WMTC - West Midlands Training Course » Spring 2009

20th March 2009 – Exams – Medical School University of Birmingham

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Room WF15, Medical School, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT

930-1100 Essay Question Paper

1115-1215 Short answer question paper

27th February 2009 – IT, Audit and Governance – Education Centre Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

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Education Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Convenor: Joanne Heynes

0930 – 1000	Cases	Craig Webster
1000 – 1030	The Audit Cycle	Dr Rachel Webster
1030 – 1130	IT skills required of lab staff in the future	Dr John O’Connor
1200 – 1300	IT – The requesting/reporting cycle	Dr Jonathan Kay
1345 – 1630	Clinical Governance	Dr Sarah Wooley & Team

13th February 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 2 – New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton 1st and 2nd Years Only

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Room 4, Wolverhampton Medical Institute, New Cross Hospital

Prof Rousseau Gama

0930 – 1030	Proteinuria	Dr Paul Giles
1045 – 1145	Paediatric Kidney Disease	Dr Sarah Heap
1145 – 1245	Acute Renal Failure	Dr Jonathan Odum
1330 -1430	The Kidney & Systemic Disease	Dr Kanwaljit Sandhu
1430 – 1515	Cases	Prof Rousseau Gama
1530 – 1630	Chronic Renal Failure	Dr Johann Nicholas

23rd Jan 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 1- QE Hospital Birmingham – 1st and 2nd Years Only

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Post Grad Centre, QE Room 1

Dr Clare Ford

0945 – 1015	Cases	Dr Clare Ford
1015 -1115	Renal Physiology 1	Prof C Lote
1130 -1230	Renal Physiology 2	Prof Chris Lote
1315 – 1415	CKD Guidelines	Dr Bill Bartlett
1415 – 1515	Measuring GFR	Dr Bill Bartlett
1530 -1600	How does the Renal Registry work?	Dr Bill Bartlett

6th February 2009 – Carter, CPA and Quality – City Hospital, Birmingham

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Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham

Convenor: Dr Jonathan Berg, Head of Department,
Clinical Biochemistry, SWBH NHS Trust

09.30 – 10.00	Setting the scene – Pathology Modernisation and all that.	Dr Jonathan Berg
10.00 – 10.45	Lord Carter’s Reports – Background and Carter I	Professor Chris Price
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee
11.00 – 11.45	Lord Carter’s Second Report – Key Challenges	Professor Chris Price
11.45 – 13.00	City General Does Lord Carter – Meet the Key Players…How are they Doing?	• Pathology Manager Rob Ashley • Phlebotomy Manager Sukvinder Atkar • IT and Transport Andy Hayling
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00	Understanding a Pathology Quality System	Dr Loretta Ford, Quality Director, SWBH NHS Trust
15.00 – 15.15	Tea
15.15 – 16.00	Workshop: The IT side of a Quality System	Julie Evans, Quality Manager, SWBH NHS Trust
16.00 – 16.30	The CPA Assessment – View of an Assessor	Vanessa Lane, CPA Peer Assessor

City Hospital, B18 7QH – Car parking is entered from the Western Road entrances. The Postgraduate Department is well signposted. If travelling by bus, then it is at the end of the long corridor from the A&E department.

By Road

From London, South East, North West or North East.

Whether travelling from the M1, M40, M42 or M69, follow the signs to the M6.
Leave the M6 at Junction 6 (Spaghetti Junction) Then take the A38 Aston Expressway.
Follow signs to Birmingham Central.
Off the Expressway take the 2nd exit, follow signs to the Convention Centre.
At the roundabout take the 3rd exit.
Carry straight on through four sets of traffic lights to a roundabout.
Straight on at the roundabout along a dual carriage way to a 2nd roundabout.
Carry straight on at the roundabout and continue along the dual carriage way, past signs for the Jewellry quarter.
At the roundabout turn right onto Dudley Rd.
Continue up the hill, through the traffic lights and City Hospital is on the right.

From Wales and South West

M5 – Junction 3, Birmingham Central.
At the exit roundabout head for Birmingham City Centre A456 and continue for 3 miles to the Outer Ring Road and signs for Winson Green A4040, turn left into Barnsley Road, then right into Sandon Road.
Then turn left into City Road, continue for 1 mile until the T junction with Dudley Road (traffic lights).
Turn right into Dudley Road (City Centre bound) and the hospital is 600m on the left.

By Bus

11 Birmingham Outer Circle Route. Stops outside the hospital on Aberdeen Street.

979 Birmingham – Wolverhampton. Stops outside the Hospital main entrance

66-66E Birmingham – Soho and Nechells / Sutton Coldfield via Ladywood Stops on Northbrook St. & Summerfield

81 Birmingham – via Hockley. Stops on Western Rd. by the Eye & Hearing Services Centres

82 Birmingham – Bearwood via Dudley Rd. Stops outside the Hospital’s main entrance

87 Birmingham – Dudley via Smethwick & Olbury. Stops outside the main entrance

88 Birmingham – Oldbury via Londonderry & Langley. Stops outside the main entrance

443 Birmingham – Warley. Stops outside the Hospital’s main entrance

By Train

The nearest train station is Birmingham New Street Station. There are regular buses which stop on Dudley Road, the bus numbers are: 82, 87 and 88

Helpful Numbers

British Rail 08457 484950

Hospital Main Number 0121 554 3801

Centro Helpline 0121 200 2700

Ward Map can be found here

16th January 2009 – Cancer – University Hospital Coventry

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Clinical Sciences Building, University Hospital Coventry.

Convenor: Dr Petchey Mike (RKB) Principal Biochemist

9:30	Cancer Networks	Mrs. Karen Metcalfe (Pan Birmingham Cancer Network)
10:20	Introduction to Colorectal Polyps and Tumours	Dr. Sari Suortamo (University Hospital Coventry)
10:45	BREAK
11:05	Colorectal Screening	Dr. Steve Smith (University Hospital Coventry)
12:05	LUNCH
13:00	HER-2 and Herceptin	Prof. Dimitris Grammatopoulos (University Hospital Coventry)
13:30	Neuroendocrine Tumours	Dr. Harpal Randeva (University Hospital Coventry)
14:30	BREAK
14:50	Biochemical Diagnosis of Phaeochromocytoma	Dr. Rachel Marrington (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)

9th Jan 2009 – ICU Day – Queen Elizabeth Postgraduate Centre Edgbaston, Birmingham

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Queen Elizabeth Postgraduate Centre Edgbaston, Birmingham

09.45 – 10.45	Introduction to intensive care	Dr Peter Gosling Consultant Clinical Scientist:
10.45 – 11.00	Coffee
11.00 – 12.00	Pathogenesis and treatment of SIRS & MOF	Dr Tony Whitehouse Consultant Intensivist:
12.00 – 13.00	Principals of mechanical ventilation	Dr Laura Tasker Consultant Anaesthetist
13.00 – 13.45	Lunch
13.45 – 14.45	Infection in the ICU	Dr Debbie Mortiboy Consultant Medical Microbiologist
14.15 – 15.00	Tea
15.00 – 16.00	Salt, water and critical illness	Dr Peter Gosling Consultant Clinical Scientist

30th January 2009 – Derby City General Hospital – Cancer and Tumour Markers

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Derby City General Hospital,Uttoxeter Rd, Derby DE22 3NE

Level 5, Pathology Break Out Room

09.15- 09.45	What is cancer?	Dr D Semeraro Consultant Histopathologist DCGH
09.45-10.45	Tumour Marker Overview	Dr Nigel Lawson Consultant Clinical Scientist DCGH
	Coffee
11.00-12.45	Clinical genetics and cancer	Dr Cyril Chapman Consultant in Clinical Genetics Birmingham
11.45-12.45	PSA	Dr Cathie Sturgeon Consultant Clinical Scientist Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Lunch
13.45-14.30	Clinical management of urological cancers.	Dr JH Wiliams Consultant Urologist
14.30-15.30	Analytical problems with tumour markers	Dr Cathie Sturgeon
TEA
16.00-16.45	New tumour markers	Trainee presentations

6th March 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 3 – Derby City Hospital – 1st and 2nd Years Only

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Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE

Level 5, Pathology Break Out Room

9.10 am – 10.10 am	Role of the Laboratory in Renal Medicine	Dr Peter Prinsloo,Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Nottingham
10.10 am – 11.00 am	Renal Replacement Therapy	Consultant Nephrologist, Derby
11.00 am – 11.15 am	COFFEE
11.15 am – 12.00 pm	Renal Transplantation	Renal Transplant Coordinator, Nottingham
12.00 pm-13.00 pm	Urea and Creatinine Methods	Dr Nigel Lawson Consultant Clinical Scientist, Derby
13.00 pm – 14.00 pm	LUNCH
14.00 pm – 14.45 pm	Renal Tubular Disorders	Dr Paul Masters Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Chesterfield
14.45pm – 15.15 pm	Cases	Julia Forsyth Consultant Clinical Scientist, Derby
15.15 pm – 16.00 pm	TEA
16.00 pm – 16.30 pm	TBA	Student Presentation

WMTC - West Midlands Training Course » Spring 2009

20th March 2009 – Exams – Medical School University of Birmingham

27th February 2009 – IT, Audit and Governance – Education Centre Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Education Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

Convenor: Joanne Heynes

13th February 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 2 – New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton 1st and 2nd Years Only

Room 4, Wolverhampton Medical Institute, New Cross Hospital

Prof Rousseau Gama

23rd Jan 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 1- QE Hospital Birmingham – 1st and 2nd Years Only

Post Grad Centre, QE Room 1

Dr Clare Ford

6th February 2009 – Carter, CPA and Quality – City Hospital, Birmingham

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Postgraduate Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham

Convenor: Dr Jonathan Berg, Head of Department, Clinical Biochemistry, SWBH NHS Trust

By Road

By Bus

By Train

Helpful Numbers

16th January 2009 – Cancer – University Hospital Coventry

Clinical Sciences Building, University Hospital Coventry.

Convenor: Dr Petchey Mike (RKB) Principal Biochemist

9th Jan 2009 – ICU Day – Queen Elizabeth Postgraduate Centre Edgbaston, Birmingham

30th January 2009 – Derby City General Hospital – Cancer and Tumour Markers

Derby City General Hospital,Uttoxeter Rd, Derby DE22 3NE

Level 5, Pathology Break Out Room

6th March 2009 – Renal Biochemistry 3 – Derby City Hospital – 1st and 2nd Years Only

Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DE22 3NE

Level 5, Pathology Break Out Room

Convenor: Dr Jonathan Berg, Head of Department,
Clinical Biochemistry, SWBH NHS Trust