4th Update for the General Anaesthetist
The practical, comprehensive and intensive two-day conference for busy,
hands-on Consultant and Career Grade Anaesthetists
This unique course is organised by Infomed Research and Training,
on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 May 2009 at Conference Centre,
Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London
 

A well established and highly evaluated conference with a practical focus on maintaining state-of-the-art knowledge of both, the speciality and related disciplines that impact on it. Lectures will be given by a multidisciplinary Faculty of leading Consultants with a proven track record in the dissemination of specialist knowledge to front-line Clinicians.

Course evaluation:

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This evaluation is based upon 63% return of evaluation forms from 45 delegates:

Comments from Delegates

• I have attended 2 previous Infomed conferences and founded very useful

• Good lectures, good venue

• Good food. Some of the lecturers were entertaining

• The approach of Carl Waldmann's talk is what people want on these courses

• Plenty of food, good lectures

What impact will this event have on your future?

• I learned some valuable points which may influence my practice

• Very little but that is not a criticism - it merely means that emergency consultant should not need radical new tricks!

• Confirmed that some of my practice sure would change

• Not a specific change to my practice

• Very little but in a bad way. In generally had some interesting speakers that stimulated interest

• General update

An update on the Core Topics, such as:

• Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

• Trauma Update for the General Anaesthetist

• Obstetrics

• Paediatric Caveats

• Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks

• Cardiology/Cardiovascular Update

• Care of the High-Risk Surgical Patient

• Radiology for the Busy Anaesthetist

• Update on Managing the Septic Patient

• Anaesthesia for the over 75

• Paediatric Transport and Trauma

• Evaluating Cardiac Risk in Non-Cardiac Surgery Anaesthesia

Faculty of 14 Leading Consultants, including:

• Dr Kim Rajappan, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

• Dr Daniel Lutman, Consultant Anaesthetist,
  Children's Acute Transport Service, GOSH, London

• Dr Marie Healy, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Royal London Hospital

• Dr Sara Polhill, Consultant ICU/Anaesthesia, Lead for Paediatric Anaesthesia, UCLH

• Dr Carl Waldmann, Consultant in Anaesthesia and IC Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

• Dr James Eldridge, Consultant Anaesthetist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

• Dr Nick Fletcher, Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and IC, St George’s Hospital, London

• Dr John Esmond, Consultant Anaesthetist,
  Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

• Dr Morné Wolmarans, Consultant Anaesthetist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

• Dr Rupert Pearse, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Royal London Hospital

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