RCPE Symposium: Aberdeen
Wednesday 23 April
Conferences & Symposia
Wed 23 Apr
09:00 - 16:30
Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
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The Aberdeen RCPE symposium is an annual educational event for clinicians and allied health professionals. The aim of this symposium is to educate and discuss current trends along with recent developments in General/Internal Medicine practice.
This symposium will appeal to Physicians, General practitioners, doctors is postgraduate training, medical students and allied health care professionals
The topics in this year’s symposium include collaborative work between primary and secondary care especially providing specialist care in community, interactions between medical specialities (focus on diabetes and cardiology) and recent developments in medical genetics including community genetic testing. The doctors in postgraduate training will present interesting cases and quality improvement projects.
Sessions covered at this in person event:
- Specialist care in community - talks on outpatient antibiotic treatment and community respiratory care in remote and rural populations
- 10th Annual Jim Petrie Lecture - talks on cardiology & diabetes
- Doctors in training case presentations
- RCPE Keynote lecture - talk on clinical genetics
The programme promises to be informative and we look forward to seeing you in Aberdeen.
Organising Committee:
Dr Mahendran Chetty (Chair)
Dr Shafaq Mahmood
Dr Roby Rajan
Event Poster
| 9:25 | Welcome Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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Wednesday 23 April 2025
Session 1 - Specialist care in community - who? when? and how?
Chair: TBC
| 9:30 | There is no place like home Dr Steven Close, Consultant Physician * What is Hospital at home? * Impact on patient care * Impact on health services* |
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| 10:00 | OPAT: Outpatient antibiotic treatment Dr Vhairi Bateman, Consultant Physician- Infectious diseases and microbiology and OPAT nursing team *Benefits *Patient Selection *How is it delivered? * |
| 10:30 | Community Respiratory Care in Remote and rural population Michelle Duffy, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Dr. Lorna Murray, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness *structure and function of community delivery *Challenges in delivery in remote and rural location * |
| 11:00 | Break |
Session 2 - 10th Annual Jim Petrie Lecture
Chair: Dr John Mckeown, GP. President of Med Chi
| 11:30 | What JCP would find interesting about heart failure Professor Mark Petrie, Consultant Cardiologist, Professor/Honorary Consultant (Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health) |
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| 12:00 | What JCP would find interesting about diabetes Professor John Petrie Director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics and Clinical Trials Unit and Professor of Diabetes (Robertson Centre for Biostatistics) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
Session 3 - Doctors in training presentations
Chair: Dr Lydiya Thomas, Specialty Registrar, Respiratory, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
| 13:30 | 6 presentations of 15 minutes each: Interesting cases and QI projects Speakers TBC (10min presentation followed by Q&A) |
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| 15:00 | Break |
Session 4 - Keynote lecture
Chair: Professor Andrew Elder, President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
| 15:20 | Clinical genetics: From clinics to community – genetic testing in individuals and community screening – Who, when and Why? Professor Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Aberdeen. Honorary Consultant Clinical Geneticist, NHS Grampian |
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| 16:20 | Close |
Please note that on occassion event programmes may be subjected to change due to unforseen circumstances.
| Fee £ | |
| Consultant | £100 |
| Non consultant | £65 |
| Medical student | £0 |
| Med Chi Society Member - Jim Petrie Lecture only | £0 |
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Invoices
If you wish your employer/organisation to be invoiced for this event, please contact the event coordinator. Payment via invoice is not available for online booking.
Free places
Unpaid post: If RCPE Member, please provide confirmation of status to the event coordinator in order to access this event for free
Refugee doctors: Free places are available to refugee doctors who are Associate Members of the College, please contact the event coordinator for more information. Associate Membership for refugee doctors is available free of charge. Please visit our membership pages for more information on joining the College as a refugee doctor.
Cancellation policy
If you have to cancel your place within 14 days of this event, we regret that we are unable to provide a refund.
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Certificates
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Certificates cannot be issued after the survey has closed.
Joining us at the Venue
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Directions to venue:
By Car
Please be aware that no parking facilities are available in the ARI site for the Suttie Centre but some limited Pay and Display parking is available on both Westburn Road and Ashgrove Road West. Alternatively First Bus run the X40 bus service which links ARI to the Kingswells and Bridge of Don Park and Rides.
Entering the city from the south or west, follow signs for the A90 (Fraserburgh and Peterhead). This leads round the ring road (Anderson Drive). Exit right (A9011) onto Ashgrove Road West, then turn right at the traffic lights onto Foresterhill Road and follow the signs to the Suttie Centre. From the north, Foresterhill is approached via the A96 (from Dyce and Inverness) and the A90 (from Peterhead) and thence to the A90 (North) Anderson Drive.
Suttie Centre Postcode: AB25 2ZD GPS: Lat: 57:09:23N (57.15634), Lon: 2:08:05W (-2.1346) Grid Ref: NJ919072
By Taxi
A taxi from the airport will cost around an estimated £22 leaving the airport and around £27 returning as there is a £5 drop off airport tax and from the train/bus station will cost around £10
By Bus
Stagecoach runs a number of buses linking Aberdeen city centre to the main entrance of ARI. Number 59 is the Hospital direct bus and leaves from Guild street outside St Magnus House, numbers 35 and 10 all leave from the Bus station in Union Square. To check for an up-to-date timetable for these services please click on the link below:
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Conferences & Symposia
Wed 23 Apr
09:00 - 16:30
Suttie Centre, Foresterhill Health Campus, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
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