Clinical Update: Epilepsy (Ireland)
Friday 14 November 2008
Venue: Dublin Writers Museum, 18 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with Brainwave Ireland
This meeting aims to provide an update on some important issues of diagnosis and treatment for people with epilepsy. Some of the social and employment consequences of epilepsy will also be considered.
Registration Details:
Fellow: £115
Non-Fellow: £170
Associate: £95
AHP: £100
Nurse: £100
RSM Student Member (limited first 10 applicants): £30
Student: £50
RSM Trainee: £70
Trainee: £85
CME/CPD: 5 credits
Online registration for this meeting is now closed. Registrations may be taken on the day, but payment will be required on site, we will not send invoices to organisations for on the day registrations. Delegates that register on the day may not be provided with catering due to the late nature of their registration.
9.15 am |
Registration and Coffee |
9.45 am |
Welcome Address |
| Prof Michael Finch, Sub Dean-Ireland, Royal Society Of Medicine | |
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Session One |
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| Chair: Dr Colin Doherty, Consultant Neurologist, St. James' Hospital | |
9.50 am |
Diagnosis, differential diagnosis and investigation |
| Dr Norman Delanty, Neurologist and Epileptologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin | |
10.20 am |
Epidemiology |
| Christine Linehan, Senior Researcher, Centre for Disability Studies, University College Dublin | |
10.50 am |
Discussion |
11.10 am |
Coffee |
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Session Two |
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| Chair: Dr Norman Delanty, Neurologist and Epileptologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin | |
11.30 am |
Neurophysiology |
| Dr Brian McNamara, Dept of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cork University Hospital | |
12.00 pm |
Drug Treatments |
| Dr Kevin Murphy, Consultant Neurologist, Sligo General Hospital | |
12.30 pm |
Questions |
12.50 pm |
Lunch |
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Session Three |
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| Chair: Dr John Kirker, President, Brainwave Ireland | |
1.50 pm |
Living with Epilepsy |
| Nikki Saarsteiner, person with epilepsy | |
2.20 pm |
The Relationship between Epilepsy and the Law |
| Christopher Morris-Coole, Barrister, Crown Office Row, Brighton | |
2.50 pm |
Discussion |
3.10 pm |
Tea |
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Session Four |
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| Chair: Mike Glynn, CEO Brainwave Ireland | |
3.30 pm |
Primary and Secondary Care |
| Sinead Murphy, Community Epilepsy Specialist Nurse | |
4.00 pm |
Epilepsy and Pregnancy |
| Dr Jim Morrow, Consultant Neurologist, Belfast City Hospital | |
4.30 pm |
Questions |
4.50 pm |
Close of meeting |
