Inter-disciplinary Cases Workshop 2017

Inter-disciplinary Cases Workshop

21st June 2017

08:30-12:30

Learning Centre, Papworth Hospital

Have you ever wondered what those Cardiac Science STP trainees get up to all day? Or what the Haematologists do in the laboratory? Or how Medical Physicists know what they're looking at when performing an MRI scan? The East of England Healthcare Science Network are organising an inter-disciplinary cases afternoon workshop to help us find out!

What does the workshop involve?

In small, multi-discipline groups we will discuss cases and their investigations from the point of view of all disciplines. Examples of cases might be heart disease, cancer, cystic fibrosis or a whole range of other conditions!

This way we can learn about different diseases from the perspective of:

·         Laboratory test results

·         Underlying immunological or genetic causes

·         The role and results of physiological tests

·         The types of imaging involved

·         And more!

Case subjects will be sent out to participants ahead of time to allow for preparation.

What will you get out of it?

As Trainee Clinical Scientists we need to be aware of and have an understanding of the breadth and range of investigations that can be performed to diagnose a particular disease. This day enables us to collaborate and share our knowledge and engage in teaching of our peers, which maps perfectly to at least one professional practice competency!

What are we asking STP trainees to do?

1)      We would like to collect case examples from each discipline: Life Sciences, Physiological Sciences and Physical Sciences.

If you have a real case (or a textbook example) in which more than one discipline is involved in the investigation, please can you send a summary of the case to the East of England Healthcare Science Trainee Reps at eoehcs@gmail.com, before Tuesday 30^th May 2017.

Please also ask your training officers and senior colleagues for examples.

2)      If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP via email to eoehcs@gmail.com by Tuesday 30^th May.

Thank you for your help in preparing for this day, and we look forward to seeing you there!

 The East of England Regional Trainee Network – Cases Sub-committee