This year the Insight for MAnaging Growth for Endocrine nurses (IMAGE) conference was held on 10-11th October 2019 at the Radison Blu Hotel, Bordeaux, France,
The aims of the symposium were to provide quality education, based on practical clinical experience, on all aspects of the nurse’s role related to the management of disorders of appetite (eg Prader-Willi syndrome, simple obesity), late endocrine effects of childhood cancer treatment, family interaction related to chronic disease, clinical and diagnostic reasoning related to growth and puberty cases.
This continuing education activity has been approved by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for the award of 8.5 International Continuing Nursing Education Credits (ICNECs).
Accreditation is no longer available. Date of expiration: 10th December 2019
At the end of the meeting, delegates will understand:
- The physiology, endocrinology and clinical features of disorders of paediatric appetite control
- The role and experience of the paediatric endocrinology nurse specialist in the diagnosis and management of late endocrine effects of cancer therapy
- The developing roles and responsibilities of paediatric endocrinology nurses working in different cultures and countries
- Optimal family interaction related to the child with chronic illness
- Clinical and diagnostic reasoning related to clinical cases of abnormal growth and puberty
Thursday 10th October
WELCOME INTRODUCTION – Kate Davies and Pascal Barat, Bordeaux
SESSION 1: APPETITE CONTROL
Chairs: Stephen Shalet and Kate Davies
What controls appetite? – Tony Goldstone
Management and prognosis of the child with obesity – Antje Körner
Clinical abnormalities of appetite control – Tony Goldstone
SESSION 2: OBESITY-RELATED CASE PRESENTATIONS
Chairs: Antje Körner and Tony Goldstone
Obesity-related case presentations and panel discussion
• Prader–Willi syndrome
• Type 2 diabetes
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Hypothalamic obesity
• Simple obesity
SESSION 3: COACHING FOR OPTIMAL FAMILY INTERACTION
Chairs: Thomas Edouard and Anne-Karin Ramstad
Coaching for optimal family interaction related to chronic disease – Katie Frost
SESSION 4: THE ROLE OF THE PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE NURSE SPECIALIST
Chairs: Stephen Chalet and Lee Martin
The expanding role of the specialist endocrine nurse specialist – Thomas Edouard
‘My role’ presentations:
France – Christelle Tressens
Canada – Wendy Schwarz
Finland – Anne-Karin Ramstad
Netherlands – Judith van Eck
OVERVIEW OF DAY 1 – Kate Davies
Friday 11th October
SESSION 5: CANCER LATE EFFECTS
Chairs: Thomas Edouard and Kate Davies
Late endocrine effects of cancer therapy: 40 years of experience – Stephen Shalet
SESSION 6: CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC REASONING WITH INTERACTIVE VOTING
Chairs: Kate Davies and Martin Savage
Case presentation ‘A case of abnormal puberty’ – Lee Martin
Case presentation ‘A complex endocrine case’ – Wendy Schwarz
Endocrinology quiz Martin Savage
OVERVIEW AND CLOSING REMARKS – Kate Davies
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Chair(s)
Martin Savage
Emeritus Professor, Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
London, United Kingdom
Kate Davies
Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing
London South Bank University UK
United Kingdom
Speakers
Tony Goldstone
Head, PsychoNeuroEndocrinology Research Group,
Senior Clinical Research Fellow,
Imperial College London, UK
Antje Körner
Professor of Paediatric Research,
University of Leipzig, Center of Paediatric Research,
University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Saxony, Germany
Thomas Edouard
Assistant Professor
Children’s Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
Stephen M Shalet
Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology,
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Katie Frost
Learning and Professional Development Coach
United Kingdom
Christelle Azzouzi Tressens
Paediatric Nurse,
Hôpital des Enfants Purpan, Toulouse, France
Wendy Schwarz
Clinical Resource Nurse, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Canada
Lee Martin
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Paediatric Endocrinology
Barts Health NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Anne-Karin Ramstad
Paediatric endocrine nurse specialist,
New Children’s Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Judith van Eck
Nurse Practitioner,
Erasmus Medical Center – Sophia’s Children’s Hospital,
Netherlands
