IMAGE March 2024

We are delighted to announce the upcoming Springer Healthcare IME Symposium, entitled Insights into MAnaging Growth for Endocrine Nurses (IMAGE). This meeting will take place on the 21–22 March 2024 at the Westminster Hotel and Spa, Nice, France. 

This will be the 10th IMAGE conference and will focus on the needs of paediatric endocrine nurses involved in the care and management of children with paediatric endocrinology disorders.

This programme is suitable for global nurses, endocrinologists, paediatricians, and any other healthcare professional involved in management of endocrine disorders.

An application for CME accreditation will be made to the International Council of Nurses (ICN).

At the end of the programme, delegates will understand:

• The basic function of the adrenal glands and associated hormones
• The causes and treatments of adrenal hyper- and hypofunction
• Development, comparison and choice of long-acting growth hormone therapy 
• The role of pituitary glands
• Pituitary hyper- and hypofunction disorders and the use of hormone replacement therapy

Thursday 21st March
Welcome and Introduction – Kate Davies
Session 1 – Adrenal disorders

• • The function of the adrenal glands
  • Disorders of excessive adrenal function; tumours and Cushing’s syndrome
  • General discussion
  • Rare disorders of deficient adrenal function
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • Adrenal hypofunction and adrenal hyperfunction case studies
  • Sick day management
     

Session 2: Growth hormone therapy

1. • Nursing experience of long-acting growth hormone therapy 
   • Experience with long-acting growth hormone case study
   • General discussion
   • Adherence and quality of life with long-acting growth hormone therapy
   • Overview of growth hormone therapy – how far we have come 
   • Summary and close of day 1
     
     

Friday 22nd March
Session 3: Pituitary disorders

• • Pituitary disorders in paediatrics: causes and effects
  • Pituitary hormone replacement therapy
  • General discussion
  • Pituitary case studies on transition
    
    

Summary and close – Martin Savage
Feedback and evaluation

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

To be confirmed