4th Practical Paediatrics
A practical update for busy Paediatricians on managing day-to-day common outpatient and
ward clinical dilemmas and issues on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October 2009,
at Hammersmith Conference Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Associate Advisor to Infomed Research and Training

Dr Tina Sajjanhar, Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospital Lewisham, London

About the Course:

• Aimed at Paediatric Consultants and Middle Grades, with a practical focus on both the speciality and related disciplines that impact on it

• Faculty comprising leading Paediatricians and other specialists who are actually doing the job and can supply the expert, up-to-date and evidence-based information that the Paediatrician needs for confident decision-making

• Draws on the know-how of Consultants in key specialities, such as Endocrinology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Nephrourology, Neurology and Rheumatology

• Advice to Paediatricians on ordering the appropriate investigations, interpreting the results and getting the right diagnosis and treatment

• Lectures on Legal Issues and Consent and Safeguarding Children: The ‘Difficult’ Grey Cases

• Dr James Gnanapragasam, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Wessex Cardiac Unit, Southampton General Hospital

• Dr Colin Wallis, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, GOSH, London

• Dr Mary-Anne Morris, Paediatric Consultant, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

• Mr Joe Curry, Consultant in Paediatric Surgery, GOSH, London

• Dr Michael Champion, Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Evelina Children's Hospital, London

• Dr Ruth Williams, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina Children's Hospital, London

• Dr Richard Trompeter, Consultant Paediatrician & Paediatric Nephrologist, GOSH, London

• Dr Sally Old, MDU Services Limited

• Dr Charles Buchanan, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, King’s College Hospital, London

• Dr Avril Washington, Consultant Paediatrician – Paediatric Mental Health, Homerton University Hospital, London, ‘Child in Mind’ Project Lead, RCPCH

• The method – who to investigate and how
• The nuances – problems and solutions
• The Management Tips on treatment
• The critique – comments and interaction

Questions and answers session follows each lecture. Lectures are, where appropriate, based on grey cases.

For further information please call +44 (0)20 8123 0021 or email.