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Day 1 - Thursday 26 June

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:15 - 09:00

Registration and industry exhibition opens / Tea & Coffee 

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome and introduction
Dr Sarah Marsden, Chair, Resident Doctors Committee

09:05 - 10:20

Session T1: Optimising the Liver Transplant Journey

(09:05 - 09:25) Pre-habilitation and suitability for liver transplant
Dr Emily Bonner, Newcastle

(09:25 - 09:45) Intra-operative management of OLTx

(09:45 - 10:05) Orthotopic Liver Transplants: The patient journey
Dr Clare Melikian, London

(10:05 - 10:20) Q&A panel discussion

10:20 - 10:50

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

10:30 - 12:00

Poster facilitation and judging session

10:50 - 12:30

Session T2: Regional Anaesthesia in Practice

(10:50 - 11:10) Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Annabel Pearson

(11:10 - 11:30) Getting the most out of RA training
Dr Jenny Ferry, RA-UK board member & Consultant Anaesthetist, Newport

(11:35 - 11:55) PNB in patients with combat trauma

Dr Dmytro Dmytriiev, Director, Ukrainian Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy

(11:55 - 12:15) TBC
Dr Yin Yin Lim

(12:15 - 12:30) Q&A panel discussion

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch and industry exhibition
Poster viewing

13:30 - 14:10

Keynote
Experiences of an Anaesthetist working in Gaza
Dr Matthew Newport, Consultant in anaesthesia and pre-hospital emergency medicine

14:10 - 15:25

Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations and Oral Case Presentations

Free papers: Oral presentations (top 3)

Free papers: Oral case presentations (top 3)

Resident Doctors Committee oral presentation prize presentations (top 3)

Winner of the Thomas Boulton Anaesthesia History prize presentation

15:30 - 16:45

Session T3: Incivility in Theatre

(15:30 - 15:50) Incivility in Theatre
Dr Emily Langford

(15:50 - 16:10) TBC
Dr Deborah Douglas

(16:10 - 16:30) TBC

(16:30 - 16:45) Q&A panel discussion 

16:45 - 17:15

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

16:45 - 18:10

Poster facilitation and judging session

17:15 - 18:30

Session T4: Exploring Physiology in Extreme Environments

(17:15 - 17:35) Dive Physiology
Dr Oliver Firth, Diving and Hyperbaric Physician and Medical Director of London and Midlands Diving Chambers.

(17:35 - 17:55) Space Medicine
Prof Thais Russomano, Chief Medical Officer, International Space Medicine Consortium Inc

(17:55 - 18:15) Arctic Medicine
Dr Kat Ganly, Resident in Anaesthesia, Paisley

(18:15 - 18:30) Q&A panel discussion 

18:20 - 20:00

Complimentary Resident Social 

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:15 - 09:00

Registration and industry exhibition opens / Tea & Coffee 

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome and introduction
Dr Sarah Marsden, Chair, Resident Doctors Committee

09:05 - 10:20

Session T1: Optimising the Liver Transplant Journey

(09:05 - 09:25) Pre-habilitation and suitability for liver transplant
Dr Emily Bonner, Newcastle

(09:25 - 09:45) Intra-operative management of OLTx

(09:45 - 10:05) Orthotopic Liver Transplants: The patient journey
Dr Clare Melikian, London

(10:05 - 10:20) Q&A panel discussion

10:20 - 10:50

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

10:30 - 12:00

Poster facilitation and judging session

10:50 - 12:30

Session T2: Regional Anaesthesia in Practice

(10:50 - 11:10) Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia
Dr Annabel Pearson

(11:10 - 11:30) Getting the most out of RA training
Dr Jenny Ferry, RA-UK board member & Consultant Anaesthetist, Newport

(11:35 - 11:55) PNB in patients with combat trauma

Dr Dmytro Dmytriiev, Director, Ukrainian Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy

(11:55 - 12:15) TBC
Dr Yin Yin Lim

(12:15 - 12:30) Q&A panel discussion

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch and industry exhibition
Poster viewing

13:30 - 14:10

Keynote
Experiences of an Anaesthetist working in Gaza
Dr Matthew Newport, Consultant in anaesthesia and pre-hospital emergency medicine

14:10 - 15:25

Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations and Oral Case Presentations

Free papers: Oral presentations (top 3)

Free papers: Oral case presentations (top 3)

Resident Doctors Committee oral presentation prize presentations (top 3)

Winner of the Thomas Boulton Anaesthesia History prize presentation

15:30 - 16:45

Session T3: Incivility in Theatre

(15:30 - 15:50) Incivility in Theatre
Dr Emily Langford

(15:50 - 16:10) TBC
Dr Deborah Douglas

(16:10 - 16:30) TBC

(16:30 - 16:45) Q&A panel discussion 

16:45 - 17:15

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

16:45 - 18:10

Poster facilitation and judging session

17:15 - 18:30

Session T4: Exploring Physiology in Extreme Environments

(17:15 - 17:35) Dive Physiology
Dr Oliver Firth, Diving and Hyperbaric Physician and Medical Director of London and Midlands Diving Chambers.

(17:35 - 17:55) Space Medicine
Prof Thais Russomano, Chief Medical Officer, International Space Medicine Consortium Inc

(17:55 - 18:15) Arctic Medicine
Dr Kat Ganly, Resident in Anaesthesia, Paisley

(18:15 - 18:30) Q&A panel discussion 

18:20 - 20:00

Complimentary Resident Social 

Day 2 - Friday 27 June

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30 - 09:00

Registration and industry exhibition / tea & coffee
Poster viewing 

09:00 - 10:15

Session F1: Optimising Pain Management

(09:00 - 09:20) How to maximise multi-modal analgesia
Dr Helen Laycock, Editor, Anaesthesia

(09:20 - 09:40) Opioid Sterwardship
Dr Nicholas Levy, Consultant Anaesthetist and Peri-operative medicine, West Suffolk Hospital

(09:40 - 10:00)  A patient's experience of post operative opioid dependency 
Dr Julian Stone

(10:00 - 10:15) Q&A panel discussion 

10:20 - 11:00

Keynote
Title and speaker coming soon


11:00 - 11:30

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition
Poster viewing

11:30 - 12:30

Session F2: Global Anaesthesia by GASOC

TBC

12:30 - 13:40

Lunch and industry exhibition 

13:40 - 14:20

Chair: Dr Sarah Marsden, Chair, Resident Doctors Committee, Association of Anaesthetists

(13:40 - 13:55) Prize giving ceremony

(13:55 - 14:20) Resident update; The Association and what we do for you

14:25 - 15:40

Session F3: From the Trauma Room to Recovery

(14:25 - 14:45) Experiences of a Trauma Anaesthetist
Dr Kate Prior, Surgeon Captain, Royal Navy and Consultant in Anaesthetics and Major Trauma, Kings College Hospital

(14:45 - 15:05) Latest Developments in Trauma Research
Dr Elaine Cole

(15:05 - 15:25) Trauma and Mental Health
Dr Anthony Allnatt

(15:25 - 15:40)
Q&A panel discussion 

15:40 - 16:05

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

16:05 - 17:05

Session F4: TBC

TBC


17:05 - 17:10

Closing remarks - Dr Sarah Marsden, Immediate Past Chair, Resident Doctors Committee, Association of Anaesthetists

TIME PROGRAMME ITEM
08:30 - 09:00

Registration and industry exhibition / tea & coffee
Poster viewing 

09:00 - 10:15

Session F1: Optimising Pain Management

(09:00 - 09:20) How to maximise multi-modal analgesia
Dr Helen Laycock, Editor, Anaesthesia

(09:20 - 09:40) Opioid Sterwardship
Dr Nicholas Levy, Consultant Anaesthetist and Peri-operative medicine, West Suffolk Hospital

(09:40 - 10:00)  A patient's experience of post operative opioid dependency 
Dr Julian Stone

(10:00 - 10:15) Q&A panel discussion 

10:20 - 11:00

Keynote
Title and speaker coming soon


11:00 - 11:30

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition
Poster viewing

11:30 - 12:30

Session F2: Global Anaesthesia by GASOC

TBC

12:30 - 13:40

Lunch and industry exhibition 

13:40 - 14:20

Chair: Dr Sarah Marsden, Chair, Resident Doctors Committee, Association of Anaesthetists

(13:40 - 13:55) Prize giving ceremony

(13:55 - 14:20) Resident update; The Association and what we do for you

14:25 - 15:40

Session F3: From the Trauma Room to Recovery

(14:25 - 14:45) Experiences of a Trauma Anaesthetist
Dr Kate Prior, Surgeon Captain, Royal Navy and Consultant in Anaesthetics and Major Trauma, Kings College Hospital

(14:45 - 15:05) Latest Developments in Trauma Research
Dr Elaine Cole

(15:05 - 15:25) Trauma and Mental Health
Dr Anthony Allnatt

(15:25 - 15:40)
Q&A panel discussion 

15:40 - 16:05

Tea / coffee and industry exhibition 
Poster viewing 

16:05 - 17:05

Session F4: TBC

TBC


17:05 - 17:10

Closing remarks - Dr Sarah Marsden, Immediate Past Chair, Resident Doctors Committee, Association of Anaesthetists