BCIS is looking for enthusiastic Interventional Fellows to create regular content for the Fellows Corner section of the BCIS website.

Background Information

There are six fellow editor positions available within BCIS and each editor would be expected to produce two blog pieces for the website each year. Ideas for subject matter are listed below and other suggestions are welcomed. Support is provided to help with the writing of the content and proofreading, and your article will be viewed by members of the communications team before publishing. We would expect each article to be around 1,000 words in length. A content calendar will be created so editors know when their content should be created by. The first article will be published on the 1^st of June, after which each article will be published in the first week of each month.

The positions would last for one year, with the option to extend at the discretion of the communication team.

You can see two examples of content created for the Fellows Corner area of the BCIS website below:

• Should Fellows Do Research?
• How To Get Published

Suggested subject matters include:

• How To Create A Killer CV
• Are You Ready For A Consultant Job?
• How To Deliver The Perfect Interview
• How To Get The Consultant Job Of Your Dreams
• Fellowship Abroad – Pros and Cons (contrasting views)
• Basic Kit – Guide Catheters
• Basic Kit – Guide Wires
• Treating Bifurcations
• Calcium Modification Strategies

Eligibility/Person Specification

Applications are open to any Trainee members of BCIS. Personal attributes should include a willingness to educate and share personal experiences with the wider BCIS membership. In addition, individuals should have high levels of enthusiasm and dedication to the writing of content and ideas for the Fellows Corner area of the website.

Application 

Application is by self-nomination, with reference to the person specification above. 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 closing date is Friday 6th May.

If you wish to apply, please do so via the form at the bottom of this page ahead of the deadline as noted above.

These applications will be scored by a panel consisting of Suneil Aggarwal, BCIS Website Lead and Clare Appleby, BCIS Honorary Secretary, together with other members of the BCIS Council. Successful candidates will be chosen based on the best cumulative score from the panel members.

If you have any questions relating to these roles, please feel free to contact Suneil Aggarwal for further information via email: suneil.aggarwal@lhch.nhs.uk. If you have any questions about the application process, please email BCIS@millbrookconferences.co.uk.

With kind regards,

Suneil Aggarwal and Clare Appleby.

BCIS is committed to improving educational opportunities for all its members and to addressing the gender gap in Interventional Cardiology and therefore have launched bi-monthly meetings for WIIC. This will allow for education and discussion, the opportunity to network and for mentoring of junior consultants and trainees. The webinars will focus on key issues faced by WIIC as well as sharing key skills and tips to help women working in the speciality to advance their career.

Webinars will take place every other month starting with March, on the fourth Tuesday in that month from 8-9 pm. Each session will take the format of a 15-minute case presentation with a speaker and discussant, followed by a 30-minute presentation on a key topic by a second presenter, and closing with a discussion. The topics for the presentations include key soft skills such as presenting to large audiences, managing childcare, how to say no, and improving cath lab culture.

The first session will take place on Tuesday 22^nd March 8-9 pm and features Dr Shazia Hussain, Consultant Cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital Leicester and Dr Dan McKenzie, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust as case presenters. Prof. Nick Curzen, BCIS President will then present his talk titled “Supporting women in interventional cardiology”.

To sign up to the first session, click  the link below.

Dear BCIS Members,

After elections for these pivotal roles within BCIS, I am delighted to announce the successful appointment of the following members:

Treasurer

Dan McKenzie, who will take over from Doug Fraser in Jan 22.

Training and Education Group Lead

Dougie Muir, who will take over from Raj Kharbanda in Jan 22.

Structural Intervention Group Lead

Dave Hildick-Smith, who will take over from Phil McCarthy in Jan 22.

On behalf of BCIS, I’d like to congratulate the successful candidates, and to thank all those who applied for their continued interest and support of our society.

It goes without saying that the work of the society could not be done without the sterling effort and commitment shown by Doug, Raj and Phil over the past few years and I thank them on behalf of council.

With very best wishes,

Clare Appleby

BCIS Honorary Secretary

Dear BCIS Members,

After elections for these pivotal roles within BCIS, I am delighted to announce the successful appointment of the following members:

Treasurer

Dan McKenzie, who will take over from Doug Fraser in Jan 22.

Training and Education Group Lead

Dougie Muir, who will take over from Raj Kharbanda in Jan 22.

Structural Intervention Group Lead

Dave Hildick-Smith, who will take over from Phil McCarthy in Jan 22.

On behalf of BCIS, I’d like to congratulate the successful candidates, and to thank all those who applied for their continued interest and support of our society.

It goes without saying that the work of the society could not be done without the sterling effort and commitment shown by Doug, Raj and Phil over the past few years and I thank them on behalf of council.

With very best wishes,

Clare Appleby

BCIS Honorary Secretary

Dear BCIS Members,

After elections for these pivotal roles within BCIS, I am delighted to announce the successful appointment of the following members:

Treasurer

Dan McKenzie, who will take over from Doug Fraser in Jan 22.

Training and Education Group Lead

Dougie Muir, who will take over from Raj Kharbanda in Jan 22.

Structural Intervention Group Lead

Dave Hildick-Smith, who will take over from Phil McCarthy in Jan 22.

On behalf of BCIS, I’d like to congratulate the successful candidates, and to thank all those who applied for their continued interest and support of our society.

It goes without saying that the work of the society could not be done without the sterling effort and commitment shown by Doug, Raj and Phil over the past few years and I thank them on behalf of council.

With very best wishes,

Clare Appleby

BCIS Honorary Secretary

Dear BCIS Members,

After elections for these pivotal roles within BCIS, I am delighted to announce the successful appointment of the following members:

Treasurer

Dan McKenzie, who will take over from Doug Fraser in Jan 22.

Training and Education Group Lead

Dougie Muir, who will take over from Raj Kharbanda in Jan 22.

Structural Intervention Group Lead

Dave Hildick-Smith, who will take over from Phil McCarthy in Jan 22.

On behalf of BCIS, I’d like to congratulate the successful candidates, and to thank all those who applied for their continued interest and support of our society.

It goes without saying that the work of the society could not be done without the sterling effort and commitment shown by Doug, Raj and Phil over the past few years and I thank them on behalf of council.

With very best wishes,

Clare Appleby

BCIS Honorary Secretary

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.

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