PCPA Wales Symposium
A day of networking and CPD workshops. Live event.
About the event
This event is now full and is oversubscribed!
Develop your clinical knowledge through interactive practical workshops and delivered by nationally renowned experts.
This event is FREE and open to all Pharmacy Professionals. Places are limited and priority given to PCPA members.
For this event there is a £50 "No Show" fee, if you do not attend or cancel 48hrs prior to the event. Once place has been confirmed, we will be contacting ALL confirmed registrants by phone to confirm attendance prior to the event.
This event will be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies through the purchase of Exhibition stands.
These companies have had no input into the design or content of the event agenda, except where a company has a separate company sponsored workshop. The following attending sponsors will have an exhibition stand at this event: Abbott / Boehringer Ingelheim / Daiichi Sankyou / Optum / Theramex.
Guest Exhibitors: Alturix / Lupin Healthcare
Information at these stands is intended for UK Healthcare professionals only.
Agenda
09.00 - 09.20 Registration: Meet, greet and network with colleagues from across your region
09.20 - 09.30 Welcome to the day
09.30 - 10.00 Updates: Topical updates for Wales
10.00 - 11.00 Workshop Session 1
11.00 - 11.20 Refreshment break and exhibition
11.20 - 12.10 Workshop Session 2
12.10 - 13.10 Lunch and exhibition
13.10 - 14.00 Workshop Session 3
14.00 - 14.20 Refreshment break and exhibition
14.20 - 15.15 Workshop Session 4
15.15 - 15.30 PCPA Chairs to close the day colleagues
15.30 Close
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09.30 - 10.00
Updates: Topical updates for Wales -
- The new undergraduate placement programme - Kate Spittle
- Update on GP contracts - Lloyd Hambridge
Workshops
10.00 - 11.00 Workshop 1:
Clinical Skills Circuit, for all participants:
- Blood Pressure & Cardiac Examination- Simon Wilkins
- Respiratory Examination-Neil Thomas
- Diabetic Foot Checks- Carl Barrett
- AliveCor- Gethin Morgan
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11.20 - 12.10 Workshop 2: Choice of two
AKI- Considerations for Review. Speaker: Owain Brooks
Key points:
- Practical tips for stopping and restarting medication during and after AKI episodes
- An update on national plans to improve the management of AKI
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Interpretation of Lab results refresher. Speaker: Lloyd Hambridge
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13.10 - 14.05 Workshop 3: All delegates
Tips & Tricks to improve Time in Range for diabetes management. Speaker: Dr Sarah Davies
Key points:
- Understanding international consensus guidelines for target glucose
- What an extra hour a day in range can mean to the person with diabetes
- How CGM can enable the person with diabetes to set achievable goals
This workshop has been sponsored by Abbott and is for UK healthcare professionals only.
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14.20 - 15.15 Workshop 4: Choice of two
Improving Prescribing Indicator Scores. Speakers: Kate Spittle and Claire Thomas
Key points:
- What are the prescribing indicators in Wales and how are they developed
- How to find and monitor your GP practice performance
- Practical ways to aim to improve prescribing
or
SGLT2- Medicines Optimisation. Speaker: Carl Barrett
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Please note:
All places will be confirmed but are on a provisional basis.
PCPA will contact all registrants to confirm their final place.
PCPA provide all sponsors/exhibitors with a full delegate list. This includes name, job title and county and does not contain any contact details. By registering for this event, you are in agreement with this information to be shared in a closed environment.
