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We’re looking forward to the next Pan-London Training day at Barts Hospital on Tues 30th Jan. It will be in the Brook Centre at Barts Hospital (number 2 on this map). Below is the timetable – looks like a great programme! With opportunities to get signed off for practical procedures too. Lunch will be … Continue reading
The last training day of 2017 was a real highlight, with the team from the Occupational Lung Disease service at the Royal Brompton Hospital covering a range of topics with characteristic enthusiasm and clinical relevance! Thanks to Jo Szram, Jo Feary and Paul Cullinan for organising the day. Occupational asthma Jo Szram got the day off … Continue reading
GIM training has been a little confusing, and a little absent, lately. But we are reassured that HEE has now got its act together and there is confusion no more! Unfortunately, despite our pleas, they have decided to run everything through Synapse (a leading contender for least user-friendly website ever made). So, you must make … Continue reading
The Royal Brompton is running a special educational event aimed at trainees and AHPs with an interest in respiratory infection. It is taking place on January 26th 2018 and costs a mere £30. A number of high profile speakers will be imparting their wisdom and there will be an opportunity to talk to them and … Continue reading
Breaking news WELCOME TO THE NEW ST3s who joined us in October. We hope everyone is settling into their new posts. We hope you had a smooth changeover. If you arrived in your new post and there was no written handover, why not write one to pass on organisational information? A handover document is a great … Continue reading
Congratulations to North East Thames trainee Dr Mamta Ruparel who has published an editorial in the AJRCCM on secondary analyses of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). In it she looks at screening in older populations with comorbidities. For more, read the full text article here: “Young at Heart: Is That Good Enough for Computed Tomography … Continue reading
On a sunny day in June we were welcomed to the Whittington Hospital by Dr Ruvini Dharma. Many thanks to her for organising the day, and for inviting colleagues from further afield to provide a specialist perspective. Inhaled treatment in COPD – an update from GOLD We started the day with a welcome update on … Continue reading
In February we met at Newham for a day of TB-related talks. Many thanks to Dr Nivenka Jayasekera for organising the day. The Collaborative TB Strategy in Action We started the day with an overview of the collaborative TB strategy and a reminder of the TB rates in the UK, highest in London. Newham has particularly high rates. We compared … Continue reading
Congratulations to LJ who was one of just two winners of this year’s BMA Doctors as Volunteers competition. You can see all the shortlisted posters, with volunteering projects from London to Zanzibar, on the BMA Doctors as Volunteers site. Read more about LJ’s experience of volunteering at Euston Foodbank on her blog.
Congratulations to North East Thames trainee Dr LJ Smith who has published a systematic review on prognostic scores identifying the end of life in COPD. The was was undertaken during OOPR at Imperial College London, supervised by Dr Jennifer Quint. The review concludes that a number of variables contributing to the prediction of all-cause mortality in COPD have … Continue reading
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