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RUH Neck Ultrasound Course, Jan 2024
An educational half day at the RUH looking at the role or Respiratory Physician-led focussed neck ultrasound and lymph node biopsy in the diagnosis of lung cancer. Tuesday 23rd January 202414:00 – 18:00RUH PGMC dining room. There will be a series of talks from Radiology, Pathology and Respiratory Physicians with experience of using focussed neckContinue reading “RUH Neck Ultrasound Course, Jan 2024”
BTS SCE Course
Don’t miss out a very useful SCE revision course. 23rd of March- Online (see link below). https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/education-and-events/bts-short-courses/preparing-for-the-respiratory-sce-march-2023-online/
Training days 2022:
Don’t miss out on the respiratory TD this year. Dates are: 3-4/10 1-2/12 As it stands, the October one will be virtual but we are pushing hard to get back to face-to-face/ hybrid version.
Transition to the new curriculum
The new curriculums for respiratory and general internal medicine are starting in August 2022, to coincide with the end of the first year of IMT3. There is a lot of information available about this on the JRCPTB website, including on the JRCPTB transition page here. Everyone will be expected to transition to the new curriculum exceptContinue reading “Transition to the new curriculum”
Curriculum sign-offs:
Pulmonary hypertension https://new.ersnet.org/cme-online/modules/how-to-diagnose-and-manage-pulmonary-vascular-disease https://new.ersnet.org/cme-online/modules/pah-accurate-diagnosis-and-patient-assessment Also there is usually a BTS course. Cystic fibrosis https://new.ersnet.org/cme-online/modules/optimised-follow-up-for-paediatric-and-adult-cystic-fibrosis-patients Lung transplantation https://new.ersnet.org/cme-online/modules/indications-for-lung-transplantation https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/education-and-events/bts-short-courses/lung-transplantation-2022-online/
ARCPs
Reminder for ARCP dates: Respiratory – 24/05/2021 (deadline for all documents- 10/05/2021) GIM- 26/05/2021 (deadline for all documents- 12/05/2021) Don’t forget to complete your Form R! ARCP and COVID-19 guidance: https://www.jrcptb.org.uk/covid-19
Save the Dates
Respiratory training days – proposed dates: 29th/30th April – Gloucester and Cheltenham 24th/25th May 15th/16th July 4th/5th Oct 6th/7th Dec
Steroid-refractory/resistant pneumonitis
BTS COVID Webinars
Weekly webninars by PHOSP-COVID research team. Link below: https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/research-and-innovation/phosp-covid/