Archive for April, 2010

BAPAM May 8th Edinburgh Training Day Programme

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Click here for the BAPAM Edinburgh Training Day programme

The Show Must Go On

Doctors and Therapists get ready for the Edinburgh Festival 2010

The British Association of Performing Arts Medicine Invites ENT and Musculoskeletal Doctors and Therapists to a training event with a difference.

BAPAM provides performing artists with information on health and well-being. It offers information on those who help these performers, and helps performers find local appropriately trained clinicians. Whether a GP or ENT surgeon, osteopath or physiotherapist, singing or pilates teacher, this training event is for you. You can expect the speakers and performers to open your eyes to multidisciplinary team management with a difference. With the current fit note prompting us all to assess work related health problems with more finesse, this really is the CPD event to attend. ENT problems, pain, breathing difficulties…it is the bread and butter of general practice. Stop worrying about the obesity epidemic and help the Fat Lady sing!

Speakers include Dr Faith Gardner, BAPAM doctor at our Glasgow clinic, Kirsten Lord of the Edinburgh Physiotherapy Centre, Sara Watkin, GP and Osteopath, and Tom Harris, ENT Surgeon and Consultant to RADA.

The cost of the day is £65 for practitioners, £35 for students.

Click here for the booking form. Please complete and return to us by post with your payment.

If you have any queries please email clare@bapam.org.uk

Many thanks to Dr. Sara Watkin for putting together the programme and organising the day locally.

London Gay Symphony Orchestra Fundraising for BAPAM

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Sunday 25 April, 2010 at 7:00 PM

To mark the 170th birthday of the great Russian composer, the LGSO presents a concert dedicated entirely to the work of Tchaikovsky.

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been invited to give a short presentation about BAPAM, and the orchestra will be collecting donations on our behalf.

The concert takes place at St. John’s Church, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY.

Details/booking information here: http://www.lgso.org.uk/concerts.aspx

Alcohol and the Performing Arts

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Here’s a link to the December 2009 issue of Alcoholis - The Bulletin of the Medical Council on Alcohol, which contains an article by Dr Jenny Lisle, ‘Alcohol and the Performing Arts’, focussing mainly on alcohol use among orchestral musicians.

Alcoholis December 2009 Issue (PDF)

The Medical Council on Alcohol is a small national charity committed to improving the medical understanding of alcohol-related problems.

Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine

Monday, April 12th, 2010

The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), with financial help from PPL, is currently working with University College London (UCL) to set up a Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine. The academic programme, examinations and administration will be provided by UCL.  The course is designed for doctors, physiotherapists and allied medical professionals.

The Diploma course will consist of 120 credits in research methods, ethics, performance physiology, anatomy and psychology and modules in medicine related to instrumental musicians, dancers, singers and actors.  The MSc will involve a further 60 credits and a research project in one of the subspecialties of music, dance and voice – BAPAM and UCL are currently establishing relationships with collaborating institutions (such as the Royal College of Music) to help deliver the programme.

The course will be available full-time (one year for the diploma) or part-time (two years). It will be competitively priced and we are actively working on an affordable costing.  The anticipated start date is September 2011.

This is an exciting development in a growing field, both in the UK and internationally.  It will be the only such medical course available in the UK and we hope it will enable us to consolidate and spread experience throughout the country commensurate to the current high (but ad hoc) standing of Performing Arts Medicine in Britain.

For further information, please email naomi@bapam.org.uk