**The recording of this session starts a few minutes after the beginning due to an onsite issue with the audio recording.**Chair: Nick MurchDigital Lead: Eleanor Campbell0930-0940: Welcome to Belfast: The Society for Acute Medicine 2024 Spring Conference Eleanor Campbell & Michael Trimble0940-0955: Delivering Healthcare in Northern Ireland – The Priorities Robin Swann MLA, Minister of Health0955-1020: Martha’s Rule & Improving Patient Safety in Acute Care Henrietta Hughes OBE, Patient Safety Commissioner1020-1040: Acute Internal Medicine: How to Turn a Crisis into an Opportunity Alistair Douglas, Tayside1040-11:00: Panel Discussion
Chair: Vicky PriceDigital Lead: Bethan Griffith1130-1155: Interpreting Lab Reports in the Acute SettingPaul Hamilton, Belfast 1155-1220: Interpreting Radiology in the Acute SettingJonny Malloy, Belfast1220-1245: Clinical Reasoning on the AMUMichael Trimble, Belfast1245-1300: Panel Discussion
Chair: Eleanor CampbellDigital Lead: Ekta Punj 1130-1155: Delivering Compassion in the AMUMark Lander, London1155-1220: Managing Medications at the End of LifeKatherine Watson, Belfast1220-1245: End of Life Care in the Acute SettingMatt Dore, Belfast 1245-1300: Panel Discussion
Speaker: Dr Sokratis Stoumpos,Consultant NephrologistThis is an AstraZeneca sponsored promotional symposium at which AstraZeneca products will be discussed. This meeting is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposia presentations.
Chair: Nick SmallwoodDigital Lead: Latif Rahman1415-1425: POCUS Helps in Diagnosis When History Could Not be ElicitedSardar Muhammad, University of Leicester NHS Trust 1425-1435: Highly Curious Hypoxaemia with Cause Determined by POCUSBen Probert, RSCH 1435-1445: A Lesson From My Logbook Zack Ferguson, West Middlesex Hospital 1445-1455: POCUS: A Junior Doctor RevolutionEleanor Harlow, Swansea Bay University Health Board 1455-1505: POCUS for Polypharmacy Sophie McGlen, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT 1505-1515: Presented with shortness of breath, but POCUS has detected that the main reason is in the abdomen!Lin Sanda Hlaing, University Hospitals Dorset 1515-1525: POCUS in Heart Failure gets us on Track on the Diagnostic PathwaySuneeta Teckchandani, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT 1525-1535: CIT tock CIT tockOrchid Barua, Tunbridge Wells Hospital 1535-1545: Discussion
Chair: Nick ScrivenDigital Lead: Gordon McKinnon1415-1435: Delirium & Its Mimics Dearbhail Lewis, Belfast 1435-1455: Preventing Deconditioning Declan Byrne, Ireland 1455-1515: SDEC for Frail PatientsBarbara Onen, London 1515-1535: Understanding Syncope Fiona O'Kane, Belfast1535-1545: Panel Discussion
Chair: Tim CooksleyDigital Lead: Ragit Varia1620-1645: Treating AF on the AMU - A Patient PerspectiveRyan Boyle, Belfast 1645-1710: Valvular Heart Disease Ganesh Manoharan, Belfast 1710-1735: Heart Failure Management Monica Monaghan, Enniskillen1735-1745: Panel Discussion
Chair: Tash KellyDigital Lead: Nicola Henry 1620-1640: The Integration of Physician Associates into Acute Medicine and the Positive Impact on Patient FlowAidan Murphy, Belfast1640-1700: Pharmacist Led Discharges in Acute MedicineNicola Henry, Belfast1700-1720: Perspectives of an ACP in ROIAnthony Dillon, Drogheda1720-1740: The Benefit of Senior Nurses on PTWR 7 Days a WeekRhonda Marks and Lynsey Strain, Belfast1740-1745: Discussion
Chair: Michael TrimbleDigital Lead: Claire Gordon0900-0930: Functional Neurological DisorderProf Alan Carson, Edinburgh0930-1000: SeizuresMichael Kinney, Belfast 1000-1030: Encephalitis on the AMUDamian Dooey, Warrington
Chair: Neil PatelDigital Lead: Ragit Varia0900-0925: Data Science to the Rescue!Shiva Sreenivasan, Enniskillen0925-0950: Winter SAMBACat Atkin, Birmingham0950-1015: Optimising Antimicrobial Usage on the AMUMartin Llewelyn, Brighton1015-1030: Panel Discussion
Chair: John HounsellDigital Lead: Ekta Punj1100-1125: Malignant Hypertension Phil Toner, Belfast1125-1150: Sustainable Prescribing in Acute Medicine Minna Eii, London1150-1215: Insulin PumpsAthinyaa Thiraviaraj, Derry1215-1230: Panel Discussion
Chair: Gordon McKinnonDigital Lead: Latif Rahman1100-1120: Promoting Acute Medicine to UndergraduatesNick Murch, London1120-1125: Acute Medicine Undergraduate Curriculum Michael Trimble, Belfast1125-1140: A Different Journey to becoming a ConsultantDarshan Kumar, Belfast1140-1200: What I Wish I Knew About Being a ConsultantGeorgina Barrows, Nottingham 1200-1220: Acute Internal Medicine Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) and its Roles and Responsibilities towards TraineesVinay Reddy-Kolanu, SAC chair for Acute Medicine 1220-1230: Panel Discussion
Speaker: Dr Gary Benson, Consultant Haematologist/ Director NI Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre and Thrombosis Unit, Belfast Health and Social Care TrustThis is an AstraZeneca sponsored promotional symposium at which AstraZeneca products will be discussed. This meeting is intended for UK healthcare professionals only.AstraZeneca has provided a sponsorship towards this independent Programme. AstraZeneca has had no editorial input into or control over the agenda, content development or choice of speakers, nor opportunity to influence except for the AstraZeneca sponsored symposia presentations.
Chair/Digital Lead: Nick Murch & Tim Cooksley1345-1410: Research and Acute Medicine: The Results of the SAM Research SurveyProfessor Liz Sapey, Birmingham1410-1435: Winter 23 - How Did We Do?Vicky Price, VP SAM1435-1500: Future Proofing the AMU from the RCP PerspectiveJohn Dean, Clinical Vice President, RCP1500-1515: Panel Discussion1515-1530: Summary & Closing RemarksNick Murch, President SAM
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