Hot Topic: Traffic Medicine

20 March 2015

Driving and ADHD, mental health and substance abuse

Time:        09:30 - 16:00

Venue:      RCPI No. 6 Kildare Street

Who Can Attend

All Doctors and other healthcare Professionals

Admission:  No fee

CPD Points 6

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Speakers: 

• Prof Flaura Koplin Winston, University of Pennsylvania
  ADHD
• Dr Michael Gormley, Trinity College Dublin
  Psychology good interventions for young drivers
• Professor Eilish Gilvarry, Newcastle University
  Dependence and driving: current issues
• Dr Ide Delargy, Director, Substance Misuse Programme, ICGP
  Doctors' dilemma with drugs and driving
• Dr Elizabeth Owens, Tallaght Hospital
  Psychiatry fitness to drive and the psychiatrist
• Prof Desmond O’Neill, National Programme Director for Traffic Medicine
  Literature review alcohol misuse, dependence and driving
• Dr Declan Bedford, Chair, RCPI Working Group on Traffic Medicine WG, Chair, Faculty Public Health, RCSI
  Discussion: What is an appropriate minimum period of absence for drivers with alcohol dependence prior to returning to drive?