Dr Charlie Fairhurst
Consultant Paediatrician, Special Interest Neurodisability, Evelina London Children's Hospital
About this event
- Date and time Wed 28 Oct 2020 from 5:00pm to 7:10pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health
This is the second part of a two-part webinar series that expand your understanding of the normal brain development as a window and to understand what happens when things go wrong.
Join a panel of clinicians and academics who are experts in their fields. Topics covered will focus on the MDT management of common neurological conditions in childhood, including emergency presentations.
There will also be opportunities to hear about the parents view of what matters when it comes to brain development.
During this session, you'll be able to:
- Understand developmental 'red flags'
- Develop an insight into common neurological conditions that present in childhood, including movement disorders and childhood epilepsy
- Explore how cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques allow us to describe normal structural brain development
- Gain insights into current topics in neuroimaging
- Explore the MDT approach to managing children and adolescents with chronic neurodisability
- Gain insight into what features of neurodevelopment are important to parents and young people
Register for Part 1 of this series >>
A CPD certificate with 2 CPD credits will be issued to those joining the webinar live as well as those who watch the recording afterwards. Certificates will be issued 7 days after the webinar to those who watch it live and after 30 days for those that watch the recording.
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Registration for this webinar will close 2 hours prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 2 hours before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Key speakers
Dr Daniel Lumsden
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
Developmental milestones: The parents perspective
Tom and Bryony Szekeres, Parents of Frida and Pia
Neurometabolic conditions affecting development and developmental regression
Dr Katherine Lewis, Clinical Fellow, Paediatric Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Panel discussion
Paediatric movement disorders and dystonia
Dr Daniel Lumsden, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Paediatric neurodisability
Dr Charlie Fairhurst, Consultant Paediatrician, Special Interest Neurodisability, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Panel discussion
End of webinar
Location
Online
Disclaimer: All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM nor the speaker's organisations.
Special rates for difficult times
The RSM wishes to offer healthcare professionals continued learning opportunities during the coronavirus pandemic. The RSM’s COVID-19 online events are available free of charge, while there will be small charges to register for other online education. These fees will enable the RSM to continue its programme of activities and will apply during the course of the pandemic.
Webinar recordings will be available for registered delegates up to 30 days after the live webinar, via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.
This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
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