WMTC - West Midlands Training Course » Autumn 2009

04/12/2009: Exams

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Venue: WF15 Medical School

0930-1100	Essays
1130-1230	SAQ

20/11/2009: Molecular, Genetics, University Hospital North Stoke

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Room FF03, Clinical Education Centre, University Hospital of North Staffordshire

Prof Tony Fryer

Timetable

9.30-10.15
- Dr Owen Driskell (UHNS) – Techniques in molecular biology (1) – basic principles & PCR.
10.15-11.00
- Dr Glenn Matthews (Birmingham) – Techniques in molecular biology (2) – automation & the future
11.00-11.30
- Tea break
11.30-12.15
- Prof Tony Fryer (UHNS) – Pedigree drawing, risk analysis, Hardy-Weinberg calculations and genetic terminology, gene structure & modes of inheritance.
12.15-13.00
- Dr Dairena Gaffney (Glasgow) – Examples & Applications (eg. haemochromatosis, etc), genetics in a Clinical Biochemistry laboratory
13.00-14.00
- Lunch
14.00-14.45
- Prof Bill Farrell (Keele) – Cancer genetics and the future.
14.45-16.00
- Prof Tony Fryer & Mrs Hazel Borthwick (UHNS) – Practical examples – Gel interpretation, Hardy-Weinberg, risk assessment, etc

13/11/2009: Cushings/Addisons/Adrenal, Post Grad Centre QE

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Convenor: Dr Clare Ford

Location: Post Graduate Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

0930-1000	Clinical Cases	Dr Clare Ford
1000-1100	Exams, Projects, Mitigation & Plagiarism	Dr Glenn Matthews
1115-1315	The structure and function of the adrenal cortex and congenital adrenal hyperplasia	Ian Phillips
1345-1445	Growth hormone disorders in Adults	Dr Andy Toogood
1500-1600	Investigation of Growth Disorders in Children	Dr Noina Abid

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06/11/2009: Purines and Urate, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

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06/11/2009 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital: Education Centre

Craig Webster

Time
9:30 – 10: 15	Purines MA Preece
10:15 – 11:00	Clinical utility of Urate Measurement Dr N Lawson
11:00 – 11:15	Coffee
11:15 – 12:00	Clinical Cases of Urate & Crystal Disorders To be confirmed
12:00 – 12:45	Lunch
12:45 – 14:15	MRCPath Calculations Dr A Deacon
14:15 – 14:30	Coffee
14:30 – 15:15	How to pass FRCPath Craig Webster
15:15 – 15:45	Urate Methods Trainees

How to Find Us

www.heftpathology.com
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23/10/2009: Porphyria, Post Graduate Centre Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Date Friday 23rd October 2009

Venue Lecture Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Time	Title		Speaker
09:30-10:00	Cases		Dr DT Vallance
10.00-10:50	Biochemical & methodolgical aspects of porphyrins I		Dr A Deacon
10:50-11.15	Coffee
11.15-12.15	Biochemical & methodolgical aspects of porphyrins II		Dr A Deacon
Lunch Break
13:15-14:15	Clinical and genetic aspects of porphyria. I	Dr M Badminton
14:15-14:35	Tea break
14.35-15.30	Clinical and genetic aspects of porphyria. II	Dr M Badminton
15.30-16.15	Principles of fluorimetry	Trainee

16/10/2009: Iron, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

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16/10/2009 New Cross

Convener: Prof Rousseau Gama

Room 1 until 2pm

Lecture theatre from 14.15h

Wolverhampton Medical Institute, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

Time	Topic	Speaker
09.30-11.00	Clinical Biochemistry of iron	Prof R Gama Chemical Pathologist Wolverhampton
11.00-11.15	Coffee
11.15-12.00	Polycythaemia	Dr A Jacob Consultant Haematologist Wolverhampton
12.00-12.45	Iron Overload Syndromes	Dr A MacWhannell Consultant Haematologist Wolverhampton
12.45-13.30	Case-Orientated Approach to Haematological Malignancies	Dr A MacWhannell Consultant Haematologist Wolverhampton
13.30-14.15	Lunch
14.15-15.00	Anaemia –A clinical approach	TBA
15.00-15.45	B12 and Folate	Prof R Gama Chemical Pathologist Wolverhampton
15.45-16.00	Tea
16.00-16.30	Clinical Cases	Prof R Gama Chemical Pathologist Wolverhampton

9/10/2009: Haematology, Nottingham City Hospital

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Room 6, Clinical Sciences Building, Nottingham City Hospital Campus.

See http://www.nuh.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/documents/MAPS/sitemap.pdf

Convener: Dr Tony Hitch

9:30 – 10:00	Case Presentation	TBC
10:00 – 10:45	Haemoglobin	Dr Tony Hitch (NUH)
Coffee
11:15 – 12:00	Red and White Cell Morphology	Alan Grey (NUH)
12:00 – 12:45	Haemoglobinopathies	Dr Marie Donohue (NUH)
Lunch
14:00 – 14:45	Clotting	TBC
Tea
15:00 – 15:45	Blood Transfusion	Hayley Bond (NUH)
16:00 – 16:45	Blood Tracking	Jenny Thopmson
Close

02/10/2009: Immunoassay, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry

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Immunoassay: 2 october 2009

Convener: Dr Michael Petchey

Clinical Sciences Building, University Hospital Coventry.

10:00	Standardisation of Immunoassays Mr. Finlay MacKenzie(UK NEQAS, Birmingham)
11:00	BREAK
11:30	Immunoassay Theory and Design Dr. Lisa Bailey (Royal Liverpool University Hosptial)
13:00	LUNCH
14:00	Immunoassay technology and automation Dr. Mike Wheeler (Exmouth)
14:45	BREAK
15:30	Interference in Immunoassay Dr. Penny Clark (UHB, Birmingham)

Mon 28/09/2009: Hypothalamus, Pituitary, New Cross Hospital

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Convener: Prof Rousseau Gama

Room 8 from 09.30 – 13.30h

Room 1 from 13.30 – 16.30h

Wolverhampton Medical Institute, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton

Time	Topic	Speaker
09.30 – 10.00	Endocrine aspects of Hypothalamus & Pituitary	Prof R Gama Clinical Chemistry, New Cross Hospital
10.00 – 10.45	Hormone secreting Pituitary Tumours	Prof R Gama Clinical Chemistry. New Cross Hospital
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee
11.00 – 12.00	Cushing’s Syndrome & Adrenal Failure	Dr Penny Clark Clinical Biochemistry, University Hosp B’ham
12.00 – 13.00	Non-functioning Pituitary Tumours & hypopituitarism	Dr H Buch Consultant Endocrinologist, New Cross Hospital
13.00 -13.45	Lunch
13.45 -14.45	Clinical Thyroid Disease	Dr V Baskar Consultant Endocrinologist, New Cross Hospital
14.45 –15.30	Laboratory aspects of thyroid disease	Dr Melanie Griffiths Clinical Chemistry, New Cross Hospital
15.30 -15.45	Tea
15.45 – 16.30	Clinical Cases	Prof R Gama Clinical Chemistry, New Cross Hospital

18/9/2009: Chromatography, Mass Spectroscopy City Hospital, Birmingham

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Friday 18th September 2009

Pathology Seminar Room, City Hospital, Birmingham

9.30 Introduction to New Course Members

Dr Clare Ford, Course Organiser
Dr Glenn Matthews, University of Birmingham

10.0 Clinical Biochemistry; what’s it all about.

Dr Jonathan Berg, Clinical Biochemistry, City Hospital

10.45 Coffee – 2nd years join the day

11.00 Investigation of Heavy Metal Poisoning.

Mr Ted Sheehan, Trace elements laboratory, Clinical Biochemistry, City Hospital

12.00 Chromatography Basics and HPLC Method Development.

Dr Jonathan Berg

13.00 Lunch

14.00 – 16.30 Practical Demonstrations

A. Measurement of Heavy Metals with ICP-MS. Ms Aleha Khan
B. Drugs of abuse by GC-MS Dr Petros Kampanis
C. Measurement of TPMT using HPLC Mrs Valerie Graham
D. Developing a method for caffeine and metabolites. Dr Jonathan Berg

Location – City Hospital (B18 7QH) is on the Dudley Road approximately 1 mile from Birmingham City centre. The Pathology Department is at the back of the hospital away from the Dudley Road and close to the car parks.

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Car – Parking available with entrance on Western Road.

Public transport – take a bus from the city centre to Dudley Road. 82, 87, 88 from lower Corporation Street. 979 Birmingham-Wolverhampton