Thursday 1 st May
0900-0930 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
0930-1100 PLENARY 1: WELCOME TO SAMsterDAM
Chair: Dr Alistair Douglas, Dundee & Dr Prabath Nanayakkara, Amsterdam
0930-0940 WELCOME
Dr Prabath Nanayakkara, Amsterdam
0940-1000 Future of Acute Medicine: A European Perspective
Dr Frank Bosch, Chairman, European Federation of Internal Medicine
1000-1020 The Dutch Perspective on Acute Medicine
Drs Bas van den Dungen, Director General of Curative Care, Ministry of Health, Netherlands
1020-1045 Common Approaches and Spread of Acute Medicine
Dr Alistair Douglas, President & Dr Mark Holland, Vice President, The Society for Acute
Medicine
1045-1100 Panel Discussion
1100-1130 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER VIEWING
1130-1300 PLENARY 2: TROUBLESOME TEENS
Chair: Dr Annebel Govers, Rotterdam & Dr Louella Vaughan, London
1130-1155 Teens and Young Adults in the AMU: What must we do Better?
Dr Lorraine Albon, Portsmouth
1155-1220 Approaches to Vulnerable Teenage Alcohol Problems
Dr Nico van der Lely, Delft
1220-1245 Bridging the Gaps: Lessons from Transitional Care
Dr Sara McCartney, London
1245-1300 Panel Discussion
1300-1400 LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING
1400-1530 PLENARY 3: AGONISING OVER ADULTS
Chair: Dr Tom Geers, Nieuwegein & Dr Hannah Skene, London
1400-1430 Pulmonary Embolism: The Future
Professor Mark Kramer, Amsterdam
1430-1500 Not Everything Sour is Sweet: Thinking Beyond Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Dr Mona Waterhouse, London
1500-1530 To Test or not to Test for HIV:
Dr Ann Sullivan, London
1530-1600 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER VIEWING
1600-1730 PLENARY 4: FRAIL AND FRAGILE
Chair: Dr Hien Nguyen, Rotterdam & Dr Chris Roseveare, Southampton
1600-1630 Health Services Can't Cope with an Ageing Population: Fact or Fiction?
Professor Finbarr Martin, London
1630-1700 Miss Marple and the Hidden Secrets of Ageing
Professor Andrea Maier, Amsterdam
1700-1730 Redesigning Acute Frailty Care: Lower Mortality, Better Value
Professor Tom Downes, Sheffield

Thursday 1 st May
1130-1300 PARALLEL 1
Chair : Dr Bas Huisman, Delft & Dr Vincent Connolly, Middlesborough
1130-1200 Decision Making in Acute Medicine: A Time to Think?
Dr Graham Nimmo, Edinburgh
1200-1230 Of Mice and Men: An Unusual Case of Acute Kidney Injury
Dr Hans Brink, Twente
1230-1300 Sepsis: A Continuing Fight Against the Rising Tide
Dr Patricia Stassen, Maastricht
1400-1530 PARALLEL 2
Chair: Dr Noortje Schipper, Rotterdam & Dr Anique Baten, Nijmegen
Clinical Case Presentations organised by the Junior DAM & SAM (4 more to be added)
A Presentation of Neurocysticercosis as a Stroke Mimic
Dr Aimee Rowe, Derby
Sauna use with Concomitant Febrile Illness and Undiagnosed Lipid Myopathy
Leading to Acute Presentation of Rhabdomyolysis
Dr Sarah Michaels & Dr Shaahid Valley, London
Weil’s Disease on Acute Assessment Unit
Dr Tharmmambal Balakrishnan, London
1600-1730 PARALLEL 3: EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Chair: Dr Mike Jones, Durham & Dr Jan ter Maaten
1600-1620 In Pursuit of Professional Excellence – Developing Capability Beyond Competence
Professor Ian Curran, Health Education England
Development of Acute Medicine Training: Past, Present & Future
1620-1640 - The UK Perspective
Dr Mike Jones, Durham
1640-1700 - The Dutch Perspective
Dr Jan ter Maaten, Groningen
1700-1730 Panel Discussion

Friday 2 nd May
0900-0930 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS
0930-1100 PLENARY 5: JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN’T CONVINCED...
Chair: Dr Frits Holleman, Amsterdam & Professor Derek Bell, London
0930-0950 Patient Assessment: Why one look is not enough?
Dr John Kellett, Ireland
0950-1010 Warning Scores in the Netherlands: NEWS and Views
Dr Prabath Nanayakkara, Amsterdam
1010-1030 Getting it Right on the Ground
Dr Nicola Mackintosh, London
1030-1050 Wrong Place – Anytime: Why Boarding is Bad for Patients, Hospitals & Healthcare
Systems
Dr Dan Beckett, Stirling
1100-1130 REFRESHMENTS & POSTER VIEWING
1130-1300 PLENARY 6: A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO DEATH AND DYING
Chair: Professor Karin Kaasjager, Utrecht & Dr Mark Holland, Manchester
1130-1200 Symptom Control for Patients with Non-Malignant Disease
Dr Claire Douglas, Dundee
1200-1230 Palliative Pain Control
Dr Ben Zylicz, Basel
1230-1300 Decision making in palliative sedation: Guidelines v Practice?
Dr Siebe Swart, Rotterdam
1300-1400 LUNCH & POSTER VIEWING
1400-1530 PLENARY 7: The Importance of Being Prepared
Chair: Dr Stephanie Klein Nagelvoort & Dr Alistair Douglas
1400-1430 Angioneurotic Oedema
Dr Paul van Daele, Rotterdam
1430-1500 Bioterrorism and Biosecurity
Dr Linda van den Berg, Bilthoven
1500-1530 Risks of New Viruses at the Emergency Department
Professor Ab Osterhaus, Rotterdam
1530-1535 Concluding Remarks
Dr Alistair Douglas & Dr Stephanie Klein Nagelvoort

Friday 2 nd May
0750-0850 SUNRISE SESSION: COMPARATIVE MODELS OF ACUTE MEDICAL CARE
Facilitator: Dr Chris Roseveare with Dr John Gommans, President, Australasian Medical
Society
0930-1100 PARALLEL 4: ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Chair : Dr Marike Wabbijn, Rotterdam & Dr Nick Scriven, Halifax
Adverse Long-Term Outcomes of DVT
Dr Daniel Tze Yee Ang, Edinburgh
Patient Voice
Dr Francesca Neuberger, London
Combating Severe Sepsis – A Multidisciplinary Approach
Dr Amanda Pegden, Swindon
The Effectiveness of Care Bundles in a DGH
Dr Harith Altemimi, Birmingham
Acute Diabetes Service in the AMU
Dr Ella Chaudhuri, Bath
Complexity of Medical Handover & Widening Shift Gaps: Time to move to 7-Day working?
Dr Shreena Shah & Dr Aklak Choudhury Essex
1130-1300 PARALLEL 5: 21
Chair:
ST CENTURY CHALLENGES
Professor Dr Harm Haak, Eindhoven & Dr Louella Vaughan, London
1130-1150 Immigrant Health Issues – An Overview
Professor Salvatore di Somma, Rome
1150-1210 Differing Pharacodynamics in Ethnic Groups
Professor Daan Touw, Groningen
1210-1230 Sex & Violence at the ER: The Harsh Reality of Vulnerable Women
Dr Annemarie Niekamp, Maastricht
1230-1250 GP & Nurse Led Multidisciplinary Care Coordination: Teams for Homeless Patients with Complex Needs
Dr Nigel Hewett, London