About this event
- Date and time Wed 20 Nov 2024 from 8:50am to 5:30pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health, London School of Paediatrics
Join this event to delve into the theme, 'Child health inequalities in community paediatrics' and review common conditions so that you remain current with best practices in the field while also exploring emerging research. You'll receive relevant instruction aligned with the RCPCH Progress+ core syllabus for community paediatrics, understand health inequalities in community paediatrics and how these disparities impact the common issues we address in community child health, deepen your understanding of areas such as child development, safeguarding, autism, and more.
By attending, you will:
- Know the factors that contribute to child health inequalities in community paediatrics
- Refresh your knowledge and gain a greater understanding for paediatric trainees regarding important community paediatric topics such as autism, child development, safeguarding etc.
- Learn about the emerging research in community paediatrics and current developments in genetics.
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Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
Dr Tamsin Gannon, South London and NCEL Trainee, and Dr Abby Ananthavarathan, South London and NCEL Trainee
Safeguarding/The Lighthouse
Dr Sophie Halstead, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Free Hospital, The Lighthouse
Child development and red flags
Dr Ajay Sharma, Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, Evelina Children's Hospital (Community Paediatrics)
Genetics in child development
Dr Ioanna Tsigkouli, Speciality Trainee in Clinical Genetics, Liverpool Women's Hospital
Comfort break
Addressing health inequalities in a community setting
Dr Alisha Burman, The Wellbeing and Health Action Movement (WHAM), and Dr Hannah Zhu, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Cofounder and Director of WHAM
Parent voice of children with autism
Sonya McCann
Lunch
Assessing autism in the context of developmental trauma
Dr Heidi Trivasse, Senior Clinical Psychologist
Looked after children and adoption in community paediatrics
Dr Stacy John-Legere, Consultant Community Paediatrician designated Doctor for Looked after Children, Evelina London Children's Hospital
An autistic people-centred approach to brain research
Dr Chirag Mehra, Paediatric Registrar and Postdoctoral Research Associate, King's College London NHS Foundation Trust
GRID community paediatrics
Dr Ellie Day, Consultant Community Paediatrician Camden, Regional Community Child Health Lead, North London, Dr Felicity Katz, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Royal Free Hospital, and Dr Sarah Panjwani, Consultant Community Paediatrician, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, King's College London, Kaleidoscope Lewisham Centre for Children and Young People
'The Michelle Zalkin Scholarship' by University College London
Dr Benjamin Holter, Speciality Trainee Year 7 General Paediatric Registrar, Newham Community
Closing remarks
Dr Tamsin Gannon and Dr Abby Ananthavarathan
Close of meeting
Location
Online
Registration for this event will close at 7:50am on Wednesday 20 November 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.