Flu: What have we learnt? Are we prepared?
Friday 21 October 2011
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Aims and objectives;
To understand the impact of a 'flu pandemic, on a local, national & global scale.
To gain an appreciation of current research into mechanisms of acute influenza and therapy development.
To understand 'flu planning & preparedness including reference to learning & applying lessons from previous pandemics.
Early bird rates will expire on Wednesday 21 September 2011.
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £195
RSM Retired Fellow: £75
RSM Student: £40
RSM Trainee: £75
RSM Associate: £60
RSM Fellow: £150
Student: £55
Trainee: £95
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £50
9.00 am |
Registration and refreshments |
9.25 am |
Chair's welcome and opening remarks |
| Professor Nigel Webster, Chair, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen | |
9.30 am |
Epidemiology of pandemic 'flu: lessons learnt globally from 2009 |
| Professor Neil Ferguson, Director, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling | |
10.15 am |
Pathogenesis of a 'flu pandemic |
| Dr Jake Dunning, MOSAIC Clinical Research Fellow, National Heart & Lung Institute | |
11.00 am |
Refreshments |
11.30 am |
Critical Illness and H1N1: What do the data tell us? |
| Dr Stephen Brett, Consultant, Intensive Care Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare | |
12.15 pm |
Critical Care for H1N1: Did we apply to 2010/11 what we learnt in 2009/10? |
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Dr Judith Hulf CBE Chair, Swine Flu Critical Care Clinical Group |
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1.00 pm |
Lunch |
2.00 pm |
The Role of the Media in Pandemic 'Flu |
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Mr Fergus Walsh High profile Medical Correspondent covering H1N1 outbreaks |
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3.00 pm |
Refreshments and networking |
3.30 pm |
Learning the lessons of 2009: the new UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy |
| Helen Shirley-Quirk, Interim Director of Health Protection, Department of Health | |
4.40 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.45 pm |
Close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: CRC01 CPD (Applied for) |
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