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Wednesday

29 January

2020

RCPE: Ayr

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Overview

Online booking is now closed for this conference - there may be still spaces available on the day, please contact a.mcveigh@rcpe.ac.uk

The RCPE organises a number of conferences in different parts of the UK. All grades of medical and other healthcare staff are welcome and you do not need to be a Fellow or Member of RCPE, or from the immediate area to attend.

This RCPE UK Conference has been organised by Profesor Andrew Collier with a range of topics being covered on the day, including rheumatology, cardiology, oncology, emergency medicine, and neurology.

The Dr Charles McNeil Lecture will be delivered by Professor Louis Appleby, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manchester on "Can we prevent suicide?"

Programme

Wednesday 29 January 2020

10.15	Registration and Coffee
10.45	Welcome by Professor Derek Bell OBE, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1

Chair: Dr Steven Bicknell, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

11.00	Update on the assessment and management of inflammatory arthritides Dr Margaret-Mary Gordon, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Glasgow University new drugs and strategies improvements in outcomes of inflammatory arthritis *complexities of seronegative inflammatory spondyloarthropathies
11.30	How emergencies have changed in the last 25 years Dr Phil Munro, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow interventions that turned out to be wrong false dawns and new fallacies *what challenges remain and what calamities lie ahead?
12.00	Cardiac oncology – a new specialty Dr Arjun Ghosh, Consultant Cardiologist, UCLH and Barts Heart Centre, London cardiac disease and cancer: two main causes of death world-wide interaction of the two diseases *cardiac care of cancer patients
12.30	Lunch

Session 2

Chair: Professor Derek Bell OBE, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

13.15	DR CHARLES MCNEIL LECTURE Chair: Professor Derek Bell OBE, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Can we prevent suicide? Professor Louis Appleby, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manchester
14.00	Shared Decision Making Dr Caroline Whitworth, Consultant Nephrologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh shared decision making value based healthcare *challenges in daily clinical practice
14.30	Coffee/ Tea

Session 3

Chair: Dr Wendy Metcalfe, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Lothian

15.00	Immunotherapy: A new paradigm? Dr Allan James, Neuro Oncologist, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre long-term benefits systemic therapy - effective but toxic *costs and unexpected pitfalls
15.30	What the generalist should know about CSF dys-homestasis Mr Roddy O'Kane, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow cerebro-spinal fluid system and its pathological states management of normal pressure hydrocephalus and chiari 1 malformation *variation in opinions and management strategies
16.00	Sports concussion and dementia Dr William Stewart, Consultant Neuropathologist, Department of Neuropathology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow current issues around sports concussion late consequences risk of dementia in former contact sports athletes Scotland’s unique approach
16.30	Close

Fees

Online booking is now closed for this conference - there may be still spaces available on the day, please contact a.mcveigh@rcpe.ac.uk

Registration Fees


Standard fee	£30
RCPE Fellow	£15
RCPE Collegiate / Associate / Foundation Member	£15
Nurse / AHP / Pharmacist / Postgraduate student	£15
Retired FRCPE	£10
Medical student	£5

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Event Coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Free places

Unpaid post – Nil, if confirmation of status provided – please contact the Event Co-ordinator.

Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Event Co-ordinator for your free place.

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).

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). A certificate of attendance with CPD information will be issued electronically to individual delegates via email. Please note - certificates can only be issued to attendees who have confirmed their attendance via the online feedback form.

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

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.

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 Co-ordinator responsible 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 chairs in their negotiations with potential commercial partners for education and other events.

Direction & Parking:

Please follow the below link for direction and parking facilities at the Univeristy Hospital.

https://www.nhsaaa.net/hospitals/university-hospital-ayr/

The conference will take place in the Education Centre.

Venue:

Ayr Hospital, Education Centre, Dalmellington Road, Ayr, KA6 6DX

Credits

5

Activity Code

129433

#rcpeAyr20

Event Coordinator

Orela Deane

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3659

Email

o.deane@rcpe.ac.uk

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