Annual Marie Curie Research Conference
Friday 26 March 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England
A joint meeting with Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit
Registration Details:
RSM Associate: £50
RSM Fellow: £60
Consultant/GP: £150
AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £80
Student: £45
RSM Student: £35
RSM Trainee: £45
Trainee: £75
Marie Curie member: £60
Meeting ref: PLA04
CPD: 5 credits
9.00 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
9.50 am |
Introduction |
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Tom Hughes-Hallett Chief Executive Marie Curie Cancer Care |
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10.00 am |
Epidemiological trends in death and dying |
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Professor Irene Higginson Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, King's College London |
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10.30 am |
Short research paper: End of life care for people with dementia |
| Dr Liz Sampson | |
10.45 am |
Short research paper: A pilot randomised controlled trial to examine the cost effectiveness of aromatherapy massage versus cognitive behaviour therapy for emotional distress in patients in cancer/palliative care |
| Ms Amanda Holman | |
11.15 am |
Tea, coffee and poster exhibition |
11.30 am |
Short research paper: "The challenge of end of life care research: Reflections on the use of an observational research method" |
| Professor Richard Latten | |
11.45 am |
Short research paper: "OPCARE9: International interdisciplinary collaboration to improve end-of-life cancer care" |
| Mr Colin Bragg | |
12.00 pm |
Research Strategy Marie Curie Cancer Care |
| Steve Dewar ,Director Research and Innovation Marie Curie Cancer Care | |
12.30 pm |
Q & A session on Research Strategy |
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Tom Hughes-Hallet ( CEO) Steve Dewar (Director Research and Innovation), Dr Louise Jones (Marie Curie Research Unit UCL), Professor John llershaw(Marie Curie Research Institute Liverpool) |
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1.00 pm |
Lunch and poster exhibition |
| Chair: ) | |
2.00 pm |
Social attitudes to death and dying |
| Max Clifford, Publicist, Max Clifford Associates | |
2.30 pm |
Short research paper: "Carers' Stories from the Marie Curie Nursing Service in Scotland " |
| Ms Val Maxwell | |
2.45 am |
Short research paper: Prognostic indicators in advanced dementia |
| Dr Liz Sampson | |
3.00 am |
Tea and coffee |
3.15 am |
Debate. Current palliative care knowledge is an inadequate guide to the treatment of advanced chronic disease. |
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Dr Aine Burns, Director of Medical Education, Royal Free Hampstead Trust Dr Anthony Byrne, Marie Curie Penarth and Wales Clinical Trials Unit |
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3.50 am |
Conclusion |
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Dr Adrian Tookman, Clinical Lead Marie Curie Research Unit UCL |
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4.00 am |
Presentation of prizes: Joanna Mugridge and Susie Wilkinson awards |
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Dr Teresa Tate Medical Adviser Marie Curie Cancer Care |
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4.15 am |
Close of meeting |
