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We hope you’re all looking forward to the day on 4th March, hosted by UCLH. See you at The Institute for Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH), Level 1, 170 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7HA. Please make sure you sign up on Synapse as places are also being offered to trainees in NW and S London. … Continue reading
We are looking forward to seeing you for the first training day of the new year at St Bartholemew’s Hospital on January 29th 2019 Please see below for the programme, which looks infectiously interesting! See you in the Patterson Ross Lecture Theatre, in the Robin Brook Centre, at St Bartholemew’s Hospital. Nearest tube is St … Continue reading
Congratulations to LJ Smith and James Murray on publication of their book: MRCP SCE in Respiratory Medicine: 300 SBAs. There are not many comprehensive, high-quality, specific revision aids for the Respiratory SCE and this book has been welcomed by trainees. The book has been designed with trainees in mind. Chapters follow the JRCPTB specialty training curriculum … Continue reading
Congratulations to Adam Ainley and co-authors, who have added another book to add to our RespNet library. Oxford Case Histories in Lung Cancer, uses real cases to illustrate how to highlight the importance of taking an evidence-based approach to clinical decision making. It includes a comprehensive selection of 40 clinical cases that reflects the multidisciplinary … Continue reading
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the next training day at Homerton Hospital on Friday 26th October 2018. See below for the programme! 09.00 – 09.15 Welcome and introduction Angshu Bhowmik 09.15 – 09.55 Palliative Care in Respiratory Medicine Dr David Feuer 09.55 – 10.35 Interstitial Lung Disease Dr Helen Garthwaite 10.35 – 10.50 … Continue reading
With the recent report of the NELSON trial finding that the use of low dose CT screening among asymptomatic men at high risk for lung cancer led to a 26% (9-41%, 95% CI) reduction in lung cancer deaths at 10 years of study follow-up (at 86% compliance), Lung Cancer screening looks more and more likely … Continue reading
Congratulations to Matt Burman on his latest paper as part of the European collective TBNet. The study explored second line drugs used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR)- tuberculosis (TB) and their effect on QT interval. Fluoroquinolones and, possibly, clofazimine can prolong the QTc, as do bedaquiline and delamanid. A QTc >500 ms is considered a risk factor … Continue reading
We’re looking forward to the next North East Thames Training day on Monday at Newham Hospital. Here is the programme for the day – all those management and leadership curriculum items can be ticked off in one go! And perhaps by the end of it we might understand something about the murky world of NHS … Continue reading
In case you missed it in BTS news: BTS and the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK are seeking to appoint two members of the Respiratory Medicine SCE Board. Further details are available on the MRCP(UK) website. The advert does not state that they are specifically looking for Consultants. Anyone applying must: … Continue reading
We hope you’re all looking forward to the next training day, hosted by UCLH. See you there, at 250 Euston Road. Please arrive between 9.00 and 9.30am. The theme is: One Step Beyond. Some excellent local speakers will be there, as well as those invited in from further afar. Thanks to Toby Hillman for organising. … Continue reading
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