The two day St. Andrew’s Day Festival Symposium is the highlight of the College’s educational year. The meeting focuses on the breadth of medicine rather than any one medical specialty. This year’s topics include cardiovascular disease, acute rheumatology, acute gastro-enterology, hepatic failure, anaphylaxis and therapies in acute medicine.. The content of the symposium will be of interest not only to physicians involved with acute medicine but also to physicians who require updates on advances outwith their own specialty. It will also be relevant to doctors in training, general practitioners and allied health professionals.

Dr Alistair Dorward
Chair, Organising Committee

The full programme is currently being finalised and will be available on this website shortly. However, we have listed below the anticipated sessions:

DIFFICULT PROBLEMS IN ACUTE MEDICINE
• Anaphylaxis and urticarial
• The hot joint
• Delirium versus dementia in acute care
• Acute gastro-intestinal bleeding
• Decompensated liver disease
• Dealing with coagulation problems in acute medicine
• Legal aspects of acute medical care
• Hyponatraemia
• HIV on acute take

THERAPIES
• The use of oxygen in acute emergency care
• Fluid replacement – uses and abuses

IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING ACUTE ILLNESS
• Early recognition and management of sepsis

CARDIOLOGY
• Does the ECG still have a role in acute medicine?
• Cardiac failure revisited

FUTURE CHALLENGES
• What’s next for the health of the society?

JAMES CAMERON LECTURE
• Early warning scores

STANLEY DAVIDSON LECTURE
• Building quality and safety into acute medicine

Online booking for this event closes on 5th December but places may still be available after that date - please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator (see below).

An early bird discount applies until Thursday 8th November 2012.

Registration fees per day

Medical student - the £15 deposit will be refunded to those students who attend the event. It will not be refunded to students who register but do not show.

Unpaid Post – Nil, if confirmation of status provided – please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator at RCPE (see below).

Collegiate Members and Associates of the RCPE in clinical research posts may be eligible for funding - please contact the Education Co-ordinator for further information (see below).

Trainees in the medical specialties in the East of Scotland, North of Scotland or South East Scotland Deaneries are eligible to attend any number of events in the College’s main symposium programme in the current academic year for a one-off payment of £100 from their study leave budget, under the RCPE's "block grant" scheme. They will need to notify their Deanery who will issue an Application I.D. This number is needed in order to register.

Further details can be obtained from:

Eileen Strawn,
Symposium Co-ordinator,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

TEL: + 44 (0)131 247 3619
FAX: + 44 (0)131 220 4393

Email: e.strawn@rcpe.ac.uk

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 and Contact Details page).

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Where appropriate, certificates of attendance will be provided but are usually posted out after the event.

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

Access

As a listed building, the College has restricted disabled access. A wheelchair lift is provided at the rear of the College giving access to the Conference Centre and the main historic rooms, but not all of the smaller rooms used for educational events. For further information and assistance please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees and Contact Details page).

Accommodation and Directions to the College

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

Interactive map and directions

Download pdf map and directions

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 relevant member of RCPE staff (see Fees and Contact Details page for the event).

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 chairmen in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.