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12th Annual Multidisciplinary

Research Conference

 

at Sligo General Hospital

 

Friday November 25th 2011

9.00 am - 1.30 pm

 

The Annual Multidisciplinary Research Conference organised by the Research & Education Foundation at Sligo General Hospital focuses on talks by prominent health care researchers, oral presentation of local research and poster presentations.

Conference Chair:
Dr. John Williams, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee

Target audience

The conference is multidisciplinary and aims to allow representation from a broad range of health professionals within the Sligo General Hospital catchment area: GPs, nurses, Community Care, Public Health, Hospital doctors etc.

Key Note Speakers:

Prof. Martin O'Donnell, Professor of Translational Medicine NUIG and Associate Director of the Clinical Research Facility Galway

Prof. Orla Hardiman, Health Research Board Clinician Scientist and Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Professor of Neurology at Trinity College Dublin

 

Click here to download the programme flyer

 

Click here to download Conference Booklet

 

 

Programme

8:30

Registration

9:00

Opening Address

9:15

Presentation of local research projects:

Low-flow air or oxygen via nasal cannulae to prevent de- saturation in preterm infants: A randomised crossover study

Dr. Conor Hensey, Paediatrics, SGH
Prevalence of Zinc and Vitamin A deficiency within the
Autistic Spectrum Disorder population in the HSE West area
Dr. Sinead O’Donnell, Paediatrics, SGH

Relationship between experimental heat pain stimuli and anxiety scores
Carol Murray, Dept of Pain Medicine, SGH

An outbreak of salmonella Heidelberg July 2011
Dr. Aidan Ryan, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, HSE W

Involvement of People with Aphasia in Training Hospital Staff on Effective Communication
Sheiladen Aquino, Senior Adult Speech & Language Therapist, St. John’s Hospital Sligo

Termination of Pregnancy: Attitudes & Clinical Experiences of Irish GPs
Dr. Mark Murphy, GP Training Scheme, Sligo

Rehabilitation Psychiatry & Assertive Outreach Treatment:
The Impact on Admissions Rates and Inpatient Bed Usage
Dr. Munir Qadir, Sligo Mental Health Services, HSE W

The Effect of a Public Information Media Campaign on Acute Stroke Presentation to an Irish Hospital
Dr. David Kelly & Nik Aimee Faheem, Dept Medicine, SGH

11:15

Coffee break and Poster viewing

11:45

Keynote Talk I:
The Syndrome of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis:
Insights from the Irish bALS/MND Register

Prof. Orla Hardiman, HRB Scientist & Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, Clinical Professor of Neurology TCD

12:30

Keynote Talk II:
Population Based Stroke Prevention
Prof. Martin O’Donnell, Professor of Translational Medicine at NUIG & Associate Director of the Clinical Research Centre Galway

13:15

Closing Address & Poster Prize Awards

Damian McCallion, HSE Area Manager

13:30

Close

 

Sponsors:

 

            

 

 

AstraZeneca International - A global biopharmaceutical company

 

 

Accreditations: 

3.5 CPD Credits awarded by the RCSI

Category 1 Approval by the Nursing Board

10 CPEP from the AMLS

 

Poster prizes sponsored by:

Medical Board at SGH for NCHD studies

Research & Education Foundation for all other research

 

The conference in FREE, but registration is required.

 

Register by emailing name and work address to ref.sligo "at" hse.ie

or phone 071 91 74678

 

 

 

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