Edinburgh International Course on Medicine for the Older Adult

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Monday to Friday

13 to 17 May

2024

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Overview

Monday 13^th to Friday 17^th May 2024

Dr Clare Bostock, member of the EICMOA Organising Committee

We’re delighted to be welcoming delegates back to the college in 2024.

The Edinburgh International Course in Medicine for the Older Adult will be delivered in person in 2024, and there will be an excellent line up of speakers from the UK and worldwide to cover a variety of topics relevant to anyone involved in the care of older people.

It is possible to book the five-day course or individual half or full days. Booking for a half day can only be taken on the Wed 15th or Fri 17th.

Delegates will have access to recordings of presentations (not workshops) for six months following the course. Whilst we will not be live-streaming, delegates who can't attend in person will also have access to recordings for six months.

Although of particular value to doctors working in geriatric medicine at consultant or trainee level, many general practitioners, allied health professionals and specialist nurses may also find the course very relevant and worthwhile.

The course is designed to update you on the theory and practice of geriatric medicine with many practical talks, as well as wide-ranging discussions on the holistic management of the older adult.

In 2024 the course will explore the following themes:

The journey through the hospital
Neurology
Psychiatry
Community
Surgical links
Liaison workshops
Geriatric giants

Delegates will also be invited to participate in a social programme comprising of a welcome drinks reception, a medical-themed walking tour of Edinburgh, and a course dinner at a local restaurant (PLACES FOR THE COURSE DINNER NOW FULLY BOOKED.)

Course Director

Dr Conor Maguire, Edinburgh

Members of Organising Committee

Dr Clare Bostock, Aberdeen
Dr Claire McKay, East Kilbride
Dr Colin Mitchell, London
Dr Andrew Pearson, Edinburgh
Dr Jane Wallace, North Shields

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Programme

Day 1 - Monday 13 May 2024

08:30	Registration and Coffee
08:55	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1 - Journey through the hospital

Chair: Dr Jane Wallace, Consultant Geriatrician, Northumbria Healthcare

09:05	The injured older adult in the Emergency Department Dr Jonathan Carter, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh * why is silver trauma so important? * why is silver trauma so tricky? * how to be more silver-trauma confident when you see a frail faller
09:45	Admission to Intensive Care Dr Annemarie Docherty, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh & Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
10:30	Coffee / tea

11:00	Acute heart failure Dr Caroline Scally, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh & St. John's Hospital, Livingston * the assessment and management of the older adult with acute heart failure (+/- chronic heart failure) * case presentations
11:45	Acute kidney injury Dr Simon Sawhney, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology, Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science
12:30	Lunch

Session 2

Chair: Dr Latana Munang, Consultant Physician, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh

13:30	Sepsis Professor Simon Conroy, Consultant Geriatrician, St Pancras Hospital, London & Honorary Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University College London * clinical presentation * diagnostic tests * treatment choices * prioritising outcomes
14:15	Why is my patient so sleepy? Hypoactive delirium Professor Liz Sampson, Clinical Professor, Liaison Psychiatry * is daytime sleepiness ‘normal’ for older adults? * levels of arousal as associated with mortality * causes of daytime sleepiness
15:00	Coffee / tea

15:30	Examining the older patient Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh * why physical examination still matters * how to avoid mistakes
16:30	Welcome reception & tour of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Day 2 - Tuesday 14 May 2024

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Introduction

Session 3 - Neurology

Chair: Dr Matthew Lambert, Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly and Stroke, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

09:05	The hospital management of the person with Parkinson’s Dr Gordon Duncan, Consultant Physician, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh * immediate management * stroke mimics and chameleons
09:45	Acute stroke Dr Fergus Doubal, Honorary Reader in Stroke Medicine, University of Edinburgh & Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
10:30	Coffee / tea

11:00

Syncope
Dr John Davison, Consultant in Elderly Medicine, Older Persons Health, Burwood and Christchurch Hospitals, Christchurch, NZ

11:45

Epilepsy/Seizures in the Older Adult

Professor Arjune Sen, Professor of Global Epilepsy, Oxford

12:30

Lunch

Session 4 - Psychiatry

Chair: Prof Susan Shenkin, Professor of Healthcare for Older People, Ageing and Health Research Group, University of Edinburgh

13:15

Workshops: dementia, neuropsychiatric and behavioural problems in the hospital setting

Group 1 – Dementia workshop
Dr Lucy Stirland, Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh

Group 2 - Acute psychiatry presentations
Dr Ross Overshott, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Salford Royal Hospital

14:45

Coffee / tea

15:15

Workshops: dementia, neuropsychiatric and behavioural problems in the hospital setting

Group 1 - Acute psychiatry presentations
Dr Ross Overshott, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Salford Royal Hospital

Group 2 – Dementia workshop
Dr Lucy Stirland, Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Old Age Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh

16:45

Wrap up and discussion

17:10

Close

Day 3 - Wednesday 15 May 2024

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Introduction

Session 5 - Community

Chair: Dr Clare Bostock, Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Grampian

09:05	Care home medicine Professor Adam Gordon, Professor of Care of Older People, University of Nottingham; Consultant Geriatrician, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton & President, British Geriatrics Society * models of healthcare delivery and how to make them work * core competencies in care home medicine * the role of high quality data in care delivery
09:45	Hospital at home Dr Claire Steel, Consultant Geriatrician, University Hospital Monklands, Airdre * what is hospital at home? * different models of hospital at home * services in Scotland and across the UK/world
10:30	Coffee / tea

11:00

Intermediate care and rehabilitation
Prof Anne Hendry, Senior Associate, International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC); Director, IFIC Scotland and Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland
* what is intermediate care? * different models * benefits

11:45

Community Geriatrics
To be confirmed
* setting up a service * community MDT working * different models of practice

12:30

Lunch & close

Day 4 - Thursday 16 May 2024

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Introduction

Session 6 - Surgical links

Chair: Dr Colin Mitchell, Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, St Mary's Hospital, London

09:05	Prostate gland Prof Alan McNeill, Consultant Urologist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh * PSA: when to measure, who to refer * BPH: medical treatments prior to surgery * prostate cancer: who, when and what treatment? * urological challenges: avoiding and managing long-term catheterisation
09:45	Subdurals and other intracranial bleeds in the older adult Mr Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal, Consultant Paediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh * acute and chronic subdurals * other intracranial bleeds and contusions * who & when to refer, re-refer, and re-image * stopping and restarting antiplatelets / anticoagulants
10:30	Coffee / tea

11:00	Peripheral vascular disease Ms Catriona Semple, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee * chronic limb threatening ischaemia * acute limb ischaemia * mesenteric ischaemia * palliative care and realistic vascular surgery
11:45	Acute spinal problems in the elderly Mr Santosh Baliga, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, NHS Grampian * cervical myelopathy * osteoporotic fractures * Caudia Equina Syndrome: the new GiRFT guidelines
12:30	Lunch

Session 7 - Liaison workshops

Chair: Dr Claire McKay, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine of the Elderly, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride

13:30	Group 1 - POPS: how to run a successful service Dr Mark Johnston, Consultant Geriatrician, POPS lead (Peri-Operative care for Older People undergoing Surgery/OncoGeriatrics) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & British Geriatric Society (BGS) POPS Co-Chair
	Group 2 - End of life care: what matters to people in their last hours, weeks and months of life? Dr Deans Buchanan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Tayside
14:30	Coffee / tea

15:00	Group 1 - End of life care: what matters to people in their last hours, weeks and months of life? Dr Deans Buchanan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Tayside
	Group 2 - POPS: how to run a successful service Dr Mark Johnston, Consultant Geriatrician, POPS lead (Peri-Operative care for Older People undergoing Surgery/OncoGeriatrics) Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & British Geriatric Society (BGS) POPS Co-Chair
16:00	Close
19:30	Course dinner (optional) - NOW FULLY BOOKED

Day 5 - Friday 17 May 2024

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:00	Introduction

Session 8 - Geriatric giants

Chair: Dr Andrew Pearson, Consultant, Medicine for the Elderly, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

09:05	Sarcopenia Professor Avan Sayer, Honorary Consultant Geriatrician, Newcastle Hospitals & Director, National Institute for Health Research, Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre * definition of frailty * early identification * preventing decline and healthy ageing
09:45	Urinary incontinence Dr Karen Guerrero, Consultant Urogynaecologist & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow * classification * assessment * pragmatic management * role of drugs
10:30	Coffee / tea

11:00	Immobility/falls/instability Dr Dawn Skelton, Professor in Ageing and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
11:45	Polypharmacy Dr Henry Woodford, Consultant in Elderly Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust * impact of polypharmacy * easy wins when deprescribing * pitfalls and traps to avoid when stopping tablets * when to start medications
12:30	Course evaluation time
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Close

Fees

Please note that full days cannot be split. Booking a half day means that booking must be taken on either of the half days of the course (Wed 15th or Fri 17th).

Please note this event is in-person only.
		Early Bird Rate	Standard Rate
Full programme across five days	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£799 £749	£849 £799
Three full days and one half day	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£769 £719	£799 £749
Three full days	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£719 £669	£749 £699
Two full days and one half day	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£619 £569	£649 £599
Two full days	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£479 £399	£499 £419
One full day and one half day	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£379 £329	£399 £349
One full day	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£239 £199	£249 £209
One half day only (on Wed or Fri)	Standard RCPE Fellows & Members	£149 £119	£159 £129

If you have to cancel your place within seven days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund. However, you may nominate someone else to take your place at the discretion of the event co-ordinator.

Please note that the Early Bird Rate will close on Monday 15 April 2024.

Further Information

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to students. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.

This event is in-person only at the College, please be aware of the following:

Photography

A professional photographer may be in attendance at this event. Photographs may be used by the College in digital and printed publicity material. If you do not wish to be photographed, please let a member of staff know at the registration desk.

Access

A wheelchair lift and internal lift are in place at the College, allowing access to the conference centre and historic rooms. However, as a listed building, meeting rooms 4 & 5 have restricted access. For further information and assistance, please contact the Event Co-ordinator responsible for the event.

An induction loop system is available in the Great Hall and Conference Centre Auditorium.

Parent Room

We can provide a Parent Room at our events. If you are interested in using this facility, please contact the Co-ordinator for further information.

Accommodation and Directions to the College

The College has negotiated special rates with a number of local hotels.

Bicycle racks are available for cyclists at the door to 8 Queen Street. For access to further bicycle racks, please ask at reception.

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Local walking routes

Three short walks can be enjoyed from the College. So if you are visiting us, why not explore the local area. Details can be found at Medal Routes.

Commercial Sponsorship

Many events are supported by commercial companies taking stand space. Health professionals and NHS managers are invited to visit the company stands during the breaks. Companies interested in sponsoring this, or other events listed on the Calendar, should contact the event Co-ordinator.

Exhibitors/sponsors play no part in the planning or delivery of the event and the College has developed an Ethical Sponsorship Policy to support organising committees and committee chairs in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.

Venue:

RCPE, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

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Event Coordinator

Lauren Slater

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3661

Email

l.slater@rcpe.ac.uk