An unmissable conference for those working in Paediatrics
9 October 2020
Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Venue: Online conference
CPD: 3 CPD credits available
This year's Faculty of Paediatrics Autumn Conference will take place online on Friday 9 October 2020.
The programme for the day includes the 24th Annual Ralph Counahan Memorial Lecture.
The event will also see the presentation of the 3rd Dr Kathleen Lynn Medal and Sir Henry Marsh Trainee Medal.
Sir Henry Marsh Medal
Congratulations to the winner of the inaugural Sir Henry Marsh Medal - Dr Aisling Smith Spr in Neonatology. Dr Smith will present her paper on Parents experience of receiving a diagnosis of Down Syndrome and includes guidance for communicating such a diagnosis.
Hear from Dr Adrian Plunkett
We are delighted to announce this year's Ralph Counahan lecture will be delivered by Dr Adrian Plunkett, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and UK-based founder of Learning From Excellence conference.
A wide range of talks relevant to paediatrics
Speakers and topics at the conference include:
- Updates from the Clinical Programmes - Prof John Murphy, Prof Nuala Murphy and Dr Ellen Crushell
- Update on the construction of the New Childrens Hospital – delivered by Dr Emma Curtis, Consultant Paediatrician, GHI Tallaght & Medical Director of NPHDB
- Life after Paediatric Intensive Care: The hidden morbidity of Paediatric Post ICU Syndrome – delivered by Dr Cathy Gibbons,Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care and Critical Care Retrieval based in Children’s University Hospital Temple Street
- Improving Ireland's breastfeeding rates – delivered by Dr Meredith Kinoshta, Paediatric HST trainee
- Hospitals in the Home – delivered by Dr Barry Scanlan, General Paediatrician at CHI, Crumlin and Connolly
- Overview of PAIRS, bringing BLS skills to under-resourced settings - delivered by Dr Ike Okafor
