WMTC - West Midlands Training Course » Summer 2009

26th June 2009: Exams 2nd Years Only

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WF15 Medical School, UoB

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WF15 Medical School, UoB

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09:30 Introduction to Screening for Down’s Syndrome and Neural Tube Defects
- Dr. Clare Ford (New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton)
10:30 Role of the National Screening Committee
- Dr. David Worthington (Laboratory Advisory Group, National Screening Committee)
11:15 BREAK
11:30 Medians, MoMs, Risk Calculations
- Dr. David Worthington (Laboratory Advisory Group, National Screening Committee)
12:15 Making the Correct Calculation of Risk
- Dr. Barry Nix (University of Cardiff)
13:05 LUNCH
13:30 Ultrasound Screening for Down’s Syndrome and NTD
- Dr. Sacha Rajendran (University Hospital Coventry)
14:30 BREAK
14:45 Diagnostic Testing for Down’s Syndrome
- Mr. Simon Larkin (Birmingham Women’s Hospital)

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09.15 Blood gas analysis and co oximetry: principles and practice
- Helen Peat, Chief Biochemical Scientist, Clinical Biochemistry University Hospital Birmingham
10.00 Point of care blood gases: how if can all go wrong!
- Helen Peat, Chief Biochemical Scientist, Clinical Biochemistry University Hospital Birmingham
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Understanding acid base’
- Dr Alan Jones, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Birmingham Heatlands Hospital
11.30 Clinical disorders of acid base homeostasis’
- Dr Alan Jones, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Birmingham Heatlands Hospital
12.30 Lunch
13.30 IQC and Westgaard Rules
- Speaker to be arranged
14.30 Tea
14.45 Acid base case
- IQC case study
16.00 Close

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930-1030: Sexual differentiation and background info
- Miss E Payne
1030-1130: Reproductive Physiology and Biochem Investigation of Infertility
- Dr M Labib
1145-1245: PCOS
- Dr M Labib
1330-1430: The investigation of infertility
- Mr M Afnan
1445-1545: Menopause
- Mr D Sturdee

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9.30 – 10.15 Overview of Research Governance
- Elizabeth Adey, R&D Manager, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
10.15 – 10.30 The Human tissue Act: implications for Research
- Dr Peter Colloby, Consultant Histopathologist, HEFT
10.30 – 10.45 COFFEE
10.45 – 11.45 How to write a Research Application
- Dr Sud Ramachandran, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, HEFT
11.45 – 12.45 Ethical Dilemmas I
- Dr Gordon Challand, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
12.45 – 13.45 LUNCH
13.45 – 14.30 Ethical Dilemmas II
- Dr Gordon Challand
14.30 – 14.45 COFFEE
14.45 – 15.45 Evidence Based Medicine
- Professor Jonathan Kay, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
15.45 – 16.45 Statistics and Risk Calculations
- Dr David Kennedy, Consultant Clinical Scientist, HEFT

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09:30 – 10:30	What nutritional support is available and who needs it?	Dr Graham Bayly
11:00 – 12:00	Biochemical Assessment of Nutritional Support and a multidisciplinary approach	Professor Alan Shenkin
12:00 – 12:45	Paediatrics and Nutrition	Dr Michelle Bignell
13:30 – 14:30	Re-feeding syndrome and complications	Dr Michael Colley
14:45 – 15:45
15:45 – 16:15	Case presentation	Nominate a trainee