Edinburgh International Course on Medicine for the Older Adult 2024
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Mon, 13 May 2024, 09:00
End
Fri, 17 May 2024, 03:00
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We’re delighted to be welcoming delegates back to the college in 2024.
The Edinburgh International Course in Medicine for the Older Adult will be delivered in person in 2024, and there will be an excellent line up of speakers from the UK and worldwide to cover a variety of topics relevant to anyone involved in the care of older people.
It is possible to book the five-day course or individual half or full days. Booking for a half day can only be taken on the Wed 15th or Fri 17th.
Although of particular value to doctors working in geriatric medicine at consultant or trainee level, many general practitioners, allied health professionals and specialist nurses may also find the course very relevant and worthwhile.
The course is designed to update you on the theory and practice of geriatric medicine with many practical talks, as well as wide-ranging discussions on the holistic management of the older adult.
In 2024 the course will explore the following themes:
- The journey through the hospital
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Community
- Surgical links
- Liaison workshops
- Geriatric giants
Delegates will also be invited to participate in a social programme comprising of a welcome drinks reception, a medical-themed walking tour of Edinburgh, and a course dinner at a local restaurant (places limited.)
The Brian Chapman Scholarship will support two delegates from any country listed as low or lower middle income by the World Bank to attend this course. For more information, including the application process, please see the webpage. Applications close 19 January 2024 at 12:00 GMT.
Course Director
Dr Conor Maguire, Edinburgh
Members of Organising Committee
Dr Clare Bostock, Aberdeen
Dr Claire McKay, East Kilbride
Dr Colin Mitchell, London
Dr Andrew Pearson, Edinburgh
Dr Jane Wallace, North Shields
Please note that full days cannot be split. Booking a half day means that booking must be taken on either of the half days of the course (Wed 15th or Fri 17th).
Please note this event is in-person only.
| Early Bird Rate | Standard Rate | ||
| Full programme across five days | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £799 £749 | £849 £799 |
| Three full days and one half day | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £769 £719 | £799 £749 |
| Three full days | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £719 £669 | £749 £699 |
| Two full days and one half day | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £619 £569 | £649 £599 |
| Two full days | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £479 £399 | £499 £419 |
| One full day and one half day | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £379 £329 | £399 £349 |
| One full day | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £239 £199 | £249 £209 |
| One half day only (on Wed or Fri) | Standard RCPE Fellows & Members | £149 £119 | £159 £129 |
| Dinner fee per person (Thursday evening) | £65 | £65 |
If you have to cancel your place within seven days 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.
Please note that the Early Bird Rate will close on Monday 15 April 2024.
Day 1 - Monday 13 May 2024
08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
08:55 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
Session 1 - Journey through the hospital
Chair: Dr Jane Wallace, Consultant, Ageing & Complex Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
09:05 | The injured older adult in the Emergency Department |
09:45 | Admission to Intensive Treatment Unit |
10:30 | Coffee / tea |
11:00 | Talk title tbc |
11:45 | Acute kidney injury |
12:30 | Lunch |
Session 2
Chair: TBC
13:30 | Sepsis |
14:15 | Talk title tbc |
15:00 | Coffee / tea |
15:30 | Examining the older patient |
16:30 | Welcome reception & tour of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
Day 2 - Tuesday 14 May 2024
08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
09:00 | Introduction |
Session 3 - Neurology
Chair: Dr Matthew Lambert, Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly and Stroke, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
09:05 | Talk title |
09:45 | Acute stroke |
10:30 | Coffee / tea |
11:00 | Syncope |
11:45 | Talk title tbc |
12:30 | Lunch |
Session 4 - Psychiatry
Chair: TBC
Time | Talk title tbc |
14:45 | Coffee / tea |
15:15 | Talk title tbc |
16:45 | Wrap up and discussion |
17:10 | Close |
Day 3 - Wednesday 15 May 2024
08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
09:00 | Introduction |
Session 5 - Community
Chair: Dr Clare Bostock, Consultant Geriatrician, NHS Grampian
09:05 | Care home medicine |
09:45 | Hospital at home |
10:30 | Coffee / tea |
11:00 | Intermediate care and rehabilitation |
11:45 | Community Geriatrics |
| 12:30 | Lunch & close |
Day 4 - Thursday 16 May 2024
08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
09:00 | Introduction |
Session 6 - Surgical links
Chair: Dr Colin Mitchell, Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, St Mary's Hospital, London
09:05 | Talk title tbc |
09:45 | Talk title tbc |
10:30 | Coffee / tea |
11:00 | Talk title tbc |
11:45 | Spinal problems in the older person |
12:30 | Lunch |
Session 7 - Liaison workshops
Chair: Dr Claire McKay, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine of the Elderly, Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride
13:30 | Group 1 - POPS: how to run a successful service |
Group 2 - End of life care: what matters to people in their last hours, weeks and months of life? | |
14:30 | Coffee / tea |
15:00 | Group 1 - End of life care: what matters to people in their last hours, weeks and months of life? |
Group 2 - POPS: how to run a successful service | |
| 16:00 | Close |
| 19:30 | Course dinner (optional) - limited numbers |
Day 5 - Friday 17 May 2024
| 08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09:00 | Introduction |
Session 8 - Geriatric giants
Chair: Dr Andrew Pearson, Consultant, Medicine for the Elderly, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
09:05 | Sarcopenia |
09:45 | Talk title tbc |
10:30 | Coffee / tea |
11:00 | Immobility/falls/instability |
11:45 | Polypharmacy |
12:30 | Course evaluation time |
12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Close |
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