WPOMS Annual Conference 2024
Oct
17
8:30 AM08:30

WPOMS Annual Conference 2024

**SAVE THE DATE - WPOMS 2024 - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!**

**WPOMS Conference: Thursday 17th October 2024**

It’s that time of year again - WPOMS is back! BOOK YOUR STUDY LEAVE NOW! 

This year we are hitting up Cardiff’s SWALEC stadium after hearing glowing reviews of their lunch menu!

Another jam-packed line up including special guests ’The Chimp Paradox’ who are going to talk about addressing our patient’s preoperative anxieties and which tools we can use to prepare them for major surgery. We know this will be a fantastic session and workshop!

Full programme and information regarding abstract submission to follow.

5 RCOA CPD points applied. Please see attached poster for details on how to book or head to https://buytickets.at/wpoms/1200453


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WPOMS Conference 2022
Nov
24
9:00 AM09:00

WPOMS Conference 2022

Tickets available at WPOMS2022.eventbrite.co.uk

Sign up now for the 4th annual Welsh Perioperative Medicine Conference - a chance to meet and network with multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals.

After last years virtual anaemia extravaganza, this year we are taking things back face to face. We hope that this will provide a much needed opportunity for POM enthusiasts to catch up, get up to date with POM news and share experiences from the past two years. Perioperative medicine has never been so topical and this years conference is looking to be a great day out!

Registration from all hospitals and healthcare backgrounds are welcome!

This year we have another fantastic line up of speakers and POM workshops to book, including the one and only Mr Motivator himself! He will be joining Dr John Whittle from University College London to talk about prehabilitation! We are also really excited to welcome the experts in Perioperative Medicine for the Older Person - Dr Jugdeep Dhesi and Dr Jude Partridge who are not to be missed! Topics and speakers include:

  • The role of prehabilitation in Perioperative Medicine - Dr John Whittle (POM Consultant, UCLH) and Mr Motivator!

  • Setting up a prehabilitation service in Wales - Dr Rhidian Jones (Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend)

  • Perioperative medicine for older people having surgery (POPS) - Dr Jugdeep Dhesi & Dr Jude Partridge (Consultant Physicians, St Guy’s and Thomas’)

  • Introduction of a Welsh PACU education programme across - Ms Carolina Britton (Specialist Nurse, UCLH)

  • An update of the most recent perioperative evidence - Dr Tony Funnell (POW, Bridgend)

  • Education updates and how POM has been affected by the new RCOA curriculum

Connect with like-minded colleagues to discuss the most recent advances in this exciting area of anaesthesia and intensive care. Take the opportunity to network and share experiences and projects and services running in your centres. There will also be the opportunity to present your work as are now asking for abstracts for oral and poster presentations - abstract deadline Friday 6th October.

A brilliant venue with the chance to take part in small group, interactive workshops in the afternoon. You can choose from:

A: Introduction to CPET. Live demonstration of CPET machine followed by an introduction of interpretation of CPET results.

B: Shared Decision Making and PROMS. A workshop exploring the role of Shared Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine - Outlining what SDM is, how it applies in the perioperative period and the challenges we face as perioperative clinicians.

C: Preoperative Anaemia Services - Who? Why? When? And How? An opportunity to share pathways, challenges and solutions regarding preoperative anaemia management in Wales.

D: Perioperative medicine for the older person - setting up a POPS service. An opportunity to get advice on the challenges and share experiences involved with setting up a service and how we can improve our care of the elderly patient during surgery.

5 CPD points applied.

Get your tickets now at WPOMS2022.eventbrite.co.uk NOW!

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WPOMS 2021: All Things Perioperative Anaemia
Apr
19
8:30 AM08:30

WPOMS 2021: All Things Perioperative Anaemia

W-POMS is excited to introduce ‘WPOMS: All Things Perioperative Anaemia’ - a one-day virtual conference on Monday 19th April 2021

We have teamed up with EBPOM and TopMedTalk to bring this fantastic online event full of expert speakers, delegate networking opportunities and live debates! Head to wpoms.eventbrite.co.uk to book your place NOW!

The programme features many international experts in the field, including the lead authors of the recently published PREVENTT trial. It is set to be a really interesting day, with information on setting up an IV iron service, how to manage anaemia in specific patient groups and how the results of PREVENTT will inform our management of preoperative anaemia going forward. There will also be free access to key note talks from previous EPBOM conferences and a chance to get involved in panel discussions.

WPOMS have teamed up with EBPOM to deliver this all to you at home from the comfort of your sofa! We will be streaming the whole day live via the EBPOM platform and the recordings from the day will be available for 30 days after the event for those unable to attend on the day.

As POM enthusiasts - we would really love to see as many of you there as possible either in person or virtually to put Wales on the map - so get buying those tickets now! It really is set to be a fantastic day!

Stay safe, WPOMS

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WPOMS 2020 Conference
Jun
5
9:00 AM09:00

WPOMS 2020 Conference

** Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances with COVID-19, we regretfully are cancelling WPOMS 2020 until further notice. All delegates will receive a full refund.

We thank you for your understanding and wish you all the best in the months to come. Look after yourselves and each other,

WPOMS Commitee

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