Education and Training

BSCI Cardiac CT Training Curriculum

Education and training in cardiac radiology and imaging forms the main objective of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. With this aim, the Society has developed documents for Cardiac CT Guidance for Trainees and Trainers.

Please follow the links below to download:

• Generic Introduction to the curriculum for cardiologists and radiologists
• Specific guidance and training requirements for radiologists
• Specific guidance and training requirements for cardiologists (please refer to page 171 in particular)

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Radiology Specialty Training Curriculum

Education and training in cardiac radiology and imaging forms the main objective of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. With this aim, the Society has helped develop the Cardiac Radiology Specialty curricula for the Royal College of Radiologists.

Please follow the link to download the RCR Specialty Training Curriculum for Clinical Radiology (May 2010)  The cardiac radiology content can be found on page 72.

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Specialist Training Centres in UK

The list below is not exhaustive but consists of centres practicing substantial cardiac radiology. For details about the type and level of training provided, please contact the respective Consultant. If you would like to include your centre in the list below please contact the website editor at infobsci.org.uk

Hospital	Consultant	Contact Details
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool	Dr. Roger W Bury	rogerwburybtinternet.com
Bradford Teaching Hospitals	Dr Mark Kon	m.kondoctors.org.uk
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol	Dr. Mark Hamilton	Mark.Hamiltonubht.nhs.uk
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth	Dr. Carl Roobottom	carl.roobottomphnt.swest.nhs.uk
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester	Dr. Mini Pakkal	mini.pakkaluhl-tr.nhs.uk
Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, London	Dr. Tarun K. Mittal	T.mittalrbht.nhs.uk
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds	Prof. Mohan Sivananthan	gemma.englandleedsth.nhs.uk
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge	Dr. Bobby Agrawal Dr. Deepa Gopalan	skbanhs.net deepa.gopalanpapworth.nhs.uk
Royal Brompton Hospital	Dr. Ed Nicol	e.nicolrbht.nhs.uk
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton	Dr. Charles Peebles	Charles.Peeblessuht.swest.nhs.uk
University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham	Dr. Ben Holloway	ben.hollowayuhb.nhs.uk
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff	Dr. Andrew Wood	andrew.woodcardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk

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Courses on Cardiac MR & CT

• Harefield Cardiac CT Course – Please visit www.cardiac-ct.org.uk
  Harefield Hospital has been running successful courses on Cardiac CT since 2004. The courses are offered at various levels and organised by an experienced cardiac radiologist with Level 3 certification in cardiac CT along with other expert faculty comprising of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and physicists. The courses are suitable for radiographers, radiologists, cardiologists, and other medical professionals depending upon their level. Aim is to provide comprehensive understanding on techniques and applications of cardiac CT along with clinical aspects of heart disease relevant to Cardiac CT. Both Level 1 and 2 offer sufficient hands-on training towards SCCT/BSCI certification.
  For further information about our next course/s, please visit www.cardiac-ct.org-uk or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Plymouth Cardiac courses – Contact \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  Courses run by Dr CA Roobottom (Radiologist) and Dr G Morgan-Hughes (Cardiologist).  Both have been performing cardiac CT for over 5 years, are SCCT level 3 accredited and jointly have the largest Cardiac CT experience in the UK. Courses are run 6 times a year and are attended by delegates from all over the world. Both are performed with dedicated cardiac CT application specialists on dedicated workstations in the Peninsula Radiology Academy and are supplemented by clinical exposure including calcium scoring, retrospective scanning and prospective (low dose) scanning on state of the art equipment. Two levels are offered.
  
  Level 1 Introduction to cardiac CT –  Contact \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  Four day course focusing on angiogram acquisition, technique and indications. 3 days of workstation experience with exposure to at least 50 cases. Includes live cases in the scanner.
  
  Level 2 Four day courses – Contact \n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
  Targeted to specifically address SCCT accreditation numbers and covers at least 100 cardiac CT angiograms and 50 non-enhanced scans. All aspects of cardiac CT are covered including scanning in the acute situation, graft studies and grown-up congenital heart disease. This course is officially accredited to level 2 by the SCCT.
• Southampton General Hospital - CARDIAC MRI FOR RADIOGRAPHERS
  Southampton General Hospital has a Siemens Avanto MRI scanner dedicated to cardiac imaging, and state of the art lecture theatre and conference facilities.
  
  A full range of cardiac MR studies are performed including a large cohort of congenital patients and a wide referral base for both adenosine and dobutamine stress MRI.  This provides a wealth of knowledge from a large multidisciplinary team. It is an ideal location to provide a solid grounding for any radiographer wishing to start out in cardiac MRI.

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Philips Training Resources

1. Philips Learning Centre

www.theonlinelearningcenter.com/default.aspx 

Philips Learning Centre (PLC) is an on line learning environment supporting continuing professional development.  Established in 1999 PLC offers over 400 different learning activities covering a wide range of subject areas, including general anatomy and physiology, case studies, instrumentation and general management subject areas.  The catalogue includes sections on CT, MRI and NM.  The self-directed learning activities are available in different formats, including archived webinars, disease-specific case studies, multimedia tutorials, and interactive quizzes and games.  Courses may also be studied offline via CD-ROM.

2. Philips NetForum Communities

www.netforum.medical.philips.com

The Philips NetForum communities offer opportunities for networking with Philips colleagues around the world.  NetForum contains articles on current techniques, white papers, protocols and ExamCards, these are authored both by Philips and contributors from clinical institutions- sharing best practice with members.  Currently there are three communities available, MR, CT and NM.

3. Philips UK website

www.healthcare.philips.com/UK

In addition to the global Philips NetForum Communities, there is a UK website which lists UK training, courses and meetings.

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Cardiac CT Doctor to Doctor Training

Cardiac CT Doctor to Doctor Training

Dates for 2012 for Derriford Hospital, Plymouth:

January 23rd - 27th

February 20th - 24th

March 19th - 23rd

October 1st - 5th

Location: Peninsula Radiology Academy, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 5WR

Dates for 2012 for UK Clinical Education Academy, Hatfield:

May 14th - 18th

November 12th - 16th

Location: UK Clinical Education Academy, GE Healthcare, 71 Great North Road, Hatfield, Herts, AL5 9EN,

Target Attendees: Radiologists, Cardiologists

General Course Information:

This course has been developed with Dr. Carl Roobottom and Dr. Gareth Morgan-Hughes. They have a wide variety of Cardiac CT experience from the early days with a 4-slice scanner, through LightSpeed 16 to today's LightSpeed VCT XT and continue to develop the technique. As Consultant Radiologist and Cardiologist respectively, they have been Delivering CT Cardiac training courses together with GE since 2004, the longest established training of its kind in the UK. Accreditation in cardiac CT is becoming important following the ACC (American College of Cardiology) and the AHA (American Heart Association) clinical competency statement on Cardiac Imaging with Computed Tomography in 2007.

During this course you will be provided the opportunity to meet the majority of criteria to fulfill the level II Certification requirements of the ACC/AHA. The course will also be accredited through the SCCT (Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography). Dr Roobottom and Dr Morgan-Hughes are both level III accredited with the SCCT.

• Learn how to report Cardiovascular CT examinations with hands on Workstation training (Delivered by GE CT Education specialist)

• Through lectures and seeing patient examinations, understand the complexities of Coronary CT, from Patient set-up, contrast injection, Image acquisition, and reconstruction to post processing

• Understand how to troubleshoot issues and challenges as they appear in Clinical practice

• Have 150 contrast enhanced cases (including native coronary Arteries, Bypass Stents, congenital heart disease and incidental findings).

The number of attendees is strictly limited to 10 participants to allow maximum Hands-on experience on the ADW. 

To enrol or receive further information, please contact Anne Pereira; Clinical Education Academy Leader for GE Healthcare UK & Ireland

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T: +44 (0) 1707 263570

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Heart Research UK - Grants

Heart Research UK
Grants Programme Announcement

In 2012 HRUK will be offering the following awards:

Translational Research Project Grants
Up to £150,000 each
Deadline 1pm, 1 February 2012

Novel and Emerging Technologies Grant
Up to £200,000
Outline applications accepted 1 March - 1 April 2012
Deadline full applications 1pm, 1 July 2012

Other grant schemes - details to be announced

See www.heartresearch.org.uk for full details or
     call Helen Wilson 0113 234 7474

To download pdf with this information click here

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BMA 2012 Research Grants

BMA 2012 Research Grants

Application Deadline: 16 March 2012

The BMA was among the first of the professional bodies to award grants and prizes to encourage and further medical research. Today, around ten research grants are administered under the auspices of the Board of Science, all funded by past bequests to the BMA. Grants totalling approximately £500,000 are awarded annually. Applications are invited from medical practitioners and/or research scientists and are for either research in progress or prospective research.

The 2012 research grants will be available to apply for online on the BMA website from 13 December this year - www.bma.org.uk.

The application deadline is 16 March 2012.

Subject specifications for each grant vary. For example, in 2012, research areas range from rheumatism and arthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer to the uptake of preventative measures and the use of information and communication technologies in medicine.

For more information on the grants on offer in 2012 and details of how to apply, please see: www.bma.org.uk/researchgrants

For a copy of the BMA Research Grants leaflet please click here

For further information about the BMA research grants, or would like to receive alerts about them, please contact Chris Wood at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or telephone 020 7383 6755

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London Cardiac Level II Training Courses in 2012

London Cardiac Level II training course 2012

These four-day training courses listed below are designed to provide case volume, formal teaching and  hand on training for Level II SCCT or  BSCI Accreditation in Cardiac CT.  The  courses offer the  chance to study up to 150 cardiac cases.

Date: 7 - 10 February 2012

Venue: BIR, London

Date: 17 – 20 July 2012

Venue: The Heartbeat Suite, Southampton General Hospital

Date: 11 – 14 September 2012

Venue: BIR, London

Visit www.bir.org.uk to book your place

For further information pease contact:

Ruth Warne, Events Co-ordinator

The British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT

Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 1400

Fax: +44 (0)20 7307 1414

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Web: http://www.bir.org.uk

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Core training in cardiovascular tomography (part 3 ) 24 February 2012

Core training in cardiovascular tomography (Part 3 - 50 mentored cardiovascular CT cases)

24 February 2012
The Royal Society of Medicine, London

A joint meeting organised by the Cardiology and Radiology Sections of the Royal Society Medicine and with the  British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging

CPD: 5 points (applied for)

Educational aims and objectives:

This study day will concentrate on demonstrating mentored cases on all aspects of cardiovascular CT and explicitly will aim to deliver the educational content and case based discussion appropriate for core competency in cardiac CT as defined in the latest cardiology and radiology curricula.

Topics covered will include:

- CT coronary angiography

- Ischaemic cardiac imaging

- Non-ischaemic and structural heart disease imaging

- Congenital heart disease

- Aortic pathology

- Incidental findings

The cases will be demonstrated on two commonly used workstations with interactive sessions delivered by some of the UK's most experienced cardiovascular CT practitioners.

Registration deadline: Friday 17 February 2012

Book online at: www.rsm.ac.uk/cardiology

For programme and registration form, please click here:

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7290 3918

Fax: +44 (0) 20 7290 2989

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CCTP Cardiac CT Courses, 12-13 March 2012 and 14-17 March 2012

CCTP Cardiac CT Courses
March 2012
Central London

The following CCTP Cardiac CT Courses will be held in March:

10th Level 1 Course

Monday 12th March to Tuesday 13th March 2012
Central London

5th Level 2 Course

Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th March 2012
Central London

 Organiser: Dr Mark Kon, Consultant Radiologist, SCCT Level 3 accredited

Please see website www.cctp.co.uk for details.

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Goodwood Cardiac CTA Course, Chichester, 20 - 21 March 2012

GOODWOOD CARDIAC CTA COURSE

Chichester Medical Education Centre, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester PO19 4SE

Tuesday 20 - Wednesday 21 March 2012

This two-day cardiac CTA course provides a step-by-step hands-on radiographic teaching program for performing and a template for how to prepare reporting CT coronary angiography and is suitable for Radiographers, Radiologists and Cardiologists.

This course will cover patient selection and preparation, scanning protocols with hands on live scanning; challenges and pitfalls encountered will be covered in depth. Post processing and evaluation of cases both live and prepared will provide a template for reporting CCTA's.

2-day course fees: Early bird rate (book by 25 January 2012) £395.00 Full rate: £495.00

Registration deadline: Thursday 1 March 2012

The above rates include lunch and refreshments but not accommodation or course dinner.

PLACES ARE STRICTLY LIMITED

For further information, to download an application form or to book

please visit www.toshiba-medical.co.uk/events.asp

or contact

Chichester Medical Education Centre on T: +44(0)1243 788122 ext 2742 - reference 'Goodwood Cardiac CTA Course'.

CME/CPD Accreditation applied for

Sponsored by Toshiba Medical Systems Ltd

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Edinburgh Level 2 Cardiac CT Course, Monday 23 April - Friday 27 April 2012

Edinburgh Level 2 Cardiac CT Course
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Monday 23rd - Friday 27th April 2012

Course Outline: The course offers lectures and hands-on experience in the interpretation of 150 contrast enhanced CT coronary angiograms as well as muliple non-contrast coronary calcium scans. Cases will be reviewd on Vitrea workstations (maximum 2 delegates per workstation),

Topics covered include:

1. Optimal imaging: practical physics and imaging protocols - how to acquire the optimal study at the lowest radiation dose?
2. Optimal use of viewing workstations
3. Cardiac anatomy
4. Systematic evaluation and interpretation of cardiac and non-cardiac findings
5. Imaging of ischaemic heart disease with multimodality correlation
6. Coronary artery anomalies
7. Imaging of coronary artery bypass graft disease and coronary stents
8. Imaging of valvular disease and cardiac failure
9. Cardiac tumours
10. Congenital heart diseases
11. Non-cardiac findings

Attendance at scanning sessions at the Clinical Research Imaging Centre can be arranged.

Fee: Consultants: £2200, Trainees: £1600
Course Organiser: Dr Saeed Mirsadraee, Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist, University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian

For further information, or to book a place please contact Louise McKay, Programme Administrator, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU

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Click here to download Course Flyer

Click here to download the registration form

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Harefield Cardiac CT Course, 20-25 May 2012

Harefield Cardiac CT Course - Combined Level 1 and 2 Course

The Bull Hotel, Oxford Road, Bucks SL9 7PA

20 - 25 May 2012

Endorsed by SCCT for Level 1 and 2 training and also by RCR for type 1 CME credit (around 37) for the whole meeting

Course Objective:To explain the varoius steps involved in the acquisition of cardiac CT and teach a systematic way to review, post-process and interpret the large amount of data available from a single cardiac CTA study that can be adopted to any modern workstation 

 This course is targeted to doctors, particularly radiologists and cardiologists

To register your interest and for further information, please click here

Click here to download course flyer

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ISCHEMIA Trial Announcement

ISCHEMIA Trial Announcement

The NIH recently approved the International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA), a randomized controlled trial that aims to assess whether a more invasive management strategy provides incremental patient benefit above optimal medical therapy in patients with evidence of moderate-severe ischemia. Patient enrollment is planned to begin in mid 2012; the goal is to register 8000 patient subjects. Recognizing its increasing clinical relevance, stress CMR was included as one of three imaging modalities for characterizing and quantifying myocardial ischemia, along with stress echocardiography and stress nuclear imaging.

The SCMR believes that this study represents an important opportunity to investigate the impact of CMR in strategic management of coronary artery disease. The SCMR supports the effort made by the steering committee and the imaging core of the ISCHEMIA trial and encourages your CMR program to become one of the enrolling centers. Please contact Matthias Friedrich, MD or Raymond Kwong, MD of the CMR core laboratory of the ISCHEMIA trial (see contact information below) for further information to participate in this study. Interested centers will be requested to complete a site questionnaire and will be selected according to trial-specific criteria based on experience and protocol setup.

SCMR Executive Committee

Scott Flamm, MD (SCMR President)

Andrew Arai, MD (Vice President)

Deborah Berkowitz (Executive Director)

For  further information please contact:

ISCHEMIA CMR Imaging Core Lab

Matthias Friedrich, MD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Raymond Kwong, MD ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

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