc.ac.uk/courses/10th-international-paediatric-emg-congress-9-10-11-september-2015-consultant-residential

Trainees:

10th International Paediatric EMG Congress
- 9/10/11 September 2015 - TRAINEE RESIDENTIAL http://www.cam-pgmc.ac.uk/courses/10th-international-paediatric-emg-congress-9-10-11-september-2015-trainee-residential

10th International Paediatric EMG Congress
- 9/10/11 September 2015 - TRAINEE NON-RESIDENTIAL http://www.cam-pgmc.ac.uk/courses/10th-international-paediatric-emg-congress-9-10-11-september-2015-trainee-non-residential

EMG Course Programme or download from the link on the bottom right of the page

Programme

Wednesday 9 September 2015

9.00-9.10

Welcome and introduction to the course Matthew Pitt

Getting started

9.10 -9.35

Engaging the children Matthew Pitt/Yann Pereon

9.35-10.00

Sedation if you need it Peter Kang

10.00-10.30

Normative data Joe Jabre

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee

Disorders of the nerves

11.00-11.30

Hereditary Monique Ryan

11.30-12.00

Acquired Hugh MacMillan

12.00-12.30

Patterns of nerve study findings Jacquie Deeb / Julian Blake

12.30 -13.30 Lunch

Case studies in peripheral nerve disorder

Workshop 1 (in small groups)

Trainers 6

Monique Ryan

Julian Blake

Hugh MacMillan

Jacquie Deeb

Matthew Pitt

Yann Pereon

TomTidswell

15.00 -15.30 Tea

15.30 – 16.00

Using quantitative EMG programs

1. Motor unit duration measurements Sanjeev Nandedkar

16.00-16.10

Demonstrations of the use of quantitative EMG program Magdalena Gosk/Matthew Pitt

16.10-16.40

2. The interference pattern analysis.

1. turns / amplitude

2. number of short segments

3. envelope analysis

Sanjeev Nandedkar

16.40-17.00

Live demonstrations Karin Eeg-Olofsson

17.00 – 18.30

Wine and Canapes

Thursday 10 September

Examination of the neuromuscular junction

9.00-10.00

1. What it is we should be calling stimulation single fibre EMG and explanation of how to perform it

2. Live demonstration of technique and videos of recording in children

3. Interpretation of results

4. An investigation strategy

Matthew Pitt / Tom Tidswell /
Jacquie Deeb / John McHugh

10.00-10.30

Staying current with genetic discoveries in CMS David Beeson

10.30 -11.00 Coffee

11.00 – 12.30

Workshop 2 (in small groups)

Hands-on experience of neuromuscular junction examination in small groups

“The StimSFEMG trainers”:8

Matthew Pitt

Tom Tidswell

Jacquie Deeb

John McHugh

Magdalena Gosk

Sanjeev Nandedkar

Susanna Quijano-Roy

Lesley Notghi

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.00

Using the interpretation skills you have learnt

Workshop 3 “Easy” clinical cases where the diagnosis may be possible without quantitative EMG

“The EMG trainers”11

Matthew Pitt

Tom Tidswell

Jacquie Deeb

John McHugh

Magdalena Gosk

Sanjeev Nandedkar

Susanna Quijano-Roy

Lesley Notghi

Joe Jabre

Karin Eeg-Olofsson

Kerry Levin

15.00 – 17.00

Workshop 4 (same groups)

More difficult clinical cases where quantitative EMG is helpful

“The EMG trainers”

19.30 To late

Gala Dinner Great Hall Magdalene College

Friday 11 September

9.00 -10.30

Workshop 4 (same groups)

Impossible cases when you need everything!

“The EMG trainers”

10.30 -11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.30

Afore ye go!

Other things you need to know and think about

11.00-11.30

What is happening in the genetics of Anterior horn disease Henry Houlden

11.30-12.00

OBPP and its continued fascination to EMGers Ruth Van Der Looven

12.00-12.30

Children who do not swallow properly and the isolated bulbar palsy Francis Renault / Susanna Quiquano Roy / Matthew Pitt

12.30 to 13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.00

Trials in SMA Kathryn Swoboda

Techniques used to assess the Anterior Horn cell

14.00 -14.30

MUNE

Peter Kang Kathryn Swoboda and Sanjeev Nandedkar

14.30-15.00

EIM Basil Darras

15.00 -15.30 Tea

15.30 – 16.15

A summary of investigation strategies for children according to clinical presentation.

The weak child

When Myasthenia is suspected Under 2 years

ITU

Swallowing
problem

Miscellaneous
other presentations

Matthew Pitt / Tom Tidswell / Jacquie Deeb

16.15 -16.30

Goodbye and 2017

Matthew Pitt