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A CAREER IN CARDIOLOGY
Friday 24th October 2014
Royal College of Physicians, London
A comprehensive one day course for all research fellows,
junior and middle-grade doctors aspiring to become recognised
Cardiology Trainees.
An expert faculty will guide you on:
> Navigating the selection process for ST3 Cardiology posts in 2015
> CV preparation and completing application forms to enhance your chances of
being shortlisted
> Optimising performance in specific ST3 interview scenarios
> The importance of postgraduate cardiovascular research
> Current and emerging concepts in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging,
Electrophysiology and Devices and Heart Failure
> The role of the British Cardiovascular Society in education and training
Course Directors:
Dr Aung Myat
Prof Tony Gershlick
Prof Simon Redwood
Dr Sarah Clarke
CAREER IN CARDIOLOGY 2014
Friday 24th October, Royal College of Physicians, London
THE ST3 APPLICATION
Chairs: Dr Sarah Clarke and Professor Simon Redwood
08.30 – 09.00
Registration and Coffee
09.00 – 09.15
The role of the BCS in education and training
Dr Sarah Clarke
09.15 – 09.30
Why choose a Career in Cardiology
Prof Nick Curzen
09.30 – 10.15
A winning CV, the Application Form
and Interview Preparation
Dr Dawn Adamson
10.15 – 10.30
Academic Clinical Fellowships –
Something to Consider?
Dr Yousif Ahmad
10.30 – 11.00
Tea and Coffee
11.00 – 12.45
Mock Cardiology Interviews
Assessment of Performance &
Top Tips from the Panel
12.45 – 14.00
Lunch
Dr William Moody
THE PATH TO CCT
Chairs: Professor Tony Gershlick and Dr Aung Myat
14.00 – 14.25
The Role of the Specialist Advisory
Committees and the Interface between
Cardiology and General Medicine
Dr Russell Smith
14.25 – 15.00
Postgraduate Cardiovascular Research –
Why, When, Where and How
Prof Keith Channon
15.00 – 15.15
A Career in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Dr Oliver Ormerod
15.15 – 15.45
Tea and Coffee
15.45 – 16.00
A Career in Heart Failure
Dr Suzanna Hardman
16.00 – 16.15
A Career in Cardiac Imaging
Dr Edward Nicol
16.15 – 16.30
A Career in Electrophysiology and Devices
Prof Andre Ng
16.30 – 16.45
A Career in Interventional Cardiology
Dr Brian Clapp
Meeting End
Course Directors
Faculty
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Dr Aung Myat: SpR Cardiology and BHF Clinical Research Training
Fellow The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London
Member, Education Committee of the BCS
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Professor Tony Gershlick: Professor of Interventional Cardiology Glenfield
Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Professor Simon Redwood: Professor of Interventional Cardiology and Honorary
Consultant Cardiologist King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust, President of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
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Dr Sarah Clarke: President-Elect, British Cardiovascular Society and Consultant
Cardiologist, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Dawn Adamson: Consultant Cardiologist, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire
NHS Trust
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Professor Keith Channon: Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant
Cardiologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and Director of The Oxford Biomedical
Research Centre
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Dr Brian Clapp: Training Programme Director for Cardiology, London Deanery South and
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Sarah Clarke: President-Elect, British Cardiovascular Society and Consultant Cardiologist,
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Professor Nick Curzen: Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre,
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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Professor Tony Gershlick: Professor of Interventional Cardiology, Glenfield Hospital, University
Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Dr Suzanna Hardman: Consultant Cardiologist, The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and Past-Chair
of the British Society for Heart Failure
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Dr William Moody: SpR in Cardiology, West Midlands Deanery and BHF Clinical Research Fellow
in Cardiology, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Dr Aung Myat: SpR in Cardiology, West Midlands Deanery and BHF Clinical Research Fellow,
The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London
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Professor Andre Ng: Training Programme Director for Cardiology, East Midlands (South)
Deanery and Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,
University of Leicester
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Dr Edward Nicol: Honorary Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial
College School of Medicine and Honorary Cardiologist and General Physician at Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and a Cardiologist for the Royal Air Force
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Dr Oliver Ormerod: Training Programme Director for Cardiology, Oxford Deanery and Consultant
Cardiologist specialising in ACHD, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Professor Simon Redwood: Professor of Interventional Cardiology, King’s College London and
Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Russell Smith: Consultant Cardiologist, University Hospitals Birmingham and Quality Lead for
the Cardiology Specialist Advisory Committee
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Dr Ahmad Yousif: NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow ST4 in Cardiology, Imperial College London
British Cardiovascular Society
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