Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) refresher training: Standard

Wednesday 1 November 2023, A Virtual Event

This refresher course provides an in-depth update on the requirements for health surveillance for a workforce exposed to hand-transmitted vibration, and in the diagnosis and management of an individual with HAVS.

Course tutor: Dr Roger Cooke, consultant in occupational medicine, and a leading expert in hand–arm vibration syndrome.

 

Who is the training designed for?

This course is designed for OH professionals who have attended the Faculty of Occupational Medicine approved two-day HAVS training course. In order to undertake statutory tier 3 or tier 4 HAVS assessments, all OH professionals need to have an OH qualification, so this is a prerequisite.

This Standard Refresher Course is for OH advisers and physicians who infrequently undertake HAVS surveillance.

(We are also running an Advanced Refresher Course on 2 November 2023 for OH professionals who are regularly undertaking HAVS health surveillance).

 

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Programme

08.55

Registration

09.00

Welcome and introduction

09.10

Update – HSE guidance, IIAC report, H&S sentencing guidelines, recent prosecutions

10.10

HAVS surveillance and COVID-19

10.50

Coffee

11.00

Revise diagnostic criteria:

  • Vascular
  • Sensori-neural
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Revise staging and management
12.50

Lunch

13.40

Case management of employees with HAVS

  • (including an opportunity to submit examples of your own cases for discussion)
15.10

Tea

15.30

Further discussion of difficult cases

16.00

Optional test – see how much you know!

16.30

End of day

Benefits of attending

  • Enhance your knowledge and skills
    This one day refresher course is designed to enhance your skills to enable you to appropriately manage those identified as having symptoms associated with vibration exposure. Based on the outcome of health surveillance, it will enable you to:
    • Minimise risk of progression
    • Maximise chance of improvement
    • Reduce financial/legal implications
  • Gain up-to-date and in-depth guidance on the following areas:
    • Understand the latest guidance and recent case law
    • HAVS surveillance and COVID-19 – and the use of remote health surveillance
    • Diagnostic criteria
    • Case management
  • Put theory into practice with real-life case studies
    As well as in-depth case study examples provided as part of the training, you can submit examples of your own cases for discussion. These are worked into the afternoon as anonymised case studies, enabling you to learn from real examples and share best practice. Delegates who submit their own cases can gain tailored expert tailored feedback.
  • Receive detailed printed documentation for future reference and a free copy of Dr Roger Cooke’s new book Hand–arm vibration syndrome: a guide for occupational health practitioners
    (RRP £42.50).

About our expert tutor

Dr Roger Cooke is a consultant in occupational medicine. His experience and interest in vibration-related disease extends over 40 years, including clinical practice, teaching, advising industry and specialist groups, writing on the subject and acting as expert witness in legal proceedings. He is the author of the book, Hand–arm vibration syndrome: a guide for occupational health practitioners, published by The At Work Partnership in 2020.

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