WPS Clinical Meeting 2018
Event details
The Welsh Paediatric Society Clinical Meeting 2018 will take place at the Swansea Marriott Hotel on Friday 22nd June.
On behalf of colleagues in Wales Dr Chris Bidder and Dr Carol Sullivan are pleased to invite you to this one day event. It will showcase the latest scientific presentations from paediatricians across Wales and neighbouring deaneries, together with lectures from guest speakers and will be followed by a dinner and entertainment in the evening.
Guest speakers include:
Dr Michael Farquhar, Consultant in children's sleep medicine, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Dr Elaine Boyle, Honorary Consultant Neonatologist, University Hospital of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust
Dr Mark Stacey, Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, Cardiff & Vale University Healthboard
For further information please contact Lisa on [email protected]
Keynote speakers
Dr Michael Farquhar trained in general paediatrics, respiratory medicine and sleep medicine at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Glasgow), Nottingham Children's Hospital, The Children's Hospital at Westmead (Sydney), Sydney Children's Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital (London).
Dr Farquhar has been a consultant in sleep medicine at Evelina London since 2012. He works in both the general and hypersomnia clinics, and the diagnostics sleep study service. He also works with other departments to assist colleagues in caring for children experiencing sleep difficulties due to complex medical issues.
Dr Farquhar is also involved in educating healthcare professionals in importance of sleep, with a focus on sleep for staff working night shifts.
Dr Farquhar is a members of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The British Paediatric Sleep Association, the British Sleep Society, the European Sleep Research Society and the British Paediatric Respiratory Society.
Elaine Boyle is an Associate Professor in Neonatal Medicine at the University of Leicester, and Honorary Consultant Neonatologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust.
She intially trained and worked in nursing for a number of years before changing direction to study medicine at the University of Sheffield, qualifying as a doctor in 1993. Elaine completed postgraduate training in paediatrics in Sheffield and Birmingham. Before taking up her current appointment in Leicester in 2006, she trained in academic neonatal medicine in Edinburgh and at McMaster University, Canada. During this time she gained an MD for work on the assessment and management of pain in the newborn, an MSc in Epidemiology, and a PhD focused on enteral feeding in preterm neonates. She remains active in each of these areas of research, but her current major research interest is the effects of gestational age at birth on neonatal and childhood outcomes, and in particular the effects of moderate-late preterm birth. She was the lead for the LAMBS - Late And Moderately preterm Birth Study, one of the first large population-based studies in this area of research.
Dr Mark Stacey is a Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist and Associate Dean in Cardiff. He has extensive clinical and teaching experience on the practical management of the 'difficult airway'.
For the past ten years he has investigated skills training and performance under pressure, attempting to enhance our day to day performance as well as better methods of training to manage situations such as the 'can't intubate, can't ventilate' scenario. To improve such training he has explored much of the the research on the performance of elite athletes and human factors. He is currently working with an expert sports psychologist and retired special forces captain, developing a system encompassing information delivery, practical skills, training and cognitive workload mamagement to improve both the training and performance of skills.
For the last 4 years he has looked at teaching skills to enhance our mental toughness and resilience. Together with a colleagues he has designed and delivered a MEdTRim (Medical Trauma resilience) course, teaching resilience skills based on the TRIM course that is run for the marines.
He is a keen cyclist, avid Welsh rugby supporter and is learning to crash a unicycle.
Location
The Swansea Marriott Hotel has dramatic views of Swansea Bay and is just a short stroll from the city centre. The M4 motorway and the Gower Peninsula are also nearby.
The hotel offers free WI-FI in public areas and also has a leisure area with a fitness centre, a swimming pool and a sauna.
Accommodation details
Accommodation will be available at the hotel with a special rate for single and double occupancy. There are 121 rooms which include free WI-FI, satellite TV plus tea and coffee making facilities. There is also a health club and spa available to our delegates staying. Please book directly with the hotel to avoid disappointment. Please quote the "Welsh Paediatric Society" to receive the discounted rate.
