Geriatric Medicine Severn Deanery SpR Training Day
Category: Medicine - Other
Date: October 25th 2012 9:15am until 4:00pm
Location: Elderly Care Conference Room (Rehab Ward 2), Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
9.15am Tea/Coffee on Arrival & Welcome
9.30am Skin problems in the elderly
Dr Tom Millard, Consultant Dermatologist, GRH
10.30am Pharmacology and prescribing issues in the elderly
Mrs Kat Waskett, Senior Pharmacist, GRH
11.15am Tea/Coffee
11.30am How and why should we measure frailty?
Dr Ian Donald, Consultant in Old Age Medicine, GRH
12.15pm Case histories
Dr Michelle Price, ST5, GRH
12.45pm Lunch
1.30pm Renal disease in the elderly
Dr Preetham Boddana, Consultant Nephrologist, GRH
2.15pm Management of paraproteinaemias in the elderly
Dr Sean Macpherson, Consultant Haematologist, GHNHST
3.00pm Litigation in Elderly Medicine and how to avoid it
Dr Robbie Dedi, Consultant Acute Physician and Director Clinical
Negligence Expert Ltd
Jo Hunt, Legal Manager and Director Clinical Negligence Expert Ltd
4.00pm Close
Representative Sponsorship provided by:
Richard Hudson – Amgen Ltd
For Further Information Contact: Sharon Batchelor, Secretary to Dr Andy Monro,
Dept of General and Old Age Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western
Road, Gloucester, GL1 3NN, Tel: 08454 22645. Email: Sharon.batchelor@glos.nhs.uk