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The Masterclasses will provide an opportunity for delegates to hear case studies presented by senior continence and urology professionals, This will be an interactive forum with scope for debate with the panel and questions from the audience.

Tuesday 11th November 2008
Please note, the RCN Paediatric Urology and Continence Special Interest Group's study day will run alongside the Continence UK programme on Tuesday 11th November and will be held in the Holiday Inn, opposite the entrance to the Harrogate International Centre. To go straight to the PUCSIG programme, please click here.
09.00 - 09.45	Service Commissioning and what it means to you	Kate Barker Service Development Manager, Joint Commissioning Team, Oxfordshire PCT
09.45 - 10.15	Silent Menopausal problems - Urogenital Atrophy	Dr Annie Evans Medical Director, Brook Young People's Service, Bristol
10.15 - 10.45	Recurrent UTI Prevention	Norma Craig Lead Nurse - Continence, Forfar, Scotland
10.45 - 11.30	Break and exhibition viewing
11.30 - 12.00	Free Papers
12.00 - 12.45	Constipation: The inescapable consequence of analgesia. Session supported by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals	Gaye Kyle, Senior Lecturer, Thames Valley University
12.45 - 14.15	Lunch and exhibition viewing
14.15 - 14.45	The fantastic adventures of Mr. Poo	Anthony Cohn Consultant Paediatrician, Watford General Hospital
14.45 - 15.30	Anorectal physiology and an assessment of the pelvic floor	Clare Bourne Senior GI Physiologist, The John Radcliffe Hospital
15.30 - 16.15	Break and exhibition viewing
16.15 - 17.00	Moisture Lesions Vs Pressure Sores - how do we classify them ? The panel of continence, dermatology and wound experts will debate the issue of moisture lesions: should they be graded as part of pressure ulcer risk assessment or are they separate aetiological lesions and therefore have their own grading system? Examples and arguments will be presented to the audience for their votes.	MAIN AUDITORIUM The Panel: Chair: Professor Keith Harding, Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff Mikel Gray PhD, Department of Urology, University of Virginia Heather Orsted, Co-director and Course Coordinator, International Interprofessional Wound Care Course, University of Toronto, Canada Dimitri Beeckman RN MA, PhD candidate, Nursing Science, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Research Staff, Department of Bachelor in Nursing, University College Arteveldehogeschool Ghent, Belgium, Ronald Houwing, Dermatologist MD PhD, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Department dermatologie
19.00	Drinks reception - Sponsored by Activa
20.00	Gala dinner

Wednesday 12th November 2008
09.00 - 09.45	OAB - Where are we now?	Marcus Drake Consultant Urologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
09.45 - 10.45	Management of Acute Faecal Incontinence and containment of infection	Panel including Martin Kiernan, Vice- President of the Infection Prevention Society; Rachel Binks, Nurse Consultant, Critical Care; Pauline Beldon, Nurse Consultant, Tissue Viability; Alison Bardsley, Continence Service Manager, Oxon.
10.45 - 11.30	Break and exhibition viewing
11.30 - 12.15	Sponsored session supported by Rochester Medical	Deborah Rigby, Continence Services Manager, Bristol
12.15 - 12.45	GPs are from Mars, Nurses are from Venus	Dr. Julian Spinks, General Practitioner, Kent
12.45	Conference close

RCN Paediatric Urology and Continence Special Interest Group

Tuesday 11th November
Held in the Holiday Inn, opposite the Harrogate International Centre and chaired by Sue Keeble, Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist for Paediatric Urology and Continence, The Portland Hospital, London
09.00 - 09.45	Daytime Wetting	Christine Rhodes Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Urology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
09.45 - 10.15	Enuresis	Charlotte Manby Children's Continence Nurse Advisor, Witney Hospital, Oxon
10.15 - 10.45	Clean intermittent catheterisation in schools	Jo Searles Senior Paediatric Urology/Continence Nurse, Sheffield Children's Hospital
10.45 - 11.30	Break and exhibition viewing
11.30 - 12.00	Bladder reconstructive therapy	Brid Carr Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gt. Ormond Street Hospital, London
12.00 - 12.45	Children with disabilities and toilet training	June Rogers MBE Team Director, Promocon, Disabled Living,Manchester
12.45 - 14.15	Lunch and exhibition viewing
14.15 - 14.45	Management of Faecal Incontinence in children	Anthony Cohn Consultant Paediatrician, Watford General Hospital
14.45 - 15.15	Anorectal physiology and an assessment of the pelvic floor	Clare Bourne Senior GI Physiologist, The John Radcliffe Hospital
15.15 - 15.45	Break and exhibition viewing
15.45 - 16.15	ACE management/stoma's - Options & choices	Sally Harding Paediatric Continence/Stoma Sister, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
16.15 - 16.45	Constipation in children	Niamh Geoghegan Paediatric Stoma and Continence Advisor, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London

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