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Speakers

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Dr. Ian Higginson

Dr. Ian Higginson is current President of RCEM.

 

In his clinical life he is an Emergency Physician, Prehospital Critical Care Doctor, and BASICS doctor. He has a deep interest in sustainable working and careers in Emergency Medicine, but is rubbish at practising what he preaches. His talk will encourage attendees to learn from his mistakes.

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Title of talk: Just another job

Ms. Lisa Hadfield-Law

SRN   MSc   FAcadMEd  FFSTEd(Hon) 

Having spent 20 years in clinical practice and 20 years in surgical education, Lisa has been immersed in both cultures and has been, therefore, in a unique position to provide professional development support.  She has managed emergency departments in London and Oxford.

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  • Medical educator since 1992

  • Trained over 15,000 clinicians in 68 Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific countries. 

  • Previously 20 years of ED nursing experience in the UK and abroad

  • Head of Nursing - St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London

  • Trained as a virtual teacher in 2016 & 2020

  • BOA Education Advisor from 2012 to 2024

  • Education Advisor to AOUK&I  from 1997 to 2025                  

 

Currently

  • Lead for Future Leaders Programme 

    • British Orthopaedic Association

    • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 

  • Lead Foundations in Surgical Leadership & Dental Leadership- the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

  • Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers - the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

  • Honorary Fellow British Orthopaedic Association

  • Faculty of Surgical Trainers Advisory Board

  • Current focus - coaching and mentoring for surgeons & dentists

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Title of talk:

Feeling Like a Fraud? Tackling the Imposter Phenomenon in Emergency Medicine​

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Dr. Jonathan Looms

Dr. Jonathan Looms is an intensive care and clinical toxicology consultant at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Birmingham and the National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham). He completed his registrar training in the Thames Valley Deanery, and became the first UK intensivist to gain accreditation in toxicology with the NPIS. He is passionate about cross-specialty collaboration, and widening access and exposure to toxicology from doctors across all fields.

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Title of talk:

A Toxic Workplace: Life in the National Poisons Information Service

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