Courses by calendar

Those attending must be currently administering cytotoxic medication and therefore deemed chemotherapy competent at some stage during their career.

A number of statistics courses on different topics are run throughout the year

For more information see our statistics courses web pages

For registration and other enquiries please contact Loraine Daly on statscou@ich.ucl.ac.uk or extension 020 7905 2248.

Please do not contact the Courses and Conferences Office about these course.

The course will enable participants to leave with a working knowledge of the nuts and bolts for practical everyday clinical work. This will be conducted through lectures and supported by video examples from Dr Scheeringa’s research studies.

The course will demonstrate how to use the CBT techniques and how to identify feelings with preschool children, use a stress thermometer, build a stimulus hierarchy and use relaxation techniques. It will also explain and illustrate techniques for dealing with the emotional aspects of trauma for mothers, including systematic data about guilt, reluctance, depression and their own PTSD symptoms, and how to intervene.

This course is now FULLY BOOKED; if you wish to be added to the waiting list please send your details to info@ichevents.com, entering 'MRCPCH Waiting List' in the subject field.

A comprehensive and detailed revision course designed to prepare participants for the MRCPCH Part 2 examination.

Tution is provided in all aspects of paediatric medicine covered by the examintaion syllabus equipping participants with skills and understanding needed to approach the MRCPCH Part 2 examination with confidence

This five day course is predominantly taught by specialists from Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Child Health; the international centre of excellence in paediatric medicine and medical teaching.  

Please note that this is a revision course for the written examination only.

This annual one day course aims to give a full overview of paediatric nephrology by selecting different themes each year and presenting them in a way which will be useful for general paediatricians.

This year's theme's are: 

• The Neonate
  
• Hypertension
• Systemic diseases and the kidney
  

This three day course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of eating disorders in children and adolescents, from recognition and diagnosis to management in CAMHS and Paediatric settings.

This course is now FULLY BOOKED; if you wish to be added to the Waiting List please send your details to info@ichevents.com.

Abstract

Emotion, Value and Decision Making

Normative accounts of decision making invoke the idea that we choose in order to optimise the hedonic value, or utility, of future outcomes. Thus, a decision maker faced with a choice between a set of options should weigh the utility of each choice and select an option that offers the maximal expected utility. Many of the processes involved in decision making can be given formal mathematical descriptions within the framework of reinforcement learning (RL). One of the most exciting aspects of the science of decision making is its likely importance for psychiatry where it allows a principled account of how humans represent quantities such as reward, risk and loss. In this talk I will illustrate key themes in decision science including how the human brain encodes reward value, under a range of contexts. I will suggest that a corruption core processes in decision making may explain common deficits seen in psychiatric disorders including anhedonia, amotivation and impulsivity.

Biography

Ray Dolan is Mary Kinross Professor of Neuropsychiatry at UCL and Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL. His research is concerned with a neurobiological characterisation of human emotion and how it interacts with other components of cognition, particularly attention memory and decision making.  An emphasis in his recent work has been to link activation patterns seen during functional neuroimaging experiments to theoretical models, particularly models from reinforcement learning theory. He is among the top 5 most cited scientists in the world in the field of Neuroscience and Behaviour, and the author of 350 original papers. He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including an Alexander Von Humboldt Research International Research Award for Outstanding Scholars (2004), the Kenneth Craik Research Award (2006), the Minerva Foundation Golden Brain Award (2006) and  the prestigious International Max Planck Research Award (2007).

The programme includes a wide range of topics including Initiation, Maintenance, Weaning of Assisted Ventilation & Special Ventilatory Techniques.

We regret that this course has been cancelled - the next DCH Revision course is scheduled for July 2010 - full details will be on this website from January 2010.

Dates

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Time

10.00am – 4.30pm

For more information see our statistics courses web pages

For registration for this course and other enquiries please contact Loraine Daly on statscou@ich.ucl.ac.uk or extension 2248.

Please do not contact the Courses and Conferences Office about this course.

The winter meeting of the Society will be organised by Professor Seth Love at the Institute of Child Health, which provides excellent facilities at a much appreciated central London location.

Proceedings will commence on the afternoon of Wednesday 6th January with a symposium entitled “Reversing Neurodegeneration”.

POSTER INFOMATION

Poster boards will measure 173cm high by 113cm wide (PORTRAIT format), posters should therefore be carefully formatted to fit the board. Suitable material to attach posters to poster boards will be provided at the meeting.

University College, London, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Over 40 speakers internationally recognised in their field with Symposia, “Hot Topics”, Special Guest Lectures, Case Studies including case studies by participants on topics in Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus.

There will be a supper lecture (extra) by Professor Bill McGuire (UCL) entitled “Seven Years to Save the Planet!”

University College, London, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, & Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A one day meeting for Optometrists

This popular course is designed to give doctors who work with young children an insight into the principles that underlie developmental examination and the practical skills involved.

This course is now FULL; if you wish to be added to the waiting list, please e-mail your name and address to info@ichevents.com entering 'DEVEX Waiting List' in the subject field.

This course will cover the approach, investigation and management of all the main haematological dilemmas and conditions faced by general paediatricians. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and participation during case studies.

The 3^rd Meeting of the UK Swallowing Research Group.

Early Bird discount for registration is available until Monday 30th November 2009

The UKSRG comprises clinicians and researchers from a wide range of professional disciplines including biomedical engineering, speech and language therapy, radiography, radiology, ENT, gastroenterology, stroke medicine, dietetics, oral health, general medicine and neurology who recognize the multidisciplinarity of the clinical specialties and basic science that supports developments in the field.

The Meeting is not limited to members of the UKSRG - topics covered will be of interest to all health care professionals with an interest in swallowing and feeding management, within adult or paediatric services.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: for oral or poster presentation. Abstract form can be downloaded from this site. Deadline for submission 13th November 2009

This conference brings together the creative practice of experienced clinical psychologists and systemic psychotherapists working in paediatric and adolescent medicine at UCLH.

This is the world’s first conference solely dedicated to XLP, X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease or Duncans Disease, a rare life taking genetic condition. This event will draw together the world’s leading medical researchers and practitioners working on XLP giving a unique insight into the current state of play of both research and treatment. 

The course is aimed at physicians and surgeons working in the field of Paediatric Nephrology; parts of the course will also be of interest to other clinicians, including primary care paediatricians who look after children with renal tract disease, and adult nephrologists who are interested in the origins of adult renal disease and who are involved in the continuing care of children and teenagers with renal tract disease.

We are delighted to announce a one-day academic conference on Feeding Disorders and related feeding and eating difficulties in younger children. The aims of the day include providing delegates with an update of research in this field, facilitating networking between clinicians and academics, and stimulating and exploring opportunities for future collaborative research and practice.

The day will include a keynote presentation from an internationally renowned speaker, plenary presentations plus parallel short paper sessions. The abstract submission site will be open from 7th September 2009 until 30th November 2009. 

Abstracts must be submitted by 30th November 2009 and need to be sent to Rachel Bryant-Waugh at waughr@gosh.nhs.uk.

Aimed at Consultants looking to update on the latest in Paediatric ENT, this course will also benefit senior trainees preparing for the Intercollegiate Fellowship.

These study days are to help clinicians update and improve their approach to the diagnosis and management of neurological problems in children.

Daily topics

• Monday:  Overview of Paediatric Neurology & Epilepsy
• Tuesday:  Neuromuscular Disorders
• Wednesday: Headaches, Hydrocephalus, Brain Tumours & Spinal Cord
• Thursday:  Acute Neurology
• Friday:  Neurogenics, Neurometabolic & Movement Disorders

A comprehensive and detailed revision course designed to prepare participants for the MRCPCH Part 2 examination.

Tution is provided in all aspects of paediatric medicine covered by the examintaion syllabus equipping participants with skills and understanding needed to approach the MRCPCH Part 2 examination with confidence

This five day course is predominantly taught by specialists from Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Child Health; the international centre of excellence in paediatric medicine and medical teaching.  

Please note that this is a revision course for the written examination only.

   Cardiology in the Young 2010

   In collaboration with the Children's Hospital Boston

   plus, the 1st European GUCH Course

   (European Society of Cardiology, Advanced Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease Course)

CitY 12th-14th April, GUCH 14th-15th April

Cardiology in the Young is the Great Ormond Street Hospital Cardiac Unit’s flagship International Paediatric Cardiac Conference. This will be the 10th time that this event has been run as a Great Ormond Street venture.

Following the success of the 1st UK Paediatric Neuropsychology symposium, the 2nd symposium will focus on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation and Educational Support.

This long established masters-level course is held annually in collaboration with WHO and UNICEF.  It aims to update and develop participants' scientific, technical and practical knowledge and skills for supporting best practices in infant feeding, wherever they work.
The course provides a unique opportunity to study evidence-based breastfeeding with interested colleagues from around the world. It examines the technical basis of recommendations on infant feeding, from birth to 2+ years, and includes policy and programme implementation.
Recognising that many people cannot take 3 weeks away from work, the course is offered in two parts of 2 weeks + 1 week which can be taken together or separately. Part 1 focuses on clinical management and public health aspects of infant feeding. Part 2 comprises a series of themed study days investigating specific ares of infant and young child feeding in detail, including special care babies, complementary feeding, infant feeding in emergencies.

This is a new one day refresher course in paediatric radiology, held at the Institute of Child Health and delivered by Consultants from the radiology department at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and other paediatric centres in London.

Approval for 6 CPD credits from the Royal College of Radiologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has been applied for.