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
Sara Robbins
Pharmacology I
Heather Ebdon
Panel discussion
Sara Robbins and Heather Ebdon
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith
Pharmacology II - Step I drugs and step II opioids
Clare Smith and Heather Ebdon
Immunotherapy: What you need to know
Joanna Evans
Panel discussion
Clare Smith and Heather Ebdon
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Clare Smith. Co-Chair: Andrea Field-Smith.
Drugs off licence, off label, controlled drugs and driving
Heather Ebdon
Panel discussion
Heather Ebdon, Clare Smith, and Antonia Field-Smith
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 Clare 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
Dr Rachel Craig
Panel discussion
Dr Clare Smith 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
Case Studies
Dr Sarah Frearson and Dr Clare Smith
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Dr Clare Smith, Co-Chair: Antonia Field-Smith.
Management of seizures in brain tumours
Dr Jeremy Rees and Dr Jon Martin
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
View the programme - Day 3 04 March 2025
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Session 1
Chairs: Sarah Frearson and Lucy Ison
Pain physiology and tapentadol with panel discussion
Professor Katie Urch
Pharmacology III
Dr Maria Ivanova
Tea and coffee break
Prescribing in patients with renal impairment
Dr Sarah Frearson
Bone pain
Dr Lucy Ison
Lunch
Session 2
Chairs: Sarah Frearson and Lucy Ison
Clinical use of ketamine
Dr Najia Shah
Treating neuropathic pain: The evidence base with panel discussion
Dr Lucy Ison and Sarah Frearson
Tea and coffee break
Session 3
Chairs: Sarah Frearson and Lucy Ison
Malignant spinal cord compression with panel discussion
Dr Mai Bishr
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
Speaker TBC
Metabolic and endocrine workshop: Managing diabetes at the end of life
Speaker TBC
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chairs: Alex Rogers
SIADH/Na+ imbalance
Speaker TBC
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chair: Alex Rogers
Cannabinoids
Speaker TBC
Steroids
Speaker TBC
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Humaira Jamal, Co-Chairs: Alex Rogers
Hypercalcaemia
Speaker TBC
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
Philip Lodge
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Angela Halley, Co-Chair: Jas Gill
Anticoagulation
Simon Noble
Bowel obstruction: Evidence base
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
Bowel obstruction: Clinical cases
Angela Halley
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
Speaker TBC
Drug treatment of depression
Speaker TBC
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 2
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
Management of anxiety
Speaker TBC
Syringe drivers - Compatibility and diluents
Speaker TBC
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
Speaker TBC
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 4
Chair: Clare Smith, Co-Chairs: Rachel Craig and Ben Clarke
Terminal agitation: Pharmacology of drugs
Speaker TBC
Terminal agitation: clinical aspects
Speaker TBC
Panel discussion
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom