Upcoming Medical Conferences in Bristol

4th International Multidisciplinary Pediatric and Neonatal Acute and Critical Care Research Summer School is organized by University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), University of Plymouth and will be held from Jul 25 - 26, 2019 at University of the West of England - UWE Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The two days of the summer school are structured to allow for: • Personalised learning by a small group of participants and a large group of experienced faculty and research staff. • Presentation of participants’ projects in safe and facilitated peer group discussions. • Deepening understanding of methodological approaches to key issues. This is enabled by keynote plenary lectures on key issues, followed by optional elective workshops on methodological approaches or research issues. These sessions are suggested by research level starting from master’s level, through to early post-doctoral level. • Providing opportunities for participants to meet and network. This is enabled by coffee/lunch sessions and an evening course meal, as well as an optional photography walk in Bristol’s historic city centre, led by professor Albarran. • In the last session there will be room to talk and consider plans for future research collaborations, both on an individual and network basis. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Paediatric Life Support (PLS) Course is organized by Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) and will be held on Aug 22, 2019 at Bristol Royal Children's Hospital, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The PLS course is a half day of pre-course on-line learning (VLE) and a 1-day face-to-face. Description: • The PLS course provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the initial recognition, treatment and stabilisation of children with life threatening emergencies, using a structured, sequential approach. • The seriously ill and or injured child needs to be treated as an individual; there are four key differences that determine treatment: weight, anatomy, physiology, and psychology. • The structured approach focuses the clinician on resuscitation, emergency treatment followed by continual stabilisation and then transfer to a definitive care environment. • PLS aims to teach, practice and assess the acquisition and use of these technical skills. In addition, the human factors that generate the highest quality and safest health care provision are considered. Candidate criteria and eligibility: This paediatric life support programme is for those from: • A medical, nursing, ECP, ODP or RTO background and all professions allied to medicine (PAMS) Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

South West Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Course is organized by Hartley Taylor Medical Communications Ltd and will be held on Sep 05, 2019 at Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Emergency Management of the Severe Burn Course (EMSB) is organized by British Burn Association (BBA) and will be held on Sep 07, 2019 at Bristol, England, United Kingdom. The target audience for this medical event is for medical and nursing practitioners who may be required to provide initial management to patients with severe burn injuries e.g. those working anywhere in the field of burn care, anaesthesia, trauma, pre-hospital and emergency medicine. This Conference has been approved for a maximum 8 consultant CPD Credits. Course Description: The aim of this course is to provide sufficient factual information regarding the presentation, diagnosis and initial management of the patient with severe burns, to enable medical and nursing practitioners to deal competently with this urgent and often life threatening problem. The Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course provides burn specific trauma management guidelines, which are additive and complimentary to those taught on other trauma courses eg ATLS. EMSB is a “stand alone” one-day course that covers the principles of the emergency management of severe burns in the British Isles including practical exercises in burn size assessment, fluid resuscitation, airway and wound management, paediatric burn care, electrical and chemical injuries and simulated cases.  The information is taught in five separate and complimentary sections: • Course Manual • Formal Lectures • Skill Stations • Interactive Discussion Groups • Simulated Burn Cases • Examination and Clinical Test Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

17th Pain Management Programme (PMP) SIG Biennial Conference 2019 is organized by The British Pain Society (BPS) and will be held from Sep 11 - 12, 2019 at Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

15th Educational Course of the Lymphoma Working Party (LWP) on "Treatment of Malignant Lymphoma: State of the Art and the Role of Cell Therapy" is organized by European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and will be held from Sep 19 - 20, 2019 at Engineers House, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Description: This Course has become a very productive and effective forum to gather young researchers and transplantation fellows with experienced international experts in lymphoma and transplantation. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Vascular Anaesthesia Society 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting is organized by Vascular Anaesthetic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VASGBI) and will be held from Sep 19 - 20, 2019 at We The Curious, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Introduction to Leadership and Management: The Essentials is organized by The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and will be held from Sep 23 - 24, 2019 at Bristol, England, United Kingdom. CPD Credits Anticipated: 8 Description: The RCoA Leadership and Management series covers a spectrum of topics designed specifically for anaesthetists that are senior trainees and consultants. The workshops are a balance of plenary sessions, group work and exercises with emphasis on real life issues, open discussions, up-to-date information and will provide time for one-to-one discussions. The Essentials course will help you uncover your behavioural preferences and compare these to others, exploring how it impacts your working relationships. Learn how best to influence the Trust and your team to develop their service. At the end of the course, you will have: • learnt about and had the opportunity to discuss NHS policy development and its impact on service delivery • gained insight into your own and others’ behavioural preferences and how this can impact on your working relationship; and different approaches to day-to-day activity • increased your understanding of how to influence the Trust and others to develop their service • begun to construct a personal development plan based on the Academy’s Medical Leadership Competency Framework. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

ALS - Advanced Life Support Course is organized by Resuscitation Council (UK) and will be held from Sep 23 - 24, 2019 at North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. This CPD Conference has been approved for a maximum of 10 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points. Who is this course suitable for? The ALS provider course is designed for healthcare professionals who would be expected to apply the skills taught as part of their clinical duties, or to teach them on a regular basis. Appropriate participants include doctors, paramedics and nurses working in acute care areas (e.g. ED, CCU, ICU, HDU, operating theatres, acute medical admissions units) or on resuscitation /medical emergency/ICU outreach teams. All applicants must hold a professional healthcare qualification or be in training for a professional healthcare qualification. Medical students, nurses and other healthcare providers not covered in the groups above should be encouraged to complete the Immediate Life Support (ILS) course. Those with a particular interest in resuscitation should then consider attending an ALS provider course, where appropriate. Medical students in their final year of training can be accepted as candidates on an ALS course if this is an established local arrangement. Learning outcomes The ALS course teaches the knowledge and skills required to: • recognise and treat the deteriorating patient using a structured ABCDE approach • deliver standardised CPR in adults • manage a cardiac arrest by working with a multidisciplinary team in an emergency situation • utilise non-technical skills to facilitate strong team leadership and effective team membership. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

South Western Chapter Meeting of ACPGBI: Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease is organized by The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and will be held on Oct 03, 2019 at SWSTNcic, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Topics: • Medicine or Surgery for Ueocecal Crohns’s Disease • When to join or defunction? • Radical mesenteric resection in Crohn’s Disease • Timing of surgery in acute severe colitis • Dysplasia in ulcerative colitis • lleoanall pouch and TATME • Managing early post op complications after ileoanal pouch surgery • Quality of IBD surgery data collection and centralization Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.