Overview

This symposium is aimed at RCPath fellows, members, trainees, medical students and others interested in the range of pathology specialties in Northern Ireland. Delegates will hear presentations about upcoming themes in the field of pathology and share some of the great developments happening in Northern Ireland. They will hear from the President Professor Jo Martin and find out what the College does in Northern Ireland. Trainees will have the opportunity to meet with the President and discuss any relevant matters.  

This is a Free event, but we do require formal registration. The Symposium will be taking place in the morning between 9am-1pm.

A Continuous Quality Improvement workshop will be held after this meeting. The workshop will be led by Dr Bridget Wilkins, RCPath Director of Clinical Effectiveness. Pre-registration is required for this meeting as numbers are limited. To register and find out more about this event please visit Half-Day Quality Improvement Workshop – Belfast.

Programme

09:30

Meeting opened

Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer
Prof Ken Mills, Chair of the NI Regional Council for the Royal College of Pathologists

09:45

Challenges of Embedding CQI in Pathology  
Dr Bridget Wilkins,  RCPath Director of Clinical Effectiveness

10:05

Development, implementation and performance evaluation of a one-hour chest pain pathway in the ED
Dr Gareth McKeeman, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

10:25

New advances in lymphoma and myeloma from a haematology perspective
Dr Sarah Lawless, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

10:45

Digital Pathology: a histopathologist’s viewpoint
Dr Paul Kelly, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

11:05

Coffee break

11:35

Trainee research - Therapy induced epigenetic modifications in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Dr Suzanne McPherson, Northern Health and Social Care Trust

11:50

Keynote on “New advances in the field of Bacteriology and Microbiology”
Prof Jose Bengoechea, Queen’s University Belfast

12:30

College Presidential address
Prof Jo Martin, President of the Royal College of Pathologists

13:10

Lunch in the foyer of the Postgraduate Centre

14:00-15:00

Trainee Forum:  Meet the President in Postgraduate Centre seminar room

14:00-17:00

 “Continuous Quality Improvement” workshop
Led by Dr Bridget Wilkins, RCPath Director of Clinical Effectiveness;

Pre-registration is required for this meeting as numbers are limited!
Venue: Medical Biology Centre (MBC) Room 03/307

 

 

Location

To be held at Postgraudate Medical Centre, Belfast City Hospital, 51 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7AB