Long COVID in Clinic
How to think when the tests come back normal
A live online four-hour course (minimum). Written for clinicians, open to everyone.
Saturday 26 September 2026, 13:00PM – 18:00PM UK time, online
Booking is handled by Vejon Health Eventbrite, on this page.
Months after a mild infection: severe fatigue the day after effort, a heart rate that climbs on standing, words that won’t come when needed.
What now?
A diagnosis of exclusion is a starting point
Exclusion tells you what has been ruled out. It tells you very little about what may be driving the illness, which system to address first, or why one person’s illness looks so different from the next.
This course sets out a structure for reasoning about Long COVID: how to recognise the pattern, what to exclude first, and what to address in what order.
The shape of the day
1The consensus, fairly stated
What the field agrees on, at its strongest, and where it falls short.
2Two different problems
Structural damage after severe illness, and immune dysregulation that may persist after milder infection.
3The macrophage hypothesis
Built step by step, with each piece of evidence graded as we go.
4A four-domain phenotype map
Autonomic and vagal, gut–immune, neuroimmune, and vascular–endothelial. Why severity is not the same as priority.
5Diagnostic safety
Red flags, the look-alike conditions to exclude first, and when not to apply the framework at all.
6Assessment, treatment boundaries, and cases
What is defensible, experimental, or unsafe, reasoned through case scenarios from everyday practice.
How it runs
Live and online presentations with a short break(s), and time for questions between modules.
Come for the parts that are useful to you. Nobody is expected to stay for the full session, and leaving partway through is fine.
Clinicians, bring the cases that don’t fit. When you ask, describe the pattern, not the person, and please don’t share anything that could identify a patient.
Claims labelled
- Established
- Supported hypothesis
- Framework
- Novel
- Contested
Where a proposal is my own, it is labelled as mine. The four-domain map is a reasoning framework and has not yet been tested against patient outcomes.
Designed to the standard of structured CPD. Accreditation is being pursued and is not yet held. Clinicians can log attendance as reflective learning, in line with their college’s or regulator’s requirements.
Scroll down to find Early Bird Special Price available until September 19th, 2026 at 13:00pm UK time
Who it’s for
The course is written for clinicians: GPs and hospital physicians, nurses and advanced clinical practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and allied health professionals, and occupational health clinicians.
Anyone else is welcome to join, including people living with Long COVID and those who support them. The teaching is pitched at a clinical level and uses medical terminology. It is educational, and I can’t advise on anyone’s individual health, including your own. Please take questions about your own care to your own clinician.
The session is recorded
The whole session is recorded, questions included, and the recording may be used afterwards as part of the course. By joining and taking part, you are agreeing to that.
If you would rather not be part of the recording, you can stay off camera and simply listen. Anything you type or say in the question sections may be included, so please don’t share personal health details or patient details you wouldn’t want kept.
Your presenter
Dr Philip McMillan is a physician and researcher. With Professor Anthony Turner and Professor Bruce Uhal, he is an author of “The Central Role of Macrophages in Long COVID Pathophysiology”, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences in 2026.
Book your place
- Date
- Saturday 26 September 2026
- Time
- 13:00PM – 18:00PM UK time
- Format
- Live online, about four hours with a short break
- Attendance
- Stay for as much or as little as is useful
- Price
- Look for Earlybird price until 19/09/2026 at 13:00PM
- Recording
- No recording access after
- Certificate
- No certificate of attendance
McMillan Research. Questions before the day: info@mcmillanresearch.com
This is an educational event. It does not provide medical advice for any individual and is not a substitute for care from your own clinician. If you have urgent symptoms, such as chest pain, collapse, or new neurological symptoms, seek urgent medical help.