PROGRAM

Friday November 13, 1998, A.M.

0800-0900 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - Main Mezzanine Territories Foyer
0900-0910 OPENING REMARKS - Dr. D. McKnight, Deputy Chair, Department of Anaesthesia

Preparing for the New Millennium
Moderator: Dr. S. Davies

0910-0940 Update on Neonatal Resuscitation - Dr. C. Newman
0940-1010 Preadmission Clinics - Do They Work? - Dr. J. Bradley
1010-1020 Question Panel
1020-1050 Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1050-1120 Propofol and other Mysteries of Anaesthetic Mechanisms - Dr. B. Orser
1120-1150 Positioning Problems in Anaesthesia- Dr. G. Buczko
1150-1200 Question Panel
1200-1330 LUNCH

Friday November 13, 1998, P.M.

Moderator: Dr. D. Yee
"Affairs of the Heart"

1330-1400Perioperative b-blockade - Should everyone have it? - Dr. D. Mazer
1400-1430New Cardiovascular Pharmacology - Dr. R. Myers
1430-1500Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment - Dr. H. Abrams
1500-1515Question Panel
1515-1545Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1545-1700Panel Discussion:
Dilemmas in the Anaesthesia Consult Clinic
Drs. Mazer, Myers, Abrams

SMALL GROUP SESSIONS

SESSIONS RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH AFTERNOON LECTURES
1330- 1500Session I: Fibreoptic Intubation Workshop - Dr. G. Buczko
or
Session II: PBL - Common Problems on the Acute Pain Service - Dr. L. Eisen
1500-1530Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1530-1700Session I: Fibreoptic Intubation Workshop - Dr. G. Buczko
or
Session II: PBL - Common Problems on the Acute Pain Service - Dr. L. Eisen

MENDELSON LECTURE

1700-1800 New Updates to the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm

DR. JONATHAN BENUMOF

1800-1930 Post Mendelson Lecture RECEPTION

Saturday November 14, 1998, A.M.

0730-0830 Registration and Continental Breakfast

Have We Really Come a Long Way?
Moderator: Dr. L. Sinclair

0830-0915The Risks and Benefits of the Practice of Anaesthesia - Dr. P. Duncan
0915-0945Lidocaine Spinals - Why the Bad Rap? - Dr. V. Chan
0945-1000Question Panel
1000-1030Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1030-1115Clinical Capnography - How Far Have We Come? - Dr. J. Benumof
1115-1145The Nauseating Topic of PONV - Dr. P. Duncan
1145-1200Question Panel
1200-1330LUNCH

Saturday November 14, 1998, P.M.

Moderator: Dr. B. Morningstar

1330-1415 DAVID FEAR MEMORIAL LECTURE
Pearls in Ambulatory Pediatric Anaesthesia - Dr. H. Holtby

Obstetrical Afternoon: Tell us the Truth Now!

1420-1450Does a Labour Epidural Really Cause Fever? - Dr. S. Rolbin>
1450-1520 How Bad is an Accidental Dural Puncture? - Dr. P. Angle
1520-1530Question Panel
1530-1600 Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1600-1700 PRO - CON Debate: Can a Walking Epidural Service Work in My Hospital?
PRO (University perspective): Dr. P. Morgan
CON: (Community perspective): Dr. H. Vosu

WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOPS RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH AFTERNOON LECTURES
1415-1530 Session I: PBL - Trauma Anaesthesia - Drs. R. Chen & D.Yee
or
Session II: PBL - Trouble Shooting in Regional Anaesthesia - Dr. V. Chan
1530-1545 Hydration Break & Viewing of Exhibits
1545-1700 Session I: PBL - Trauma Anaesthesia - Drs. R. Chen & D.Yee
or
Session II: PBL - Trouble Shooting in Regional Anaesthesia - Dr. V. Chan