Join our next NIPC Series webinar, Managing and Treating Atrial Fibrillation, Tuesday 24th October,19:00 – 20:30

Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting at least 3% of Irish adults over 60. Join an expert panel of speakers as they discuss this condition, treatment and risk factor management, followed by an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A session.

Agenda Includes;

  • Welcome and Introduction
    Dr Jennifer Jones, Director of Training and Education, NIPC
  • Managing AFib for Stroke Prevention
    Dr Ruairi Waters, Consultant in Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Department of Geriatric, Medicine, Galway University Hospital
  • Lifestyle Risk Factors and How to Manage Them
    Edel Mannion, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Older Persons, Galway University Hospital
  • Improving Patient Pathways
    Dr Yvonne Smyth, Consultant Cardiologist, Galway University Hospital
  • Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Care
    Dr Sarah McErlean, GP & Clinical Academic Fellow with UCD
  • Developments in Treatment
    Dr Stephen Tuohy, Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Galway Clinic
  • Expert Panel Discussion and Audience Q and A

Chair: Dr Stephen Tuohy, Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Galway Clinic

For more information about Atrial Fibrillation, its diagnosis, treatment options, the management of patients with AF, and professional education support, please visit the Get Smart About Afib website HERE.

CPD approval pending. Registration is free for current health care professionals.

Previous NIPC Series webinars 2023

For our NIPC Series webinar Heart Failure Matters, 26th September 2023, an expert panel came together to share their experiences and insights on the key challenges faced with managing and treating people living with Heart Failure. This was held in collaboration with the Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association (INCA)

Our experts discussed the latest updates from The National Programme for Heart Failure in Ireland, new developments in pharmacological management, detection and screening, as well as patient self-management and carer considerations. This was followed by an expert panel discussion and audience Q&A session.

Agenda Includes;

  • Welcome and Introduction
    Maria Hayes, President, Irish Nurses Cardiovascular Association
  • The National Programme for Heart Failure in Ireland – Past, Present and Future
    Prof Ken McDonald, Clinical Lead, National Heart Programme; St Vincent’s University Health Care Group
  • Important Updates in Pharmacological Management
    Mairead Lehane, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Mallow General Hospital
  • Is it Heart Failure? Detection and Screening in People with Other Co-Morbidities
    Michelle Carey, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Tallaght University Hospital
  • Living with Heart Failure: Somatic Awareness, Self-Management and Carer Considerations
    Norma Caples, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, University Hospital Waterford
  • Expert Panel Discussion and Audience Q and A

Chair: Dr Brendan O’Shea, GP & Principal in Practice; Assistant Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin

To view a recording of this webinar, you must login or register HERE. Once logged in visit the ‘Library’ section where you can watch this and other webinars.

New Approaches to the Management of Residual Risk – An Era Beyond Statins

The NIPC Series ‘New Approaches to the Management of Residual Risk – An Era Beyond Statins’, was held on 17th May 2023. An expert panel came together to discuss a wide range of topics from advances in pharmacological management to lifestyle approaches that can all be used in the treatment of residual risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

In this NIPC Series webinar our expert panel shared their insights on the progress of currently available therapies along with the best-available evidence in pharmacological and lifestyle approaches.

The panel discussions had a strong practical focus on how to apply managing residual risk across hospital, general practice and community settings.

NIPC would like to thank all of the speakers and sponsors for making this informative and engaging series possible.

  • Prof Derek Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist, Birmingham City & Sandwell Hospitals
  • Dr Jennifer Jones, Director of Training and Education, NIPC
  • Noeleen Fallon, Specialist Nurse in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Tallaght University Hospital
  • Dr Niamh Moran, GP, Irish Society of Lifestyle Medicine
  • Chair: Dr Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist, Integrated Care, University Hospitals Galway and CHO2

To view a recording of this webinar, you must login or register HERE. Once logged in visit the ‘Library’ section where you can watch this and other webinars.

Menopause and Heart Health – The Essential Facts

In support of International Women’s Day 2023 NIPC hosted a NIPC Series webinar ‘Menopause and Heart Health – The Essential Facts’.

A panel of experts from Ireland and Northern Ireland came together to share their insights on key challenges specific to menopause and women’s heart health. Women face many unique health challenges throughout their lives and this webinar explored cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and menopause. Our speakers shared their perspectives from General Practice, Cardiology, Gynaecology and the lived patient experience.

Thank you to all our speakers

  • Dr Deirdre Lundy, Clinical Lead, Complex Menopause Service, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
  • Dr Sandra McNeill, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Consultant, Western Health and Social Care Trust
  • Dr Susan Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist, Integrated Care, University Hospitals Galway and CHO2 West
  • Dr Nicola Cochrane, GP & Menopause Specialist, Carrig Clinic and National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
  • Annie Costelloe, Head of Patient Community Engagement, Croí, West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation
  • Chair: Maire-Louise Connolly, Health Correspondent, BBC Northern Ireland

To view a recording of this webinar, you must login or register HERE. Once logged in visit the ‘Library’ section where you can watch this and other webinars.

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