Scottish Society of Physicians 55th Annual Meeting
Joint with The Society for Acute Medicine
Friday 4 & Saturday 5 October 2013
PROGRAMME
Venues:
Friday 4 October: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Saturday 5 October: Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 2013
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
12:30 Joint Scientific Meeting registration, lunch & SAM poster viewing
Hall 1 & 2, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
13:00 Scottish Society of Physicians Annual General Meeting (SSP members only)
Boisdale 1, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
13:30 Introduction
Lomond Auditorium, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
Dr Alistair Douglas, President, The Society for Acute Medicine
SESSION 1 (SAM plenary session 7)
Chairs: Dr Chris Roseveare & Dr Alistair Dorward
13:35 How did we miss the warnings?
Professor Sir Brian Jarman, OBE, London
FITZGERALD PEEL LECTURE
Introduced by Professor John Webster
14:00 Delivery of care in the acute setting: lessons from The Mid Staffordshire NHS
Foundation Trust Inquiry
Robert Francis, QC
14:40 Panel discussion on issues raised by the Francis Report
Robert Francis, Brian Jarman (tbc), Professor Anne Marie Rafferty, Dr Suzette Woodward, Shaun
Lintern
15:00 Raising standards – our role, our responsibility
Dr Alistair Douglas, President, The Society for Acute Medicine
15:10 Coffee & SAM poster viewing
Hall 1 & 2, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow
SESSION 2 (SAM Plenary 8 – organised in conjunction with SSP)
Chair: Dr Isla MacKenzie
15:30 How to improve patient diabetic care in Scotland
Dr Colin Perry, Consultant Physician/Diabetologist, Gardiner Institute, Glasgow
16:00 Using biomarkers to prevent cardiac death (including your own!)
Professor Allan Struthers, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Medicine, Ninewells Hospital,
Dundee
16:30 The 2012 Edinburgh Legionnaires’ disease outbreak
Dr Richard Othieno, Consultant in Public Health, Edinburgh
19:00
Society Reception and Dinner
Road to the Isles room, Jura Shuna & Staffa Suite, Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2013
CROWNE PLAZA, GLASGOW
08:30 Registration, Coffee and SSP poster viewing
Road to the Isles, Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
SESSION 3
Chair: Dr Alistair Dorward
Barra & Jura Suite, Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
09:00 Ensuring the future of clinical skills
Dr Andrew Elder, Consultant in Acute Medicine of Older Age, Western General Edinburgh.
09:30 The fall and rise of cardiomyopathy
Dr Iain Findlay, Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley.
SESSION 4
Scientific Presentations
Chair: Dr Norman Peden
10:00
Up-titration of Allopurinol in Patients with Gout
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Dr Claudine Jennings , Rob Flynn , Professor Ian Ford , Professor George Nuki , Professor Tom
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MacDonald , Dr Isla Mackenzie . On behalf of the FAST Steering Committee. Dr Jennings,
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Research Fellow. Medicines Monitoring Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. Robertson Centre for
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Biostatistics, Glasgow University. Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh.
Winner – Fitzgerald Peel Prize for best presentation
10:15
Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors in COPD associated pulmonary hypertension
(1)
Dr. AR Goudie , Ms. PJ Hopkinson, Prof. BJ Lipworth, Prof. AD Struthers.
Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee
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ST6. University of
10:30
Steroid induced hypokalaemia in the management of acute severe colitis
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LA Smith , B Lal , A Cahill , DR Gaya , AJ Morris , JW Winter .
ST7 Gastroenterology,
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Glasgow Royal Infirmary, U. Clinical Fellow, Gastroenterology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, U.
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Consultant Gastroenterologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK
10.45
Coffee & poster viewing
Shuna & Staffa Suite, Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
11:30
Potential benefits of a restrictive transfusion policy in acute non-variceal upper GI haemorrhage
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Andrew Palmer , Francesca Maroni , Jonathan Bardgett , Joanna Round , Dara De Las Heras ,
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& Claire Vincent . ST1 CMT; ST4 GI; FY1; Consultant GI; Consultant Acute Medicine. All
authors based in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
11:45
Nitrofurantoin lung – don’t miss it!
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ADL Marshall , HH Mydin , OJ Dempsey .
Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN
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LAT,
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ST6, Consultant. Chest Clinic C, Aberdeen
SESSION 5
Chair: Professor Allan Struthers
12:00 Oxygen. Uses and abuses in acute care
Dr Ronan O’ Driscoll, Consultant in General and Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal NHS
Foundation Trust
12.30 “The Perfect Storm.” Exercise medicine in Scotland
Dr David White, Specialist Registrar, Sport & Exercise Medicine, Edinburgh
13:00 Award of Fitzgerald Peel and poster prizes
13:30 Lunch
One Restaurant, Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
The Scottish Society of Physicians would like to acknowledge and thank the following
for their financial support of this meeting on Saturday 5 October 2013:
Boehringer Ingelheim
Wesleyan Medical Sickness
Bayer PLC
GlaxoSmithKline - Allen & Hanburys - Specialist
Respiratory Division
AstraZeneca
Scottish Society of Physicians is a charity registered in Scotland. No. SC029462
Society for Acute Medicine: Registration number: 07551254
Country of registration: England and Wales