The Focus on Infection 2021 Webinar will address a number of important and current issues to do with infection, including recent developments in diagnosis of invasive fungal infections, management of Clostridioides difficile infection, major infectious diseases affecting children, including the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown, and finally novel imaging techniques to diagnose infection. Time has been allocated after each of the four sessions for panel discussion and Q&A.
The Focus on Infection 2021 webinar has been awarded 4 CPD credits by RCPI for full attendance.
There is no registration fee for healthcare staff, university staff and students.
Webinar session 1: 2pm - 2.45pm Chair: Tom Rogers, TCD
“Developments in rapid diagnostics for invasive fungal infections”
Break: 2.45pm – 3pm
Webinar session 2: 3pm– 4.45pm
“Exciting times for C.difficile – new name & new laboratory services in Ireland”
“Management of C. difficile infection”
“Antibiotic stewardship to reduce risk of C. difficile infection”
Panel discussion 4.30pm
Break 4.45pm – 5pm
Webinar session 3: 5pm– 6.30pm
Chair: Dr Alida Fe Talento, Children’s Health Ireland, Dublin
“Babies born in lockdown, a real life test of the hygiene hypothesis”
“Neisseria meningitidis - Epidemiology and Vaccine changes in the Republic of Ireland”.
“Invasive Pneumococcal Disease – recent trends and impact of current and upcoming vaccines.”
Panel discussion 6pm -6.15pm
Break 6.15pm – 6.30pm
Webinar session 4: 6.30pm– 7.15pm
Chair: Johannes Wagener
“Hybrid imaging in infection and inflammation”
Panel discussion & Close
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.
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 2pm 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 courses@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.
