Scottish Society of Physicians Annual Meeting

Thursday to Friday

28 to 29 September

2023

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Overview

Register today for the next Scottish Society of Physicians Annual Meeting, this year taking place at the Apex Hotel & Spa in Dundee. This year's event is organised by Dr Graham Leese, President of the Scottish Society of Physicians.

This year's event will be in person only.

Highlights of this event include:

Dedicated Trainee & Career session – with talks on different careers in medicine, case presentations and clinical scientific abstracts
The role of the regulator in your practice today and tomorrow - Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair, GMC
Genetic testing in the clinic – Dr Paul Newey
Health Inequalities – Dr Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director
The modern thrombectomy service – Dr Matthew Lambert
The Scottish Renal Registry – Dr Samira Bell
Scientific abstracts and poster presentations from across Scotland

Membership to the Scottish Society of Physicians

Membership is open to all NHS and Academic Physicians in General Medicine and its sub-specialties including associate specialists, specialist doctors and trainees. Associate membership is open to all Nurses & other Allied Health Professionals.

The present membership is around 500 and consists of current and retired physicians who are, or were, based in Scotland.

Membership Benefits

Membership benefits include:

Eligibility for attendance at the Society’s Annual General Meeting and Society Dinner, held in Autumn each year
Members may bring registered guests to both the Society Meeting and the Dinner
Eligibility for election to Committee
Eligibility for Grants and Fellowships (dependent upon a successful application)
Travelling Fellowships and sabbatical grants are available to Physicians working within a hospital setting in General Medicine or a related sub-speciality.
Subscription to the Scottish Medical Journal

Membership Applications

Candidates should complete our online membership application form.

The membership fee is currently £20 per annum; a standing order mandate will follow on acceptance of membership.

Membership applications will now be considered by Council at their quarterly Council Meetings.

Programme

Day 1 Thursday 28 September 2023

Trainee & Career Session

Chair: Dr Graham Leese, President, Scottish Society of Physicians

10:00	Registration and Coffee
10:30	Medical Careers: Thinking outside the box (virtual presentation) Dr Patrick Byrne, Consultant Physician & GP, NHS Highland
11:00	Two careers, one family - what to consider Dr Helen Liddicoat & Dr David Connell, Consultant Physician, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
11:30	Disseminated Actinomycosis Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer James Mitchell, Parthasarathy Anbuselvam, Ivan Tonna, Owen Dempsey
11:40	Unravelling the mystery of disappearing Pancreatic mass lesion : IgG 4 related disease (IgG4 – RD) Jaffrey Thavasingh, Vijayan Balasubramaniam
11:50	Cases that have changed my practice: a case of pyroglutamic acidosis Fearghas Middleton; Greig Bowie; Nikolas Rae
12:00	NHS Grampian IMG Champion Group Erwan Elias, Manish Kar, Raveet Kumar, Andreea-Catalina Clipa, Roby Rajan, Marion Slater
12:10	How could we make our hospitals safer? Exploring the factors that influence medical registrars in providing safe care Katherine Ralston, Saskia Clark-Stewart, Joanne Kerins, Sam Smith, Vicky Tallentire
12:25	When grief and professional identity collide: using simulation to explore the impact of patient death on medical trainees Amrita Brara, Sarah Miller, Julie Mardon
12:40	Lunch, exhibition, poster viewing & refreshments

13:00	Scottish Society of Physicians Annual General Meeting (SSP members only)

Session 1 - Moving Points in Medicine

Chair: Chair details tbc

13:30	Welcome Dr Graham Leese, President, Scottish Society of Physicians
13:35	Narrowing the gap of health inequalities Dr Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director, Scottish Government
14:20	Not all stress is bad – The merits of the Loony Dook in Type 1 diabetes! Professor Rory McCrimmon, Professor of Diabetes, University of Dundee
14:50	Outcomes and new treatments in Steatotic Liver disease Dr Paul Brennan, Clinical Lecturer and Honorary StR in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General (Internal) Medicine, University of Dundee
15:20	Coffee / tea, exhibition & poster viewing

Session 2

Chair: Dr David Connell, Consultant Physician, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

15:50	Tackling challenges and seizing opportunities – the role of the regulator in your practice today and tomorrow Professor Dame Carrie MacEwen, Chair, General Medical Council
16:20	Undertaking genetic testing in the clinic - Why, when, how and who? Dr Paul Newey, Clinical Reader, University of Dundee
16:50	Close of meeting

19:00	Society dinner & drinks reception

Day 2 Friday 29 September 2023

09:00

Registration, exhibition and poster viewing

Session 3 - Scientific Presentations & Quick Fire Session

Chair: Dr Andrew Kernohan, Consultant Physician, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

09:30	Population trends in the incidence, treatment, and outcomes of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with kidney failure: a national data-linkage study Peter J Gallacher, David Yeung, Samira Bell, Anoop SV Shah, Nicholas L Mills, Neeraj Dhaun
09:45	Career intentions of medical students in the United Kingdom: a national, cross-sectional study (AIMS Study) Tomas Ferreira, Alexander M. Collins, Oliver Feng, Richard J. Samworth, Rita Horvath, and the AIMS collaborative
10:00	Concurrent Use of Upadacitinib and Mepolizumab in a Case of Eosinophilic Asthma and IBD-associated Arthropathy Michael Reed, Zheng Chuang Sia
10:15	Atherosclerotic burden in patients with microvascular angina DTY Ang, A Kamdar, A Mahrous, JE Carberry, R Sykes, N Sidik, C Berry
10:30	Discharge against medical advice – how safe is it? Charlotte Whittingham, Eilidh Duthie, Euan Sandilands, Khalida Ann Lockman
	Quick fire session
10:45	VTE Prophylaxis meets technology Jack Lauder Gray, Robert James Greig, Khalida Ann Lockman
10:48	Ask Us 5 Things, Tell Us 5 Things Hamish Elliott, Andrew Thake, Muhammad Al Dalla, Alain Divinagracia, Lisa Johnston, Collette Scavizzi, Johanne Simpson, Khalida Ann Lockman
10:51	A 2023 Updated Systematic Qualitative Review of Neurokinin 3 Receptor Antagonists versus Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors for Non-Hormonal Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flushes Sara J Menown, Javier A Tello
10:54	PaCT: a high-fidelity palliative care simulation course for medical registrars Amrita Brara, Sarah Miller, Julie Mardon
10:57	The Impact of a Supportive Care service for patients with Interstital Lung Disease Claire A Douglas, Sarah Bowers, Richard Hammond, Fiona Rowe, Andrew Goudie
11:00	Refreshments, exhibition & poster viewing

Session 4 - Interfacing across traditional boundaries

Chair: Dr Rachel Williamson, Consultant Physician, Borders General Hospital, Melrose

11:30

FITZGERALD PEEL LECTURE
Introduced by Dr Graham Leese, President, Scottish Society of Physicians

Medicine in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Professor Andrew Morris, Director, Health Data Research UK

12:15

Hopw does the Scottish Renal Registry help the patient?
Dr Samira Bell, Consultant Nephrologist, University of Dundee

12:45

The modern thrombectomy service for acute stroke
Dr Matthew Lambert, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, NHS Tayside

Session 5 - Awards of Presentations

Chair: Dr Graham Leese, President, Scottish Society of Physicians

13:15	Award of Fitzgerald Peel Prize & Poster Prizes
13:20	Close of the event

Fees

Registration fees
	Standard (Consultant) rate	Standard (Trainee) rate	SSP (Consultant) rate	SSP (Trainee) rate
Full meeting package (in person attendance on both days including lunch & attendance at the Society dinner and drinks reception on Thursday 28 September)	£200	£150	£180	£130
Single day attendance only* (Thursday or Friday includes lunch)	£100	£80	£80	£65

Society dinner & drinks reception (Thursday 28 September)	£45 per ticket

*If you wish to attend both days but not the dinner then you can still do so through our booking page.

Invoices

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

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within four weeks 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 member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

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

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.

If you are attending the event in-person, please be aware of the following:

Photography

A professional photographer may be in attendance at this event. Photographs may be used by the SSP 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.

Accommodation at the Hotel

To get 10% discount off the best available rate, enter the code SSP in the promo box when making your reservation. You can use this when calling the central reservation number on 08000498000 or when enquiring online.

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, should contact the event Co-ordinator.

Exhibitors/sponsors play no part in the planning or delivery of the event.

Venue:

Apex Hotel & Spa, 1 West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, DD1 3JP

Credits

6

Activity Code

145706

Event Coordinator

Stephanie Hough

Telephone

+ 44 (0)131 247 3687

Email

SSP.Admin@rcpe.ac.uk