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The Keynote Theatre
  1. The Transformative Journey of CVRM Management
    This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for GB HCPs only.     AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no ...
  2. My talk will cover way in which a workplace culture based on fairness, respect and appreciation can be developed and the importance of doing so. The consequences of not acting on it.
  3. Creating a culture of data within healthcare
    In the rapidly evolving world of healthcare, the need to create a data-driven culture is more crucial than ever. Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram, founder of Proximie, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Director o ...
  4. Tackling Short-Acting Beta Agonist overreliance in emergency care
    This is an AstraZeneca promotional meeting for UK HCPs only.  Prescribing information will be available at the meeting. Dr Brown will address the growing burden of acute asthma care within our healthc ...
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  6. From a care delivery point of view, we are living through a perpetual winter in NHS hospitals. Historic admissions trends are indeed a thing of history - how do we prepare for the challenges of today ...
  7. Complications occur consistently within healthcare. When they do occur, they represent a considerable burden to patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems.Organizations vary in their ability to mana ...
AGM Clinical Theatre A
  1. During the talk we will explore different data sources and how to use them to aid the evolution of a service, using the continual development of the local Frailty Intervention Team as an exampleKnow w ...
  2. Same Day Emergency CareEverything about Same Day Emergency Care
  3. Interesting cases from patients presenting to ED, acute medicine and General Medicine.Risk assessment and management of unwell patientsRecognise importance of history taking and examinationImprove cli ...
  4. From workforce technology to workplace culture: How better use of the software that supports clinicians can improve the care we give
    We work in a clinical environment of unprecedented complexity, no more so than when it comes to the ways in which we plan, deploy and appraise each other in professional practice. All of these and mor ...
  5. The talk will provide an overview of GMC's guidance and resources on the topical issues of doctors' use of social media, personal beliefs and medical practice, and taking part in protests and other fo ...
  6. Falls are a major healthcare challenge worldwide accounting for 14% of all emergency department presentations and 17 million disability adjusted life years worldwide. It causes morbidity and mortality ...
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AGM Clinical Theatre B
  1. A whistle stop tour of some common cardiac investigations - when to order, how to interpret and how to manage.1. Cardiac rhythm monitoring options2. Ectopic beats3. Cardiac devices on CXR
  2. This lecture is about how to avoid accidents in chest drain insertion and to improve insight in safety of this procedure.How to avoid accidents and how to do procedure safely
  3. Basics of what exactly is palliative medicine. When do you decide to stop treating a patient who is rapidly deteriorating clinically. How do you balance QOL vs prolongation of life? Using strong opioi ...
  4. Acute PE is a common diagnosis on the respiratory take. In this session we will focus on the risk stratification and management of patients with intermediate and high-risk PE.1. Understand risk strati ...
  5. Defining GI scenarios that require emergency endoscopy.Clinical scenarios that may require emergency endoscopy, including work-up,
AGM Clinical Theatre C
  1. This talk discusses the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in men and women, their biological and physiological differences, risk factors, clinical presentation and symptoms, di ...
  2. Management Strategies for DOAC-Related Life-Threatening Bleeds
    This is an AstraZeneca sponsored promotional symposium at which AstraZeneca products will be discussed. This meeting is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.
  3. Antiplatelet therapy is a crucial component in the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases, particularly in conditions like acute coronary syndrome (ACS), percutaneous coronary interventi ...
  4. The term acute liver failure (ALF) is frequently applied as a generic expression to describe patients presenting with or developing an acute episode of liver dysfunction. In the context of hepatologic ...
  5. Paracetamol overdose is a common presentation to emergency departments in the UK.1. Discuss the evidence for the 12 hour SNAP regimen for treatment of paracetamol overdose2. Discuss the use of fomepiz ...
ACC Clinical Theatre D
  1. A lecture exploring some of the similarities and major differences between veterinary and human anaesthesia, through the medium of case based discussion.
  2. A summary of the latest guidelines and how they can be implemented in practice to deliver a high quality preassessment service with best use of resouces.
  3. I want to present a balanced argument, looking at the facts (or lack of). My goal is to provide us with tools to tackle tough teaching situations in the best possible way.
  4. Managing adults with invasive candidiasis in the ICU/critical care: challenges and considerations
    Napp Sponsored promotional Symposia, Delivered by Dr Sunny Kaul Managing adults with invasive candidiasis in the ICU/critical care: challenges and considerations. Napp products will be discussed at th ...
ACC Clinical Theatre E
  1. A talk about how climate change will affect the way we deliver anaesthesia going forwards
  2. An update of the national guidelines for the care of transgender and gender diverse patients in the peri-operative period and critical care.
  3. Real-World Experience with Remimazolam in Procedural Sedation and General Anesthesia
    A number of use cases of remimazolam will be illustrated. Dr Martin Lees will present a recently published service evaluation of nurse delivered sedation of DC cardioversion patients using remimazolam ...
  4. A discussion of the results of NEAT-ECHO, the largest study conducted looking at the use of echocardiography in critically ill patients presenting with shock.
  5. Management of problematic new-onset SVT/AF in Critical Care
    Case based illustration demonstrating post operative atrial fibrillation and its's managementDiscussion around current guidelines on the management of post operative atrial fibrillation
Hands-on Training Zone F: GE Healthcare
  1. Cardiovascular dysfunction occurs frequently in the acute medicine; hypotension could have a cardiac origin. Without echocardiography, clinical evaluation alone is inadequate in deciding how to treat ...
  2. You can’t CT everyone. And when it comes to explaining acute hypoxaemia, lung ultrasound is quick, more sensitive and more specific than clinical examination and chest radiography. And all easy to lea ...
  3. If you’re imaging the ill, there’s more to explore… sepsis and renal failure might be renal sepsis. See how to image the kidneys and bladder to know when to ask for specialist help. We will show you w ...
  4. Difficult venous access needn’t be thing; ultrasound can make every attempt successful. Swollen lower legs are a common problem for acutely unwell patients, at presentation and after admission. Diagno ...
  5. Ultrasound availability in the operating theatre is much more prevalent. But there’s so much more you can easily do than just using it for IV access and regional anaesthesia. Had you considered that i ...
  6. Pressure, volume and flow are the cornerstones of haemodynamics. But which of these should we prioritise? In whom? And how? These are difficult questions to ask using clinical assessment alone. This s ...
Hands-on Training Zone I: RL Datix
  1. Job planning done poorly is a tedious, tiring and frustrating exercise in clinical disengagement. Too often, it is approached as a contractual necessity and becomes bureaucratic and burdensome. Job pl ...
  2. Building medical staff rotas and deploying doctors through team and specialty rostering is well established but often fails to fully exploit the power locked in the technology being used. In this sess ...
  3. Learning from patient safety events can only properly occur if those events are accurately, objectively and comprehensively reported, investigated and disseminated. The skills required to do this effe ...
  4. Building medical staff rotas and deploying doctors through team and specialty rostering is well established but often fails to fully exploit the power locked in the technology being used. In this sess ...
  5. Learning from patient safety events can only properly occur if those events are accurately, objectively and comprehensively reported, investigated and disseminated. The skills required to do this effe ...
  6. Job planning done poorly is a tedious, tiring and frustrating exercise in clinical disengagement. Too often, it is approached as a contractual necessity and becomes bureaucratic and burdensome. Job pl ...
Hands-on Training Zone J: Butterfly Network
  1. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  2. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  3. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  4. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  5. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  6. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
Hands-on Training Zone K: Verathon
  1. 20-minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.  Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extubat ...
  2. Discussion on awake tracheal intubation, including indications, preparation, oxygenation, equipment, sedation, failure and complications. Using some video examples
  3. 20-minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.  Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extubat ...
  4. 30 minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.   Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extuba ...
Hands-on Training Zone L: Edwards Lifesciences
  1. A presentation around prevalence, and association of harm of hypotension, along with a description and research surrounding a technology able to predict and improve decision-making support around hypo ...
  2. Demonstrating the application of Acumen HPI (Hypotension Prediction Index) in a simulated scenario.
  3. A presentation highlighting non-invasive NIRS technology. Prevalence of cerebral and somatic desaturations, implications to patients, importance of accuracy. Followed by 2 hands-on sessions, including ...
  4. A presentation around prevalence, and association of harm of hypotension, along with a description and research surrounding a technology able to predict and improve decision-making support around hypo ...
  5. Demonstrating the application of Acumen HPI (Hypotension Prediction Index) in a simulated scenario.
  6. A presentation highlighting non-invasive NIRS technology. Prevalence of cerebral and somatic desaturations, implications to patients, importance of accuracy.    Followed by 2 hands-on sessions, includ ...
Hands-on Training Zone M: Fujifilm
  1. Structured approach to assessment of the shocked patient with demonstrations of abnormal pathologies.
  2. You will learn how to scan blocks of the abdominal wall, and when to use each one. We’ll teach how to scan for the rectus sheath block, mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and the quadratus ...
  3. You will learn how to scan for the 3 most useful blocks of the chest wall, and when to use each one. We’ll take you through simple blocks for the anterior chest wall – the Pecto-Serratus Block through ...
  4. Structured approach to assessment of the shocked patient with demonstrations of abnormal pathologies.
  5. You will learn how to scan blocks of the abdominal wall, and when to use each one. We’ll teach how to scan for the rectus sheath block, mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and the quadratus ...
  6. You will learn how to scan for the 3 most useful blocks of the chest wall, and when to use each one. We’ll take you through simple blocks for the anterior chest wall – the Pecto-Serratus Block through ...
The Keynote Theatre
  1. This session is for everyone keen to improve the future. Despite women being in the majority at medical school for 40 years, there are still low proportions of women in surgery. Recent reports show be ...
  2. Medical Royal Colleges for centuries have advocated, developed and upheld professional standards to ensure high quality education and assessment to ensure patients receive safe and effective care. Thi ...
  3. Managing hyperkalaemia and maintaining RAASi cardiorenal protection
    This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for GB HCPs only.   AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no e ...
  4. In this keynote, Ali Esmaeili, a Plastic Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, will examine how habits and culture influence the future of surgery. Drawing on his global experience in change management, ...
AGM Clinical Theatre A
  1. Practicing Medicine in Nova Scotia
    Practicing Medicine in Nova Scotia - A Physician Perspective
  2. Frailty is a common and serious condition associated with a range of adverse health outcomes. Compared with younger adults, older adults with a frailty have a much greater risk of worse outcomes, incl ...
  3. Digital & AI tools: friends or foes?
    In this panel session, the UpToDate team will be joined by NHS doctors who share a common goal: improving healthcare services and patient outcomes through technology. They will explore how digital too ...
  4. Osteoporosis in older adults is a highly relevant and challenging topic as the incidence of osteoporotic fractures increases with age. Furthermore with the recognised consequences of the ageing of mos ...
  5. I'll be presenting about the recent sepsis guidelines and the 2-cycle sepsis audit which I did at the emergency department of Grange University Hospital.Updated knowledge on the recent changes in seps ...
AGM Clinical Theatre B
  1. The identification of common and acute headaches, when to investigate.Differentiation of headachesWhen to investigate and howWhat to do in pregnant patients
  2. The identification of facial pain and treatment options availableIdentification of facial pain including trigeminal neuralgia. How to investigateWhat treatment to startWhen to refer
  3. Sepsis is responsible for approximately 50,000 deaths and 250,000 hospital admissions in the UK per year. The overall mortality rate for patients admitted with septic shock is approximately 40%. In th ...
  4. Delivering high quality palliative care in hospital can be challenging. Dr Rebecca Dawber and Dr Rebecca Edwards what factors contribute to achieving good care for those with a limited prognosis when they are admitted to hospital. We will use case study examples to illustrate the impact of timely decision making, interdisciplinary communication and truly patient-focused care on patient experience and outcome.
  5. People who have an acute oncology admission have a 70% chance of dying in the 12 months after an admission but conversations about prognosis, death and advance care planning are not happening during a ...
  6. An overview of what is happening in the world of diabetesTo be aware of the major advances in care of people with diabetes.
AGM Clinical Theatre C
  1. An update on the in-patient treatment of Parkinson's in acute settings.
  2. An update in how to manage patients with chest pain according to the latest UK, European and American guidelines.1. Tips and tricks in assessing a patient with chest pain.2. Choice of correct cardiac ...
  3. Transforming COPD Care - Optimising COPD maintenance therapy in secondary care: interventions in secondary care to improve patient outcomes
    This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca, intended for UK HCPs only. COPD burden and the risk of premature mortality Uncontrolled COPD may increase the risk of cardiopulm ...
  4. Pregnancy often causes anxiety in the wider multi-disciplinary team, due to the fetal concerns of commonly performed tests. This is compounded by a lack of regular teaching in this area in medical specialties, as well as a lack of regular exposure to pregnant patients which limits the potential to get direct experience. This session therefore aims to cover all the important pregnancy-specific considerations for pregnant women with acute medical issues.
  5. This talk will revise the epidemiology, clinical presentations, management and outcomes of acute heart failure. It will revise the evidence for interventions, discuss why several clinical trials have ...
ACC Clinical Theatre D
  1. Delirium in the ICU is a major concern owing to its implication in ICU morbidity and mortality, and long term cognitive impairment.This is an attempt made to understand the factors in ICU that can be ...
  2. An overview of the practical considerations of looking after a pregnant patient who requires critical care.
  3. Resuscitating Negative Pressure Ventilation in the 21st Century
    What are the possibilities for Negative Pressure Ventilation (NPV) in the world today? We will discuss: How NPV differs from natural breathing How NPV differs from Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) ...
  4. 14% of operations have a complication. Many are preventable. People CAN make lifestyle changes (nutrition, exercise, etc) and this can halve complications and make more people suitable for day case su ...
  5. When perioperative care is central to patient care, reductions in complications and a reduction in hospital stay times can be considered normal. But how does this really play out and benefit the patie ...
  6. The rate of surgery in older people is rising faster than the rate of ageing, are our current models effective in dealing with the growing high risk, complex patient group.
  7. A run down of the experiences of shared decision making in practice in the perioperative pathway
  8. This will bring together practicalities about how to deliver excellent perioperative care - using the team well, empowering patients, agreeing pathways and reducing complications, unwarranted operatio ...
ACC Clinical Theatre E
  1. Fluid resuscitation is often guided by outdated dogma and mythology which can cause significant harm. Understanding physiology and the evidence base is key for understanding the role IV fluid plays in ...
  2. BADS perspective: Day Surgery benefits to patients and the NHS Day surgery myths & overcoming barriers to same day discharge Regional anaesthesia in day surgery
  3. This session aims to explore the barriers in implementation of Prehabilitation across he UK despite increasing acceptance of its role in reducing risk for the surgical patient population.
Hands-on Training Zone F: GE Healthcare
  1. Cardiovascular dysfunction occurs frequently in the acute medicine; hypotension could have a cardiac origin. Without echocardiography, clinical evaluation alone is inadequate in deciding how to treat ...
  2. You can’t CT everyone. And when it comes to explaining acute hypoxaemia, lung ultrasound is quick, more sensitive and more specific than clinical examination and chest radiography. And all easy to lea ...
  3. If you’re imaging the ill, there’s more to explore… sepsis and renal failure might be renal sepsis. See how to image the kidneys and bladder to know when to ask for specialist help. We will show you w ...
  4. Difficult venous access needn’t be thing; ultrasound can make every attempt successful. Swollen lower legs are a common problem for acutely unwell patients, at presentation and after admission. Diagno ...
  5. Ultrasound availability in the operating theatre is much more prevalent. But there’s so much more you can easily do than just using it for IV access and regional anaesthesia. Had you considered that i ...
  6. Pressure, volume and flow are the cornerstones of haemodynamics. But which of these should we prioritise? In whom? And how? These are difficult questions to ask using clinical assessment alone. This s ...
Hands-on Training Zone I: RL Datix
  1. Learning from patient safety events can only properly occur if those events are accurately, objectively and comprehensively reported, investigated and disseminated. The skills required to do this effe ...
  2. Job planning done poorly is a tedious, tiring and frustrating exercise in clinical disengagement. Too often, it is approached as a contractual necessity and becomes bureaucratic and burdensome. Job pl ...
  3. Building medical staff rotas and deploying doctors through team and specialty rostering is well established but often fails to fully exploit the power locked in the technology being used. In this sess ...
  4. Job planning done poorly is a tedious, tiring and frustrating exercise in clinical disengagement. Too often, it is approached as a contractual necessity and becomes bureaucratic and burdensome. Job pl ...
  5. Building medical staff rotas and deploying doctors through team and specialty rostering is well established but often fails to fully exploit the power locked in the technology being used. In this sess ...
  6. Learning from patient safety events can only properly occur if those events are accurately, objectively and comprehensively reported, investigated and disseminated. The skills required to do this effe ...
Hands-on Training Zone J: Butterfly Network
  1. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  2. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  3. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  4. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
  5. Join world-class POCUS experts to master lung, abdominal, and cardiac exams using the new revolutionary Butterfly iQ3TM. Gain hands-on experience, explore use cases, and receive personalised guidance ...
Hands-on Training Zone K: Verathon
  1. 20-minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.  Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extubat ...
  2. 30 minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.   Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extuba ...
  3. 20-minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.  Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extubat ...
  4. 30 minute lecture outlining the approach to airway management in patients living with obesity.   Includes physiological considerations, pre oxygenation plan, optimal positioning, Intubation and extuba ...
Hands-on Training Zone L: Edwards Lifesciences
  1. A presentation around prevalence, and association of harm of hypotension, along with a description and research surrounding a technology able to predict and improve decision-making support around hypo ...
  2. Demonstrating the application of Acumen HPI (Hypotension Prediction Index) in a simulated scenario.
  3. A presentation highlighting non-invasive NIRS technology. Prevalence of cerebral and somatic desaturations, implications to patients, importance of accuracy. Followed by 2 hands-on sessions, including ...
  4. A presentation around prevalence, and association of harm of hypotension, along with a description and research surrounding a technology able to predict and improve decision-making support around hypo ...
  5. Demonstrating the application of Acumen HPI (Hypotension Prediction Index) in a simulated scenario.
  6. A presentation highlighting non-invasive NIRS technology. Prevalence of cerebral and somatic desaturations, implications to patients, importance of accuracy.    Followed by 2 hands-on sessions, includ ...
Hands-on Training Zone M: Fujifilm
  1. Structured approach to assessment of the shocked patient with demonstrations of abnormal pathologies.
  2. You will learn how to scan blocks of the abdominal wall, and when to use each one. We’ll teach how to scan for the rectus sheath block, mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and the quadratus ...
  3. You will learn how to scan for the 3 most useful blocks of the chest wall, and when to use each one. We’ll take you through simple blocks for the anterior chest wall – the Pecto-Serratus Block through ...
  4. Structured approach to assessment of the shocked patient with demonstrations of abnormal pathologies.
  5. You will learn how to scan blocks of the abdominal wall, and when to use each one. We’ll teach how to scan for the rectus sheath block, mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block and the quadratus ...
  6. You will learn how to scan for the 3 most useful blocks of the chest wall, and when to use each one. We’ll take you through simple blocks for the anterior chest wall – the Pecto-Serratus Block through ...

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