ASSESSMENT OF THE PRETERM NEONATE: STATE OF THE ART AND ETHICS AT THE BEGINNING OF LIFE Monday 18th and Thursday 21st September 2006 North Hall, The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

ASSESSMENT OF THE PRETERM NEONATE: STATE OF THE ART MONDAY 18 / 09 / 2006 MORNING SESSION: EARLY ASSESSMENTS: SCOPE AND APPLICATION
9.00 am		Registration, tea and coffee
10.30 am		Opening remarks by Chair
Chair:		Dr Anita Holdcroft, Reader in Anaesthesia, Imperial College
10.40 am		Overview of the scope of major neurological and neurobehavioural assessments of the preterm neonate Dr Elvidina N Adamson-Macedo, Reader in Mental Health, University of Wolverhampton and President Forum on Maternity and the Newborn
11.15 am		The neuropsychological screening of the preterm infant before discharge from hospital Dr Romana Negri, Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry, Milan University and Sacco Hospital, Italy
12.05 pm		Discussion
1.00 pm		Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: EARLY ASSESSMENT AND LATER DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME
Chair:		Dr Elvidina N Adamson-Macedo, Reader in Mental Health, University of Wolverhampton, President of the Forum on Maternity and the Newborn
2.50 pm		Early clinical assessment in preterm infants: relation to brain imaging and 6 year developmental outcome Dr Frances M Cowan, Senior Lecturer in Perinatal Neurology, Hammersmith Hospital, London
3.20 pm		Completion of evaluation forms
3.25 pm		Discussion
4.15 pm		Closing remarks
CPD Points: 5 WORKSHOP ON THE APPLICATION OF THE NAPI (NEURO-BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PRETERM INFANT) MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2006
5.30 pm		Registration and refreshments
Chair:		Dr Elvidina N Adamson-Macedo, Reader in Mental Health, University of Wolverhampton, President of the Forum on Maternity and the Newborn
6.00 pm		Ethics at the beginning of life: the neonatologist and the preterm neonate Professor Neil McIntosh, Head of Departament of Child Life and Health, University of Edinburgh, Vice President – Science, Research and Clinical Effectiveness, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
6.30 pm		Ethics at the beginning of life: the psychologist and the unborn baby Professor of Psychology Peter Hepper,Director of Fetal Behaviour Research Centre, School of Psychology, Queens University, Belfast
7.00 pm		Completion of evaluation forms
7.05 pm		Debate
8.05pm		Close of meeting

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