Welcome Physiotherapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Dieticians, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Researchers, Podiatrists, Music therapists, Art therapists, Radiographers, Speech and Language therapists, Audiologists, Paramedics, Prosthetists, Social Workers, Medical Laboratory Technologists, Health Care Scientists and everyone else! Thank you for finding the Health Professional page for this years Annual Meeting for all those who have an interest in Paediatric Rheumatology!
This year the Health Professional (HP) programme for Congress is even bigger and better than previous years. As the number of health professionals attending congress increases each year, we want to provide a program that appeals to everyone.
Congress starts on the Wednesday with the not to be missed opening ceremony. However, we begin officially our HP progamme on the Thursday with our getting to know you networking session: ‘HP Kick off’ meeting, where you will be paired with like minded professionals and discuss interesting shared topics. Later on during the day on Thursday we hope to have our second ever ‘HP Great Debate’ where two experts will battle it out to see who can sway the audience – this year we are discussing ‘Whose responsibility is it to discuss taboo topics?’. We are delighted to share that Shelby from Texas, Austin, will be joining us especially to battle against Liz, from Nottingham in the UK.
The second day of the conference sees many great speakers and potential for networking as we discuss important shared topics and devour calories over the posters! The HP sessions will be interspersed with the main programme so there is opportunity for you to decide which sessions best interest you.
We will also have our usual HP workshop event, this year the rotational sessions remain a surprise - but just to give you a heads up it might be worth packing something that you can 100% relax in, whilst at the same time not getting upset if it gets covered in paint :)
We also plan to offer our Health Professional drinks and meal out for those who may be attending alone, or even just enjoying meeting new people – no one is left alone at Congress!
We aim to finish the HP sessions on the Friday, so those with families can travel home, but there will be further interesting sessions on the Saturday, should you be able to stay.
This congress is like no other; with learning, fun, networking and many opportunities to make new colleagues and friends. Please do sign up and join us for a very fun packed few days - we are hoping to significantly increase upon last years 100 HP’s together in the physical room!
Watch out for our offer of bursaries, and please do encourage other health professionals to attend with you.
If you have any questions or want to discuss any concerns, including any questions about YIM or the wider programme, please do email Dr Polly Livermore, current Health Professionals Chair polly.livermore@ucl.ac.uk
Here is the photo from last years 2024 Kick-off meeting where we all got to experience Tai Chi, Dance and Yoga for our Paediatric Rheumatology patients...
