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Lecture

Functional Neurological Disorder With Prof Richard Kanaan

Date

14 August 2024

Location

Movenpick Hotel Hobart
28 Elizabeth St
Hobart, TAS 7000
Australia

Organised by

TAS Branch

Delivery

In-person

You are invited to attend a Tasmanian CME dinner lecture on Neurofunctional Disorder presented by Professor Richard Kanaan.

Conversion disorder was a pariah even amongst psychiatric conditions; as Functional Neurological Disorder it is a disorder transformed. Professor Kanaan will chart the changes, and constants, in our understanding of this foundational disorder.

Speaker

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Richard Kanaan

Professor Richard Kanaan studied mathematics and philosophy in Oxford and Los Angeles, before training in medicine and psychiatry in London. He was a clinician and academic at the Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry in London until he was appointed Chair of Psychiatry at Austin Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne in 2013. His special interests include functional syndromes, schizophrenia and the philosophy of psychiatry. He started the first functional neurology clinic at King's College Hospital in London, and the first functional neurology clinic at Austin Health in Melbourne.
Professor Richard Kanaan studied mathematics and philosophy in Oxford and Los Angeles, before training in medicine and psychiatry in London. He was a clinician and academic at the Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry in London until he was appointed Chair of Psychiatry at Austin Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne in 2013. His special interests include functional syndromes, schizophrenia and the philosophy of psychiatry. He started the first functional neurology clinic at King's College Hospital in London, and the first functional neurology clinic at Austin Health in Melbourne.

Cost

$59.95 (free for trainees)

*This event is free for Tasmanian trainees to attend. Those who don't attend on the night will be invoiced for the cost of the meal ($59.95), unless there are extenuating circumstances. If you are no longer able to attend, you must advise ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org before 6 August 2024, and you won't be charged.

This is an in-person event. If you are unable to attend in person i.e., for members in the north / north west of the state, there will be an option to view the event via live stream. Please note, as this is an in-person event, attendees will have the priority and their questions addressed first, if there is time, questions may be taken from the online audience.

Registrations for this event close at midnight on 6 August 2024. 

If you want to RSVP after this date, please contact: jennifer.wehnert@ranzcp.org

Live stream attendees will be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Confirmation of start time for the webinar will also be sent with the link.

Directions

Parking options: on street parking; argyle st carpark parking (closes 10 pm)

Contact

Please contact Jennifer Wehnert if you have any questions.

ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org

03 6235 1804

Terms and conditions

Cancellation and refund policy

Change of mind cancellations must be made in writing and sent to ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org for a full refund by 6 August. Cancellations made after 6 August 2023 will not refunded.

COVID 19 compliance

All participants attending in person will be required to comply with the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols in place with the venue/s and the event which will be aligned and compliant with all relevant Commonwealth and state government health advice at that time. By registering for this event, the RANZCP reserves the right to provide your contact details to authorities for the purposes of contact tracing and any other relevant government requirements.

Details of the protocols and requirements will be available on the website and all registrants will be bound by these requirements. The RANZCP reserves the right to update the COVID protocols to ensure the health and safety of participants, including but not limited to event entry requirements. Participants may be excluded if they do not comply with the requirements of the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols.