RCPE Online Symposium: Rehabilitation Medicine

09:00

Registration and Coffee

09:25

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
by Professor Sunil Bhandari, Vice President (England & Wales), Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

09:30

Keynote Lecture

Rehabilitation medicine, past, present, future (including WHO 2030)

Speaker details tbc
_{* what is rehabilitation medicine?  * current challenges/opportunities for Rehabilitation Medicine * what can we expect for the future, including aspirations set by WHO 2030}

10:10

Discussion

10:25

Post conflict rehabilitation
Col Alan Mistlin, Ministry of Defence Consultant in Rehabilitation and Rheumatology
_{* nature of impairments seen post recent conflicts * strategies of rehabilitation offered to injured service personnel, physical and psychological * community based psychosocial rehabilitation within armed forces communities}

10:55

Coffee / tea

11:20

Post critical care rehabilitation
Dr Elizabeth Wilson, Consultant Critical Care, Edinburgh
_{* levels of impairment post critical care admission * post critical care rehabilitation service provision and outcomes achieved}

11:45

Post Covid-19 rehabilitation
Dr Janet Scott, Clinical lecturer Infectious Diseases, MRC, University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
_{* current definitions of post Covid syndrome and possible pathophysiological basis * severity phenotypes and possible treatment modalities}

12:10

Mental health support services post Covid-19 infection
Dr Nadine Cossette, Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
_{* mental health impact of individuals, and their families, of hospitalisation with Covid-19 * recommendations to manage the mental health impact of the pandemic in Scotland * impact of implementation recommendations over last 3 years}

12:50

Lunch

13:40

Best interest decision making in rehabilitation medicine
Speaker details tbc
_{* consider individual capacity to make decisions in rehabilitation medicine * legal framework including relevant differences across the 4 home nations and internationally * consider advocacy inputs and advocacy for patients with other services}

14:05

Recommended summary plan for emergency care and treatment (ReSPECT)
Dr Juliet Spiller, Consultant in Palliative Care, Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh
_{* creating clear, concise, accessible personalised plans with patients for future clinical care * examples of process and outcomes}

14:30

Thinking ahead: rehabilitative conversations in neuro-progressive conditions

Mr Edwin Jesudason, Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant, Edinburgh

with Ms Nicola Wisdahl, patient’s spouse
_{* lived experience and professional views * working together with families * care toward and after death}

14:55

Dicsussion

15:30

Management of concussion and rehabilitation post concussion
Speaker details tbc
_{* diagnosis and early management of concussion including head injuries in sports * longer term rehabilitation management of those with ongoing impairments post concussion}

15:55

Life after stroke
Prof Gillian Mead, Professor of Stroke and Elderly Care Medicine, Usher Institute, Edinburgh University
_{* long term impairments post stroke * evidence base for practical options to manage long term issues post stroke}

16:20

Discussion and thanks

16:40

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