Ulster Medical Society Lecture Programme 2022-2023

Professor Nigel Hart first graduated in 1990 from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) with a degree in Computer Science. He worked in the IT industry for several years working in the UK, Japan, Switzerland and North America. He had a change of direction and was enrolled to study medicine at QUB in 1994, graduating in 1999. He completed his JHO year in the Belfast City and Royal Victoria Hospitals. He commenced GP training in 2000, enrolling in the GP Academic Research Training Scheme (GPARTS) and subsequently completed an MD in Stroke Risk Factors. He became a GP partner in a rural Practice in 2007 and was appointed to the position of Senior Lecturer (part-time) at the School of Medicine at QUB later that year. In 2015 he moved to a full joint appointment in the Centre for Medical Education in the School of Medicine where in 2016 he was appointed as Associate Director for General Practice and Primary Care to lead expansion of General Practice within the undergraduate curriculum. He has been in leadership roles in undergraduate education, GP Training, clinical research and quality improvement. He currently leads the GPARTS programme and is co-lead for the Primary Care group of the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network.

UMS Lecture/Meeting Dates
Date	Lecture	Speaker & Subject	Venue	Time
Thurs 6th Oct	Presidential Address	Professor Nigel Hart Professor of General Practice and Primary Care, QUB “The remarkable potential of Primary Care”	*North Lecture Theatre Medical Biology Centre QUB	Lecture 8pm
Thurs 20th Oct	Sir Thomas and Lady Edith Dixon Lecture	Professor Brian Dolan OBE Director of Health Service 360/Hon. Professor of Leadership in Healthcare “Dear Deconditioning: Recognising and addressing the other pandemic”	*Lecture Theatre Trust HQ Ulster Hospital	8pm
Thurs 10th Nov	UMS/QUB/NIMDTA Joint Meeting	Trainee Research Day Guest Speaker Professor Phil Evans NIHR CRN Deputy Medical Director & National Specialty Lead for Primary Care	Online Virtual	9am to 12.30pm
Thurs 10th Nov	UMS	Dr Austin O’Carroll HSE Clinical Lead for Dublin Covid Homeless Response and Founder of Safetynet “Making sense of street chaos: access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness”	*South Lecture Theatre Medical Biology Centre QUB	8pm
Thurs 17th Nov	UMS	Ms Marie-Louise Connolly BBC NI Health Correspondent “Reporting on health with fairness and impartiality - my role as BBC NI’s health correspondent”	*BCH Postgrad Centre	8pm
Thurs 1st Dec	UMS	Dr Sarah Burke Assistant Professor of Health Policy, TCD “Reflections on health reform in Ireland (Sláintecare): through a health policy and health systems’ lens”	*Lecture Theatre Craigavon Area Hospital	8pm
Thurs 15th Dec	UMS/DoH/QUB Joint Meeting	Professor Sir Michael McBride, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Sir Frank Atherton Chief Medical Officers “In conversation with the four Chief Medical Officer’s: Reflections on a Pandemic”	QUB	Refreshments 7pm Lecture 7.30pm
Thurs 12th Jan	Joint Meeting with Ulster Obs & Gynae Society	Professor David McCance Consultant Physician and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology “Diabetes in pregnancy”	*BCH Postgrad Centre	8pm
Thurs 26th Jan	UMS: The Robert Campbell Oration	Professor Susan Smith Professor of General Practice, TCD “Practice-embedded research will ensure evidence-informed primary care delivery”	*BCH Postgrad Centre	8pm
Thurs 9th Feb	The Desmond Whyte Lecture	Dr Helen Bevan Strategic Adviser, NHS Horizons “The healthcare system of the future: how do we get better at getting better?”	*Centre of Medical & Dental Education & Training, Altnagelvin Area Hospital	Buffet 6pm Lecture 7pm
Thurs 23rd Feb	The Gary Love Lecture Joint meeting with Ulster Society for History of Medicine	Professor Emeritus Alun Evans QUB “The UMS: From an Old Museum to a New Institute”	*BCH Postgrad Centre	8pm
Thurs 9th Mar	UMS	Dr Davog McCaffrey F1 and Former President QUB GP Society “Remembering your why… -putting the spark back into your medical career”	*Med Ed Centre Bretten Hall Antrim Area Hospital	8pm
		Dr Niamh Woods Leadership Fellow UK Foundation Programme “Who’s still willing to fight for a national health service?”
Thurs 23rd Mar	Joint meeting UMS with BCH	Dr Jonny Acheson Emergency Medicine Consultant, Parkinson’s Advocate, Artist “Drawing on my experience of Parkinson’s Disease”	*BCH Postgrad Centre	Buffet 7pm Lecture 8pm
Fri 21st Apr	UMS	Annual Dinner	The Great Hall QUB	7.30pm
Thurs 4th May	UMS	AGM	UMS Rooms	5pm

All lectures can be booked via Eventbrite for in-person or *streamed at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/ulster-medical-society-lectures-1108089 or by emailing administrator@ums.ac.uk