Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Workshop DetailsDate: 15th Dec 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00-17:00
Venue: Virtual
Target participants: Healthcare professionals interested in geriatric emergency care
Learning objectives
- To promote good practice in relation to the care of older people in the Emergency Department
- To develop an interdisciplinary approach in the assessment and management of common health/social problems in older people encountered in the Emergency Department
- To network healthcare professionals who are interested in geriatric care in the emergency department
Co-organizers
Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine
Hong Kong College of Emergency Nursing
Hong Kong Emergency Nurses Association
AM session: 0900-1200
Theme: GEM at a glance
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 08:45-09:00 | Registration / Join-in | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Introduction to the course | Dr. Patrick LEUNG, Chairman, Geriatric Subcommittee, Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine /ALL Faculty |
| 09:10-09:35 | History of GEM, reason of developing Geriatric Emergency Medicine and Nursing | Dr. Don Melady, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute |
| 09:35-10:00 | 3D: Dementia, Delirium and Depression | Dr. Allen T. C. LEE, Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 10:00-10:05 | Break | |
| 10:05-10:30 | Geriatric Trauma | Dr. Catherine AU, Associate Consultant (A&E), Tin Shui Wai Hospital |
| 10:30-10:55 | Frailty and Atypical presentations of the elderly | Dr. Jonathan CHAN, Cluster Director (Information Technology/Information System), Deputy Service Director (Q&S), Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority and Consultant Geriatrician, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| 10:55-11:55 | Geriatric Puzzle (interactive) | Dr. Jonathan CHAN, Cluster Director (Information Technology/Information System), Deputy Service Director (Q&S), Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority and Consultant Geriatrician, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
| 11:55-12:00 | Q&A | All Faculty |
PM session: 1300-1700
Theme: GEM in Hong Kong
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 12:45-13:00 | Registration / Join-in | |
| 13:00-13:25 | Development of GEM services in HK, past, present and future | Dr. Carolyn KNG, Service Director (P&CHC), Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority and Consultant (M&G) / HOD(Geriatrics), Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals |
| 13:25-13:50 | Assessment tools and use of Focused Geriatrics Assessment in Hong Kong | Ms Sabrina HO, Nurse Consultant (Gerontology), Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority |
| 13:50-13:55 | Break | |
| 13:55-14:20 | Multidisciplinary care plan | CHAN Suet Kam, Advanced Practice Nurse, Community Nursing Service, Yan Chai Hospital, |
| 14:20-14:45 | Overview of Community Health Services for the elderly in Hong Kong | Dr SHA Kwok Yiu, Service Director (P&CHC), Kowloon East Cluster, Hospital Authority and Consultant (M&G), United Christian Hospital |
| 14:45-15:10 | Introduction of Allied Health Services for the elderly in Hong Kong | Ms Cindy TSANG, Senior Occupational Therapist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 15:10-15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15-16:15 | Medication issues in older people | Dr. Tham Yumin Audrey, Consultant, Geriatric Emergency Medicine Lead, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Emergency Department, Singapore |
| 16:15-16:40 | Geriatric Emergency Medicine: The way-forward | Dr. Hiu Fai HO, Chief of Service (A&E), Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| 16:40-17:00 | Q&A | All faculty |
