The Programme for 2011-2012
There will be six meetings of the Society over the next year.
All meetings (except the AGM) are recognised for 1 CPD, with the Manchester meeting recognised for 3 points.
- Wednesday 12th October 2011 - Liverpool Medical Institution
- Wednesday 9th November 2011 - Liverpool Medical Institution
- Thursday 26th January 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
- Friday 24th February 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
- Thursday 22nd March 2012 - Park Royal Hotel, Warrington
- Friday 11th May 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
The programme will be emailed to all anaesthetists in the region prior to each meeting. All members and their guests may dine after the meeting but you must book your place. If you do not receive details of the programme and would like to, please email the secretary of the LSA with your name, grade and preferred email address. If you would like to leave feedback for a meeting you have attended, you may do so here
Wednesday 12th October 2011 - Liverpool Medical Institution
Joint Meeting with the MSA
‘QM For a School of Anaesthesia - Quality or Management?'
Dr. Andrew Skinner, Consultant Anaesthetist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough
Dr Skinner, a former Consultant Anaesthetist at Whiston Hospital, will be making a welcome return to Liverpool to speak about his work in the assessment of trainers by trainees. This has been used in the Northern Deanery to improve the quality of training. Dr Skinner is a former Deputy Regional Adviser and is both an informative and entertaining speaker.
Wednesday 9th November 2011 - Liverpool Medical Institution
‘NAP4 - Major Complications of Airway Management’
Dr Nick Woodall, Consultant Anaesthetist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Dr Jane Harper, Consultant Intensivist, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Dr Nick Woodall and Dr Jane Harper will present the findings of the 4th National Audit Project run by the RCA on major complications of airway management. This subject is pertinent to every anaesthetist’s practice and Dr Woodall, a co-ordinator of this project will talk about the findings with Dr Harper speaking about major complications in the Intensive Care Unit.
Thursday 26th January 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
Joint Meeting with the LMI
‘Sickle Cell and Deaths in Custody'
Professor Gwyneth Boswell, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Professor Simon Dyson, Professor of Applied Sociology, De Montfort University, Leicester
This talk on an unusual subject will look at unexplained deaths in custody among ethnic minorities. In particular, the speakers will look at excess deaths among people with sickle cell anaemia and the way that the justice authorities have misused sickle cell trait to explain away ten sudden deaths, often associated with forced restraint, of African-Caribbean people in custody.
Friday 24th February 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
The Trainee's Prize & Jackson Rees Medal
The format will be similar to last year with a closing date for all entries of Wednesday 8th February 2012. The complete abstract (including title, authors' names and addresses, text, table, space for figure, references and acknowledgements) should not exceed one A4 page. This format will allow 450-500 words, or 250-350 words plus a table or figure. Shortlisting of papers will pay particular attention to the originality of the idea, the amount of work that the presenting trainee had put into the paper, the clinical relevance of the paper, clarity of the presentation and slides, timekeeping and the response to questions. The best 4 presentations will be shortlisted and will present at the meeting. Judging of presentations on the night of the meeting will be done by the whole audience.
Download a copy of the marking sheet.
Download some of the comments about last year's presentations, which may help you with your presentation if you are short-listed.
Information on the medal itself and previous winners can be found here.
Prize Presentations at 7pm followed by Dinner, to book a place email Margaret Trowler (Margaret.Trowler@whnt.nhs.uk)
Thursday 22nd March 2012 - Park Royal Hotel, Warrington, WA4 4NS
Joint Meeting with the Section of Anaesthesia of the Manchester Medical Society
'Anaesthetic Misadventures - Defensible or Not'
Dr Chris Evans, Past President MDU and Consultant Physician, Liverpool
'Anaesthetic Misadventures - The Anaesthetists View'
Professor Alan Aitkenhead, University of Nottingham
'A Date with the GMC'
Mr Brian Alderman, GMC Panel Member and Consultant Gynaecologist, Wirral
'Learning Lessons From Medical Errors'
Dr Umesh Prabhu, Medical Director, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust
This meeting will focus on the consequences to the anaesthetist when things go wrong. It will give an insight into what happens next and how to avoid further medico-legal disaster after the initial clinical one. The speakers all have great experience in this field and have diverse medical backgrounds as well as different roles.
Friday 11th May 2012 - Liverpool Medical Institution
AGM and Presidential Address
