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Welcome to the Springer Healthcare IME virtual meeting, entitled Insights into MAnaging Growth for Endocrine Nurses (IMAGE). This is the 8th IMAGE conference, which focuses on differences in sexual development (DSD), and puberty disorders and reproductive problems in adolescents and young adults.
Owing to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s meeting was broadcasted virtually. Registration will allow access to our meeting website, where you can watch the webcast, see video presentations and teaching case studies, meet the experts, and take an interactive quiz.
This continuing education activity has been approved by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for the award of 5 International Continuing Nursing Education Credits (ICNECs).
This programme is made possible thanks to an educational grant received from: Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
At the end of the meeting, delegates will understand:
- The basic types of DSD
- Key messages to prioritise clinical decision-making in DSD
- The scientific basis for different forms of DSD
- Principle responsibilities for nurses caring for patients with DSD
- Clinical and diagnostic features of precocious and delayed puberty
- Causes of puberty disorders
- Therapeutic approaches and indications for hormone therapy
- Opportunities for specialist nurses to contribute to the care of such patients
| Title of session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Differences in sexual development | |
| Normal sexual development | Kate Davies |
| Differences of sexual development – key messages | Martine Cools |
| Psychological services for DSD patients | Julie Alderson |
| Clinical and diagnostic reasoning – case study of DSD | Chris Davies and Martine Cools |
| Puberty and reproduction | |
| Why does puberty occur? | Sasha Howard |
| Precocious puberty | Juliane Léger |
| Delayed puberty, causes and treatment | Malcolm Donaldson |
| Reproductive disorders in adolescents and young adults | Stephen Shalet |
| Clinical and diagnostic reasoning – case study of precocious puberty | Louise Foley and Juliane Léger |
| Clinical and diagnostic reasoning – case study of delayed puberty | Irena Hozjan and Malcolm Donaldson |
| Quiz | Martin Savage |
| Webinar Thursday 18th November 2021 | Led by Martin Savage and Kate Davies |
This continuing education activity has been approved by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for the award of 5 International Continuing Nursing Education Credits (ICNECs).
Springer Healthcare Ltd – Independent Medical Education
Chair(s)
Martin Savage
Emeritus Professor, Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
London, United Kingdom
Kate Davies
Associate Professor, Paediatric Prescribing & Endocrinology
London South Bank University
United Kingdom
Speakers
Martine Cools
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Chris Davies
Paediatric Endocrine Specialist Nurse
University Hospital of Wales Cardiff
United Kingdom
Julie Alderson
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children University Hospitals Bristol & Weston
United Kingdom
Sasha Howard
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Endocrinology
Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London
United Kingdom
Juliane Léger
Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology
Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Robert Debré University Hospital, Université de Paris
France
Malcolm Donaldson
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Section of Child Health
Glasgow University School of Medicine
United Kingdom
Stephen Shalet
Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Wendy Schwarz
Clinical Resource Nurse
Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary
Canada
Louise Foley
Paediatric Endocrine Nurse Specialist
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital, University Hospital of Wales
United Kingdom
Irena Hozjan
Nurse Practitioner-Pediatrics
Hospital for Sick Children SickKids
Toronto, Canada
Learn more about the IMAGE meeting
Watch paediatric endocrine nurse Bailie Tabak tell IMAGE Chair Kate Davies about the knowledge and connections she has gained from attending the meeting.
Select a language to watch the introductory video:
