Surgical Techniques for General Practitioners & Updates in Cancer Treatment

Surgical Techniques for General Practitioners & Updates in Cancer Treatment

Saturday, 13 April 2019, 1PM to 7.30PM

Bagnall Point Gallery, Pelican Village , St. Michael

The aim of this CME is to enhance the GP’s knowledge in the clinical and procedural skills required in the office setting and to inform on new techniques available for cancer treatment.

Target: Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals.

Objectives:

To familiarize GPs with common surgical presentations to decrease the rate of misdiagnosis and or delayed diagnosis.
To embolden GPs to surgically manage some of their cases
To refresh GPs on surgical intervention techniques
To recall skills in common office-based procedures
To inform on new techniques available for cancer treatment

Special Guest Presentation: Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Dr. Fernandez, Radiation Oncologist, Miami

Chairperson: Mr. Ian Lewis, General Surgeon

Draft Programme

Time	Topic	Speaker
1.00	Opening Remarks	Chairperson
1.05	Common Surgical Presentations in a GP Office	Dr. Danielle Reid, GP
1.35	Common Keratotic Lesions of the Foot	Rosamund James, Podiatrist
2.05	Common Anal & Rectal Complaints in the Office	Dr. Ian Lewis, Surgeon
2.35	Common Causes of Abdominal Pain/ Abdominal Masses	Dr. Lynda Williams, GP
3.05	Break
3.35	Wound Care: Best Practices	Alison Norville, Wound Care Nurse
4.05	Nuclear Medicine in Office	Dr. Andrew Porte, Nuclear Physicist
4.35	Local Anaesthetic Use & Mis-Use	Dr. Adrian Waterman Anaesthetist
5.05	Common Skin Lesions including Sebaceous Cysts, Folliculitis	Dr. Bhamjee, Dermatologist
5.35	Interesting Cases: Radiology	Dr. Latha, Radiologist
6.05	Interesting Cases: Surgery	Dr. Ian Lewis, General Surgon
6.35	Current Situation: Cancer in Barbados Haematological Updates	Dr. Chris Nicholls, Haematologist
7.05	Guest Presentation Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)	Dr. Eduardo Fernandez, Radiation Oncologist
7.30	End of Event