RCoA Summer Symposium:
Providing high quality anaesthetic care in a
sustainable healthcare system
The Waterfront Hall, Belfast
13-14 June 2017
Event organisers: Dr B Darling, Dr D Lowry and Professor R Mirakhur
Registration fee: £395 (£295 for RCoA registered trainees)
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For the 2017 RCoA Summer Symposium we have assembled renowned national and
international experts who will present on a wide range of topics related to developing
sustainable anaesthesia services which respond to the needs of the population, including the
management of pain, patient safety, the perioperative pathways and ultimately patient
outcomes.
Please visit www.rcoa.ac.uk/SummerSymposium for more information.
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG
Tel 020 7092 1673 Email [email protected] Website www.rcoa.ac.uk
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RCoA Summer Symposium:
Providing high quality anaesthetic care in a
sustainable healthcare system
Programme: Tuesday 13 June 2017
08:30–09:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
CPD codes
09:30–09:35
Welcome
Dr Liam Brennan, RCoA President
Session 1:
Transforming a healthcare system
Chair: Dr Michael McBride
09:35–10:15
Keynote Lecture: Sailing up wind – making
progress in difficult times
Dr Clifford Mann, Taunton
1I02
10:15–10:40
NELA – Lessons for clinicians
Mr Iain Anderson, Salford
1I05
10:40–11:05
Sustainability and Transformation
Partnerships – a view from the coalface
Dr Simon Constable, Warrington
1I02
11.05–11:20
Q&A Panel
11:20–11:40
REFRESHMENTS
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
Session 2:
Anaesthesia in the Developing World
Chair: Professor Ellen O' Sullivan
11:40–12:05
Training Anaesthetists in Africa with Mercy
Ships
Dr Michael McBrien, Belfast
3J02
12:05–12:30
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Prof Tom Trinick OBE, Belfast
3J00
12:30–12:45
Q&A Panel
12:45–13:45
LUNCH
Session 3:
Pain management for the general anaesthetist
13:45–14:10
Novel management of post-operative pain
Professor Richard Langford, London
2E01
14:10–14:35
Current guidance on lower back pain
Dr John J Hughes, Middlesborough
2E03
14:35–15:00
Learning from the opioid pandemic
Dr Keith Mitchell, Cornwall
3J00
15:00–15:15
Q&A Panel
15:15–15:35
REFRESHMENTS
Session 4:
The aging population
15:35–16:00
Cognitive function after anaesthesia
Professor Lars Eriksson, Stockholm
2C07
16:00–16:25
Exercise and old age
Professor Steve Harridge, London
2A03
16:25–16:35
Q&A Panel
16:35–17:05
Peri-operative Medicine Debate
Dr Michael Swart, Torquay
Dr George Collee, London
1I02
17:15–17:50
Optional lecture: SAS update
Dr Emma Stiby, Belfast
Dr Lucy Williams, Swindon
3J00
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
Chair: Dr William Campbell
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
Chair: Professor Rajinder Mirakhur
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG
Tel 020 7092 1673 Email [email protected] Website www.rcoa.ac.uk
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RCoA Summer Symposium:
Providing high quality anaesthetic care in a
sustainable healthcare system
17:15–18:15
18:15
Optional Workshops
Mentoring
Nancy Redfern / Rachel Bartlett
3J00
One lung anaesthesia
Martin Shields
3G00
Regional anaesthesia
Michael Stafford
2G03
Surgical management of the failed airway
Damien Carson/ Michael McBrien
1B02
Social evening for all delegates
There will be drinks, BBQ and a jazz band in the Arc and Bar 1 in the same venue located on the
mezzanine in a beautiful glass fronted space.
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG
Tel 020 7092 1673 Email [email protected] Website www.rcoa.ac.uk
Twitter @RCoA_Events | #RCoASummer | Find us on Facebook | Book online http://rcoa.it/booknow
RCoA Summer Symposium:
Providing high quality anaesthetic care in a
sustainable healthcare system
Programme: Wednesday 14 June 2017
08:30–09:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
CPD codes
Session 5:
Pulmonary physiology and anaesthesia Chair: Dr Amit Bedi
09:30–09:55
Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing
Dr Chris Nutt, Belfast
2A03
09:55–10:20
Acute NIV – where are we going wrong?
Dr Mark Juniper, Swindon
2C02
Professor Danny MacAuley, Belfast
2C02
Background to the NCEPOD review
10:20–10:45
Management strategies for acute Lung
Injuries
10:45–11:00
Q&A Panel
11:00–11:20
REFRESHMENTS
Session 6:
Resilience and the anaesthetist
Chair: Dr Éamon McCoy
11:20–11:45
Drug and alcohol abuse in anaesthetists
Dr Ruth Mayall, Manchester
3J00
11:45–12:10
Medical Leadership and change
Dr Carolyn Johnston, Oxford
1I02
12:10–12:25
Q&A Panel
12:25–12:40
Presentation of College and Essay Prizes
12:40–13:35
LUNCH
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
Session 7:
Obstetrics
Chair Dr Richard Laird
13:35–14:00
Current trends in managing placenta
accreta--anaesthesia perspectives
Dr John Loughrey, Dublin
14:00–14:25
Macintosh Lecture: Trials of Labour: national Dr Matthew Wilson, Grindleford
multicentre randomised studies in obstetric
anaesthesia
14:25–15:10
Trainee Oral Presentations
15:10–15:25
REFRESHMENTS
Trade exhibition and poster viewing
Session 8:
The College Role
Chair Dr Bob Darling
15:25 –15:30
Presentation of Abstract Prizes
15:30–15:55
Looking to the future
Dr Kevin Carson, President CAI
3J02
15:55–16:20
Safety First
Dr Liam Brennan, President RCoA
1I03
16:20–16:35
Q&A Panel
16:35–16:40
Concluding remarks
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG
Tel 020 7092 1673 Email [email protected] Website www.rcoa.ac.uk
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