Palliative Medicine

Wednesday 22 January

Conferences & Symposia

Wed 22 Jan

09:25 - 17:00

Online

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Activity code: 150513

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Overview

Palliative care refers to the relieving of symptoms in patients with advanced and progressive illness. Health care professionals encounter patients who have palliative care needs frequently and in a variety of clinical settings. The success of modern medicine has led to increased life expectancy and this often means that most people die with multiple morbidities. Managing the complexities of decision making, balancing the value of interventions and controlling symptoms in this population can be challenging to clinicians.

This online symposia will provide thought-provoking insights on the experiences of patients and their families who have palliative care needs. Attendees will learn something which they can apply to their practice, as well as hearing about the future and international challenges of palliative care.

Topics included are:

Managing the symptoms of breathlessness, bowel obstruction and pain
Palliation in cardiovascular diseases
Changing palliative care needs in the context of increasing multi-morbidity
Caring for dying people
Global palliative care

The symposium will be of interest to clinicians in medical specialties especially palliative and acute medicine as well as GP’s, community palliative nurses and medical trainees.

Catch-up and CPD

Registered delegates can view this event on catch-up for up to 28 days following the live event until 19 February 2025. Please note that in order to obtain a CPD certificate you must have confirmed your attendance via the online feedback survey within the 28-day period. All presentations will be available to view for catch-up by the third working day after the live event for 28-days, allowing you time to catch-up on your own time.

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Programme

Wednesday 22 January 2025

09:25	Welcome, Dr Conor Maguire, Vice President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Session 1 - Clinical masterclass part 1 - update on end of life care

	Chair: Dr Stephen Fenning, Consultant Palliative Medicine, NHS Fife
09:30	Nausea, vomiting and bowel obstruction Dr Helen Morgan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust * assessment of nausea and vomiting in palliative care * practical advice on the management of nausea and vomiting on bowel obstruction * medication discussion and framework for medication selection * evidence-based discussion on the management of malignant bowel obstruction
10:05	Caring for the dying person Dr Sarah Pickstock, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Dumfries and Galloway * practical session on the care of the dying person * identifying deteriorating health and patients entering the dying phase * supporting carers * practical prescribing at the end of life
10:40	Multimorbidity Dr Sarah Bowers, Clinical PhD Fellow and Palliative Medicine/Internal Medicine Registrar, NHS Tayside * current and future challenges of caring for those with multimorbidity * lived experiences of dying with multimorbidity * discuss how healthcare services can evolve to meet the needs of this group
11:15	Break

Session 2 - Palliative care beyond the physical

	Chair: Dr Sarah Bowers, Clinical PhD Fellow and Palliative Medicine/Internal Medicine Registrar, NHS Tayside
11:40	Breathlessness at the edge of life Professor Havi Carel, Professor of Philosophy, University of Bristol * breathlessness and liminal experiences * phenomenology vs symptoms * philosophical support in thinking about death * shared vulnerability
12:15	KEYNOTE - JOHN HAMILTON BROWN LECTURE Chair: Dr Conor Maguire, Vice President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Time Toxicity - The Most Important Toxicity in Cancer Treatment? Speaker: Professor Arjun Gupta, Assistant Professor in the Division of Haematology, Oncology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota Medical School * time toxicity and how to measure it * understanding patient preferences * relevance beyond the oncology setting
13:00	Lunch Break

Session 3 - Clinical masterclass part 2 - palliating diseases of the vascular system

	Chair: Dr Helen Morgan, Consultant Palliative Medicine, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
13:45	Heart failure Dr Honey Thomas, Consultant Cardiologist, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust * trajectories in heart failure * de-prescribing in heart failure * managing patients with end-stage heart failure in the community
14:20	Venous thromboembolism in palliative care Professor Simon Noble, Marie Curie Professor in Supportive and Palliative Medicine & Director of the Division of Population Medicine at Cardiff University * when to treat and when to stop treating * utility of thromboprophylaxis * challenging scenarios in cancer associated thrombosis
14:55	Stroke disease – palliation and truth telling Dr Jenny Mullin, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Fife & Dr Matthew Lambert, Consultant in Stroke and Medicine for the Elderly, NHS Tayside and National Clinical Lead for Stroke and Stroke Specialty Advisor to the CMO * symptom management * prognostication and decision-making around nutrition and hydration * communicating uncertainty
15:10	Break

Session 4 - Living and dying in 2024 and beyond

	Chair: Dr Jane Hume, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NHS Lothian
15:50	Decolonising end of life care Dr Christian Ntizimira, Founder/Executive Director, African Center for Research on End of Life Care, Rwanda * delivering palliative care to cancer patient in Rwanda * Ubuntu - why culture matters * advance care planning in Rwanda
16:25	Dying safely Dr Kathryn Mannix, Retired Consultant, Palliative Medicine and author of With the End in Mind and Listen * the concept of vulnerability at the end of life * discussing the process of dying * discussing future care planning
17:00	Thanks and close

Please note that on occasion event programmes may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Fees

Standard Fee	£265
RCPE Fellow, Collegiate & Associate Member	£165
Allied Health Professionals	£165
RCPE Retired Fellow	£70
RCPE Foundation Member	£70
RCPE Fellow in low or lower-middle income country	£0
RCPE Student Member	£0

Long term / other leave – Fellows and Members, please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator as some discretion may be available.

Collegiate and Associate Members of the RCPE in clinical research posts may be eligible for funding - please contact the Symposium Co-ordinator for further information.

Trainees – Scotland Deanery medical specialty trainees can attend any number of eligible symposia for a one-off payment from their study leave budget (block grant scheme).

Fellows Vouchers: If you’d like to use your Fellows Voucher to attend this Symposia please contact onlinebookings@rcpe.ac.uk.

Invoices

If you wish us to invoice an employer/organisation, please contact the Symposium Coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.

Free places

Unpaid post – Nil if confirmation of status provided a member of RCPE – please contact the Event Co-ordinator.

Refugee doctors – free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our website for instructions on how to join, and then apply to the Symposium Co-ordinator for your free place.

Cancellation policy

If you have to cancel your place within 4 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.

Booking Terms & Conditions

Please read the College’s full event booking T&Cs regarding event changes, CPD, and data protection.

Further information

This event is open to all grades of medical, health care and scientific staff and to students. If you are unsure about eligibility, or the correct fee category, please contact the RCPE member of staff responsible for the event (see Fees page).

Certificates

All relevant events are approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). To receive a CPD certificate delegates must have completed the online feedback survey. The survey will close 28 days after the original broadcast of the event on the 19 February 2025, with certificates being issued shortly after this.

Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.