Meetings 2010 to 2011

President:  Dr Margaret Cupples, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, ILTM

Quality in Practice

October 2010

Thursday 7 October 8.00 pm.
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Threads of Life and Health—a Heritage of Quality in Practice
Dr Margaret Cupples, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCGP, DRCOG, DCH, ILTM
Clinical Reader, General Practice, Centre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Research (NI), Queen’s University, Belfast
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Thursday 21 October 8.00pm.
Seminar Room, Health Sciences Building, Belfast City Hospital
Early Diagnosis of Cancer in Northern Ireland
Dr Anna Gavin
Cancer Registry of Northern Ireland
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November 2010

Thursday 4 November 8.00pm.—Buffet from 6.30pm
North Lecture Theatre, MBC, QUB
Junior Doctors' Prize Evening
This is an important evening for the Society when junior doctors working in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to present their research or interesting cases. This is always an interesting and instructive evening for all members
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Thursday 18 November 8.00pm.
Seminar Room, Health Sciences Building, Belfast City Hospital
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER OBSTETRICAL & GYNAECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Scarlet Thread
Mr John L Leckey, LL.M.
Senior Coroner for Northern Ireland

December 2010

Thursday 2 December 8.00pm.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, Londonderry
THE DESMOND WHYTE LECTURE.
Financial Incentives to Improve Quality—Did They in General Practice and Will They in Hospitals?
Professor Martin Roland, MA, FRCP, FRCGP, MFPHM, F.Med.Sci, DRCOG, DM, MSc, CBE
Professor of Health Services Research, Cambridge University

January 2011

Thursday 13 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
The GP as a 'Canary in the Coal Mine'
Professor Tom O'Dowd, MA, MD, FRCGP, MICGP, FTCD
Professor of General Practice, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Trinity College, Dublin
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Thursday 27 January 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Quality in General Practice—Innovations in Training, Practice and Research
Professor Helen Lester, MB BCH, MA, MD, FRCGP
Professor of Primary Care, Chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care, Chair of the RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester
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February 2011

Friday 4 February 7.15 for 8.00pm.
Great Hall, QUB.
Annual Presidential Dinner.

Thursday 17 February 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
THE ROBERT CAMPBELL MEMORIAL ORATION
From Ink to iPad, Belfast to Brazil; the BMJ Journey
Dr Domhnall Macauley, MD, FRCGP, FFPHM, FFSEM, FISEM
Senior Editor at the BMJ, with a focus on primary care; General Practitioner, Stewartstown Road, Belfast
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March 2011

Thursday 3 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Management: Current Guidance for Best Practice
Professor Ian Graham, FESC, FRCSI
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in Trinity College, Dublin, Professor of Preventive Cardiology in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Head of Cardiology and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin
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Thursday 24 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
JOINT MEETING WITH THE ULSTER SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
THE GARY LOVE LECTURE
Dionysius, Witches and Saints—From Poisons to Pills
Professor Dennis Johnston, DSc, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPI
Consultant Physician, Belfast City Hospital and Whitla Professor of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Queen's University, Belfast
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Thursday 31 March 8.00pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
An Overview of the GMC—Regulating Doctors, Ensuring Good Medical Practice
Professor Sir Peter Rubin, BA, MB, ChB, DM, FRCP
Chair of the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom; Professor of Therapeutics and Consultant Physician at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
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May 2011

Thursday 12 May 2.00pm.
Malone Golf Club, Belfast
ANNUAL GOLF COMPETITION for the Victory Challenge Cup
This is a most enjoyable outing for all levels of golfers on a beautiful parkland course. It is followed by a meal in the Malone Clubhouse.

Thursday 26 May 5pm.
Ulster Medical Society Rooms
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING