This meeting is aimed at consultants and trainees in paediatrics, public health nurses, area medical officers, etc. The Annual General Meeting of the Faculty is open only to Fellows of the Faculty.
The meeting will take place on Friday 8th October 2010 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
CME Study Session
The CME Study Day, which aims to keep doctors up to date on evolving medical practice, will include presentations on child protection, growth charts, newborn screening, cochlear implants and other aspects of medical audiology.
Speakers Include:
Implementation of a Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Dr Brendan Murphy
Consultant Neonatologist, Cork University Maternity Hospital
Medical Assessment of a Child with Hearing Loss
Dr Suzanne Kelleher
Consultant Paediatrician, Beaumont Hospital
Management of Hearing Loss
Ms. Laura Viani
Consultant ENT Surgeon, Beaumont Hospital
Growth Charts
Professor Hilary Hoey
The International Paediatric Surveillance Unit - Research in action
Danielle Grenier, MD, FRCPC
CPS Medical Affairs Director/Directrice des affaires médicales de la SCP
Ralph Counahan Lecture
The Ralph Counahan Lecture will be delivered by Dr Terence Stephenson, Professor of Child Health and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham and Vice-President for Research and Science, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Faculty will take place at 3:20pm and is only open to Fellows of the Faculty of Paediatrics.
Evening Programme
New Members and Fellows of the Faculty will be admitted at the Admission Ceremony of the Faculty of Paediatrics that evening. This will be followed by the Faculty’s Annual Black-Tie Dinner