Volume 87 Number 2, May 2018

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Table of Contents

Guest Editorial 81 Meningococcal Disease
Pollard AJ
Review Articles 83 Meningococcal Disease in Northern Ireland - Past, Present & Future
MeningoNI Forum: Millar BC, Banks L, Bourke TW, Cunningham M, Dooley JSG, Elshibly S, Goldsmith CE, Fairley D, Jackson K, Lamont S, Jessop L, McCrudden E, McConnell D, McAuley K, McKenna JP, Moore PJA, Smithson R, Stirling J, Shields M, Moore JE
84 Meningococcal Disease Section 1: Microbiology And Historical Perspective
MeningoNI Forum: (see above for full list of authors)
88 Meningococcal Disease Section 2: Epidemiology and Vaccination of Meningococcal Disease in Northern Ireland
MeningoNI Forum: (see above for full list of authors)
94 Meningococcal Disease Section 3: Diagnosis and Management
MeningoNI Forum: (see above for full list of authors)
99 Meningococcal Disease Section 4: Post Disease Complications, Charity Support and Future Perspectives
MeningoNI Forum: (see above for full list of authors)
Presidential Address 102 Medical Myths and Legends. Presidential Address to the Ulster Medical Society. 6th October 2016
Morrison PJ
Medical History 109 The History of the Ulster Medical Protective Association
Logan JI
Medical Education 112 Helping doctors in training to STEP-UP. A leadership and quality improvement programme in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Donaghy G, McKeever K, Flanagan C, O'Kane D, McQuillan B, Cash J, Jack C, Lund C
Medical Leadership 117 Developing leadership as a trainee—opportunities, barriers and potential improvements
Doherty R, Lawson S, Mc Laughlin L, Donaghy G, Courtney J, Gardiner K
Curiositas 121 Historical Quiz
Book Case 123 Six Favourites
Tham, T
Game Changers 125 A Trio.
Total ankle replacement: an alternative to ankle arthrodesis.  Ramasamy A, Lynch-Wong M, Wilson A
The management of moderate to severe psoriasis: a biologic revolution.  Skillen LA, McKenna K
'Mobilise to live': a paradigm shift in the treatment of elderly osteoporotic acetabular fractures.   McMahon SE, Cusick LA
So you want to be 127 A Medical Education Fellow
Campbell S, Cifelli P
Letters 129 To The Editor.
Increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance in pseudomonas aeruginosa from adult patients with cystic fibrosis (cf) in Northern Ireland: Then and now.  Gramegna A, Moore JE, McCaughan J, Millar BC, Ewing J, Elborn JS, Blasi F, Downey DG
'Discharge letter quality; how to help both junior doctors and GPs?'  Johnston D, McMurray O, McKee M, McConville M, Leonard N
Point of decision prompts and signposting footprints improve stair use in a UK city centre office.  Bennett D, MacLochlainn D, McMullan L
Patient safety incidents among foundation doctors.  Parnis T, van Hamel JCM, Ellul P
Volar dislocation of the fifth carpometacarpal joint.  Milligan DJ, Thompson NW, O'Longain D Do all patients with salmonella infections require a 'PET' scan?  Bothwell RJ, Sheehy O, Quinn M, Clarke H.
Abstracts 136 Ulster Paediatric Society
Junior Members Forum & Annual RBHSC Lecture 13th February 2014, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Junior Members Forum & Annual RBHSC Lecture 26th February 2015, Riddell Hall, Belfast
Annual Out of Town Conference 25th - 26th September 2015, Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Carlingford
Junior Members Forum & Annual RBHSC Lecture 3rd March 2016, Malone House, Belfast
Annual Out of Town Conference 7th - 8th October 2016, Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Carlingford
Junior Members Forum & Annual RBHSC Lecture Thursday 9th March 2017, Malone House, Barnett Demesne, Belfast