This session will focus on how people with symptoms make decisions about seeking help and the challenges GPs face with new symptoms which may indicate serious disease such as cancer.
Keynote talk – Professor Willie Hamilton: Symptoms before diagnosis – possibilities and probabilities
Research reports: understanding the pathways from sensations to symptoms
Reflection: implications for practice, policy, teaching and research
This session looks at the problem of persistent physical symptoms in primary care (including symptoms sometimes referred to as MUS)
Keynote talk – Professor Monica Greco: Symptoms without diagnosis – what are we to make of them?
Research reports: interventions and trials in primary care for persistent physical symptoms
Research reports: studies of clinical communication about persistent symptoms
This is included in residential package and is available as an option for others
This session will focus on how people with symptoms make decisions about seeking help and the challenges GPs face with new symptoms which may indicate serious disease such as cancer.
Keynote talk: Professor Tamar Pincus – How to deliver effective reassurance
Parallel sessions:
Clinical practice masterclass – “explaining medically unexplained symptoms” Prof Chris Burton and others
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Research in progress
Reflection: lessons learned, things to take away.
You can view the full programme here