BJCA Newswire – 25th November 2022
BCS Women in Cardiology Talent Directory
The BCSWIC committee have recently launched a talent directory of WIC working in the UK. Women are consistently under-represented on speaker panels, advisory boards, writing groups etc and BCSWIC are keen to redress the balance. If you are a WIC (trainee, staff grade or consultant) working in the UK and are happy to be approached for any of these opportunities or similar, please complete this short form – https://forms.gle/DCzLYnsfQNeJunhz6
Europe AF 2022 – 10 Free places avavailable!
Free registration open to members of the BJCA.
The goal of Europe AF 2022 is to present contemporary knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of Atrial Fibrillation to a diverse audience of medical professionals.
Programme Available Here: Europe AF Programme
To Register email: Emma at Millbrook
More Info: https://www.millbrook-medical-conferences.co.uk/Europe-AF.aspx
Introduction to Coronary Angiogram e-learning module
Invasive coronary angiography is a key diagnostic tool cardiologists should be familiar with. This interactive training module, developed by Dr Singh and Dr Hussain, sets the foundation for interpreting coronary angiography. It outlines:
• The Key Anatomy of Coronary Arteries
• Standard Views for Coronary Angiography
• Right Coronary artery Views
• Left Coronary artery Views
Certification is provided on completing the post-course quiz, which trainees can add to their portfolios.
Link to the resource on NHS Learning Hub: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/Resource/5054/Item
Cardiology Fellowships
The BJCA are often provided details of fellowships (both clinical and research) to advertise. We currently put these in the newswire. However, to try and improve this process, we have developed a system for uploading and displaying fellowships (and consultant posts) on the BJCA website:
Current fellowships/jobs the BJCA is aware of can be found here: https://bjca.tv/fellowships/
To post details of a fellowship/job for the website, go here: https://bjca.tv/post-a-fellowship/
Please circulate to any members of your departments who have fellowship opportunities to advertise.
Leicester level 1 CMR course
17 – 19 January 2023 at the Clinical Education Centre.
This course will cover the bascis of CMR imaging including MRI safety, physics and artefacts, ischaemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, vavular, and congential heart disease and cardiac masses.
Cost: £500
Internal trainees: £300
BTS Dragons Den Competition
The British Transplantation Society and NHS Blood & Transplant host an annual competition for trainees to submit ideas for clinical trials in transplantation and abstract submission is OPEN for the 2023 competition.
The session is on 1st March at the BTS Annual Congress in Edinburgh and the deadline for abstract submissions is 13th January.
Submissions are welcomed from medical and surgical trainees (at any stage) and collaborative submissions, including from trainee societies, are welcomed. We’re looking for ideas for a clinical trial in any solid organ transplantation field whether pre-, intra- or post-op.
The competition is hosted in a fun Dragons’ Den format in the style of the popular TV show with trainees pitching their proposals to a panel of clinical academics with experience of transplant research. The competition is a valuable opportunity for trainees to receive early support to further develop their ideas into successful trial proposals. The COBALT trial is a previous winner of the Dragons’ Den competition and is now successfully recruiting participants to an NIHR-funded feasibility trial assessing the effects of arteriovenous fistula ligation after kidney transplant surgery.
Trainees can submit 250-word abstracts to btsdragonsden@gmail.com and are also welcome to get in touch via the same address prior to submission.
How to practically provide MRI for cardiac device patients
Dates (two evening webinars):
5th December 6pm
12th December 6pm
The goal of this webinar series is so trainees are kept up to date with new guidelines in an area of service growth – ensuring patients with cardiac devices have the same access to cancer, stroke and cardiac care reliant on MRI as everyone else. Imaging and device cardiologists Dr Anish Bhuva and Professor Charlotte Manisty will be leading four one-hour webinars on how to practically provide the service. This includes videos as if you are the scanner side, tips for programming devices and guidelines for MR Unlabelled devices.
Register here: https://cvent.me/A97qGB or contact Anish Bhuva or Education Events, Abbott.
Thanks to Abbott for supporting the free registrations.
13th Advanced Cardiac Imaging Course
Friday 9 December 2022, online and free
A virtual and interactive course covering recent advances in cardiovascular imaging techniques. Topics will particularly cover coronary disease and valvular heart disease.
