Main Conference Programme Day 2
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21st June 2024
| 8.15 – 9.00 | Registration, Coffee and Poster Viewing | ||
| 9.00 | Titanic Suite
Eponymous Lecture: Ernestine Henry Lecture Musculoskeletal Health and Work Professor Gary Macfarlane, Clinical Chair in Epidemiology, Dean of Interdisciplinary Research and Research Impact, University of Aberdeen Chair – Professor Ira Madan |
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| 9.45 | Plenary Lecture 4: Occupational support for patients returning to work after Joint Replacement
Dr Paul Baker, Director for Research and Innovation, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chair – Professor Ira Madan |
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| 10.15 – 11.15 | Parallel 7
Occupational Health MDT Titanic Suite Chair- Dr David Poots Multi-disciplinary approach to Rehabilitation within Occupational Health Mrs Louise Dobbin, Staff Health Protection Lead, Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service, Northern Health & Social Care Trust Wish I’d thought of an Occupational Therapist? Mrs Diane Keys, Lead Occupational Therapist/Senior Manager, Occupational Health Department Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Musculoskeletal conditions and work: challenges and solutions Dr Cameron Black, MSK Specialist Physiotherapist - Occupational Health & Wellbeing |
Parallel 8
Oral Presentations Session 2 The Bridge Chair- Professor Steve Nimmo |
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OH Psychology Britannic Suite Chair- Dr Vaughan Parsons An integrated approach for sustainable return to work Professor Jo Yarker, Professor in Occupational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London The use of mental health screening at work Professor Neil Greenberg Clinical and Academic Psychiatrist, King's College London Update on psychological therapies Dr John-Paul Corrigan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Occupational Health Psychology, Belfast Health and Social Care |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | ||
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Titanic Suite
Plenary Lecture 5: OH Challenges in the Digital Revolution Chair- Richard Black |
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| 12.15 – 13.00
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Parallel 10
Oral Presentations Session 3 Titanic Suite Chair – Professor Gary Macfarlane |
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Oral Poster Session The Bridge Chair- Dr Vaughan Parsons (delegate presentations) |
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Clinical Update 2 Britannic Suite Chair- Dr David Mills Menopause & the Workplace Dr Andrea Latimer, Occupational Health Physician & Menopause Specialist, County Fermanagh Recent advances in anti-cancer treatments and their impact for oncology patients Dr Caroline Forde, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Northern Ireland Cancer Centre Not All Red Itchy Rashes Are Dermatitis Dr Luci McWhor, Senior Medical Officer, BHSF, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters | Meet the Expert Lunches | |
| 13.45 – 14.45 | Parallel 13
Noise Induced Hearing Loss: Health Surveillance Titanic Suite Chair – Dr Finola Ryan Improving our approach to health surveillance for noise Ms Clare Forshaw, Founder and Director of the UK Hearing Conservation Association Defining notches in NIHL Melanie Brewster, NHS trained Clinical Physiologist specialising in udiology |
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Training in Occupational Medicine The Bridge Chair- Dr Lisa Curran Training in Occupational Medicine – proposing an evidence informed model to tackle recruitment and retention challenges in the devolved nations Alice Rutter, Occupational Health Physician, NHS Education for Scotland Restarting the training programme in NI Martin Tohill, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, Belfast HSC Trust Portfolio pathway candidates training route Jon Spiro, FOM Deputy Director of Training and Chair of the CESR Advisory Group |
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SOM International Group: all welcome Britannic Suite Chair- Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, President, SOM Resurgence of silicosis from artificial stone – journey to a ban in Australia Professor Malcolm Sim AM, Emeritus Professor, Monash University, Australia International Perspectives on occupational health - what have we learnt and what is transferable? Dr Kenji Saito, ACOEM President Global OH next steps Dr Richard Heron, Co-chair IOMSC |
| 14.45
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Titanic Suite
Prize-giving Chair - Professor Ira Madan |
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| 15.00 - 15:30 | Plenary Lecture 6: Managing liver disease in the workplace
Dr Brooke Layard, Consultant Hepatologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust |
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| 15.30 | Titanic Suite
Closing Remarks – messages to take home SOM and FOM Presidents |
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