BJCA Newswire – 19th July 2024
Save the date – BJCA HeadStart 2024!
Make sure to save the date for the ever popular and free BJCA HeadStart course on the 26-27th October 2024 at Bush House in London. BJCA HeadStart is a two-day course for new ST4 Cardiology doctors and is aimed to prepare them for life as a new cardiology trainee. Booking details will be released nearer the time.
BSE-BJCA ST4 Echo skills day – registration live!
Registration is now open for the joint BSE-BJCA Echo skills days which are being run across Manchester, Cardiff, Peterborough, Newcastle and London on several dates through September to October 2024. This excellent course aims to give new ST4 trainees a full introduction to echocardiography, including both live scanning and image interpretation and as an approved course is claimable on study budget. To register click here!
Book now! Virtual ACHD Sessions Part 2 – Complex Lesions
Are you struggling to access ACHD training opportunities to supplement your ACHD CIPs? After a very successful start, The Virtual ACHD Sessions are back with “Virtual ACHD Sessions: Part 2. Complex Lesions” on the 19th August 2024. Virtual ACHD Sessions offers you the opportunity to spend a day learning about complex ACHD lesions to supplement your training. Through the form of online PBL, you will consolidate your knowledge and acquire new foundations to ensure you are confident in dealing with ACHD patients and prepared for the EECC exam. Spaces are limited! Book online here. For any queries please contact: virtualachdsessions@gmail.com
Applications open for BCS Social Media Rep
Are you interested in getting involved in educational events run by the British Cardiovascular Society? Do you have experience and familiarity with multiple social media platforms including twitter? If so, then the BCS Social Media rep role could be for you.
The successful applicant will join the current BCS Social Media team and would be expected to regularly produce content from the official BCS twitter account to promote BCS’ educational events; BCS Annual Conference and BCS Heartbeat. The successful applicant would also be able to attend BCS’ educational courses to provide live coverage of the event whilst they are running.
If you have any questions or which to apply, please submit a 100-word statement about why you are suitable for the role with a copy of your CV to o.i.brown@leeds.ac.uk.
Deadline for applying is the 31st of August 2024.
BJCA Starter present ‘Tell me about your subspeciality’
BJCA Starter are running a series of webinars aiming to inspire the next generation of cardiologists (pre-speciality training doctors) and to broaden the interest in the speciality.
Don’t forget to sign up to get access to the upcoming webinars!
– ACHD with Dr Joanna Lim 25th July 3.30pm Sign up: https://shorturl.at/fbuUW
13th Annual London VT Symposium 2024: 20th September 2024, The King’s Fund
Cardiology and EP trainees will gain invaluable insight and build a solid foundation in ventricular arrhythmias at the only dedicated symposium on calendar. Come join us for a day packed with science, practical knowledge, networking and much more.
Further details are available here.
Would you like to be one of our BCS sub-editors for a year?
Would you like to improve your writing skills, learn about different cardiology topics and have the opportunity to win a prize at the BCS annual conference? Then the BCS sub-editor role could be for you!
You will commit to writing at least two editorials in your editorial year on topics that interest you, for publication on the BCS website. The top 3 editorials submitted will be presented as an oral presentation at BCS 2025, with the opportunity to win a prize.
Please send your submissions to Dr Akriti Naraen – akriti.naraen@doctors.org.uk by 11.59pm on Friday 26 July. Further details are available here.
BCS National Training Day – 13th September 2024, The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE), London
Covering topics from the current cardiology curriculum, the sessions in the National Training Day are carefully tailored to address potential gaps in the training programme, or provide additional detail on areas trainees have identified as being of concern. Specially designed for UK cardiology trainees, each course features a variety of prominent speakers from the field of cardiology. To register, book here.
Clinical Research Fellowship in Heart Failure and Diabetes
Applications are invited for a Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology. The post is based at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and is a fixed term contract for 2.5 years (with a view to extending for a further 6 months). The primary project is to track progression of subclinical cardiac dysfunction detected by cardiac MRI in a multi-ethnic cohort of asymptomatic adults with T2DM. For further details, and to apply click here or for informal enquires please contact Professor Gerry McCann (gpm12@le.ac.uk). The deadline for applications is the 23rd of July 2024.
