WELCOME TO THE IMAGE JUNE 2025 MEETING!
Dear Delegate,
We are excited to welcome you to the Insights into MAnaging Growth for Endocrine nurses (IMAGE) June 2025 Meeting, organised by Springer Healthcare IME. This event will take place on 5–6 June 2025 in the vibrant city of Lisbon in Portugal.
This year marks the 11th IMAGE meeting, and we are excited to build on the success of the past decade. The IMAGE Meeting remains committed to providing high-quality, practical clinical training for nurses involved in paediatric endocrinology practice. This year, our focus will be on integrating digital tools in paediatric endocrinology, addressing thyroid disturbances and emergencies, and understanding the late effects of cancer treatment in children.
The meeting agenda will feature plenary lectures, case studies, Q&A sessions, and a nominal group technique (NGT)-based workshop. These sessions will be followed by ample time for discussion, emphasising informality, exchange of views, and collaboration between delegates and faculty.
The IMAGE June 2025 Meeting offers a unique opportunity to share knowledge, experiences, and foster collaboration among nurses dedicated to improving patient care in our field. We are delighted to have you join us and look forward to your active participation.
We hope you enjoy this event and find it both informative and inspiring.
Warm regards,
Kate Davies
Chair
EDUCATIONAL GRANT
This independent programme is made possible thanks to an educational grant received from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
ORGANISERS
This educational activity has been planned and independently implemented by Springer Healthcare IME. Springer Healthcare IME is the independent medical education group of Springer Healthcare, part of the Springer Nature publishing group.
Springer Healthcare Ltd – Independent Medical Education
Project Manager: Alexandros Marantzidis
T +44 (0) 74 4325 8019
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LOGISTIC PROVIDER
Med.E.A – Medical Education Academy
Phone: +39 02 8295 8658
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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
An application for CME accreditation will be made to the International Council of Nurses (ICN).
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 5 JUNE
Welcome and introduction
09:00–09:10 – Kate Davies
Session 1: Digital tools in clinical practice
Moderators: Martin Savage & Kate Davies, UK
09:10–09:40 – How artificial intelligence (AI) and clinical skills can work together in paediatric endocrinology
Paul Dimitri, UK
09:40–10:00 – Digital monitoring of adrenal disorders.
Kate Davies
10:00–10:20 – What AI cannot do…yet!
Martin Savage
10:20–10:40 – Case study: Digital innovation in clinical practice
Camilla Ernstsson, Sweden
10:40–10:50 – Session 1 Q&A
Paul Dimitri
Catherine Peters, UK
Christine Desmond, UK
Judith van Eck, the Netherlands
10:50–11:10 – MORNING COFFEE BREAK
Session 2: Thyroid disturbances
Moderators: Catherine Peters & Paul Dimitri
11:10–11:35 – Diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism
Catherine Peters
11:35–12:00 – Acquired thyroid dysfunction in childhood
Paul Dimitri
12:00–12:30 – 2x Case studies on thyroid dysfunction
Christine Desmond
Judith van Eck
12:30–12:40 – Session 2 Q&A
Catherine Peters
Paul Dimitri
Christine Desmond
Judith van Eck
12:40–13:40 – LUNCH BREAK
Session 3: Paediatric endocrine emergencies
Chair: Octavio Rivera Romero, Spain
Moderators: Paul Dimitri, Catherine Peters, Kate Davies, Martin Savage, Stephen Shalet, UK
13:40–15:10 – Workshop activities 1-5 (including breakout group session): Identifying key factors in paediatric endocrinology emergency nursing practice
15:10–15:40 – COFFEE BREAK
15:40–16:15 – NGT-based Workshop activities 6-7
16:15–16:35 – Day 1 roundup and close.
Kate Davies
FRIDAY 6 JUNE
Session 4: Cancer therapy in children
Moderators: Martin Savage & Kate Davies
09:00–09:15 – Welcome and introduction
Kate Davies
09:15–10:15 – Keynote lecture: Is cancer treatment in children still as damaging to the endocrine system?
Stephen Shalet
10:15–10:35 – A nurse’s experience of the clinical late effects of cancer in children
Tanya Urquhart-Kelly, UK
10:35–10:55 – MORNING COFFEE BREAK
10:55–11:15 – Case study: Late effects of cancer therapy
Camilla Ernstsson
11:15–11:25 – Session 4 Q&A
Stephen Shalet
Kate Davies
Tanya Urquhart-Kelly
Camilla Ernstsson
11:25–11:45 – Key Messages from the Day 1 Workshop
Octavio Romero Rivera
11:45–12:15 – 60 years of paediatric endocrinology: Major developments in patient care
Martin Savage
Closing Remarks Day 2
12:15–12:30 – Summary and Close
Martin Savage
12:30–13:30 – LUNCH
VENUE AND LOCATION
CONFERENCE VENUE
The meeting and delegate accommodation are at the DoubleTree by Hilton Lisbon, Lisbon Hotels – DoubleTree Hotel Lisbon Fontana Park
The hotel address is Rua Engenheiro Vieira da Silva, nº2, Lisbon, 1050-105, Portugal
The plenary room is called LIBERTADE III.
INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES
FOR ANY LOGISTICS INQUIRIES ONSITE, PLEASE CONTACT:
Marta Pani (mobile phone: +39 3519336191; email: [email protected])
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
KATE DAVIES
Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, London South Bank University, London, UK
Kate Davies has been a children’s nurse since 1994, working in general paediatrics, paediatric ICU and neuroscience before specialising in paediatric endocrinology in 2000. She has focused on advancing her education by studying for a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, an MSc in Occupational Psychology and an MSc in Professional Healthcare Research, as well as advancing clinical skills including Non-Medical Prescribing. She is also a qualified Children’s Advanced Nurse Practitioner and a Nurse Teacher.
Kate is well known internationally within paediatric endocrinology, having presented and published widely. She has sub-specialised in growth and puberty, neuro-endocrine late effects of childhood brain tumours, adrenal disorders and differences of sex development. Kate commenced her PhD in Nursing in 2021, focusing on monitoring in young people with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Kate is passionate about educating staff and students, and started at London South Bank University, as a Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing in September 2015. She launched the new BSc/MSc module ‘Principles of care for the child and young person in endocrinology’ in January 2017, and has run four successful intakes, with a 100% pass rate each time and another currently underway. She leads the UK’s only paediatric Non-Medical Prescribing programme, and is Associate Professor in Paediatric Prescribing and Endocrinology.
MARTIN SAVAGE
Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, UK
Martin Savage is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. He was head of the Paediatric Endocrine Unit at Barts and the London School of Medicine from 1982 to 2007. He has interests in growth disorders, specifically those with abnormalities in the growth hormone (GH)-IGF-1 axis and in phenotype-genotype relationships of GH-IGF-1 axis defects, notably GH resistance. He published the first human case of an IGF-1 gene defect in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1996. His other interests are Cushing’s syndrome and growth in chronic inflammatory diseases. He was General Secretary of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) from 1997 to 2004. He has lectured in 61 countries and has published 472 original articles, reviews, textbook chapters and books. In 2007, he was awarded the ESPE Andrea Prader Prize for contributions to paediatric endocrinology and in 2018 he received a Visionary Award from the American Human Growth Foundation. In 2022, he received a Research Excellence Award from the Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal in Riyadh, and the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes James M. Tanner Lifetime Achievement Award. He continues to lecture nationally and internationally.
AIMS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning objectives
After participating in the programme, learners will be able to:
- Understand the integration of AI with clinical skills in paediatric endocrinology
- Identify the current limitations and future potential of AI in clinical practice
- Be familiar with the role of digital monitoring in adrenal disorders
- Understand the diagnosis and management of congenital hypothyroidism
- Recognise acquired thyroid dysfunction in childhood
- Identify key factors and best practices in managing paediatric endocrine emergencies
- Be aware of the impact of thyroid abnormalities on the paediatric endocrine system after cancer treatment
- Discuss the impact of thyroid abnormalities on the paediatric endocrine system after cancer treatment.
