PAED-ECG Interpretation: What the C&A Psychiatrist Needs to Know

PAED-ECG Interpretation: What the Child and Adolescent (C&A) Psychiatrist Needs to Know is organized by Infomed Research & Training Limited and will be held on Jan 28, 2019 at Park Plaza County Hall London, London, England, United Kingdom.

The target audience for this medical event is Consultants, SASGs and senior STs working in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The programme is pitched at a level suitable for the Consultant working in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 5 CPD Credits.

The course provides an update on how to read ECGs - the basics and beyond– with a focus on ECG abnormalities that are highly relevant to the practice of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

The course is NOT about how to take an ECGs, but about interpreting them.

Sessions will cover:
• What the Child Psychiatrist needs to know
• A systematic approach to interpreting an ECG
• Normal vs abnormal
• Abnormalities the Child Psychiatrist will normally see
• What the Child Psychiatrist should not miss
• Abnormal ECGs – clinical symptoms to look for, and key clinical questions to ask the patient
• ECG abnormalities related to psychiatric medication
• Abnormal ECG – expected outcomes and management, including medication management
• What ECG is contraindication to psychotropic medication?
• When to refer further to a specialist

Lectures and Workshops:
Highly interactive lectures by Paediatric Cardiologists who are very familiar with the questions asked by the Child Psychiatrist, followed by workshops:
• Cases - in the lectures and the workshops
• Group work - exercises in ECG interpretation and reporting, putting into practice the techniques learned in the lectures, with immediate tutors’ feedback