Engaging Minds: Webinars for Old Age Psychiatry Doctors in Higher Training
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Webinar #1: Physical health insights into the geriatric population
This took place on 21 November 2024 and focused on physical health insights related to the geriatric population, exploring the unique challenges faced by older adults and looking at ways to manage them. Talks were given by Dr Belen Gonzalez-Herrero, Consultant Neurologist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust on Hyperkinetic movement disorders, and by Dr Khalid Haque, Consultant Geriatrician, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, on physical health Insights.
Webinar #2: Ethics and law: navigating complex cases
This took place on 16 January 2025 and speakers included:
- Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Forensic TPD
- “Learning from cautionary tales”. Miss Hannah Bignell, MDU liaison manager in Secondary Care (West Midlands)
Webinar #3: The art of comfort: Palliative psychiatry and symptom management in advanced dementia
This took place on 3 April 2025 and speakers included:
- Dr Feena Sebastian on 'assisted dying
- Dr George Crowther on 'update on symptom management in advanced dementia and BPSD'
- Dr Felicity Wood on 'palliative care psychiatry'