Meetings 2015 to 2016
NOTE that links to old programmes, posters, and AGM agendas will not work. Videos are not stored on the Society website so that continuing access cannot be guaranteed.
President: Dr Michael McBride
Learning to Improve
October 2015
Thursday 8 October 8.00 pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Learning to Improve
Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
Thursday 22 October 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Improvement Science: Current State and Future Possibilities
Dr Anne Kilgallen, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
November 2015
Thursday 5 November 6.00pm.
Centre for Experimental Medicine (just behind Whitla Medical Building), Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH NIMDTA AND QUB
JUNIOR DOCTORS' PRIZE EVENING
This is an important evening for the Society when doctors in training in Northern Ireland (or elsewhere if members of the Ulster Medical Society) have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. It is always an instructive evening
Wednesday 11 November 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building Seminar Rooms 3 & 4, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Disruptive Behaviour by Doctors and The Risk to Patient Safety
Dr Kevin Stewart, Clinical Director of the Clinical Effectiveness & Evaluation Unit at the Royal College of Physicians, London
December 2015
Thursday 3 December Buffet 5.30pm, Lecture 6.00pm.
Centre for Medical and Dental Education and Training, Altnagelvin Area Hospital
DESMOND WHYTE MEMORIAL LECTURE
Learning and Improvement in Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Diseases—An Unrecognisable Change in 30 Years of Practice
Professor Patrick J Morrison, Consultant in Medical Genetics and Honorary Professor in Human Genetics at Queen's University, Ulster University and Nottingham-Trent University
January 2016
Thursday 14 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Reflections on the Role of Doctors During ‘The Troubles’, and Recent Developments in Mental Health Care
Dr Philip McGarry, Consultant Psychiatrist with the Belfast Home Treatment Team
Thursday 28 January 8.00pm.
Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL AND GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Lifelong Learning: An Expedient ‘Soundbite’
Professor Neil McClure, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's University of Belfast
February 2016
Thursday 11 February 8.00pm.
Boardroom, Mater Hospital, Crumlin Road, Belfast
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Responding to Change: The Mater Story From 1883 to the Present
Dr Mark Gormley, Consultant Physician, Mater Infirmorum Hospital
Thursday 25 February 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
Learning to Lead, Learning to Improve
Professor Keith Gardiner, Chief Executive/Postgraduate Medical Dean & ADEPT fellows
March 2016
Thursday 10 March 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE SIR THOMAS AND LADY EDITH DIXON LECTURE
Improving Wellness Requires We Do More Than Treating Illness
Sir Harry Burns, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Strathclyde
Thursday 24 March 8.00pm.
Medical Biology Centre, Lisburn Road, Belfast
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL ORATION
Reflections on the Scottish Patient Safety Fellowship
Dr Aideen Keaney and other SPSP Fellows
April 2016
Friday 22 April 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Canada Room and Great Hall, QUB.
ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL DINNER
May 2016
Thursday 19 May 5.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING