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.

Has There Really Been a Fall in Heart Attack Presentations in the UK?

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Has There Really Been a Fall in Heart Attack Presentations in the UK?

6th April 2020

Let’s answer that question together

Dear BCIS Member,

There is much debate that we may be seeing substantially fewer patients presenting with myocardial infarction across the UK since the COVID pandemic struck, and a commensurate concern that this may be because patients are too nervous to seek the help they need.   Without national audit data, however, these observations remain speculative.  It is our intention, with your help, to look at this question using the BCIS-NICOR database to which we all contribute. We have assurances that the logistical barriers that have prevented rapid data access and analysis in the past can be circumvented, and that we, therefore, will be able to both provide outputs and disseminate the findings very rapidly.

We stress that the purpose is NOT to assess the performance of you or your teams, but to provide important and timely national data in a dynamic situation, to assess patient events and access in response to the pandemic.

In the first instance, we propose to simply compare the month by month rate of STEMI/NSTEMI PCI for the first 3 months of this year compared to the same time period last year.

We can only do this if you are able to upload your data promptly to NICOR. We, therefore, need the help of members, particularly those who take responsibility in their centres for the data upload: 

If at all possible we are asking that you upload all your PCI data (even if it as yet un-validated) to the end of March 2020 by the end of April.

We will take a data extract at the end of April and should be able to provide some simple analyses within about a week.  We acknowledge that later uploads might contain modified data, once there is time for full validation, and again stress that the purpose is NOT about assessing the performance of you or your teams.

Many thanks for your ongoing engagement with the national audit processes in these challenging times… we hope you agree that this is an important piece of work that we can all achieve together.

Best wishes,

Peter Ludman, BCIS Audit Secretary

Nick Curzen, BCIS President

Exploring the Calcium Algorithm

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Exploring the Calcium Algorithm

12th March 2019

Exploring the Calcium Algorithm
– 10th May 2019

Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow

Course objectives

Join us for a full day workshop in exploring the calcium algorithm, using case examples to identify and explain the approaches required. You will leave with tips, tricks, techniques and ideas of new technologies for treating calcified arteries.

Open to Consultants, Interventional Fellows and Trainees (ST6/7)

Course fee is £50.00, for UK consultants only

This will include hotel and standard class travel

Hosted by Margaret McEntegart

with

Keith Oldroyd

Julian Strange

Tom Johnson

Peter O’Kane

Keith Robertson

Aadil Shaukat

Paul Rocchiccioli

Stuart Watkins

Invitation to the 2nd BCIS Research Abstract Day

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Invitation to the 2nd BCIS Research Abstract Day

29th November 2018

Dear BCIS Member

I would like to invite you attend the 2nd BCIS Research Abstract Day on Thursday 13th December 2018, Royal College of Physicians, London.

At the event, the top 4 shortlisted submissions in the categories for the Young Investigator Award (YIA) and Research of the Year will presenting their abstracts in front of a panel of judges, chaired by Prof Adrian Banning, BCIS President. The winners in these 2 categories will then be invited to present their abstract at a main session at ACI 2019 and will receive their certificate and prize from the President at this session.

Schedule:
– Registration/sign-in opens from 10.15am.
– The morning session focuses on the YIA, and is scheduled between 11am – 1pm. There will be a lunch break from 1pm to 1.40pm. The YIA winner will be announced by 1.45pm.
– The afternoon session focuses on Research of the Year, and is scheduled between 1.45pm – 3.45pm. There will be a refreshments break of approx 15 minutes. The Research of the Year winner will be announced shortly after 4pm.

Lunch and coffee will be provided during the day to BCIS members.

If you are interested in securing a place, please contact asap Azeem Ahmad, BCIS Administrator, bcis@bcs.com.

Best wishes

Prof Nick Curzen
Chair, BCIS R&D Committee

Prof. Nick Curzen BM(Hons) PhD FRCP
Professor of Interventional Cardiology/Consultant Cardiologist

E Level, North Wing, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT, Southampton SO16 6YD

Survey: The organisation, life-work balance and gender perceptions amongst UK Cardiologists

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Survey: The organisation, life-work balance and gender perceptions amongst UK Cardiologists

27th February 2018

Dr Shareen Jaijee, Consultant Cardiologist, Imperial NHS Trust, is carrying out a Masters in Medical Leadership with Birkbeck University and the Royal College of Physicians studying gender differences in perceptions and barriers at work, such as organisational support, work-life balance, professional satisfaction, career progression and attitudes to part time work. Large scale studies examining these key aspects of work have been carried out in the US, but not within the UK and there is a significant data gap.

Please click here if you wish to participate in this survey.