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In addition to training opportunities already highlighted in the recent ‘News and opportunities‘ UCLP have now opened booking for some professional development sessions. These are non-clinical and cover some essential areas of training. If you missed the recent Homerton Training Day, this would be a great opportunity to access Courtroom training, which is rarely available. Click … Continue reading
Updated in Nov 2023 University College London Hospitals comprises 7 sites around Bloomsbury. The Respiratory department is predominantly based at University College Hospital. The Respiratory Department comprises 17 consultants. Dr Rónan Astin is the Clinical Lead. UCLH Respiratory is a tertiary ILD centre, a specialist Cancer and interventional bronchoscopy centre, a specialist neuromuscular ventilation centre, … Continue reading
Updated in Dec 2020 The North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) is a District General Hospital in Edmonton, serving communities in Enfield, Haringey, Barnet, Waltham Forest and beyond. It began life as a workhouse in 1840 and an infirmary was added in 1907. The modern hospital was built in 2010 with a new diagnostic centre, 5 inpatient … Continue reading
Congratulations to North East Thames trainee Dr James Brown who has co-authored a paper with Dr Marc Lipman and others in the European Respiratory Journal. The article “First evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus performance in contact screening” evaluated for the first time the performance of a new type of interferon-γ release assay, QuantiFERON-TB Plus (QFT-Plus), which includes an additional antigen … Continue reading
Breaking news We hope all your ARCPs went smoothly. If you have any concerns do get in touch. Please fill in this very short survey: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMPB3LN. Evidence on the availability of training opportunities and the experience of current trainees in Bronchoscopy is essential to inform any future curriculum changes. There was a disappointing turnout to the … Continue reading
Amidst a country in turmoil over Brexit, members of the Respiratory community met for a really interesting and varied programme of educational talks at the BTS Summer Meeting in York this June. Excitingly, it also saw the launch of a new website for Respiratory trainees. The aim is to bring together respiratory trainees from … Continue reading
Breaking news ARCPs are on Monday 18th July. Make sure you are fully prepared by spending time on your ePortfolio, reviewing the ARCP decision aid, and going through the London HEE Respiratory ARCP checklist (ARCP_Checklist_(Resp_Med) and the ARCP aide memoire we wrote last year (Respiratory_Medicine_ARCP_Aide_Memoire). You should have received further information on the EoE repatriation of posts … Continue reading
NorthEast Thames trainee, Dr Laura-Jane Smith, has published a comment article in BMJ careers arguing that “more doctors should engage with arts in health.” This stems from her work as a trustee of a charity, the London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF), and her belief that many patients could benefit from an approach to health that … Continue reading
Congratulations to North East Thames trainee Dr Ricardo Jose who has co-authored a review with Prof Jerry Brown in the journal, Medicine. The journal is aimed at trainees and all new articles are planned, commissioned and produced in conjunction with Chapter Editors, highly regarded experts within their specialty (play spot the big name whilst browsing the … Continue reading
The Spring edition of the BTS Stop Smoking Champions newsletter has just been published and we are pleased to say that the work of NorthEast Thames trainees and Consultants is very prominent! Dr Zaheer Mangera has written an article on a local public health champion, Cecilia Clarke, Health Improvement Manager at Bart’s Health, about her work in … Continue reading
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