About this event
- Date and time Tue 7 Jan 2025 from 9:00am to 3 Jun 2025 at 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Palliative Care
This 6-day in person course spread over 6 sessions , aims to provide a robust grounding in all aspects of pharmacology and therapeutics in palliative medicine. The course material is evidence based where possible so that participants become acquainted with the body of literature that relates to practice in this field.
Days 1, 2 and 3 will be framed around the World Health Organisation analgesic ladder and will enable participants to gain an in depth understanding on pain physiology and the pharmacology of step I, II and III drugs and co-analgesics, current evidence base, and application in clinical practice. Additionally, over the 3 days we will cover specialist topics from expert speakers such as management of seizures, bone metastases, update on immunotherapy and malignant spinal cord compression.
Days 4, 5 and 6 will be broadly themed. We will explore the common metabolic and endocrine abnormalities relevant to palliative care and the management of these conditions including hypercalaemia, diabetes management at the end of life. We will then look at evidence based guidance and management of nausea and vomiting, constipation and malignant bowel obstruction. Lastly, we will enhance our understanding on pharmacological management of anxiety, depression and terminal agitation as we look at evidence based guidance.
Participants will also benefit from an additional range of specialist topics over the 3 days by our expert speakers including prescribing in patients with liver failure, renal impairment, recognition and management of delirium.
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Standard pricing available until 06 January 2025.
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Agenda
View the programme - Day 1 07 January 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-chair: Antonia Field-Smith
Palliative care emergencies
Antonia Field-Smith
Panel discussion
Clare Smith and Antonia Field-Smith
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith.
WHO ladder - Evidence base and guidlines
Ulka Karandikar
Pharmacology I
Melinda Presland
Panel discussion
Ulka Karandikar and Melinda Presland
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith
Pharmacology II - Step I drugs and step II opioids
Clare Smith and Melinda Presland
Immunotherapy: What you need to know
Joanna Evans, Imperial College London
Panel discussion
Clare Smith and Melinda Presland
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Andrea Field-Smith.
Drugs off licence, off label, controlled drugs and driving
Melinda Presland
Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 2 04 February 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1
Chair: Dr Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Dr Sarah Frearson
Day 1 round up and NSAID worksheet
Dr Smith
Step III opioids and panel discussion
Dr Clare Smith and Dr Sarah Frearson
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Dr Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Dr Sarah Frearson.
Methadone
Dr Clare Smith
Opioid conversion
Ms Maria Ivanova and Dr Rachel Craig
Panel discussion
Dr Clare Smith, Ms Maria Ivanova, and Dr Rachel Craig
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith.
Summary session and opioids
Dr Clare Smith
Panel discussion
Dr Clare Smith
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Dr Clare Smith, Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith.
Update on management of bone metastasis
Dr Lucy Ison
Management of seizures in brain tumours
Dr Jeremy Rees and Dr Jon Martin
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 3 03 March 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1
Chair: Ruth Miles, Co-Chair: Angela Halley.
Pain physiology and tapentadol
Professor Kate Urch
Tea and coffee break
Pharmacology III
Dr Melinda Presland
Prescribing in renal impairment
Dr Sarah Frearson
Neuropathic pain case study
Dr Angela Halley
Lunch
Session 2
Chair: Ruth Miles, Co-Chair: Angela Halley
Treating neuropathic pain: the evidence base
Ruth Miles
Clinical use of ketamine and panel discussion
Dr Clare Smith
Tea and coffee break
Session 3
Chair: Ruth Miles, Co-Chair: Angela Halley
Malignant spinal cord compression with panel discussion
Ben O'Leary
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 4 01 April 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Alex Rogers and Humaira Jamal
Session 1
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chair: Alex Rogers
Prescribing in patients with liver impairment
Metabolic and endocrine workshop: Managing diabetes at the end of life
Professor Karim Meeran and Dr Humaira Jamal
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chairs: Alex Rogers
SIADH/Na+ imbalance
Professo Karim Meeran
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chair: Alex Rogers
Cannabinoids
Sarah Cox
Steroids
Alexandra Rogers
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chairs: Alex Rogers
Hypercalcaemia
Dr Clare Smith
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 5 13 May 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Angela Halley and Jas Gill
Session 1
Chair: Angela Halley, Co-Chair: Jas Gill
Nausea and vomiting - Pharmacology
Melinda Presland
Nausea and vomiting - Clinical management
Lisa Nolan
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Angela Halley, Co-Chair: Jas Gill
Bowel obstruction: Evidence base
Angela Halley
Bowel obstruction: cases
Angela Halley
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Angela Halley, Co-Chair: Jas Gill
Constipation
Joanne Droney
Comfort break
Feeding tubes at the end of life: Practical aspects, evidence base and ethics
Sophie Miller
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Angela Halley, Co-Chair: Jas Gill
Anticoagulation
Andrew Godfrey
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 6 03 June 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
Recognising and supporting people with delirium and dementia
Amanda Thompsell
Drug treatment of depression
Katy Burke
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
Management of anxiety
Ben Clarke
Syringe drivers - Compatibility and diluents
Melinda Presland
Panel discussion
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
When and how to stop drugs for patients towards the end of life
Clare Smith
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
Terminal agitation: Pharmacology of drugs
Melinda Presland
Terminal agitation: clinical aspects
Shahlaa Walsh
Panel discussion
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom