Call For Expressions of Interest: Trainee Speakers For Educational Forums (MAY 2025 – DECEMBER 2025)

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Call For Expressions of Interest: Trainee Speakers For Educational Forums (MAY 2025 – DECEMBER 2025)

22nd November 2024

Dear Member,

The BCIS educational forum has now been successfully running for over three years and has been a great success with high numbers attending the live stream and watching on-demand after the session. The sessions address the JRCPTB higher specialist interventional cardiology curriculum.

We are now looking for expression of interest for more trainee speakers (May 2025 – December 2025) to continue delivering high-quality sessions for all BCIS members to enjoy. The sessions last for 1 hour in total and start at 19:00 on the second Tuesday of the month.

Please submit your expression of interest by means of email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk including your training grade and hospital by Tuesday 31 December.

Kind regards,

Sam McGrath, BCIS Trainee Representative

BCIS Young Investigator Award 2025

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BCIS Young Investigator Award 2025

4th October 2024

Dear BCIS Member,

I am pleased to invite you to submit one or more abstracts to showcase your research in competition for the BCIS Young Investigator Award 2025.

This award is open to BCIS members. Clinicians should be in training or in either a locum or fellowship post in advance of taking up a substantive consultant appointment. The applicant would normally be presenting original data from a project for which they have played a leading role, but will freely acknowledge the contribution of their supervisor and the rest of the research team.

Applications will be graded and the top five will be invited to present their abstract to a panel of judges virtually on Monday 2 December 2024.

The winner will then be invited to present their abstract at a main session at ACI 2025, and will receive their certificate and prize from the President at the conference in the main auditorium on Thursday, 30 January 2025.

All submissions should be submitted via the form below by the closing date of 5 pm on Monday 18 November.

I am happy to answer all queries about the award vijay.kunadian@newcastle.ac.uk

Good luck!

Professor Vijay Kunadian, BCIS Research and Development Working Group Lead

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS:

Submissions should fit the following criteria:

  • Name of applicant first and in bold, followed by list of co-authors where appropriate
  • Institution
  • All original research, basic or clinical
  • Maximum text of 500 words
  • Up to one table and one figure
  • Headings: Background; Method; Results; Conclusion
  • Not have been published more than six months before the closing date (in other words the work can be at any stage of the process from unsubmitted to accepted for publication or very recently published)
  • Declaration of funding

Submissions for the BCIS Young Investigator Award 2025 are now closed. Thank you to those who have already submitted, we will be in touch with you shortly.

BCIS Secretariat, Millbrook Medical Conferences Ltd
Unit 8, Midland Court, Central Park, Lutterworth
Leicestershire LE17 4PN

BCIS Best Trainee Case 2025

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BCIS Best Trainee Case 2025

4th October 2024

To all BCIS PCI trainees,

We are inviting you to submit your most instructive and interesting case, in open competition, for an opportunity to present at this high-profile forum to the British Interventional Community. The top eight selected cases will each present at an angio review session at ACI 2025 with the top three cases presenting in the main auditorium.  All case presentations will subsequently be available on the BCIS website to view on demand.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • PowerPoint (or equivalent) with a maximum of 13 slides including the title slide.
  • All patient data must be anonymised, and the responsible consultant must be aware of the submission.
  • The doctor submitting must have been personally involved in the case and have had a significant, though not necessarily sole, first operator role. This role must be identified at the time of submission.
  • A slide on the trainee’s view of the principal learning from the case should be included.
  • Judging of shortlisted candidates will prioritise the trainee’s understanding of the intervention, their ability to field questions independently, consider alternative approaches and their presenting ability.
  • AVI’s should be embedded into the presentation.
  • Only one case to be submitted per applicant.
  • Applicants must clearly outline their own involvement in the case within the presentation.
  • The judge’s decision is final.

PLEASE NOTE

  • Any submission(s) not adhering to the above will be disqualified and not submitted to judging
  • Cases should be uploaded using the form below by closing date of 5 pm on Monday, 18 November.

Submissions will only be accepted via the upload process

Submissions for the BCIS Best Trainee Case competition are now closed. Thank you to those who have already submitted, we will be in touch with you shortly.

Call for Expressions of Interest: BCIS Structural Intervention Group Non-surgical centres representative

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Call for Expressions of Interest: BCIS Structural Intervention Group Non-surgical centres representative

4th October 2024

Expressions of interest are invited for the position of Non-surgical centres representative on the BCIS Structural Intervention Group. This position, which is for a 3-year term, will be available from January 31st 2025, when the current post-holder Jo Shannon reaches the end of her term.

This is a crucial post in the Society, representing the interests and perspectives of non-surgical centres in the rapidly evolving field of structural intervention, as well as contributing to the overall work of the group.

Application is by self-nomination. A supporting statement from the candidate, no more than 500 words, which specifically addresses their suitability for the role must accompany self-nomination for the application to be valid. The successful candidate will be selected by an appointment committee led by Structural Heart Group Chair Professor Dan Blackman.

The closing date is Friday 1 November.  If you wish to apply, please do so via the form at the bottom of this page ahead of the deadline as noted above.

For further information, please contact Prof Blackman, daniel.blackman1@nhs.net, and/or Dr Jo Shannon,  j.shannon@nhs.net. For enquiries relating to the application process, please email bcis@millbrookconferences.co.uk

BCIS Secretariat, Millbrook Medical Conferences Ltd
Unit 8, Midland Court, Central Park, Lutterworth
Leicestershire LE17 4PN

Call for Expressions of Interest: host for the AHP Annual Summer Conference 2025

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Call for Expressions of Interest: host for the AHP Annual Summer Conference 2025

4th October 2024

Dear BCIS member,

  • Are you and your team enthusiastic about AHP education?
  • Could you deliver two days of interactive informative education?
  • Are you interested in the educational development of the Allied Healthcare Professional members of our Society?

If so, and you are a non-surgical centre, we would like to invite you to submit an Expressions of Interest to host the AHP Annual Meeting in 2025.

The AHP Working Group is seeking one host for the AHP Annual Meeting, to work with the AHP Working Group to provide a two-day face to face conference held in July each year, attracting around 175 attendees.

The programme for 2025 has not yet been developed but previously combines pre-recorded live cases, lecture presentations and industry training demonstrations.  It is intended that the successful applicants will join a ZOOM meeting to agree the content of the programme and their role in it.

Application

Application is by self-nomination, along with a supporting statement from the candidate. This should be no more than 500 words, and include the details of what you and your unit can bring to the AHP Working Group and its Annual Conference.

If you wish to apply please do so by completing the form at the bottom of this page by Friday 8 November at 5 PM, including a statement in support of your application.

If you have any questions relating to this role, please feel free to contact me for further information (sarah.carson1@nhs.net).

BCIS Secretariat, Millbrook Medical Conferences Ltd
Unit 8, Midland Court, Central Park, Lutterworth
Leicestershire LE17 4PN

SCAI fellows course Winner Announcement 2024

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SCAI fellows course Winner Announcement 2024

14th August 2024

We are delighted to announce that the sponsored place at this year’s SCAI conference has been awarded to Tom Kite, ST8, from Nottingham City Hospital. This years competition for the place was fierce and we would like to thank all applicants for taking part in the competitive process. Our thanks to SCAI for providing the place to BCIS. We look forward to hearing how great the conference was from Tom in due course!

Best Wishes,

Dougie Muir
Training and Education Group Lead

BCIS INTERVENTIONAL TRAINEES COURSE 2024: BEST TRAINEE CASE COMPETITION

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BCIS INTERVENTIONAL TRAINEES COURSE 2024: BEST TRAINEE CASE COMPETITION

26th July 2024

We are delighted to encourage trainees to submit their most instructive clinical PCI case for an opportunity to present at the BCIS Interventional Trainees Course.

A shortlist of the three best cases will be presented during the meeting and will be subject to open discussion and critique. An award will be given to the best case.

A formal scoring system will be used based on:

• Educational value
• Complexity of case
• Quality of presentation and interaction with the audience and panel.

Technical guidelines for submitting a clinical case:

• Only .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx formats are accepted.
• Your presentation must not exceed 10 slides and should include a concise summary of the case.
• A final summary slide of the dominant learning points will be used to assess the educational value.
• It is expected that the trainee will have been significantly involved in the case.
• A cover note (email) from the copying consultant responsible for the case is required to authorise a submission.
• One case per applicant only.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR CASE

Cases should be submitted via the form below by Friday 4 October 2024 at 5 PM.

Call For Expressions of Interest: Trainee Speakers For Educational Forums (JANUARY 2025 – JUNE 2025)

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Call For Expressions of Interest: Trainee Speakers For Educational Forums (JANUARY 2025 – JUNE 2025)

22nd July 2024

Dear all,

The BCIS educational forum has now been successfully running for over three years and has been a great success with high numbers attending the live stream and watching on-demand after the session. The sessions address the JRCPTB higher specialist interventional cardiology curriculum.

We are now looking for expression of interest for more trainee speakers (January 2025 – June 2025) to continue delivering high-quality sessions for all BCIS members to enjoy. The sessions last for 1 hour in total and start at 19:00 on the second Tuesday of the month.

Please submit your expression of interest by means of email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk including your training grade and hospital by Friday 23 August.

Kind regards,

Sam McGrath, BCIS Trainee Representative

NICOR Publishes 2024 Annual Report with New Interactive Reporting

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NICOR Publishes 2024 Annual Report with New Interactive Reporting

15th July 2024

NICOR recently published its National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP) 2024 Annual Report supported with eight interactive sub-specialty clinical reports, and a dedicated Annual Report for Patients, Carers and the Public. The reports cover the 12 months from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

This year’s report explores potentially important post-pandemic shifts in the demand for cardiovascular services, how these are provided, and the variability experienced in different locations. Levels of activity for most cardiovascular sub-specialties have continued to improve and are higher than the levels seen in 2020/21 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some areas remain below pre-COVID levels, most notably adult and paediatric cardiac surgery.

In addition to the annual report, NICOR presented for the first time, its new interactive reports for the eight sub-specialties covered by the audit programme. They are produced with more detailed domain-level analyses and commentary. This allows clinicians, patients and members of the public, commissioners, and others to focus on the information that is of most interest to them (for example drilling down to explore the performance of different parts of the country and individual hospitals). These reports can be found on the NICOR website.

Understanding the continued pressures on hospitals and their clinical teams, NICOR has thanked all colleagues and stakeholders for their continued support and contribution.

Below are some of the key points raised in the NICOR 2024 annual report, you can view the annual report in full and the sub-speciality clinical reports on NICOR’s website:

Post-Pandemic Shift

Opportunity to Attend SCAI Fellows Course

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Opportunity to Attend SCAI Fellows Course

15th July 2024

Application deadline has now closed.

Exciting opportunity for senior PCI trainees and fellows:

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has invited BCIS to send one interventional cardiology fellow to participate in the 2024 SCAI Fellows Course.

The SCAI Fellows Courses is the specialty’s premier fellows-only course and is designed to provide an engaging environment in which attendees can interact with internationally recognised faculty. The curriculum offers participants a comprehensive education in core curricula, fundamental techniques and tools, and representative cases that will be essential to their future as a practicing interventionalist.

This year’s courses will be held Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 December at the Hyatt Regency, Miami FL. SCAI will offer free registration and reimburse housing for five nights (11-15 December). Whatsmore, BCIS is offering to provide economy-class flights to and from Miami.

Please visit the SCAI website and the Fellows Page for additional details about this opportunity.

Application:

Please note, this opportunity is available to senior trainees (ST7) or PCI fellows only who are members of BCIS.

Interventional Cardiology Fellow Qualification: Nominated Fellow is currently in an accredited interventional cardiology fellowship program in the UK and has not previously attended the SCAI Fellows Course.

To apply, please submit the form within the link at the bottom of this page which should include:

  • Your details as requested
  • An updated copy of your CV
  • A short (no more than one side A4) supporting statement regarding your commitment to interventional training and how you will use this opportunity for personal development and shared learning

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 6 August at 5 PM. The applications will be reviewed by members of the Training and Education Group and the successful candidate will be informed by Tuesday 20 August 2024.

Attendees must attend the full meeting in order to receive reimbursement for the hotel costs after the meeting concludes. The successful candidate will be required to write a full report of the course and share photographs of the course for submission on the BCIS website.