Webinar: Enhancing Patient Flow in Acute Medical Take

Event date

• Thursday, September 25 2025, 1pm

Event details

Register for the 'Enhancing Patient Flow in Acute Medical Take' webinar on Thursday 25 September at 1pm

Open to all staff - targeting frontline clinicians across nursing, medical and HSCPs including NAS staff alongside operational management.

This webinar will explore the challenges and initiatives around Acute Medical Take and the Acute Medicine Programme, and the associated impact on patient flow. This webinar will provide an overview of Acute Medical Take with insights from various hospital models.

• ‘Overview of Acute Medicine and future challenges in Ireland’
  Prof Garry Courtney, National Clinical Lead for Acute Medicine
  
• ‘Acute Take and Acute Medicine Programme in a Model 4 Hospital’
  Dr Catherine McGorrian, Consultant in Cardiology and Acute Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. Associate Clinical Professor, UCD School of Medicine
  Ryan Wylie, Operations Manager, Emergency and Specialty Medicine Directorate, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
  
• ‘How Acute Medical Assessment Units and ANPs contribute to patient flow in a Model 3 Hospital’
  Catherine Rowe ANP Acute Medicine, St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
  Brid Crennan, ADON Patient Flow, St Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
  Dr Raquel Brauns, Acute Physician, Tipperary University Hospital
  
• ‘Keeping it local - Medical Assessment Units in Model 2 hospitals’
  Dr Daniel Schmidt, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Acute Physician, Mallow General Hospital

These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion.