Course overview
Join us for our one-day Introduction to Arthritis course this November (available to watch live or on-demand to watch at any time). Suitable for any medical professional interested in learning an approach to the radiographic diagnosis of arthritis, gain 4 CME points from a host of arthritis cases.
This course is also taking place on Monday 24th March 2025 and Monday 1st September 2025
Key highlights
Join us at our live introduction to Arthritis CPD update with on-demand tickets available (to watch back later if you were unable to join us live).
We’ll provide an opportunity for any medical professional, to explore and further their expertise on how to diagnose arthridites. Discussing the difference between non-inflammatory arthritis, we’ll also present the several different types of arthritis, providing their target approach diagrams. We’ll include unknown cases that we will analyse using the concepts learned in the previous talks.
The session will be conducted by Dr Dennis K. Bielecki, Diagnostic Radiologist with a specilist in Musculoskeletal radiology. With over 30 years of experience in bone and joint radiology, Dr. Bielecki is a Senior Musculoskeletal (MSK) Specialist Radiologist at King’s College Hospital, one of the UK’s leading academic and research hospitals. He is also a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Imaging Sciences at King’s College London, where he teaches and trains the future generation of radiologists, medical students, and radiographers. Dr. Bielecki trained in diagnostic imaging in the United States.
Join our professional yet approachable faculty online, and benefit from shared expertise and discussions, offering crucial tips and tricks to optimise diagnosing arthridites using the latest technologies. As a result, you’ll ultimately improve efficiency, and confidence to improve patient outcomes in your daily arthritis practice.
Unable to attend on the day? Don’t worry, all our courses are recorded for you to view later. Simply book your place and add a comment ‘On-Demand’ and you’ll receive 30 days access from the course date.
Accreditation
4 CPD/CME Credits can be claimed in accordance with the CPD Scheme of The Royal College of Radiologists.
Please Note: All tickets are fixed to a 20% VAT rate.
Our speakers
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Dr Dennis Bielecki, MD
Senior Musculoskeletal (MSK) Specialist Radiologist
King's College Hospital
Course programme
Mon, 18 Nov 09:00 – 13:30 (4.5 hours)
- 9.00am- Register
- 9.15-9.30am – Welcomes/ Intro
- 9.30-10.20am – Lecture 1
- Become familiar with the radiographic findings in the common arthridites, overview of each finding and its appearance
- Learn in detail the “index diseases” osteoarthrosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Better understand the target approach to diagnosis of arthritis in the most common conditions that are seen clinically.
- Become more confident in the radiographic diagnosis of arthritis.
- 10.20-11.10am – Lecture 2
- Discuss several different types of arthritis, provide their target approach diagrams, and show you multiple images.
- Covers juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, erosive osteoarthritis, septic arthritis, the spondyloarthropathies, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, and gout.
- 11.10-11.20am – Break
- 11.20-12.10am – Lecture 3
- Discuss calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, sarcoid, neuropathic arthritis, hemophila, CRMO, SAPHO syndrome.
- 12.10-1.10pm – Case Review
- 1.10-1.25pm – Q&A
- 1.25-1.30 pm – Feedback & Close
Venue
Information
Ticket prices
| Radiologists | £225.00 |
| Radiographers | £175.00 |
| Registrars & Students | £125.00 |