‘G4J Connect’ is the name for regional seminars and teaching sessions that are based on the ‘Geriatrics for Juniors’ concept. These events provide educational activities which are designed to help clinical practitioners improve the standard of care they provide to older patients.
Intended Audience:
Foundation trainees, Junior middle grades, medical students, NNPs
Programme
09.30-10.00– Registration and Coffee
10.00-10.30– ‘Frailty at the Front Door’Dr James Casson (Consultant Geriatrician QEHKL)
10.40-11.10– ‘Geriatricians in the Community’Dr Joanna Ford (Consultant Geriatrician CUH)
11.20-12.00 – ‘Movement Disorders….not just for the neurologists!’Dr Alistair Mackett (Consultant Geriatrician CUH)
12.00-13.00 – Lunch & Networking
13.00-13.20 – ‘Don't let being the Med Reg put you off!’– Dr Harriet Nash (SpR Geriatrics and GIM)
13.20-13.40 – ‘Life as a Geriatric Medicine trainee’– Dr Kate Turner (SpR Geriatrics and GIM)
13.40-14.00– ‘Evidence in the Elderly – Research opportunities in Geriatric Medicine’– Dr Isuru Induruwa (Academic Clinical Fellow Geriatrics and GIM)
14.00-15.15 – ‘Top Tips for Geriatric Medicine’Interview Workshopled by Dr Colin Mason (Consultant Geriatrician CUH and EoE Geriatric Medicine Training Programme Director)
15.15-15.30 – ‘MDTea’(tea and close in true geriatric fashion)
