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Optimising function following limb loss: the role of the rehabilitation medicine physician

Limb loss can have a profound impact on an individual’s mobility, independence and quality of life, with rehabilitation playing a vital role in helping patients achieve the best possible functional outcomes. Effective care requires a holistic approach that considers not only physical recovery and prosthetic needs, but also the wider medical, psychological and social factors that can influence rehabilitation.

Developed in collaboration with the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, this session will explore the role of the rehabilitation medicine physician in supporting people following limb loss. It will consider approaches to optimising function, coordinating multidisciplinary care and helping patients achieve their individual rehabilitation goals.

Chair: Dr Joanna Corrado

Dr Joanna Corrado

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Speakers: Dr Joanna Corrado, Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah, Dr Dominic Parker

Dr Joanna Corrado

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Optimising function following limb loss: the role of the rehabilitation medicine physician

Dr Ismail Ibrahim Abdulfattah

Consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Amputee medicine – integrating technology in amputee rehab

Dr Dominic Parker

Rehabilitation specialty registrar, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Secondary prevention – treating amputee medicine as an equivalent to stroke medicine in limbs

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End of life care

Providing high-quality care towards the end of life is an important part of clinical practice across specialties and healthcare settings. Physicians may be required to navigate complex clinical decisions while ensuring that care reflects the needs, priorities and preferences of patients and those close to them.

Developed in collaboration with Future Healthcare Journal, this session will explore key considerations in end of life care and their relevance to everyday clinical practice. Speakers will consider approaches to delivering compassionate, patient-centred care and supporting effective communication and decision making at this important stage of a patient’s care.

Speakers: Dr Eleni Lester, Professor Mark Taubert FRCP, Dr Felicity Dewhurst

Dr Eleni Lester

Palliative care clinical fellow, Barts Health NHS Trust

Recognising dying: will artificial intelligence (AI) help improve clinical accuracy?

Professor Mark Taubert FRCP

Consultant and clinical director palliative medicine, Velindre University NHS Trust

Can versus should – future care planning

Dr Felicity Dewhurst

Good care for older people at the end of life: shared responsibilities, flexible boundaries

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Hepatology

Liver disease presents a significant and varied challenge for physicians, encompassing both acute deterioration in patients with established disease and increasingly prevalent conditions associated with metabolic health. Developments in terminology, understanding and management continue to shape how these patients are identified, assessed and treated in clinical practice.

Developed in collaboration with Clinical Medicine, this session will examine important and evolving areas in hepatology. Speakers will explore what’s new in the management of acute decompensated cirrhosis and consider metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, providing clinically relevant updates for physicians caring for patients with liver disease.

Speakers: Dr Alastair O’Brien FRCP, Dr Apostolos Koffas

Dr Alastair O’Brien FRCP

Clinical professor of hepatology, Queen Mary University of London

What's new in cirrhosis?

Dr Apostolos Koffas

Consultant hepatologist, Barts Health NHS Trust

Hepatitis B and D

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Clinical medicine through a global health lens

Global health is closely connected to everyday clinical medicine, with patterns of disease, health inequalities and wider social and geopolitical factors influencing the patients physicians see and the care they provide. From common challenges within hospitals to delivering healthcare in settings affected by conflict and crisis, considering medicine through a global health lens can offer valuable perspectives for clinical practice.

Developed in collaboration with the RCP Global, this session will explore the relationship between global health and the practice of clinical medicine. Speakers will consider what global health means for the patient in front of us, examine current guidance, research and knowledge gaps in hospital-acquired pneumonia, and reflect on the challenges of practising medicine in conflict and crisis.

Chair: Dr Emma Vaux FRCP

Dr Emma Vaux FRCP

Global vice president, Royal College of Physicians

Speakers: Dr Preetham Boddana FRCP, Dr Hari Iyer FRCP, Dr Mohamed Bakhit FRCP

Dr Preetham Boddana FRCP

Consultant nephrologist, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The patient in front of us: what does global health have to do with clinical medicine?

Dr Hari Iyer FRCP

Associate global director for the Americas, Royal College of Physicians

The global patient: can we deliver high-quality medicine everywhere?

Dr Mohamed Bakhit FRCP

Consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

The same disease, different realities: practising medicine in conflict and resource-limited settings

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Stroke medicine

Stroke remains a time-critical medical emergency in which rapid recognition, assessment and treatment can have a major impact on patient outcomes. Alongside advances in acute treatment, effective primary and secondary prevention and the management of different forms of stroke remain central to reducing the burden of cerebrovascular disease.

Developed in collaboration with JSC Stroke, this session will provide an update on key areas of stroke medicine relevant to physicians. Speakers will examine time-critical treatment in acute ischaemic stroke, approaches to primary and secondary prevention, and the assessment and management of intracerebral haemorrhage.

Chair: Professor Ganesh Subramanian FRCP