St Luke's Symposium: Collegiate Members Committee Research & Innovation Awards
Dr
Gráinne O'Kane, Chair of the Collegiate Members Committee, will chair this lively
event to showcase the research and innovative talents of doctors in
Ireland on Thursday 16 October in the Corrigan Hall, No. 6 Kildare
Street, RCPI.
The
Collegiate Members Committee Research and Innovation Awards, which will
take place between 17:00 and 18:30 with registration from 16.30, form part of
the College's annual St Luke's Symposium. At this event, doctors
will compete for the Corrigan Medal, a case study competition for SHOs, the
William Stokes Research Award, for SpRs, and the David Mitchell Audit Award,
open to trainees in all RCPI training programmes.
The finalists for the three awards are as follows:
Corrigan Medal:
- Dr Neidin Bussmann, Cork University Maternity Hospital
and Cork University Hospital - Mosaic
Edwards Syndrome in Monozygotic live-born Twins: An Unconventional Diagnosis
- Dr Fergus Keane, Galway University Hospital and Sligo
Regional Hospital - Adding fuel to the
fire
- Dr Louise Rabbitt, Galway University Hospital - "What shot JR?" - Paraneoplastic
ocular flutter
William Stokes Research Award:
- Dr Niamh Daly, The Coombe Women and Infant's University Hospital -The Impact of Preanalytic Glucose Sample Handling when Screening Obese Women for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Dr Alan Macken, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin - Vascular and metabolic studies in children whose fathers have premature cardiovascular disease
- Dr Conor Woods, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism- Tissue specific regulation of glucocorticoids in severe obesity and the response to significant weight loss following bariatric surgery (BARICORT)
David
Mitchell Audit Award:
- Dr Ronstan Lobo, University Hospital Limerick - An audit on heart rate control in heart failure patients attending the heart failure clinics of the University of Limerick Group of Hospitals
- Dr Sarah Mello, Letterkenny General Hospital - Audit on Venothromboembolism Prophylaxis Prescribing in an Acute Medical Assessment Unit
- Dr Siobhan Whelan, The Coombe Women and Infant's University Hospital, Audit of AXR for constipation management in Paediatric ED
Winners will be announced on the night.
This event is free of charge, and is open to all doctors in training (currently
those registered on RCPI training programmes), Licentiates, Members and
Fellows.
This year’s CMC awards ceremony is likely to
fill up fast as we have received a record number of entries. The only way to
guarantee a seat in the audience is to book a place online. The awards ceremony
is followed by a wine and canapé reception for all attendees – all trainers
& trainees are encouraged to attend these awards.
If you have any
queries regarding St Luke's Symposium please contact stlukes@rcpi.ie