The Faculty of Paediatrics is delighted to present another instalment of its webinar series which will be an update in Neurodisability and Neurology.
This virtual event is aimed at health care professionals working in a wide variety of areas in medicine, but especially those interested in Paediatrics/Neonatology and Neurology.
This event is a benefit of your Membership and Fellowship and is FREE for RCPI Trainees, Members and Fellows who are in good standing. There is a €50.00 fee for all other attendees.
Dr Khan recently joined Cork University Hospital as Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in community child health and is a Senior Clinical Lectuer in UCC. He has previously worked as a Consultant Paediatrician and clinical director in Southern Healthcare NHS Trust for 12 years.
He received his Specialist Paediatric training at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. and is a Fellow of Faculty of Paediatrics at RCPI as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (RCPCH).
Passionate about quality improvement, patient safety and innovation, he is a member of Health foundation, UK and a Human Factors trainer. More recently he has developed an interest in Quality improvement through digital health and developed a Smart device App for paediatrics previously. He is currently doing a distance learning course in Artificial Intelligence in Health Care from University of Manchester.
Dr Niamh Mc Sweeney is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist in Cork University Hospital and also provides a consult service to the NICU in the Cork University Maternity Hospital since 2012.
A graduate of University College Cork, Dr McSweeney did her postgraduate training in General Paediatrics in Cork, Dublin and Drogheda, and in Paediatric Neurology in Dublin and London.
Her special Interests include General Neurology, Neuromuscular disorders, Movement disorders, Neonatal Neurology, Epilepsy, Neurocutaneous disorders, Neuroinflammation, and Stroke.
She also has a keen interest in Quality improvement within the Paediatric department in CUH and had been chair of the Quality Committee for five years until 2022 and remains the Paediatric representative on the Executive Quality and Safety Committee in CUH.
Dr Zaheera Yusuf is a Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability at Cork University Hospital. She graduated from University College Cork and trained in Ireland, before completing subspecialty training in the North West, United Kingdom. She has a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Neurodisability from Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine from Cardiff University.
First, you must book your place at the webinar on this web page. On the day, you must sign into our virtual learning environment RCPI Brightspace.
On the day of the event, the steps are:
Note, the webinar will only become available to watch at 5.30pm on the day, but we recommend logging in ten minutes ahead of time.
To join this webinar on Zoom you will need a computer (Windows or Apple) or mobile device with internet access and speakers.
If you're joining the webinar on a computer you can use the Zoom desktop website. You do not need to download the Zoom app - if you see a pop up message about the app, you can dismiss this.
The Zoom website functions best on Google Chrome.
When you click on the link for "Join the Live Webinar" you will see a message asking you to open Zoom. Click on “Open Zoom”.
You will then be asked for your name and email address. Once you’ve entered these details, click on “Join Webinar”.
If you're watching the webinar on a mobile device you will need to download the Zoom app. To save time on the day, we recommend downloading the app in advance:
Click here for the iOS Zoom app
Click here for the Android Zoom app
When you open the Zoom app click on “Join a Meeting”. You will need to enter the meeting ID number. The ID number for this week's event will be sent to you via email beforehand.
You can find additional help with joining Zoom webinars here.
If you have any questions for our panel please email them to conferences@rcpi.ie and we will endeavour to have these answered as part of the event. Alternatively, you can submit questions via Twitter @RCPI_news.
We are now using Zoom to broadcast our live webinars. When you open Zoom to watch the live webinar you will be able to submit questions to the panel during the event.
To submit questions to the panel:
It may not be possible to answer all questions we receive.
There are limited places available for the live webinar. If you are unable to book a place, you will be able to watch videos of all of the talks on Panopto, our video sharing platform.
