2011 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday 14th October, 2011 | |
Pain Pathways in Cancer Pain & Chronic Pain Similar Pathways – Separate Pathologies? | |
| 08.00 - 09.00 | Registration, Radisson Blu hotel, Galway.
Opportunity to Visit Exhibition Stands and View Posters |
| 09.00- 09.10 | Welcome Address Dr Dympna Waldron, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) - Roscommon County Hospital (RCH) - Roscommon Home Care Team (RHCT). |
Early Morning Session - Friday 14th October | |
| Co-Chairs: | Professor Frank Sullivan, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, and Director of the Radiation Unit at UHG. Dr Roisin Mac Sullivan, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine Mater Private Hospital, Bon Secours Glasnevin, Santry Sports Surgery Clinic. |
| 09.10 - 09.50 | Cognitive, affective and pharmacological modulation of persistent pain: the role of the endocannabinoid system Dr David Finn, Lecturer in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Co-Director of the Centre for Pain Research, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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| 09.50 - 10.30 | How pain emerges from the brain: a neuroimaging window Professor Irene Tracey, Director of Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) Centre, Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science.
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| 10.30 - 11.10 | Don't shoot the second messenger - clinicians as mediators of bench to bedside medicine Dr Anthony Byrne, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Director of the Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff University.
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| 11:10 - 11.30 | Tea/Coffee - Opportunity to Visit Exhibition Stands and View Posters |
Late Morning Session - Friday 14th October | |
| Co-Chairs: |
Dr. Dominic O'Brannagain, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
Dr Gerry O’ Sullivan, Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Galway.
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| 11.30 - 12.10 | Nociceptive cancer pain; spinal mechanisms and higher centre modulation Professor Anthony Dickenson, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London.
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| 12.10 - 12.50 | A Novel Reconceptualisation of the Definition of Cancer Pain Dr Dympna Waldron, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Galway University Hospitals (GUH) - Roscommon County Hospital (RCH) - Roscommon Home Care Team (RHCT).
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| 12.50 - 13.10 | Questions and Answers
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| 13.10 - 14.10 | Lunch - Opportunity to Visit Exhibition Stands and View Posters |
Early Afternoon Session - Friday 14th October | |
| Co-Chairs: |
Dr David O’Gorman, Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Physician, University College Hospital Galway and Associate Director of the Centre for Pain Research, NUIG.
Dr Feargal Twomey, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Milford Care Centre, Castletroy, Limerick.
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14.10 - 14.40
| Intrathecal opioids in cancer pain Dr John Browne, Consultant in Pain Management, Cork University Hospital.
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| 14.40 - 15.20 | Pain in Children with Life Limiting Conditions Dr Mary Devins, Consultant in Children's Palliative Care, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin and The Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin. |
| 15.20 - 15.50 | Tea/Coffee - Opportunity to Exhibition Stands and View Posters
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Late Afternoon Session - Friday 14th October | |
| Co-Chairs: |
Professor Colm Mc Donald, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway.
Dr Maeve O’Reilly, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, St Lukes Hospital, Dublin and Our Lady’s Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin.
Ms Caroline Mitchell, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Pain Service, UHG |
| 15.50 - 16.20 | Addiction in chronic and cancer pain – a reality to be faced Dr Mike Scully, Consultant Psychiatrist, HSE Addiction Services, Dublin Mid Leinster(South West Area) and Drug Treatment Centre Board.
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| 16.20 - 17.00 | Justice and pain control Dr Frank Brennan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Calvary Hospital, Sydney.
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| 17.00 - 17.30 | Discussion - Summary of Session |
Evening Seminar
| Palliative Care between The Acute Hospital and The Community - The Actual Enactment of Exploring New Frontiers in Palliative MedicineDynamic Integration in Reality |
| Co-Chairs: | Dr David Lappin, Consultant Nephrologist, Galway University Hospitals Dr Mary Waldron, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Our Ladys Hospital Childrens Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin.
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| Launch of Patient Information Leaflet on Constipation Ms Geraldine Keane Campbell, CNS Palliative Care, Roscommon County Hospital. | |
| 18.30 - 18.50 | End-of-life care - What information do we need - A survey of Irish primary care doctors Dr Fiona Kiely, SpR in palliative medicine in Waterford Regional Hospital. |
| 18.50-19.10 | Perception of palliative care among consultants in an acute hospital setting. Does this also apply for General Practitioners? Ms Morna O'Hanlon, CNS in Palliative Care, St James Hospital, Dublin. |
| 19.10 - 19.30 | The role of the nurse prescriber in palliative care nursing in the acute hospital and the community in specialist palliative care Ms Deirdre Hickson, CNS Specialist Palliative Care, Roscommon PCCC Ms Helen Ely, CNS Palliative Care, Roscommon County Hospital |
| 19.30 - 20.10 | The interface of nephrology, palliative care and community Services Dr Frank Brennan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Calvary Hospital, Sydney. |
| 20.10 - 21.30 | Buffet Dinner |
Saturday 15th October, 2011 | |
Information Half Day For Health Care Professionals & The General PublicThe Who, What, Where, How & Why of Palliative Care Service Deliveryin Galway, Mayo and Roscommon
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| 08.30-09.00 | Registration Opportunity to Visit Information Stands from Charities and Palliative Care Service Providers |
| 09.00 - 09.15 | Official opening and welcome Dr Muiris Houston, Medical Journalist and Health Analyst |
Early Morning Session - Saturday 15th October | |
| Chair: | Dr Muiris Houston, Medical Journalist and Health Analyst
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| 09.15 - 09.45 | Introduction to the history and philosophy of Palliative Care. Dr Tony O’Brien, Consultant in Palliative Care at CUH and Marymount Hospice, Cork. |
| 09.45 - 10.15 | Integration of Cancer Care & Palliative Care Mr Myles Joyce, Consultant Colo-Rectal Surgeon, University Hospital, Galway. |
| 10.15 - 10.30 | Patient Narratives Dr Frank Brennan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Calvary Hospital, Sydney. |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Overview of palliative care services in the West – What is available on the ground in the West of Ireland. Dr Ita Harnett, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Galway Hospice Foundation, Mayo General Hospital, Mayo Home Care Team. |
| 10.50 - 11.20 | Tea/Coffee - Opportunity to Visit Information Stands Including: |
| Galway University Hospitals, Galway Hospice Foundation, Galway Clinic, Irish Hospice Foundation, | |
Cancer Care West, Hands in Hands, Tuam Cancer Care Centre, The Carers Association Mayo, | |
Anam Cara Parental and Sibling Bereavement Support, Jack & Jill Foundation, | |
| The Carers Association Roscommon , Irish Cancer Society, Brain Tumour Support Group in Western Region, Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Galway Branch | |
Mid Morning Session - Saturday 15th October | |
| Chair: | Ms Mary Mc Hugh, Director of Nursing GUH Dr Aisling O'Gorman, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Louth & Meath Specialist Palliative Care Services |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Feedback from the End of Life Forum Mervyn Taylor, Manager of the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme and the Project Manager of the Forum on End of Life, Irish Hospice Foundation. |
| 11.40 - 11.55 | Living with chronic pain Gina Plunkett, Chairperson, Chronic Pain Ireland |
| 11.55 - 12.25 | Dispelling the myths about palliative care Dr Dympna Waldron, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Department of Palliative Medicine,Health Service Executive – Western Area |
| 12.25 -12.45 | Break |
Late Morning Session - Saturday 15th October | |
| Forum Chairs: | Professor Philip J Larkin Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing [Palliative Care] ,Director of Clinical Academic Partnership, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems & Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services , Health Sciences Centre , University College Dublin. Dr Dympna Waldron, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Lecturer in Palliative Medicine, Department of Palliative Medicine,Health Service Executive - Western Area.
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| 12.45 - 14.15 | Public Forum - A Panel of Experts will answer questions from the General Public
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Panel of Experts | |
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| 14.15 | End of Conference |
