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DSMIG Members Meeting

DSMIG One day symposium and members’ meeting - Programme (PROVISIONAL)

Chandos House, Royal Society of Medicine, 2 Queen Anne Street, London, W1G 9LQ, UK
Friday 28 November, 2008

Provisional Programme

9.30

Arrival and coffee

10.00 – 12.00

Members’ Meeting

Roundtable clinical session
Members’ problem cases – discussion
Recent queries handled by DSMIG team
Business meeting

11.45-12.00

Coffee

12.00 – 16.30 Open meeting

(non members welcome subject to numbers)

12.00 - 12.45

Skin Conditions in Children with Down’s syndrome.

Dr Celia Moss, Consultant in Dermatology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital

 

12.45 –13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.00

Pubertal Issues in Girls with Down's syndrome

Joan Murphy, Research Nurse, Dublin

14.00 - 14.30

E- learning

Presentation and Discussion led by Dr John Sandars
Senior Lecturer, Academic Lead for e-learning, Leeds

14.30 - 15.00

DSMIG website development

Sophie Dennis, Creative Director, Cayenne Web Development Ltd

15.00 – 15.15

Tea

15.15 – 15.35

“They too grow old...” health problems of adults with Down’s syndrome in the Medway district

Dr Maurice Little, Consultant Paediatrician, Kent

 

15.30 – 16.30

Research in progress and Guideline reviews

Nutritional Interventions (Nina Brierley, Research Dietitian)
Update on DSA/Symbol Clinics (Leela Baksi; Derinda Morgan)
Sleep Related Airway Disorders- Guidance so far… (Dr Shiela Puri)
Summary of Papers for WDSC. Dublin 2009

16.30

Close of meeting

Fee: £30

Healthcare professionals who are not members are welcome to attend the open meeting if places are available. Numbers are restricted and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Further information from Joyce Judson, Administrative Secretary, DSMIG (UK) at info@dsmig.org.uk

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