Endocrine Abstracts

Hypoglycaemia due to insulinoma, whether the tumour is advanced or not at the time of diagnosis may be difficult to treat. Profound and recurrent hypoglycaemia may be an important clinical problem for the patient, impacting on daily activities, resulting in recurrent admissions or even preventing safe discharge from an inpatient setting. In this talk we will review the options available for treating hypoglycaemia due to insulinoma, considering the strengths and limitations of ...

Although this is a session on ‘Alternative Careers’ most of us, whether clinicians or researchers, spend a portion of our working lives teaching others. This may be because we have to or because we want to! Either way, in this short talk we will think about ways to expand your teaching portfolio, and we will look at options for formal roles in teaching and consider how to get recognition and accreditation for your efforts. We will think about ways to build a timetabl...

Although this is a session on ‘Alternative Careers’ most of us, whether clinicians or researchers, spend a portion of our working lives teaching others. This may be because we have to or because we want to! Either way, in this short talk we will think about ways to expand your teaching portfolio, and we will look at options for formal roles in teaching and consider how to get recognition and accreditation for your efforts. We will think about ways to build a timetabl...

Writing for presentation and publication. This session is designed for participants starting out in academic publishing. Perhaps there is a case report or a research study that you would like to publish and you are not sure where to start? We will consider some of the reasons for publishing and think about how to target your writing to particular situations. We will look at strategies for getting your abstracts accepted for posters and presentations and your papers accepted fo...

Good writing and communication skills are essential in many areas of science and medicine. Good scientific writing can help you with recording your observations, structuring your thinking and organising and explaining your work. Most scientists live in a ‘publish or perish’ environment, but few describe themselves as brilliant (or enthusiastic) writers. In this short talk within a larger session on writing and publishing, we will think about why good and clear writin...

Over recent decades, survival rates have improved for cancers in both children and adults. In 2009 it was estimated that approximately two million people were living with or beyond cancer in the UK, rising by 3% a year. Patients are generally aware of the short-term side effects of cancer therapies but ‘late effects’ of cancer treatment, occurring months to years after therapy is completed, are less well appreciated. Detailed and large-scale longitudinal studies have...

Evaluating patients with adrenal disease is uniquely challenging as biochemical parameters for assessing disease control or adequacy of hormone replacement are imprecise or lacking. QOL measures are increasingly being used to assess patients with adrenal disease, using a range of generic and disease specific measures. Reduced quality of life has been observed in patients with adrenal disease, even when biochemical cure is possible. We performed a sys...

Evaluating patients with adrenal disease is uniquely challenging as biochemical parameters for assessing disease control or adequacy of hormone replacement are imprecise or lacking. QOL measures are increasingly being used to assess patients with adrenal disease, using a range of generic and disease specific measures. Reduced quality of life has been observed in patients with adrenal disease, even when biochemical cure is possible. We performed a sys...

A 59 year old lady attended endocrinology clinic for her annual review. She had presented at the age of 28 years with symptomatic hypoglycaemia. She was diagnosed with an insulinoma and underwent resection of the tail of the pancreas. She was concurrently found to be hypercalcemic and underwent two gland parathyroidectomy. Genetic testing confirmed a heterozygous frameshift mutation in exon 3 of the MEN1 gene (c.628_631 del.) and a diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia typ...

Background: There has been little research into methods of learning clinical endocrinology, a speciality encompassing rare conditions and pattern recognition. Problems include limited patient exposure outside specialist centres and increasing pressure on doctors to manage their own educational needs. An understanding of learning methods in use across the spectrum of students and doctors will help to identify trusted resources and untapped techniques.Aim:...