15^th Paediatric Rheumatology European
Society Congress
Sunday 14^th - Wednesday 17^th September 2008
University College London, UK

Allied Health Professionals

PReS 2008 hopes to provide a new format for all AHP’s at the PReS Congress.

The programme is fully combined and based upon themes which are designed as combined sessions or separated into clinical and basic science sessions. Each clinical session will have aspects relevant to all professions.

There are also many other opportunities for AHP’s, as detailed below.

Young Investigators Meeting – Saturday 13th September
The YIM on the Saturday has also encouraged abstracts from AHP’s and welcome them in all aspects of that programme. However, due to limited spaces at the meeting priority will be given to presenting authors.

Interactive AHP Learning Day – Sunday 14th September
There is also a specific day for AHP’s (nurses and therapists) on the Sunday, which is a unique learning opportunity and will be based around real case studies. It is designed to facilitate a sharing of knowledge and experiences throughout the audience and expert panel. Please refer to the Educational Course section of this website for details on the programme. This is an ideal day for you to bring your own particular cases for the expert panel and the audience to think about and to consider. Please contact Sue Maillard (S.Maillard@ich.ucl.ac.uk) if you would like to discuss this day further or would like to present a case for discussion.

Special Interest Groups – Sunday 14th September
All AHP’s are welcome at any of the special interest groups meetings on the Sunday afternoon and their expert knowledge will be welcome at all groups.

Meet the Expert Session:
• A cross cultural validation of the revised CHAQ 38, a detailed report on the first AHP multi-centred effort by PReS
     - Topics: ethical approval, cross-cultural translation, data acquisition, data analysis


Themes in the main programme
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Juvenile dermatomyositis
• Occupational therapy and gait analysis
• Inflammatory disease – other issues
                - Nursing issues
                - Bone health
                - Exercise principals
• Exercise
                - Inflammation, nutrition and muscles
                - Sport and children with disability
• Parental support groups and personal experiences
• Pain
                - Theories
                - Practical management

We look forward to seeing you in London.

Sue Maillard, PT; Local organising committee S.Maillard@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Polly Livermore, SRN; Local organising committee liverp@gosh.nhs.uk
Janjaap van der Net; AHP PReS committee j.vandernet@wkz.azu.nl