Overview
We are delighted to offer this exciting online International Medical Update (IMU) that continues and extends the longstanding international collaboration between the College and Sri Lanka. This International Medical Update (IMU) has brought together expert speakers from Sri Lanka to discuss infectious diseases. The event will start at 5.30pm (Sri Lanka standard time) and 1pm (UK standard time).
The programme, which is being jointly chaired by Professor Angela Thomas OBE, Acting President of RCPE and Professor Kamani Wanigasuriya, Past President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, consists of talks on
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Dr Ananda Wijewickrama, Consultant Physician, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Changing face of Leptospirosis
Professor Panduka Karunanayake, Professor P Karunanayake, Professor in Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Rickettsioses: An Overview
Professor S A M Kularatne, Professor of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Delegates will have the opportunity to submit questions to the speakers which will be addressed live at the event. Details on how to submit your questions will be provided along with the webinar link a few days prior to the event to all pre-registered delegates.
This IMU is free to attend for our Fellows, trainees and other healthcare workers in Sri Lanka as well as our Members and Fellows of RCPE.
This event and CPD/feedback survey will be open for 4 weeks after the event so you can catch up on anything you miss live, and in any time zone.
