Joint Echocardiography & Vascular Imaging Workshop

Sunday, 5 March 2017 – 12PM-7PM

The Mount Restaurant, UWI, St. Michael

“C- Credit” – Barbados Medical Council

Pre-register:

www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com

BDS$168 – Physicians

BDS$115.50 – Nurses & Allied Health

BDS$52.50 – Students

Objectives:

• To review the modalities used in imaging the Cardiovascular System
• To undertake a review of the indications for various imaging modalities
• To give physicians a better understanding of Cardiovascular Imaging to ultimately improve patient care

Programme

Chairpersons: Dr. Stephen Moe, Cardiologist and Dr. Anthony Harris, Cardiac Surgeon

CME Hours: 6

Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc.

2017 Schedule of Conferences/ Workshops/ Seminars

The Oscar Jordan Symposium

(Diabetes/ Diabetic Foot)

January 25-28, 2017

The Inaugural Oscar Jordan Symposium in honour of the life and work of the late Dr. Oscar Jordan, Endocrinologist, co-founder of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation and the Maria Holder Diabetes Centre for the Caribbean is scheduled to be held January 25-28, 2017. It is a collaborative effort between the Barbados Diabetes Foundation and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The symposium will involve a series of events designed for both the public and health professionals in order to educate and advocate on the multidisciplinary management of diabetes.

The inaugural event will have a special focus on the diabetic foot and will feature speakers from the Caribbean Diabetes Initiative out of New York and contributions local and regional health professionals. The Caribbean Diabetes Initiative’s goal is to advocate and educate about diabetes across the Caribbean and will feature Foot & Ankle Surgeon Dr. Steven Wells and two US-based Barbadian Nurses – Antsey Small and Derline Higgins. The symposium includes a public lecture on January 25 and medical education seminars January 25-28, 2017. Nursing students of the Barbados Community College will benefit from a special seminar on January 26 aimed at building the capacity of student nurses in the area of diabetes. An award will be given in honour of Dr. Oscar Jordan to a young doctor and nurse for their outstanding work in diabetes care.

For more information: www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.com, hhccmeevents@gmail.com or call 269-6183; 253-9384.

Public Lecture: Understanding Diabetes, Saving Limbs & Saving Lives”

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 7PM – Queens Park Steel Shed, St. Michael

Barbados has been affected greatly by complications of diabetes, diabetic wounds and infections which often lead to amputations. This interactive public lecture will feature multidisciplinary presentations from leaders in the management of diabetes and diabetic foot including guest presenter Dr. Steven Wells, Foot & Ankle Surgeon and his team from the Caribbean Diabetes Initiative, Dr. Selwyn Ferdinand, Consultant Surgeon from the QEH, Mrs. Kevamae Sobers, Diabetes Nurse of the QEH and Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist from the Diabetes Centre and a representative from the Barbados Drug Service. Presentations will explore optimal care of the diabetic patient – their diabetes & their feet and the importance of actually understanding diabetes, blood sugar control and how it is related to wounds, ulcers and infections. Educating persons with diabetes, their families and caregivers are key to the successful management of diabetes and tips and tools will be shared with attendees to better improve their understanding and self-management of the condition and ways to save lives and save limbs.

Patient advocate groups, churches and the general public are asked to make a special effort to attend.

Schedule of events – Oscar Jordan Symposium

January 25-28, 2017 

FREE NUTRITION WEBINAR – NOV 7, 2016 – 12PM

Please join this exciting FREE webinar hosted at the Nutrition Academy Virtual site with Helene Charlebois, Registered Dietitian in Ottawa! See below for details:

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NOV 7, 2016 // 12:00PM EST

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You will learn:

• How to set realistic behavioural holiday goals with your clients -that are proven to work
• How practical nutrition strategies can still have your clients enjoying the holiday season – without guilt!
• How to manage clients motivation and will power – with strategies that help to curb holiday calorie intake
• PLUS! Live Q&A – with Helene – you don’t want to miss it!

BONUS: Get Helene’s Holiday Healthy Handout she uses with her clients for staying on track over the holiday season, and Client Commitment Contract she uses with clients to improve success!

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She offers workshops across Canada and Barbados entitled Waisting Away, teaching other healthcare professionals her weight management strategies for successful healthy weights.

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Diabetes in Youth Seminar

Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10.00AM-4.00PM

3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael

Chairpersons: Dr. Michele Lashley, Paediatrician & Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist

Programme:

Description: Continuing Medical Education Workshop designed to highlight the clinical, care and transition issues in children with diabetes through to young adults with diabetes – both Type 1 and Type 2.

Pre-registration: www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.eventbrite.com

Registration Fee: $168 – Physicians; $115.50 Nurses; $52.50 – Students (with ID)

Payment Locations: – Ticketpal

• Barbados Conference Services Ltd – Sir Lloyd Erksine Sandiford Centre, St. Michael
• Sundek Boutique, Limegrove Mall, St. James
• AB Music Supplies, Sheraton Mall, Christ Church
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• More Info: Hibiscus Health Caribbean – hhccmeevents@gmail.com; 253-9384; 269-6183

Diabetes in Youth Seminar 

(Continuing Medical Education Event)

Sunday, 6 November

10AM-4.00PM

3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St.Michael

Chairpersons: Dr. Michele Lashley, Paediatrician & Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist

Pre-registration: www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com

Registration Payment:

$168 – Physicians; $ 115.50 – Nurses; $52.50 – Students

Ticketpal locations: 

• Sir Lloyrd Erskine Sandiford Centre, St. Michael
• Sundek Boutique, Limegrove, St. James
• AB Music Supplies,  Sheraton Mall, Christ Church
• Ticketpal.com – online payment

Programme:

Description: Continuing Medical Education Workshop designed to highlight the clinical, care and transition issues in children with diabetes through to young adults with diabetes.

Participants are advised that the Haematologic & Blood Cancer Seminar scheduled to be held on October 27, 1PM-5PM will now be held at the SAVANNAH BEACH HOTEL, HASTINGS, CHRIST CHURCH and not the 3W’s Pavilion as previously advertised.

Registration and payment is available at the door: Physicians $75.00; Nurses & Allied Health – $55.00; Students: $25.00.

Please note the programme below:

Programme

 Chair                                     Dr Alafia Samuels, Director, CDRC

 1:05 – 1:15pm                    Welcome – Dr Joy St. John, CMO, Ministry of Health                     

 1:15 – 1:45pm                    Holistic Disease Management – New Approaches to Patient Care

Dr Natalie Greaves, Lecturer in Public Health, Faculty of Medical                                                                   Science

1:45 – 2:15pm                    Diagnosing Hematologic Cancer – What to Look For?

                                                   Dr June Clarke, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

 2:15 – 2:45pm                    The Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Haematological Disease

                                                     Dr Christopher Nicholls, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:45 – 3:15pm                    The Importance of Ancillary Studies in the Diagnosis and                                                                   Treatment of Hematologic Disease

                                                   Dr Jacqueline William, Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:15 – 3:45pm                    Paediatric Cancers and Sick Kids (SCI) Project – A Review and                                                          Comparative Study

                                                   Dr Cheryl Alexis – Associate Consultant Haematologist, Queen                                                                       Elizabeth Hospital

 3:45 – 4:15pm                     Barbados National Registry Presentation on Annual Data

 4:15 – 4:25                           Vote of Thanks – Professor Patsy Prussia, Clinical Director for                                                    BNR Cancer Registry

 4:25 – 5:00                           Light Refreshments

The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Barbados is pleased to present the International Stroke Day Workshop 2016 on Saturday 22 October 2016 at the Henry Fraser Lecture Theatre, 9AM-3.15PM. Under the World Stroke Day Theme “Face The Facts: Stroke is Treatable – Lives Can Improve With Better Awarweness, Action & Access”, the workshop is designed  to address key aspects of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation to show that lives can improve with better awareness, access and action.

Professor Stephen L. Firsing from Coastal Carolina University is the featured speaker and will be delivering a presentation entitled “A New Framework: Family Quality of Life”. Stroke and cardiac events not only affect an individual, they affect their family. As a result, family-level outcomes are important to measure during all stages of recovery. A new framework, Family Quality of Life, was recently developed to provide a subjective, holistic understanding of what all members of a family unit need to live their best life, together. This presentation will explain the foundations of the new framework, and how it may be applied to a family with a member that survived a stroke or cardiac event.

Local presenters include a multidisciplinary line up of health professional, all key to the management of stroke in the areas of mental health, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and more. Presentations will be given by Dr. Dawn Scantlebury, Interventional Cardiologist; Sister Christine King from the Stroke Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Melanie Buge, Occupational Therapist. Janelle Chase Mayers, Family Therapist and others. Tracie-Ann Jessamy, Stroke Survivor will be sharing her experience of “Surviving Stroke” – living proof that stroke is treatable.

Interested health professionals can pre-register for this event at www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.eventbrite.com. Payments can be made at the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Jemmotts Lane on or before Oct 20 to secure early registration pricing. On-site registration and payment will be available.

Programme – 9.00AM-3.15PM

CPE Hours:  5 hrs, 20 mins

Chairpersons: Professor David Corbin and Mrs. Gina Pitts, CEO, HSFB

The Barbados National Registry & The Ministry of Health continues its Continuing Medical Education series with “Haematologic & Blood Cancers” on Thursday, 27 October 2016

130PM-530PM at the 3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael. Cost: $25 – Students; $55 – Nurses; $75 – Physicians. Pre-register at hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com. Payments may be made at the BNR Office, Jemmots Lane, St. Michael on or before Oct 20, 2016. Registration will close on Oct 20, 2016. This programme has been awarded “3-Credits” by the Barbados Medical Council.

 ‘Hematologic Cancers and Blood Diseases’

October 27^th, 2016

Programme

Chair                                     Dr Alafia Samuels, Director, CDRC

1:05 – 1:10pm                    Welcome – Dr Kenneth George, CMO (Ag), Ministry of Health                  

1:10 – 1:45pm                    Barbados National Registry Presentation on Annual Data

Lauren Maul, Registrar BNR

1:45 – 2:15pm                    Diagnosing Hematologic Cancer – What to Look For?

Dr June Clarke, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:15 – 2:45pm                    The Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Haematological Disease

Dr Christopher Nicholls, Hematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

2:45 – 3:15pm                    The Importance of Ancillary Studies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of

Hematologic Disease

Dr Jacqueline William, Pathologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:15 – 3:45pm                    Paediatric Cancers and Sick Kids (SCI) Project – A Review and Comparative

Study

Dr Cheryl Alexis – Associate Consultant Haematologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

3:45 – 4:15pm                     Holistic Disease Management – New Approaches to Patient Care –

Lessons Learned through the SCI Project

Shonelle Miller, RN, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

4:15 – 4:25                           Vote of Thanks

Professor Patsy Prussia, Clinical Director for BNR Cancer Registry

4:25 – 5:00                           Light Refreshments