Day 2 - Friday 9th May
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 2025
Time
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:05
Programme
Registration open
Welcome and introduction
Faculty
Dr. Nat Haslam
SESSION 5
Chair: Prof. Nuala Lucas
RA-UK and OAA Session
09:05 - 09:20
09:20 - 09:35
09:35 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:25
Epidurals: outcomes for mother and baby
New Consensus guidelines on management of PDPH
Truncal blocks for obstetrics (including live onstage scanning)
Strategies for successful lumbar neuraxial anaesthesia in challenging patients (including live onstage scanning)
(BJA Education Lecture)
Prof. Rachel Kearns
Dr. Eleni Moka
Dr. Desire Onwochei
Prof. Ki Jinn Chin
10:25 - 10:35
Discussion
Chair: Dr. Toby Ashken
10:35 - 10:45
Unsung hero award
10:45 - 11:15
BREAK
SESSION 6
Chair: Dr. David Hewson
Research Session
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:10
RA research in the UK: What are the priorities?
How to interpret evidence and avoid zombie papers
Best 3 RA papers of 2024
Dr. Jenny Ferry
Prof. Kariem El-Boghdadly
Dr. Becky Johnson
Discussion
Best 3 RA-UK Abstracts
12:10 - 12:25
12:25 - 12:30
Presentation of abstracts
Discussion
Rapid Fire: Challenging Daily Practice
12:30 - 12:40
12:40 - 12:50
12:50 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:10
RA should be done asleep
No place for peripheral nerve catheters
AI will replace us
Dr. Annabel Pearson
Prof. Amit Pawa
Dr. Vicente Roques
Discussion
13:10 - 14:10
LUNCH
SESSION 7
Chair: Dr. Nat Haslam
Bruce Scott Lecture
14:10 - 14:40
TBC
Prof. Nuala Lucas
14:45 - 15:15
Ask the Expert
Dr. Eleni Moka
Dr. Mathias Desmet
Prof. Sandy Kopp
Dr. Lloyd Turbitt
Dr. Athma Thottungal
Dr. Amit Pawa
Dr. Nav Bahal
15:15
RAUK26 Meeting Presentation
15:15 - 15:45
BREAK
SESSION 8
Chair: Prof. Sandy Kopp
Parting Shots
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:40
16:40
Blocks on the kids for the non-paediatric anaesthetist
Enhanced RA for pain management
Non-technical factors
Dr. Annabel Pearson
Dr. Sari Casaer
Dr. Morne' Wolmarans
Discussion
Close of meeting and thanks
Dr. Nat Haslam