The below programme is an outline which will assist you with planning your travel arrangements. More details on invited speakers to follow in due course.
The content of the ASCN UK Annual Conference is determined by your abstracts which will be shortlisted by the ASCN UK Committee by 18th June. Please refer back for updates after 13th July.
*Please note the below timings may change and should be used as a guide only.
| SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2018 | |
| 14:00 - 19:30 | Registration Open |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | ASCN UK Dementia Workshop - Bridging the Dementia Gap in Stoma Care Michaela Parker & Carolyn Swash, ASCN UK Area Reps |
| 16:45 - 17:45 | ASCN UK Sexual Intimacy Seminar - Sexual function and colorectal patients: How can stoma care nurses help their patients overcome sexual function issues during and after treatment? Lorraine Grover, Psychosexual Nurse Specialist, London Clinic, London ASCN UK Dementia Workshop - Bridging the Dementia Gap in Stoma Care Michaela Parker & Carolyn Swash, ASCN UK Area Reps |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Welcome Reception and Official Opening of the Exhibition |
| MONDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2018 | |
| 07:00 - 17:30 | Registration Open |
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Poster Viewing |
| 07:30 - 08:15 | Industry Breakfast Workshop |
| 08.45 – 10.00 | Session One: Recent Advances on Nursing Practice Role of ASCN UK and Area Rep Role Gill Skipper, ASCN UK Area Representative Invited Speaker: Sexual function and colorectal patients: How can stoma care nurses help their patients overcome sexual function issues during and after treatment? Lorraine Grover, Psychosexual Nurse Specialist, London Clinic, London ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 10.10 – 11.00 | Tea / Coffee / Exhibition / Posters |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Session Two: Current Practice Changes in the UK Facilities ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 12.25 – 13.10 | Lunch / Exhibition / Posters |
| 13.10 – 14.35 | Session Three: ASCN UK AGM & Award Presentations ASCN UK – Annual General Meeting (Exhibition Closed) New Presenters Award (Supported by Coloplast) UA Research Awards Opus Reserach Bursary Award (Supported by Opus) |
| 14.40 – 15.30 | Session Four: Patient Experience and Outcomes Breaking Down Barriers in Gender Expression Sharon Fillingham, Clinical Practice Facilitator Urinary Diversion / Psychosexual and Gender Therapist, (UCLH) ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 15.30 – 16.05 | Tea / Coffee / Exhibition / Posters |
| 16.05 – 17.30 | Session Five: Education ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 17.20 – 17.30 | 2018 AWARD PRESENTATIONS Announcement of Winner of New Presenters Award 2018 (COLOPLAST) Announcement of the Urostomy Research Awards 2018 (UA) Announcement of Winner of Nurse of the Year Award 2018 (SALTS) |
| 19:30 - Midnight | Conference Dinner at The ICC Birmingham |
| TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2018 | |
| 07:00 - 16:00 | Registration Open |
| 07:30 - 16:00 | Poster Viewing |
| 07:30 - 08:15 | Industry Breakfast Workshop |
| 08.45 – 10.10 | Session Six: Advancing Surgical and Collaborative Practices ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 10.10– 11.00 | Tea / Coffee / Exhibition / Posters |
| 11.00 – 12.45 | Session Seven: Collaborative Working to Improve Efficiencies Invited Speaker: Urinary diversion following Total Pelvic Exenteration Pardeep Kumar, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Royal Marsden Hospital & Colorectal Surgeon TBC ORAL PRESENTATIONS Invited Speaker: Patients’ anticipations and realities of living with a stoma for IBD Lesley Dibley, Reader in Nursing Research and Education, University of Greenwich & Bart’s Health NHS Trust |
| 12.45 – 13.30 | Lunch / Exhibition / Posters |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Session Eight: Case Studies ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 14.40 – 14.55 | ASCN UK Award Presentations ASCN UK Overall Conference Presentation Awards ASCN UK Poster Presentation Awards |
| 14.55 – 15.00 | Close of Conference by Maddie White, Chair to ASCN UK |
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