Main Conference Programme Day 1
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20th June 2024
| 8.00 – 9.00 | Registration, Coffee and Poster Installation | |||
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| 9.00 | Welcome from the SOM President and FOM President
Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, SOM President and Professor Steven Nimmo, FOM President |
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| 9.10 | Welcome Address
Professor Sir Michael McBride, CMO Northern Ireland Chair- Professor Ken Addley OBE |
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| 9.25 | SOM/FOM Eponymous Lecture: Thackrah Lecture:
Occupational Health: Back to Basics Dr Will Ponsonby, Consultant Occupational Physician, past President of the Society of Occupational Medicine Chair- Dr Lanre Ogunyemi |
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| 10.10 | Peter Taylor Award Winner Trainee Presentation and Award
Mixed methods study of infection risk in patients with solid tumours in the workplace Dr Louise Hancock, Consultant Occupational Physician Chair- Professor Ira Madan |
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| 10.40 – 11.10 | Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | |||
| 11.10 – 11.40 | Plenary Lecture 1: Improving Lung Health at work. Future challenges and potential solutions
Professor David Fishwick, CMA HSE & HSENI Chair- Dr Sarah Porter |
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| 11.40 – 12.40 | Parallel 1
Clinical Update 1: Titanic Suite Chair- Dr Richard Black Update on Silicosis – Dr Paul McKeagney, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Belfast City Hospital An update on epilepsy and its mimics - Dr Michael Kinney Consultant Neurologist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Update on diabetic medication and implications for work – Dr Hamish Courtney, Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
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Parallel 2
Interactive Workshop: ‘Trends in Occupational disease in UK and Ireland: an update from THOR’ The Bridge Chair- Professor Martie Van Tongeren Trends of asbestos-related disease in SWORD, Miss Rheanna Pereira, University of Manchester An update on sentinel cases from the UK and Ireland, Sam Goodall, University of Manchester Trends in occupational causes of dermatitis Professor Martie van Tongeren, University of Manchester Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018 Professor David Fishwick, CMA HSE & HSENI |
Parallel 3
Basic Life Support - including CPR. Limited numbers, pre-booking required Britannic Suite Chair- Dr Martin Tohill Led by Belfast Trust
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| 12.40 – 13.45 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters | Meet the Expert Lunch | Academic Forum |
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| 13.45 – 14.30 | Titanic Suite
Eponymous lecture: Donald Hunter Lecture: From Livingstone to Attenborough – navigating the evolving risks of Work Travel Dr Dipti Patel OBE, Chief Medical Officer, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Director, National Travel Health Network and Centre Chair- Professor Steve Nimmo |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 | Plenary Lecture 2: The Toxicological Assessment of an Employee after a Hazardous Exposure
Dr Martin Hogan, Consultant Occupational Physician, ICOH Vice President and Past Dean at Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Ireland Chair- Professor Ken Addley OBE |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Refreshments, Exhibition and Posters | |||
| 15.30 – 16.30
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Parallel 4
Confidence and Competence; key skills in OH nursing Titanic Suite Chair- Christina Butterworth, Chair, FOHN 16.00-16.30 Oral Presentations relevant to OH nurse or MDT colleagues Programme detail for Oral Presentations O6 - O7 here
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Parallel 5
Oral Presentations Session 1 The Bridge Chair – Dr Finola Ryan (delegate presentations) Programme detail for Oral Presentations O1 - O5 here
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Parallel 6
Leadership Britannic Suite Chair- Professor Ken Addley OBE Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones, Serial Entrepreneur, Doctors’ Careers Expert, Occupational Physician, Podcast Host Effective Transformative Leadership Dr Zoe Healey, Strategist - Healthcare, Health & Wellness Leadership in the health service Dr Lourda Geoghan, Deputy CMO NI |
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| 16.30 – 17.00 | Titanic Suite
Plenary Lecture 3: Behind the White Coat: Common Cardiac Pathologies in Physicians Professor Monica Monaghan, Consultant Cardiologist, South West Acute Hospital, Western Health and Social Care Trust Chair Dr Martin Tohill |
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| 17.15 – 18.15 | Titanic Suite
SOM AGM |
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| 19.30 | Gala Dinner and Dance - see Social Programme | |||