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FREE WEBINAR: Health New Zealand presents Te Tiri Whakāro: Sharing Knowledge, a webinar series to support primary care. This will cover 2 clinical sessions and a standing segment of clinical updates.
Paediatric epilepsy: What would you do?
Children with epilepsy can present with a host of issues. What should you do next? When is it urgent? How much investigation is needed, and when should you refer?
In this short, case-based session, we’ll explore some common - and not-so-common - paediatric epilepsy scenarios, with a focus on the practical decisions that matter in general practice. Come along, test your clinical instincts, and see what you would do.
Contemporary issues for women with epilepsy
This session will focus on some of the unique challenges in managing epilepsy in female patients. The material will cover issues to do with both epilepsy and prescribing of anti-seizure drugs during pregnancy. Information will be presented on the evidence base for starting anti seizure drugs. There will also be a discussion on epilepsy specific problems that can arise during pregnancy and also epilepsy specific issues unique to women (with epilepsy).
General updates
with Sue Tutty.
As always, we will answer as many questions as possible.
Presenter
Lynette Sadleir
Lynette did her paediatric neurology and epilepsy fellowships at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital. She is presently a physician-scientist and paediatric epileptologist at the University of Otago, Wellington. She is actively involved in epilepsy teaching to all levels of both medical and allied health clinicians.
Her research focus is on epilepsy genetics and epidemiology. She is the Chair of the New Zealand Paediatric Neurology Clinical Network, secretary of the New Zealand League Against Epilepsy, Chair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) SNOMED task force, and a member of both the ILAE Paediatric Epilepsy taskforce. She co-led the development and updates of the New Zealand Paediatric Epilepsy Guidelines and Health Pathways for Epilepsy in Children.
She is part of the curriculum update team for the International Paediatric Epilepsy Training (PET) Courses and on the New Zealand PET faculty.
Presenter
Ian Rosemergy
Ian (MBChB FRACP) is a Consultant Neurologist with an interest in epilepsy and neurophysiology. Ian is a managing partner of Riddiford Neurology, and also works at Wellington Hospital.
Ian completed his medical degree at Auckland University, and physician and neurology training in Wellington. He undertook further neurology and neurophysiology training at the Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Denmark, and completed a fellowship in Epilepsy and Neurophysiology at Auckland Hospital.
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