SRI LANKA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

 March 25-27, 1998 – Hotel lanka Oberoi, Colombo

Theme : Quality Assurance and Research - the way forward

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Wednesday 25 March 1998

Pre Congress Workshops

 

Hall B   Planning and Conducting a Research Project   Chairperson – Prof Priyani Soysa			Hall A   Seminar on Rational Use of Drugs   Chairperson - Prof Gita Fernando
8.45 - 8.50 am	Dr D N Atukorala   Introduction		8.45 - 8.50 am	Prof Gita Fernando   Inroduction
8.50 - 9.00 am	Prof Priyani Soysa   Needs and Priorities		8.50 - 9.10 am	Prof Krisantha Weerasuriya   What is irrational prescribing?
9.00 - 9.20 am	Prof Janaka de Silva   How to start		9.10 - 9.30 am	Prof Roma Uppal   Prescribing in hepatic and renal disease
9.20-9.35 am	Prof Asoka Dissanayake   How to Get a Grant		9.30 - 9.50 am	Prof Gita Fernando   Guidelines for use of antibiotics
9.35 -10.00 am	Dr Rajitha Wickramasinghe   Statistics Before Starting the Study		9.50 - 10.10 am	Prof Rahamat Awang   Contributions of a drug information centre to rational use of drugs
10.00 - 10.20 am	Tea		10.10 - 10.30 am	Tea
10.20 - 10.45 am	Prof Devaka Fernando   Methodology and Practical Problems		10.30 - 10.50 am	Dr Sarath Gamini de Silva   Dilemmas to the clinician and practical aspects of rational use of drugs
10.45 - 11.00 am	Prof Colvin Goonaratna   Concluding Remarks		10.50 - 11.15 am	Discussion
11.00 - 12.30 pm	Research Clinic   Bring your own research problems

 

Wednesday 25 March 1998

Golden Ball Room - Hotel Lanka Oberoi

Hotel Lanka Oberoi, Colombo

 

Session 1 (Hall B): Chairperson : Prof Nimal Senanayake
8.45 - 9.10 am	Guest Lecture   Dr Vandana Nehra (USA)   Helicobacter pylori - All you want to know about
9.10 - 9.35 am	Guest Lecture
	Dr Ajay Nehra (USA)   Recent Advances in Management of Prostate Disease
Session 2 (Halls A, B ,D): Chairpersons : T T Kasturirathne, Prof Wilfred Perera, Dr Eugene Corea
9.40 - 10.40 am	Free papers - 3 parallel sessions
10.40 - 11.00 am	Tea
Session 3 (Hall B): Chairperson : Dr S Ramachandran
11.00 - 11.25 am	Guest Lecture   Dr Vandana Nehra (USA)   Irritable Bowel Syndrome
11.25 - 11.50 am	Guest Lecture   Dr Siri Kannangara (Australia)   Common Sports Injuries
11.50 - 12.15 pm	Guest Lecture   Dr S D Athukorale   Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
12.15 - 12.40 pm	Guest Lecture   Dr Ajay Nehra   Evaluation of Sexual Dysfunction
12.40 - 1.40 pm	Lunch
	Session 4: Halls A, B, D Chairpersons : Dr Paul Perera, Dr Shyam Fernando, Dr Kolitha Sellahewa
1.40 - 2.40 pm	Free papers (3 Parallel Sessions)
Session 5 (Hall B): Chairperson : Dr Prasad Kumarasinghe
2.40 - 3.05 pm	Guest Lecture   Dr Iftikhar Ahmed (USA)   Recent Aadvances in Dermatopathology
3.05 - 3.30 pm	Guest Lecture   Dr Debra D F Ahmed (USA)   Contact Dermatitis- Diagnostic Dilemmas and Clinical Clues
3.30 - 3.45 pm	Tea
Session 6 (Parallel sessions)
	Hall A   Symposium on Respiratory Diseases   Chairperson - Dr C G Uragoda	Hall B   Surgical Forum   Chairperson - Prof A H Sheriffdeen
3.45 – 4.10 pm	Prof Paul Jones (UK)   Evidence Based Medicine in Asthma & COPD	Dr C Sivathasan (Singapore)   Recent Advances in Cardiac Surgery
4.10 – 4.35 pm	Dr Shyam Fernando   Disorders of Respiration in Sleep	Dr K I Deen   Recent Advances in Colorectal Surgery
4.35 – 5.00 pm	Dr C S Pantin (UK)   Interstitial Lung Disease	Dr M D Lamawansa   Vascular Injuries
5.00 – 5.20 pm	Dr P N B Wijekoon   Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
S C Paul Oration (Hall A
5.30 - 6.30 pm	Prof Dayasiri Fernando   Colorectal Carcinoma - an emerging threat in Sri Lanka

 

Hotel Lanka Oberoi, Colombo

 

Session 7 (Hall B) Chairperson : Prof Devaka Fernando
8.45 – 9.10 am	Guest Lecture  Prof Patrick S Kamath (USA)  Approach to the patient with Ascites
9.10 – 9.35 am	Guest Lecture  Prof K S Reddy (India)  Cardiovascular Disease in the Developing Countries:Challenges and opportunities
Session 8 (Halls A, B, D) Chairpersons : Dr Deepal Weerasekera, Dr Athula Sumathipala, Dr Saman Gunatileke
9.35 – 10.35 am	Free papers ( 3 parallel sessions)
10.35 – 10.50 am	Tea
Session 9 (Halls A, B, D) Chairpersons : Dr D W Weerasuriya, Dr Kumar Weerasekera, Dr Sunil Seneviratne Epa
10.50 – 11.50 am	Free papers (3 parallel sessions)
Session 10 (Parallel Session)
	Hall B  UNICEF Sponsored Symposium  Chairperson - Dr Hiranthi Wijemanne	Hall A   Symposium on Quality Assurance  Chairperson - Dr Iftikhar Ahmed
11.50 – 12.15 pm	Dr B J C Perera  New Concepts in Lactation	Prof. Lalitha Mendis  Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine
12.15 – 12.40 pm	Dr Iyanthi Abeywickrama  HIV/AIDS - an update	Prof Devaka Fernando  Quality Assurance in Clinical Medicine
12.40 – 1.05 pm	Dr W Jayakuru  Immunization Update	Dr Reggie Perera  Quality Assurance – An Administrator's Point of View
		Dr Iftikhar Ahmed  Concluding Remarks
1.05 – 2.00 pm	Lunch
Session 11 (Parallel Session)
	Hall A: Chairperson : Dr Lucian Jayasuriya	Hall B: Chairperson : Prof Harendra De Silva
2.00 – 2.25 pm	Prof Anthony Mann (UK)  Creating Better Mental Healthcare in Primary care	Prof Tissa Vitharana  Japansese Encephalitis – an update
2.25 – 2.50 pm	Dr Siri Kannangara (Australia)  Psoriatic Arthropathy - a distinct entity?	Dr Jonathan Evans (USA)  Some Common Geriatric Problems
2.50 – 3.15 pm	Dr Anura Alawattegama (UK)  The Role of Colposcopy in the Prevention of Cervical Cancer	Prof S N Wickramasinghe(UK)  Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anaemias - diagnosis & management
3.15 – 3.40 pm	Prof V Raina (India)  Blood Stem Ccell Transplants in Cancer	Prof Narada Waranasuriya  Determinents of Cognitive ability
3.40 – 3.55 pm	Tea
Session 12 (Parallel Sessions)
	Hall B: Chairperson : Prof Anoja Fernando	Hall C: Chairperson : Dr D N Atukorala
3.55 – 4.20 pm	Guest Lecture  Dr Jonathan Evans (USA)  Drug Prescribing in the Elderly	Brief Oral Presentations of Posters
4.20 – 4.45 pm	Guest Lecture  Dr Mary P Evans (USA)  Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologic Trauma
4.45 – 5.10 pm	Guest Lecture  Prof Paul Jones (UK)  Health Status Measurements in Asthma & COAD

 

7.30 pm

Variety Entertainment (Doctors’ Concert)

 

Venue: Lionel Memorial Auditorium

 

	Session 13 Chairperson : Prof W A S De Silva
8.45 - 9.10 am	Prof Shanthi Mendis  Current Trends in the Management of Hypertension
9.10 - 9.35 am	Dr C S Pantin (UK)  Occupational Asthma
9.35 - 10.00 am	Prof S N Wickramasinghe (UK)  New information on vitamin B 12 and folate deficiency
10.00 – 10.25 am	Dr Anura Alawattegama(UK)  Out patient management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
10.25 – 10.40 am	Tea
	Session 14 Chairperson : Dr Nanda Amarasekera
10.40 – 11.05 am	Dr Mary P Evans (USA)  Managing Common side Effects of Contraceptive Pills
11.05 – 11.30 am	Prof V Raina (India)  Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer
11.30 – 11.55 am	Dr C Sivathasan (Singapore)  Surgery for Peripheral Vascular Disease
11.55 – 12.20 pm	Dr Mirani Weerasuriya  Recent Filariasis research in Sri Lanka
12.20 – 12.45 pm	Prof Patrick Kamath (USA)  Hepatitis A-G
12.45 – 1.10 pm	Prof Saroj Jayasinghe  Changing Medical Curriculum and Teaching Methods

 

 

8.00 pm

SLMA Anniversary Banquet & Awards Ceremony – Hotel Lanka Oberoi