Virtual programme from Day 1 - Monday 25 March
- Welcome, morning plenary on health inequalities with Professor Sir Michael Marmot, abstract presentations and prize ceremony
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Welcome from RCPCH President Dr Camilla Kingdon
RCPCH &Us welcome
Keynote: Health inequalities, children and young people, Professor Sir Michael Marmot CH, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity
Abstract presentations: Three of this year’s top scoring abstracts take to the stage in the exciting Pecha Kucha presentation style
- Patterns of mental health admissions amongst Children and Young People in England 2012 to 2022, Abstract 6129, Dr Joseph Ward, Clinical Training Fellow / NIHR Clinical Lecturer, University College London
- The impact of armed conflict on paediatric healthcare consultations in Northwest Syria, Abstract 6535, Vaibhavee Patel, University of Leeds - Year 4 MBChB
- Transition services and Developmentally Appropriate Healthcare across the North Thames Paediatric Network, Abstract 6792, Ria Patel, Medical Student, University College London
- Pecha Kucha Q&A
Prize presentation ceremony: PAFTAs, Michael Blacow Memorial Prize, research awards, exams awards and the children and young people Voice Champion award
- Mainstreaming (and streamlining) Whole Genome Sequencing in paediatrics
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This workshop will discuss the benefits and challenges of embedding WGS into practice. Speakers will discuss their experience of mainstreaming WGS, including how to order tests, using the Genomic National Test Directory, lessons from R14, MDT working for mainstreaming, and using GeNotes to support best practice. The RCPCH Genomics Working Group will share novel resources they have developed to support paediatricians requesting WGS tests.
Moreover, since the launch of the Genomics England Newborn screening programme in late 2023, it is essential paediatricians are equipped with knowledge of genomics literacy and WGS testing.
- Illingworth-Rees memorial lecture: Creating a step change in early intervention for anxiety and depression, with Professor Miranda Wolpert
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Welcome from the Chairs
Keynote: Creating a step change in early intervention for anxiety and depression: where are we going?, Professor Miranda Wolpert MBE, Director of Mental Health, Wellcome
- Climate Change Working Group session
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Explore the College's work to tackle and mitigate the impacts of climate change
Virtual programme from Day 2 - Tuesday 26 March
- Morning plenary on genomics with Dr Richard Scott, abstract presentations and prize ceremony
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Welcome from the Chairs
Keynote: Genomics - linking clinical care and research, Dr Richard Scott, Acting CEO for Genomics England
Abstract presentations: Three of this year’s top scoring abstracts take to the stage in the exciting Pecha Kucha presentation style
- Are the holes in the "preventive care sieve" getting too big? - trends in acuity of ED attendances of infants, Abstract 6848, Dr Aditya Garg, Specialist Registrar, Northwick Park Hospital
- The RBHSC Symptom Checker: A QI initiative utilising QR codes posters and a Symptom Checker Website to improve access to Paediatric discharge advice, Abstract 6088, Dr Caitlin Patterson, Paediatrics Trainee, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- MMEGA: Making Medical Education Great Again, Abstract 6072, Dr Katheryn Ross, Paediatric Registrar, London School of Paediatrics
- Pecha Kucha Q&A
Prize presentation ceremony: Visiting Fellows
- #ShiftTheDial on child health inequalities - workshop
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Climate change poses an existential risk to child health and is exacerbating child health inequalities. Paediatricians can play an important role in sharing information about climate change and its impact on child health, as well as advocating on children and young people’s behalf to ensure climate change policies do not further widen health inequalities.
This session will introduce a new toolkit developed by the College. This helps paediatricians understand how climate change impacts on children and young people's health and exacerbates health inequalities as well as influence climate change policy locally, regionally and nationally.
- British Academy of Childhood Disability & British Association for Community Child Health session
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Various presentations
- Plenary on the premise of papers that change practice with Dr Ronny Cheung, prize ceremony
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Welcome from the Chairs
Keynote: 'Papers that change practice'?: A paediatric generalist's quest to 'follow the science', Dr Ronny Cheung, Consultant Paediatrician, Evelina London Children's Hospital & Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
Prize presentation ceremony: James Spence Award, Honorary Fellows and Members Award
Virtual programme from Day 3 - Wednesday 27 March
- Plenary on the future of AI in paediatrics with Dr Umang Patel, abstract presentations
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Welcome from the Chairs
Keynote: The future of artificial intelligence in paediatrics, Dr Umang Patel, Chief Clinical Information Officer at Microsoft and Paediatric Doctor at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Abstract presentations: Three of this year’s top scoring abstracts take to the stage in the exciting Pecha Kucha presentation style
- AiSEPTRON Study: Designing a Paediatric Sepsis Prediction Tool using Machine Learning, Abstract 6228, Dr Sylvester Gomes, Consultant, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Evelina London Children's Hospital
- ‘Dear colleague, please perform spirometry/FeNO tests to confirm the diagnosis of asthma’, Abstract 6754, Dr Aanchal Khemani, Clinical Fellow Paediatric Respiratory, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Green asthma care - a journey to better environmental control, Abstract 6045, Dr Alex Lemaigre, Paediatric Emergency Registrar Honorary, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Pecha Kucha Q&A
- British Association of General Paediatrics session
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Various presentations
- RCPCH &Us, Plenary on the review of gender identity services for CYP with Dr Hilary Cass
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Welcome from the Chairs
RCPCH &Us
Keynote: Reflections on the independent review of gender identity services for children and young people, Dr Hilary Cass, Chair of Independent review into Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People
- Antimicrobial stewardship workshop
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This UK Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship (UKPAS) session aims to cover the principles of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and pitfalls in paediatrics.
An interactive case presentation will cover common AMS dilemmas such as intravenous to oral switch and myth busting around penicillin allergy.
The workshop aims to equip delegates with practical tools to implement and benefit their local AMS services whatever the resources available. It will highlight the benefits of joining the UKPAS network and how monthly webinars and affiliation with BSAC provide an excellent space for learning from colleagues and experts in the field and allow for sharing of best practice and collaborative working.