Overview

The aim of this programme is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration in order to improve the investigation, diagnosis and management of infection. This will be a clinically-oriented day, with plenty of case presentations to illustrate important practical points. We have secured hand-held voting pads for all attendees, to maximise involvement and learning opportunities.

 

Online booking has now closed, please contact the conference department if you wish to book onto this conference, by emailing [email protected].

 

Programme

09.00   Registration and refreshments  

09.30   General Welcome and Introduction – Dr Suzy Lishman, President RCPath

09.40   Pre-course quiz – Professor Sebastian Lucas, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

10.10   Parallel sessions

Introduction to Microbiology for Histopathology trainees - Dr Fiona Cooke, Consultant Microbiologist, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Introduction to Histopathology for Microbiology trainees - Dr Liz Soilleux, Consultant Histopathologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

11.00   Cytology - Dr Ula Mahadeva, St Thomas's Hospital, London

11.30   Refreshments

12.00   Parasitology - Professor Peter Chiodini, Hospital for Tropical Diseases London

12.30   Virology - Dr Eithne MacMahon, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

13.00   Mycology - Dr Liz Johnson, Bristol

13.30   Lunch

14.15   Interdisciplinary Case Presentations, focussing on difficult diagnostic problems15.45   Medico-legal litigation and infection - things you never knew – Professor Susie Eykyn, London

16.15   A Changing World – Professor Sebastian Lucas

16.45   Post course quiz - Dr David Enoch, Consultant Microbiologist and Dr Kieren Allinson, Consultant Histopathologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

17.15   Questionnaire and evaluation session / Close

 

Online Registration fees
Trainees: £99.00