2nd International Meeting, Geriatric Anaesthesia, New York, Dec 2008
BGS Meetings
The Age Anaesthesia Association has recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the British Geriatrics Society that will enable members of either to benefit from the activities of the other.
Benefits for the two organizations will include reduced registration at each other's meetings and the opportunities to advertise meetings in each other's newsletters.
It is hoped that such an initiative will improve professional and personal communication in members' hospitals and lead to effective working relationships and mutual support.
Next meeting: Bournemouth 9 March 2009.
Benefits for the two organizations will include reduced registration at each other's meetings and the opportunities to advertise meetings in each other's newsletters.
It is hoped that such an initiative will improve professional and personal communication in members' hospitals and lead to effective working relationships and mutual support.
Next meeting: Bournemouth 9 March 2009.
Tribute to Margaret Dodson
Citation by Prof. Jennie Hunter
RCoA project opportunity
The e-learning programme for the Anaesthesia Curriculum
The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Department of Health have teamed up to provide an internet learning resource to deliver the anaesthetic postgraduate curriculum on the internet in the form of short interactive on-line sessions.
A whole section has been allocated to the subject of anaesthesia in the elderly and several members of today’s audience are signed up as authors but there are still one or two sessions, predominantly in the neuroscience subjects, for whom no author has yet been found.
Please contact Andrew Severn if you would like to take part in this important venture as an author.
Previous experience isn’t a prerequisite as an expert technical service is provided.
There is a modest honorarium attached.
For details of the project visit the website of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Department of Health have teamed up to provide an internet learning resource to deliver the anaesthetic postgraduate curriculum on the internet in the form of short interactive on-line sessions.
A whole section has been allocated to the subject of anaesthesia in the elderly and several members of today’s audience are signed up as authors but there are still one or two sessions, predominantly in the neuroscience subjects, for whom no author has yet been found.
Please contact Andrew Severn if you would like to take part in this important venture as an author.
Previous experience isn’t a prerequisite as an expert technical service is provided.
There is a modest honorarium attached.
For details of the project visit the website of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Pain in the Elderly
Pain in the Elderly: news of a new development
Dr Pat Schofield, Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Aberdeen University, sends us this information about a development that may interest many of our members.
The Special Interest Group on Pain in the Elderly is new group governed by the constitution of the British Pain Society. It currently boasts a membership of 42 across a range of professions.
Its aims are:
1) To improve the way pain is managed in older persons through research and education in clinical practice and promoting awareness of problems
2) To provide a national and interdisciplinary forum for people interested in clinical and research questions on pain in older persons
3) To develop/endorse best practice guidelines for assessment and management of pain in older persons
4) To promote discussion and research on pain in older persons, including:
i) senescence of pain perception
ii) multidimensional assessment of pain and its consequences
iii) pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of pain
iv) uniqueness of the pain experience in patients with cognitive impairment
v) to facilitate the development of international collaborative research efforts on pain in older persons
We have facilitated two successful workshops at the British Pain Society at its ASM and one study day in Teesside. We have a second study day planned for Jan 2009 in London. We have been involved in the development of pain assessment guidelines which were published by the BPS in 2007 and currently members are working on the development of pain management guidelines. We have set up links with a similar special interest group governed by the International Association for the Study of Pain develop links with other groups that will raise the profile of pain in this group.
For more details see the website:
http://www.britishpainsociety.org/members_sigs_olderpeople.html
Dr Pat Schofield, Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Aberdeen University, sends us this information about a development that may interest many of our members.
The Special Interest Group on Pain in the Elderly is new group governed by the constitution of the British Pain Society. It currently boasts a membership of 42 across a range of professions.
Its aims are:
1) To improve the way pain is managed in older persons through research and education in clinical practice and promoting awareness of problems
2) To provide a national and interdisciplinary forum for people interested in clinical and research questions on pain in older persons
3) To develop/endorse best practice guidelines for assessment and management of pain in older persons
4) To promote discussion and research on pain in older persons, including:
i) senescence of pain perception
ii) multidimensional assessment of pain and its consequences
iii) pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of pain
iv) uniqueness of the pain experience in patients with cognitive impairment
v) to facilitate the development of international collaborative research efforts on pain in older persons
We have facilitated two successful workshops at the British Pain Society at its ASM and one study day in Teesside. We have a second study day planned for Jan 2009 in London. We have been involved in the development of pain assessment guidelines which were published by the BPS in 2007 and currently members are working on the development of pain management guidelines. We have set up links with a similar special interest group governed by the International Association for the Study of Pain develop links with other groups that will raise the profile of pain in this group.
For more details see the website:
http://www.britishpainsociety.org/members_sigs_olderpeople.html
2008 Margaret Dodson Prizewinner
The winner of our renamed best free paper presentation was Dr M Gwinnutt. He presented this work whilst still a final year medical student.. Part of his prize for this is to cover his travel and accomodation costs to attend the 2nd International Meeting on Geriatric Anaesthesia in New York in December 2008. For more information, click on the link above. You can view his presentation here.