The 7th edition of the NUHS-Harvard BIDMC Internal Medicine Conference 2024 will be held on 31 May - 1 June 2024. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) is a major teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School. This conference started as a partnership between NUHS and Harvard-BIDMC as an internal medicine conference targeted at residents to help them keep abreast with updates in medical fields. From the 5th edition onwards, we expanded the conference to benefit not just internal medicine residents, but all specialists (junior and senior) across medically-related specialties and our colleagues in primary care.
With this year's theme of "Health of All, Everyone, Everywhere", we hope the event will not only provide a learning platform for you but also opportunities to network with local and international experts and peers. The sessions will undoubtedly provide invaluable insights into the current trends and issues in Internal Medicine and beyond.
We hope that this conference will leave you with renewed passion for the practice of Medicine and give a boost in your journey towards providing better care for patients.
Registration is now open.
For more enquiries, email medconference@nus.edu.sg
Programme
Day 1: 31st May 2024
| Time | Title/Topic |
| 0730 - 0735 | Conference Opening and Welcome |
| Opening Morning Plenaries | |
| 0735 - 0800 | What Health for All means for Everyone in the Future? By Prof Yeoh Khay Guan |
| 0800 - 0825 | Quality Improvement: Raising the Bar By Prof Mark Zeidel |
| 0825 - 0840 | Plenary Q&A |
| 0840 - 0850 | Break |
| Symposium 1 Obesity: The Metabolic Epidemic | |
| 0850 - 0925 | The setpoint theory in obesity: Beyond caloric balance By A/Prof Khoo Chin Meng |
| 0925 - 1000 | Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: New Challenges, New Medications By Prof Martin Abrahamson |
| 1000 - 1035 | Dietary modification for weight loss By Dr Lim Su Lin |
| 1035 - 1050 | Symposium 1 Q&A |
| 1050 - 1100 | Break |
| Symposium 2 Gastroenterology and Hepatology review | |
| 1100 - 1135 | Management of chronic hepatitis: Overview and latest update By Prof Dan Yock Young |
| 1135 - 1215 | Challenging Cases in Hepatology and Gastroenterology By Prof Sanjiv Chopra |
| 1215 - 1250 | Approach to upper gastrointestinal blessing By Dr Yousif A'Rahim |
| 1250 - 1305 | Symposium 2 Q&A |
| 1305 - 1330 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon Plenary | |
| 1330 - 1430 | Clinical Reasoning from the Experts By Residents, Prof Sanjiv Chopra, Dr Molly Hayes, Prof Paul Anatharajah Tambyah |
| 1430 - 1500 | Break |
| Symposium 3 Respiratory Medicine Review | |
| 1500 - 1535 | Approach to early diagnosis of lung cancer By Dr Mamta Ruparel |
| 1535 - 1615 | Challenging Cases in Respiratory Medicine By Dr Molly Hayes |
| 1615 - 1650 | Tuberculosis: An update on management By Dr Catherine Ong |
| 1650 - 1710 | Symposium 3 Q&A |
| End of Day 1 | |
Day 2: 1st June 2024
| Time | Title/Topic |
| Morning Plenary | |
| 0800 - 0840 | Microbiome, Man and Medicine By Prof Sanjiv Chopra |
| 0840 - 0850 | Plenary Q&A |
| 0850 - 0900 | Break |
| Symposium 4 Clinical Conundrums | |
| 0900 - 0940 | Challenging Cases in Endocrinology By Prof Martin Abrahamson |
| 0940 - 1010 | Evaluating allergies and the role of immunotherapy By Adj A/Prof Amelia Santosa |
| 1010 - 1050 | Challenging Cases in Nephrology By Prof Mark Zeidel |
| 1050 - 1100 | Break |
| Symposium 5 Stroke: Prevention, Detection and Health Restoration | |
| 1100 - 1135 | Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation: Roles of Direct Oral Anti Coagulants (DOACs) By Dr Yap Eng Soo |
| 1135 - 1210 | Update in stroke evaluation and management (Including AI component) By Dr Leonard Yeo |
| 1210 - 1245 | Post-stroke rehab: The Next Frontier By Dr Effie Chew |
| 1245 - 1300 | Symposium 5 Q&A |
| 1300 - 1330 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon Plenary | |
| 1330 - 1415 | Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Doctors Smarter By Dr Yousif A'Rahim |
| 1415 - 1500 | Break |
| Symposium 6 Keeping the humanity in Medicine | |
| 1500 - 1535 | Palliative Care for the Internist: Nuts and Bolts By Dr Noreen Chan |
| 1535 - 1610 | Humanising the ICU By Dr Molly Hayes |
| 1610 - 1645 | Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments By Prof Jason Phua |
| 1645 - 1700 | Symposium 6 Q&A |
| 1700 - 1720 | Closing Ceremony and Address |
| End of Day 2 | |
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