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All Ireland Paediatric Diabetes Health Professional Conference 2019 (Registration is now closed)
November 29, 2019 @ 9:00 am - November 30, 2019 @ 3:30 pm
*** This Conference is for Medical Professionals only ***
Credits:
Diabetes Ireland has received CME Credits from the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland and Category 1 approval from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for this conference
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All Ireland Paediatric Diabetes Health Professional Conference 2019
“Supporting Professional Excellence in Diabetes Care for Children & Adolescents”
Friday 29th November 2019
Plus Case Discussion Thursday Evening 28th November
Venue: Carlton Hotel, Dublin Airport
| Chairperson Morning Session Chairperson Afternoon Session | Professor Edna Roche, Professor in Paediatrics, Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Tallaght University Hospital Dr Shilpa Shah, Consultant Paediatrician, Craigavon Hospital, Southern Health And Social Care Trust, Craigavon Hospital, Portadown | |
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| 8:45am | Registration | |
| Conference Topic | Conference Speaker | |
| 9:00am | Welcome Address | Professor Hilary Hoey, Chairman Diabetes Ireland. Past Dean Faculty of Paediatrics RCPI and Past President ESPE. Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics TCD. |
| 9:05am | Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Services in Ireland - Made to Measure | Professor Nuala Murphy, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Children's Health Ireland (CUH),Temple Street |
| 9:30am | The Developmental Impact of Living with Type 1 Diabetes for the Child, Adolescent and the Wider Family | Ms Bronagh Starrs, Adolescent Psychotherapist and Programme Director MSc Adolescent Psychotherapist DCTC, Dublin and Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| 10:00am | Measuring Outcome of Psychological Well-Being within the Paediatric setting | Dr Halina Flannery, Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Services, University College London Hospitals |
| 10:30am | Diabetes and its Implications on Bone Health | Dr Ciara McDonnel, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Centre for Paediatric Rare Bone Disorders, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) Temple St, and Tallaght University Hospital |
| 11:00am | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| 11:20am | Managing Patients with Diabetes and An Eating Disorder - An Eating Disorder Service's Perspective | Dr Kieran Moore, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin |
| 12:00pm | The Art of Diabetes | Ms Deirdre Bowers, CNS, Paediatric Diabetes,Wexford General Hospital |
| 12:30pm | Achieving Normal Height Growth as a Marker for Paediatric Diabetes Management | Dr Carine De Beaufort, Paediatric Endocrinologist, Hospital Centre of Luxembourg |
| 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00pm | Improving the Transition Process for Adolescents with Type 1 | Dr Niamh McGrath, Consultant Paediatrician & Paediatric Endocrinologist, Department of Paediatric, Galway University Hospital |
| 2:30pm | Care of Children Diagnosed Type 1 at less than 1 Year Old | Ms Aisling Egan, Diabetes Nurse Specialist & Ms Siobhan O'Sullivan, Senior Paediatric Dietitian, Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin |
| 3:00pm | Habitual Physical Activity Patterns and Physiological Parameters in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes | Professor Clodagh O'Gorman, University Hospital Limerick |
| 3:30pm | Closing Remarks | |
