Joint Pain and Swelling
Tuesday 15 December 2026
Evening Medical Updates
Tue 15 Dec 2026
18:30 - 20:15
Online
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Activity code:
2 CPD credits will be applied for
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Block-book to view our September 2026 – January 2027 Evening Medical Updates online from home via this link.
Free for RCPE members. For non-RCPE members, we are offering a 10% discount for booking all five EMUs.
Learning outcomes for this Evening Medical Update include:
- Develop an understanding of how to recognise common inflammatory arthritis presentations and outline the key principles guiding their investigation and management.
- Identify key clinical features that raise concern for an infected joint and outline a simple initial approach to assessment and decision‑making
- Develop an understanding of how to recognise, investigate and manage common crystal‑induced joint diseases, including their typical presentations and underlying mechanisms.
The Evening Medical Updates programme: Covers specialities, presentations and conditions included within the Internal Medicine Training (IMT) curriculum. Within these, we aim to cover topics from a range of clinical settings including the acute medical take, outpatients department, community care and critical care.
Topics are covered in monthly updates between September and June of each academic year, and each session consists of three 30-minute presentations.
Target audience: Although aimed primarily at medical trainees, Evening Medical Updates are open to all hospital doctors, GPs, other healthcare professionals, and medical students.
Delegates are able to submit questions via Slido and we will cover as many questions as possible during the live session.
Attendance options:
- Online from home, with on-demand access, or
- In-person from a participating live-link site (see live-link tab for a site close to you).
Registering to view online from home also allows you to catch-up at your convenience on-demand for up to 28 days following the original broadcast.
Tuesday 15 December 2026
Chair: tbc, Trainees and Members' Committee
| 18:30 |
Inflammatory arthritides: diagnosis and management approaches Dr Jonathan Heaney, Consultant Rheumatologist, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|---|---|
| 19:00 |
Could this joint be infected? Dr Bridget Atkins, Consultant in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| 19:30 |
Crystal related arthropathies Professor Edward Roddy, Consultant Rheumatologist, Haywood Hospital, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-on-Trent and Honorary Professor of Rheumatology, Keele University |
| 20:00 | Closing remarks |
| 20:15 | Close |
Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Not a Member of RCPE? By joining the College, you can save up to 100% on event fees for our symposia, courses and Evening Medical Update programme. Find out more about joining the College and our membership benefits via our membership webpages.
| Fee £ | |
| RCPE Fellow/ RCPE Member | £0 |
| Standard Fee (all non-RCPE Members) | £20 |
| To view this EMU at a live-link site only on the date of the live event (all delegates) | £0 |
Cancellation policy
If you have to cancel your place within 4 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.
The event will be available to view on-demand for 28 days after the live event, therefore, there is still an opportunity to view the talks if you are not able to attend on the day.
Booking Terms & Conditions: Please read the College’s full event booking Ts&Cs regarding event changes, CPD, and data protection in the event policies section on our Event FAQ pages.
Evening Medical Updates are also streamed live to a number of venues in the UK and overseas. To attend at one of these venues please book online. For general queries about other venues please contact the venue directly using the list below.
Please note: not all live-link sites are currently able to host the EMU programme in-person, those unable to host are noted in the below list. If a site is unexpectedly unable to host we will notify any delegates registered for that site.
If there is no live streaming site near you and your hospital is interested in linking to the Updates, please contact: bookings@rcpe.ac.uk
Streaming sites in Scotland
| Ayrshire | University Hospital Ayr | Audrey Gallacher audrey.gallacher@aapct.scot.nhs.uk |
| Dumfries | Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary | Calum Murray calum.murray@nhs.scot |
| Fort William | Belford Hospital | Mrs Janet Shepherd janet.shepherd2@nhs.scot |
| Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Infirmary | Mark Cotton mark.cotton@ggc.scot.nhs.uk |
| Greenock | Inverclyde Royal Hospital | Gregory Skoyles gregory.skoyles2@nhs.scot |
| Lochmaddy | North Uist Medical Practice | Gerry Wheeler Gerry.Wheeler@nhs.scot |
| Oban | Lorn and Islands Hospital | Emma MacDonald Emma.Macdonald2@nhs.scot |
| Shetland | Gilbert Bain Hospital - NHS Shetland | Dr Pauline Wilson shet.mededadmin@nhs.scot |
| Skye | Broadford Hospital | Sarah Learmonth sarah.learmonth@nhs.scot |
| Skye | Portree Medical Centre | Hannah MacLeod hannah.macleod2@nhs.scot |
| Stornoway | Western Isles Hospital | Caroline Ross caroline.ross7@nhs.scot |
Streaming sites in England
| Birmingham | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Dr Abdul Muktadir Shafi abdulmuktadirshafishafi@gmail.com |
| Burton on Trent | Queens Hospital Burton | Postgraduate Team uhdb.postgraduateteam@nhs.net |
| Carlisle | Cumberland Infirmary | Yogendrasinh Jagatsinh Yogendrasinh.Jagatsinh@ncic.nhs.uk |
| Chorley | LTHTR Chorley DG Hospital | Wahid B Chughtai Wahid.Chughtai@lthtr.nhs.uk |
| Derby | Royal Derby Hospital | Postgraduate Team uhdb.postgraduateteam@nhs.net |
| King's Lynn | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Hoshika Tharni Sivapalan hoshikatharni.sivapalan@qehkl.nhs.uk |
| Lancaster | Royal Lancaster Infirmary | Dr Carolyn Watt Carolyn.Watt@mbht.nhs.uk |
| London | Northwick Park Hospital | Parul Kalia parul.kalia@nhs.net |
| London | St Mary's Hospital | Shahin Barati s.barati@nhs.net |
| London | Whipps Cross University Hospital | Samrat Bose samrat.bose@nhs.net |
| Middlesborough | James Cook University Hospital | Louise Campbell Louisecampbell4@nhs.net |
| Northampton | Northampton General Hospital | Dr Mohammad Elnaggar mohammad.elnaggar@nhs.net |
| Preston | Royal Preston Hospital | Dr Cosmas Anazodo Cosmas.Anazodo@lthtr.nhs.uk |
| Preston | The School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire | Dr Jude Chinedu Nwokeji JNwokeji@uclan.ac.uk |
| Stockport | Stepping Hill Hospital | Dr Heather Constable Heather.Constable@stockport.nhs.uk |
| Uxbridge | The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Aloysius Lance D'Souza aloysius.dsouza@nhs.net |
| Wakefield | Pinderfields General Hospital | Wajid Raza w.raza@nhs.net |
| Whitehaven | West Cumberland Hospital | Dr Jesutomipe Adedeji jesutomipe@gmail.com |
| Yeovil | Yeovil District Hospital | Katherine Mansi Katherine.Mansi@SomersetFT.nhs.uk |
Streaming sites in Northern Ireland
| Antrim | Antrim Area Hospital | Murudappa Bhattad Murudappa.Bhattad@northerntrust.hscni.net |
| Coleraine | Northern Health & Social Care Trust | Lorraine Scott Lorraine.Scott@northerntrust.hscni.net |
| Craigavon | Craigavon Area Hospital | SHSCT Medical Education medical.education@southerntrust.hscni.net |
| Enniskillen | South West Acute Hospital | Dr Brian Gallen brian.gallen@westerntrust.hscni.net |
| Newry | Daisy Hill Hospital | SHSCT Medical Education medical.education@southerntrust.hscni.net |
Streaming sites in Wales
| Abergavenny |
Nevill Hall Hospital - Please note: only individuals working within the same Trust as this site are able to gain access to the building where the EMU is webstreamed to. Therefore if you work in a different Trust, we advise you either register to attend at an alternative site or register to view this EMU online from home. |
Karen Rowberry Karen.Rowberry@wales.nhs.uk |
| Aberystwyth | Bronglais Hospital | Jennifer Evans Jennifer.evans4@wales.nhs.uk |
| Bangor | Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital | Kim Thomas kimberley.thomas2@wales.nhs.uk |
| Wrexham | Wrexham Maelor Hospital | Dr Abdul Aziz Abdul.Aziz2@wales.nhs.uk |
Streaming sites outside the UK
| Ethiopia, Addis Ababa | Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College | Tesfaye Berhe Asegahegn tesfayeberhe73@yahoo.com |
| Isle of Man, Braddan | Noble's Hospital | Mark Roberts Mark.Roberts@nobles.dhss.gov.im |
| Jersey, St Helier | Jersey General Hospital | Dr Flaicy Varghese F.Varghese@health.gov.je |
| Libya, Benghazi | Benghazi Medical Center | Ashraf Mahmoud Rajab Ashraf.rajab@uob.edu.ly |
| Pakistan, Dera Ismail Khan | Gomal Medical College | Habibullah Khan habibgmc@gmail.com |
| Pakistan, Peshawar | Northwest General Hospital & Research Center | Dr Arshad Hussain danishalikhan@nwgh.pk |
| Saudi Arabia, Riyadh | King Abdulaziz Medical City | Dr Rajkumar Rajendram rajendramra@mngha.med.sa |
Certificates
All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event on 12 January 2027, with certificates being issued shortly after this.
Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.
Catch-up
Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up for up to 28 days following the live event until 12 January 2027. Please note that in line with Federation rules, the CPD period is 28 days from the live event. To obtain a CPD certificate you must have completed the online feedback survey by 12 January 2027.
If you are unable to attend this event live but would like to view this event for 28 days post-event and qualify for a CPD certificate (if feedback is completed), please register before the live event is due to take place in order to be given access. It is not possible to register for catch-up viewing after the live event has taken place.
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Evening Medical Updates
Tue 15 Dec 2026
18:30 - 20:15
Online
+ 2
Activity code:
2 CPD credits will be applied for
Opening soon
Are you a Fellow or a Member? Sign in to get member prices
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