This programme is subject to change without notice and all participants are encouraged to refer back to the programme before the Conference for the final version.
The abstracts are available from this web site. For speeches and oral presentations you can click on the "add to basket" link next to the relevant item. For posters and a full list click here.
Day One - Monday 7th June 2010
PLENARY SESSIONS - The Music Room
| 0800 | Registration and Coffee/Tea/Water |
| 0950 | The Newest Strategies and Approaches to Occupational Health Services |
| Opening by Alastair Leckie | |
| 1000 | Add To BasketIain McCallum Memorial Lecture Radiation exposure in the workplace - what can it tell us about risk? Richard Wakeford, Dalton Nuclear Institute, University of Manchester |
| 1045 | Add To BasketLegal Issues - corporate manslaughter David Leckie, Partner, Maclay, Murray and Spens |
| 1125 - 1150 | Coffee/Tea/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1150 | The Apothecaries Lecture Harry Burns, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland |
| 1235 | Presentation to Harry Burns |
| 1240 | Address by Ms Nicola Sturgeon, MSP, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing |
| 1300 - 1345 | Lunch/Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 1 - The Music Room
| 1345 | Add To BasketLearning from incidents, outbreaks and pandemics W Cairns S Smith OBE, Professor of Public Health, University of Aberdeen |
| 1425 | Add To BasketMultidisciplinary working in OHS... What happens after collaboration? Andrew Curran, Director Health Improvement Group, Health and Safety Laboratory |
| 1500 - 1530 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1530 | Add To BasketOccupational respiratory disease: old and new problems David Fishwick, Reader in Respiratory Medicine and Honorary Consultant Respiratory Physician, University of Sheffield |
| 1600 - 1630 | Oral Presentations |
| 1600 - 1615 | Add To BasketO1: AN ANNUAL TB SYMPTOM REMINDER FOR HEALTHCARE STAFF: IS IT WORTH IT? P. R. Grime, C. J. Jeffs, H. G. M. Sayed, P. W. Mackenzie, M. C. I. Lipman |
| 1615 - 1630 | Add To BasketO2: POST-INCIDENT MANAGEMENT OF EXPOSURES TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS AMONGST SCOTTISH POLICE AND PRISON STAFF K. Dunleavy, J. Gow, A. Taylor, B. Cullen, K. Roy |
PARALLEL SESSION 2 - The East Drawing Room
| 1345 | Add To BasketOccupational Health in Ports and Dockyards Andrew Mounstephen, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, OHSAS, Add To BasketHAVS - retention of key skills in a shipyard environment Geoff Helliwell, Managing Director, Wellwork Ltd Add To BasketThinking outside the box Mike Gibson, Medical Director, Corporate Health Limited Add To BasketRespiratory health effects of metal fume Julian Nettleton, HSE Inspector |
| 1500 - 1530 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1530 | Oral Presentations |
| 1530 - 1545 | Add To BasketO3: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND HEALTH PROMOTION FOR OLDER WORKERS J. O. Crawford, R. A. Graveling, H. Cowie, K. Dixon, L. MacCalman |
| 1545 - 1600 | Add To BasketO4: DRIVING OUT BACK PAIN IN BUSINESS DRIVERS D. E. Gyi, K. Sang, C. O. Haslam |
| 1600 - 1615 | Add To BasketO5 A STUDY OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN SURGEONS S. W. K. Cheng, P. Ho, A. C. W. Ting, J. T. C. Poon, R. C. C. Tsang, G. P. Y. Szeto |
| 1615 - 1630 | Discussion |
PARALLEL SESSION 3 - The West Drawing Room
| 1345 | Add To BasketEvidence into practice David Haldane, Consultant, Western Infirmary, Glasgow |
| 1500 - 1530 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1530 - 1630 | Add To BasketOil and gas health management - a crude tale Will Ponsonby, Senior Occupational Physician, Shell International |
PARALLEL SESSION 4 - The Supper Room
| 1345 | Add To BasketTools for appraisal and revalidation - the SOM Way Malcolm Braithwaite OBE and Rob Thornton Society of Occupational Medicine Education Panel |
| 1500 - 1530 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1530 - 1630 | Add To BasketQuality in OHS: defining and delivering Martin Tohill, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Belfast HSC Trust OHS |
| 1630 - 1730 | SOM AGM |
| 1745 - 1845 | Whisky Tasting - at the Assembly Rooms |
Day Two - Tuesday 8th June 2010
PARALLEL SESSION 1 - The Music Room
| 0800 - 0845 | ANHOPS programme and AGM |
| 0900 - 0930 | Oral Presentations |
| 0900 - 0915 | Add To BasketO6: DYSLEXIA, DYSPRAXIA, DYSCALCULIA - BEST PRACTICE IN MANAGING AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE WORKPLACE N. M. James |
| 0915 - 0930 | Add To BasketO7: WORK-RELATED ILL-HEALTH AND SICKNESS ABSENCE - CALCULATING RATES OF INCIDENCE FROM GENERAL PRACTICE L. Hussey, S. Turner, K. Thorley, M. Carder, R. McNamee, R. Agius |
| 0930 | Add To BasketSick doctors and the law: DDA, fitness to practice and GMC Diana Kloss, Barrister and Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester and Hamish Paterson, Occupational Health Physician, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust |
| 1050 - 1120 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 2 - The East Drawing Room
| 0900 - 0930 | Oral Presentations |
| 0900 - 0930 | Add To BasketO9: RECONSTRUCTING PAST OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES: HOW RELIABLE ARE WOMEN’S REPORTS OF THEIR PARTNER’S OCCUPATION? N. Tagiyeva, S. Semple, G. Devereux, A. Sherriff, J. Henderson, P. Elias, J. G. Ayres |
| 0930 - 1000 | Add To BasketInteractions between research and practice in occupational medicine Raymond Agius, Professor Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Manchester |
| 1010 - 1050 | Add To BasketO8: URANIUM MINING IN NAMIBIA - HEALTH ASPECTS OF A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT D. C. Snashall |
| 1050 - 1120 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 3 - The West Drawing Room
| 0900 - 0930 | Oral Presentations |
| 0900 - 0915 | Add To BasketO10: OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND THE OUTCOME OF BASIC MILITARY TRAINING S. Jackson, P. Richards, R. Bridger, R. Agius |
| 0915 - 0930 | Add To BasketO11: EFFECTIVENESS OF A WORKPLACE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION: RESULTS FROM A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL R. J. Lawton, R. R. C. McEachan, C. Jackson, M. Conner, R. M. West |
| 0930 | Add To BasketConstruction: lessons from major projects Chris Pugh and Marianne Dyer, Duradiamond Healthcare Ltd |
| 1050 - 1120 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 4 - The Supper Room
| 0900 - 0930 | Oral Presentations |
| 0900 - 0915 | Add To BasketO12: CHANGES IN INCAPACITY BENEFIT RECEIPT IN UK CITIES FROM 2000 TO 2008 J. Brown, J. Smith, R. Mitchell, I. Turok, D. Webester, J. Arnott, E. B. Macdonald |
| 0915 - 0930 | Add To BasketO13: A PILOT CONTROLLED TRIAL OF WORKPLACE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS A. Rannard, D. Sen, R. Riley, P. Byrne, M. Gabbay |
| 0930 | Add To BasketCognitive Function Testing - what do we mean by it? John Harrison, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
| 1050 - 1120 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
PLENARY SESSION - The Music Room
| 1120 | Add To BasketTelehealth now and 5 years’ hence Jim Ferguson, Clinical Lead, Scottish Centre for Telehealth |
| 1155 | Add To BasketThe 2010 Thackrah Lecture “Dust and disease; from coalmining to nanotechnology Anthony Seaton, Honorary Senior Consultant to the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh and Emeritus Professor, Aberdeen University |
| 1235 | Presentation to Anthony Seaton |
| 1240 - 1330 | Packed Lunch, Exhibition and Posters |
| Afternoon | Workplace Visits Arts and Medicine Session Golf Practical IT Session(s) |
| 1930 | 75th Anniversary Ball at the Balmoral Hotel |
Day Three - Wednesday 9th June 2010
PLENARY SESSION - The Music Room
| 0900 - 0930 | Add To BasketThe contribution of occupation to the burden of cancer in Great Britain: opportunities for intervention Lesley Rushton OBE, Principal Research Fellow, Imperial College London |
| 0930 | Add To BasketThe 2010 Hunter Lecture: New ills for old: modern epidemics in occupational health Keith Palmer, Professor Occupational Medicine, Medical Research Council, University of Southampton |
| 1015 | Add To BasketProject Argus: counter terrorism Andrew Cameron, Detective Constable (Special Branch), Counter Terrorism Security Advisor |
| 1100 - 1130 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 1 - The Music Room
| 1130 | Add To BasketLegal updates Michael McLaughlin, Partner, Biggart Baillie |
| 1200 | Add To BasketShift Work: trouble for the biological clock Anders Knutsson, Professor at Mid Sweden University, Department of Health Sciences |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 2 - The East Drawing Room
| 1130 | Add To BasketGeneral Practice and OHS... Developing Skill Sets Mark Hilditch, Consultant Occupational Physician, NHS Highland OHS |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 3 - The West Drawing Room
| 1130 | Add To BasketOccupational dermatology: innovations in assessment and surveillance Markus Steiner, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen |
| 1230 - 1245 | Oral Presentation Add To BasketO14: INVESTIGATING INTERVENTIONS AIMING TO REDUCE OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO “LATEX AND RELATED SUBSTANCES” USING WORK-RELATED ILL-HEALTH SURVEILLANCE DATA REPORTED TO THE HEALTH AND OCCUPATION REPORTING (THOR) NETWORK S. Turner, S. J. Stocks, R. McNamee, M. Carder, R. Agius |
| 1245 - 1330 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters |
PARALLEL SESSION 4 - The Supper Room
| 1130 | Add To BasketThe MFOM dissertation - from design to reporting Finlay Dick, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Medicine and Honorary Consultant Occupational Physician, NHS Grampian Kate Venables, Reader, University of Oxford |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters |
PLENARY SESSION - The Music Room
| 1330 | Add To BasketHSE Updates The HSE Strategy and Occupational health in Great Britain Judith Hackitt, Chair Health and Safety Executive EMAS in the 21st Century John Osman, Chief Medical Adviser and Head of Epidemiology, Health and Safety Executive |
| 1440 - 1500 | Tea/Coffee/Water Break, with Exhibition and Posters |
| 1500 -1530 | CONGRUENCE OF LOW BACK AND PAIN GUIDELINES: EVIDENCE OF QUALITY J. S. Harris |
| 1530 - 1610 | Add To BasketDrug and Alcohol Testing Olivia Carlton, President, Society of Occupational Medicine |
| 1610 - 1620 | Closing remarks and conclusions |