Public Health Emergencies is a day event predominantly aimed at those who deal with health protection issues both during the working day and on-call in the evening and during weekends. This includes Public Health Specialists, Senior Medical Officers and Specialist Registrars in Public Health. Some emphasis will be on addressing the needs of those who work on-call but not necessarily work in health protection during normal working hours.

The title of the day Public Health Emergencies denotes any public health issue that arises which requires immediate attention during the day, in the evening on-call or during the weekend on-call - anything that ‘you drop everything for’.

Public Health Emergencies will feature keynote presentations from Dr. Jeremy Hawker covering new and emerging health protection on-call. In addition to Dr. Hawker will be a number of presentations made by people on the ground, who use real incidences and examples to facilitate learning. Discussion will be facilitated and encouraged.

Specifically, the aims of the day are to:
• summarize the general principles of health protection on-call.
• update participants on routine common public health emergency issues.
• use real incidences to discuss and learn about difficulties that may arise during public health emergencies.
• consider emerging health protection on-call issues of interest and significance.

Course Details
Date: 6th October 2011
Registration: 9.30 am
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Venue: RCPI, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Public Health Emergencies Outline
 

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jeremy Hawker is a Public Health Physician and Consultant Epidemiologist.  He currently works as Regional Epidemiologist for the Health Protection Agency in the West Midlands in the UK having previously worked at both national and local level in health protection.

Dr. Hawker is the current Registrar of the UK Faculty of Public Health. He is the author of the Communicable Disease Control Handbook. His particular interests are training in health protection and effective public health practice. 

Registration 
This event is aimed at Specialist Registrars, Senior Medical Officers in Departments of Public Health and Members and Fellows of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI. Other HSE employees who feel that the programme is relevant to their Continuing Professional Development needs are welcome. The National Office of Health Protection, HSE has provided a non-restricted educational grant for Public Health Emergencies.

There is a registration fee of €30 and prior registration is essential. Places will be allotted on a first-come first-served basis. To register please complete and return the registration form below.

Public Health Emergencies Registration Form

Contact Details
The Education & Professional Development Department
Phone:   +353 1 863 9700
Fax:  +353 1 672 4707
Email: courses@rcpi.ie