Our Inaugural Conference
Conference Agenda
ISPA Conference 2023: ImPActs in Healthcare
Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Time: 09:00 - 16:30
Category: Healthcare Innovation
Location: RCSI ,123 St Stephens Green, Dublin
Join us for a ground breaking event -
ImPActs in Healthcare Conference 2023!
Mark your calendars for this monumental occasion:
Date: Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Location: RCSI ,123 St Stephens Green, Dublin
Agenda Highlights:
08:30 - 09:00: Registration
09:00 - 09:05: Welcome Address
09:05 - 09:20: Future of Physician Associates in Ireland TBC
09:20 - 09:35: Status of Physician Associates in the United Kingdom Kate Straughton PA, Past President, Faculty of PAs
SESSION I - Surgery: New Models of Surgical Care
Chairs: Prof. James Paul O'Neill and Aaron Donnelly PA-IC
09:40 - 09:55 Surgical Hubs in Ireland Prof. Deborah McNamara RCSI Vice President, Consultant Colorectal Surgery Beaumont Hospital
09:55 - 10:10 Integrating PAs into Orthopaedic and Trauma Services Mr. Keith Synott Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Lead, National Office for Trauma Services (HSE) and Mater Misericordiae Hospital
10:10 - 10:25 Robotic Surgery Update Mr William B. Robb Consultant Upper Gl Surgery
10:25 - 10:40 Meeting the Clinical Demand for Patents with Obesity Prof. Helen Heneghan Consultant General and Upper Gl Surgery Vincent’s University Hospital
10:40 - 11:00 PANEL DISCUSSION I - Enhancing Physician Associate Roles in Surgical Care
11:00 - 11:30 Tea & Coffee break
SESSION II - Hospital Medicine
Chairs: Prof. Seamus Sreenan and Michelle Kirwan PA-IC
11:30 - 11:45 Respiratory Medicine after COVID-19 Prof. Emmet O'Brien Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital
11:45 - 12:00 Impact of the PA/Consultant team In Hospital Medicine Dr Colette Barry Bons Secours Hospital Dublin
12:00 - 12:15 PA Role Adaptation during COVID-19 Maeve Cahill PA-IC Bons Secours, Galway
12:15-12:30 Innovations in Emergency Medicine Prof. Aine Keating Consultant in Emergency Medicine Letterkenny University Hospital
12:30 - 12:50 PANEL DISCUSSION II - Enhancing Physician Associate Roles in Hospital Medicine
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Presentations
SESSION III - PA Innovation and Excellence
Chairs: Dr. Joe Gallagher and Dr. Pauline Joyce
14:00 - 14:15 Chronic Disease Management Maria Smith PA-IC
14:15 - 14:30 Unmet Needs--Carpel Tunnel Clinic Kyra O'Dwyer PA-IC
14:30 - 14:45 Clinician Burnout Shaneika Farrell PA-IC
14:45 - 15:00 Living Through "Change-over" Aoife Sartini-Bhreathnach PA-IC
15:00 - 15:15 Making an Impact in Oncology Care Okiki Kell PA-IC
PANEL DISCUSSION III - What are the next steps to secure and sustain PA Innovations?
15:45 - 16:00 Irish PAs: Past, Present and Future Prof. Lisa Alexander
16:00 - 16:15 Awards and Adjournment Aoife Sartini-Bhreathnach PA-IC
16.15-17.15 Refreshments and Social Hour Alexandra Troy PA-IC