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Management of Common Primary Care Rheumatological Conditions

Funding provided by pharmaceutical companies including a sponsored session over break time.
Dr Devakumar's sessions are completely independent of external sponsorship.
Saturday 27th September 2025
Start Time: 09:30
Finish Time: 11:30
Introducing your speaker
Dr Vinodh Devakumar
FRCP,MSc,MBChB,Cert.Med.Ed
Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist
G(I)M Training Programme Director-NHS-E Northwest
Royal Oldham Hospital/Pennine MSK Partnership Ltd.

All delegates will receive

  • A PDF of the main speaker’s slides available for download for delegates' personal use
  • A certifcate for your appraisal portfolio
2 hours CPD
Your Learning Agenda

Crystal Arthritis

By the end of the session, you will better understand the following:

  • The diagnosis of commonly seen forms of crystal arthritis
  • Acute management
  • Longer term management – (who and how)
  • When to refer?

Osteoporosis

By the end of the session, you will better understand the following:

  • Relevance to the population – epidemiology and risk factors
  • Case identification
  • Risk scoring
  • Treatment options – what and how long for
  • Side effects of treatments
  • New management options
  • When to refer?
Meet the Speaker
Dr Vinodh Devakumar

Dr Devakumar is a Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust since May 2009.

He looks after general medical inpatients, participating in the acute on call rota for The Royal Oldham Hospital where he is based and as a Rheumatologist working with Pennine MSK Partnership Ltd.

His role working with Pennine MSK partnership has centred on the provision of consultant rheumatology support and guidance in the development of a seamless interface between primary and secondary care. This has involved work with guidelines development, pathways of care and the structure of the future provision of rheumatology services for Oldham patients, delivering care almost entirely within a community setting.

He is Training Programme Director for General Internal Medicine for Health Education Northwest England and an advanced life support instructor and a course medical director.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and MRCP PACES clinical Examiner.

Dr Devakumar is a specialist advisor for the Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman.

He spoken at numerous meetings, including various local and regional GP events, regional Rheumatology meetings, regional Royal College of Physicians medicine update and the National British Society of Rheumatology meeting.

 Dr Vinodh Devakumar
Event Timings and Info
09:30 - 10:15 Session 1 - Crystal Arthritis
10:15 - 10:45 Break and Promotional Presentation
10:45 - 11:30 Session 2 - Osteoporosis
11:30 Webinar Ends

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Event Details

2 CPD Credits  | £0.00
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What our delegates say

Delegate from Webinar: Excellent insight into osteoporosis, thorough and with case studies to illustrate good clinical decision making Dr Vinodh Devakumar - Rheumatology
Delegate from Webinar: Easy to understand and the presentation was easy to watch and to listen to. As a practice nurse this was a subject I did not really have any really detailed knowledge and updates on and this presentation provided all of that for me. Dr Vinodh Devakumar - Rheumatology
Delegate from Webinar: Enjoyed the cases based approach and polls. Like the links to further guidance for each condition. Dr Vinodh Devakumar - Rheumatology
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