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Thursday

25 May

2023

RCPE: Belfast

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Overview

This event is taking place in-person only.

We are excited to see the return of our annual Northern Ireland symposium. This symposium will appeal to doctors of all grades who work in the medical specialties who cover general medicine and are involved in the acute medical take. It aims to cover a broad range of topics that are frequently encountered on the medical take in. Speakers will be specialists from around the region.

Topics will include frailty, obesity, managing acute seizures, haematological malignancies and more.

This meeting aims to provide practical clinical education that will translate into your everyday practice.

Dr Anthony Lewis

RCPE Regional Advisor

Programme

Thursday 25 May 2023

09:00

Registration and Coffee

09:25

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

by Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1

Chair: Dr Anthony Lewis, Northern Ireland Regional Adviser, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

09:30

TBC

Dr Dearbhail Lewis, Consultant Psychiatrist, BHSCT

10:00

TBC

Dr Frank McCarroll, Consultant Nephrologist, WHSCT

10:30

Moving away from madness – rethinking integrated care for our older, frailer patients

Mark Roberts, Lead Consultant Integrated Care, Southern Sector, Western HSC Trust

11:00

Coffee / tea

Session 2

Chair: Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

11:30	President’s Update Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
11:45	From Babylon to Salzburg! Status epilepticus and its practical management. Dr Michael Kinney, Consultant Neurologist, BHSCT
12:15	The Strangest Thing; Close Encounters of a Nocturnal Kind. When sleep medicine turns up unexpectedly. Dr Angela Atalla, Consultant Respiratory Physician, BHSCT
12:45	Lunch

Session 3

Chair: Dr Hamish Courtney, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Council Member, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

13:30	Cardiology- Update on the contemporary management of heart failure Dr Nicola Johnston, Consultant Cardiologist, BHSCT
14:00	Obesity science and practice Prof Alexander Miras, Consultant Endocrinologist, WHSCT
14:30	Update in Lipid Lowering Therapy Dr Brona Roberts, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, BHSCT
15:00	Coffee / tea

Session 4

Chair: Dr Anthony Lewis, Northern Ireland Regional Adviser, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

15:25

New developments in Giant Cell Arteritis

Dr Thomas McNeilly, Consultant Rheumatologist, NHSCT

15:55

Making Sense of Paraproteins and Light Chains. When to request and when to refer with an update on plasma cell disorders

Dr Sarah Lawless, Consultant Haematologist, BHSCT

16:25

Close

Fees

This event is taking place in-person only.

An early bird discount applies until Tuesday 25 April 2023.

Registration fees
	Early Bird fee until [25/04/23]	Fee from [26/04/23]
Non-RCPE Member or Fellow	£100	£110
RCPE Fellow/Collegiate & Associate/Foundation Member, Nurse, AHP, Pharmacist, Physician Associate	£50	£60
Retired RCPE Fellow	£30	£40
Student	£5	£15

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.

Cancellation policy

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.

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 and Contact Details 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.

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

Venue:

Crowne Plaza, Crowne Plaza, Belfast, BT8 7XP

Credits

5

Activity Code

143812

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Event Coordinator

Aine Serelis

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3620

Email

A.Serelis@rcpe.ac.uk