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Primary Care Learning and Development
The Med-Chi Hall Thursday 5th March 2020 – 7PM
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
The Med-Chi Hall, Foresterhill at 7pm
Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie, OBE, Sir James MacKenzie Chair of General Practice, University of Aberdeen.
Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie worked as a GP and medical researcher. He is the James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice at the University of Aberdeen and holds honorary professorships at the University of Edinburgh and the University of the Highlands and Islands. He has a long record of contributing to the NHS in Scotland including Director of Public Health NHS Grampian (2012 – 2014), Principal General Practitioner Health Centre and Community Hospital (1984 – 2012) and chair of a number of national advisory committees to the Scottish Government, including the Independent Review of Primary Care Out-of-Hours Services in Scotland in 2015. Sir Lewis has received a number of national and international professor awards and was knighted in 2011 for services to the NHS in Scotland.
Sir Lewis will talk about the care needs of communities throughout Scotland and supporting colleagues in often difficult circumstances to give of their best.
NEXT LECTURE…..
Suttie Lecture Theatre – 11.30AM
25th March 2020……“Professor Jim Petrie Lecture”
Professor Peter Langhorne, Professor of Stroke Care, University of Glasgow
Med-Chi Hall – 7PM
2nd April 2020… “Grin or Bear it: Changing the Clinical Face of Pain Management” Professor Blair Smith, Professor of Population Health Science, University of Dundee.
Dates For Your Diary….
Suttie Lecture Theatre – 7.30PM
Wednesday 22nd April 2020……
“The Heritage Event – A Celebration of 50 Years Vocational GP Training in Aberdeen”
FOR MED-CHI EVENING LECTURES PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN FRONT OF THE POLWARTH BUILDING. ENTRY FROM CORNHILL ROAD BETWEEN 6 & 7PM. THE EXIT BARRIER WILL RAISE AUTOMATICALLY ON LEAVING SHIRLEY LAIRD – HONORARY SECRETARY
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD Tel: 01224 437104 – Ext (76) 7104 Email: medchi.admin@abdn.ac.uk Web: www.med-chi.co.uk
