Call for Cases – Coronary Intervention Fellows Course

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Call for Cases – Coronary Intervention Fellows Course

1st October 2021

The deadline has now passed and we are no longer accepting cases.

CALL FOR YOUR ‘BEST’ COMPLICATIONS CASES!

 

To all Trainees…

We invite you to submit your best/worst case involving a complication, for a unique opportunity to present at this high profile meeting.

The best 3 cases will be selected for presentation by the trainee at the course and the winner will receive FREE BCIS membership for a year.

Complication sessions are always the highlight of the BCIS annual meeting and will be a great way to close this exciting trainees day. They are a fantastic opportunity to share experience and canvass opinion on how others would manage such complications, in a safe and supportive environment.

The requirements for submission are as follows:

  • PowerPoint (or equivalent) with a maximum of 8 slides of an interesting/complicated procedure in PCI or structural intervention involving a complication and how this was managed
  • All patient data must be anonymised and the responsible consultant must be aware of the submission
  • The trainee submitting must have been personally involved in the case, either as first or second operator
  • AVI’s should be embedded into the presentation

The deadline for case submissions is 11:59 PM on Sunday 31st October. 

Upload your complicated case via the form below.

Best of luck,
Dr David O’Brien, Complication Session Organiser, BCIS Trainees course.

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

BJCA TAVI Webinar Series

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BJCA TAVI Webinar Series

31st August 2021

The BJCA are putting on a Webinar Series throughout September titled Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Essential Knowledge for Every Cardiology Trainee.

An outstanding panel of speakers will join in virtually to discuss the current and future direction of TAVI in the UK, how to become confident in assisting as an operator, developing your skills in managing post procedural complication and more. This will be an interactive event where delegates will be able to participate via the Q&A function and Sli.Do.

 

The webinars take place 17:30-19:30 on Wednesday the 1st, 8th and 15th September, further details on each are below:

Webinar 1 – 1st September – Optimal patient selection and work-up for TAVI in 2021

Webinar 2 – 8th September – From scrub-in to scrub-out – procedural steps in contemporary transfemoral TAVI

Webinar 3 – 15th September – Complications and longer term management after TAVI – what every trainee should know

 

Find out more and register your place below.

 

Register
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BCIS Educational Forum: Session 2 – Bifurcation PCI

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BCIS Educational Forum: Session 2 – Bifurcation PCI

13th May 2021

The second in the series of the BCIS Educational Forum webianrs took place on Tuesday 11th May.

Titled “Bifurcation PCI”, the speaker for the session was Dr Mark Mariathas, Interventional Fellow – University Hospitals Dorset. The supervisor for the session was Dr Peter O’Kane, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist – University Hospitals Dorset.

 

You can watch the full webinar on-demand below

 

BCIS NATIONAL AUDITs 2019-2020 NOW AVAILABLE

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BCIS NATIONAL AUDITs 2019-2020 NOW AVAILABLE

4th May 2021

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIT REPORTS

The BCIS National Coronary and TAVI Audit Reports were presented at ACI Virtual Experience 2021 which took place 21st – 23rd April 2021.

The audit reports, prepared by Prof. Peter Ludman, BCIS Audit Lead with assistance from newly appointed Deputy Audit Lead Prof. Mamas Mamas, are available to members via the links below.

BCIS NATIONAL CORONARY REPORT 2019-2020
BCIS NATIONAL TAVI REPORT 2019-2020

 

 

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

In addition to the downloadable audit reports, please see below the presentations delivered by Prof. Peter Ludman at ACI Virtual Experience 2021.

 

NATIONAL TAVI AUDIT

 

NATIONAL CORONARY AUDIT

BCIS Educational Forum: Session 1 – Basic Equipment Talk

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BCIS Educational Forum: Session 1 – Basic Equipment Talk

14th April 2021

The first in the series of the BCIS Educational Forum webinars took place on Tuesday 13th April and was titled Basic Equipment Talk

Dr Tom Gilpin or Southampton University hospital led the talk, supervised by Dr Jeremy Langrish of John Radcliffe Hospital.

Topics covered include; Angioplasty wires, Balloons (Semi-compliant, NC, cutting), and Stents – platform design – how do I decide which stent to use?

 

You can watch the full webinar on-demand below

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: The AHP Annual Summer Conference 2021: Co-Host (Surgical Unit)

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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: The AHP Annual Summer Conference 2021: Co-Host (Surgical Unit)

16th February 2021

Dear BCIS member,

We would like to invite expressions of interest from enthusiastic and committed BCIS members keen to have a role in the educational development of the allied healthcare professional members of our Society.

The AHP Annual Summer Conference 2021

The AHP Group Summer Conference is traditionally a two-day face to face conference held in June each year, attracting around 175 attendees.  Due to the continued disruption caused by the COVID pandemic, for the second year, this conference will be held as a live virtual experience for two half days.

This year’s conference will be held on the afternoons of Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th June.

Expressions of Interest are invited from surgical centres to partner up with a pre-selected non-surgical centre.

The programme for 2021 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. The next meeting of this group will be on Tuesday 30 March between 09:30 and 15:30.

Eligibility/Unit and nominee Specification

Applications are open from the BCIS membership, and it is expected that the lead applicant will be an allied health professional from a surgical centre who has attended previous BCIS AHP Conferences and experienced in the clinical practice of interventional cardiology.  The AHP submitting this nomination will be supported by a consultant interventional cardiologist who is also a BCIS member.  Both interested parties must be named individuals.

Application

Application is by self-nomination, with reference to the specification above. A supporting statement from the candidate, no more than 1 side of A4, which includes the details of the supporting consultant cardiologist and specifically addresses their Unit’s suitability for co-hosting this year’s conference must accompany the nomination in order for the application to be valid.

The closing date is Tuesday 2nd March at 5pm.

If you wish to apply please do so by e-mail to BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk   by the closing date of Tuesday 2nd March at 5pm, including a statement in support of your application.

If you have any questions relating to this role, please feel free to contact us for further information (douglasmuir@nhs.net or sarah.carson@uhbw.nhs.uk ).

With kind regards,

Douglas Muir
BCIS AHP Group Lead

BCIS 2021 Fellowships Announcement

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BCIS 2021 Fellowships Announcement

27th August 2020

Dear colleagues,

Update regarding BCIS international fellowships.

Due to the circumstances around COVID-19, the 2020 BCIS international fellowships commenced later than anticipated.

Given the ongoing uncertainty with COVID, BCIS has made the difficult decision to postpone 2021 fellowships round, with the aim to advertise in Spring 2022 for fellowships to start in 2023.

We appreciate that this is very disruptive to trainees wishing to apply. We will keep to updated about any progress.

Best wishes,

Rajesh Kharbanda

Training and Education Working Group Chair

COVID-19 Conference: Sharing the International Lessons Learned

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COVID-19 Conference: Sharing the International Lessons Learned

22nd July 2020

BCIS is pleased to endorse The Royal Society of Medicine’s international COVID-19 conference which will bring together thought leaders from around the world to share the key clinical learnings about COVID-19.

The webinar will consolidate our clinical understanding of the impact of the virus, in order to prepare for our future management of the pandemic.

An international faculty of health experts will distil the evidence and consider the key lessons learned globally during a series of four stimulating panel discussions:

  • Respiratory effects: critical care and ventilation
  • Impacts on the brain and the nervous systems
  • Cardiovascular complications and the role of thrombosis
  • Looking forward: research, vaccines and future management strategies

By examining the most effective ways of treating COVID-19 around the world,
and evaluating the human impact of the coronavirus pandemic, he RSM intend to
distil advice for improving patient treatment and share ways of mitigating the
impact of future outbreaks.

Register to watch this conference live and receive a link to watch on-demand
until the end of August.

Join in the conversation online using #RSMCOVIDConf

Find Out More And Register Here

BCIS R&D Literature Review May 2020

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BCIS R&D Literature Review May 2020

22nd May 2020

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that I enclose the latest R&D Group Literature Review.

I am grateful to Aung Myat, Julian Gunn, & Paul Morris for their contribution.

Best wishes,

Dr Michael Mahmoudi

Literature Review May 2020

China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines

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China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines

16th April 2020

China-EU Exchange – COVID-19: Perspectives from the Frontlines, is a collaborative conversation between the Chinese Society of Cardiology and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and supported by Boston Scientific.

The conversation is chaired by Professor Junbo Ge of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University and president of the Chinese Society of Cardiology, and Professor Nick Curzen of University Hospital Southampton and President of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. Presenters are Dr Ning Zhou, M.D., PhD of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, China and Dr Liang Dong, M.D. of 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China. Dr Ning Zhou shares his experience through his presentation titled: Clinical characteristics and management of COVID-19 patients, which is shown in Part 2. In Part three, our second presenter Dr Liang Dong shares his knowledge through his presentation titled Principles of Prevention. Within the presentations, the Chairs, Prof. Ge and Prof. Curzen engage in Q&A with the presenters.

The experience exchange focuses on the China experience as the country starts to recover from the COVID-19 outbreak, in the hope that other countries can learn from their experience and assess the strategies imposed to manage the disease.

Watch all four parts of the conversation below:

Part 1: Introduction and Opening Address

Part 2: Principles of Prevention

Presenter: Dr Liang Dong, M.D. of 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China

Part 3: Clinical Characteristics and Management

Presenter: Dr Ning Zhou, M.D., PhD of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, China

Part 4: Summary and Closing Remarks

This conversation has been brought to you by BCIS and Boston scientific, supported by Millbrook Medical Conferences and Radcliffe Cardiology. No parties have charged a fee for the production of this educational content.