Cardiology Section

Aims

To increase the understanding of, and improve practice in, Cardiovascular Medicine and Science.

Members include

Anyone with an interest in cardiovascular medicine.

Contents:

• Description of General Cardiology and Sub-specialty Training Days
• Current Academic Year -
  Dates and Outline programmes for training days
• Next Academic Year -
  Dates and Outline programmes for training days
• RSM Council 2008-2009

Training, Symposia and Conferences

The Cardiology section provides training days for the London/Thames Cardiology Specialty Registrar Training Programmes and educational evening sessions in imaging as well as conferences and symposia in Cardiology for other professionals.

All meetings have CPD accreditation

London Cardiology Training Days

Programmes of training days are provided for General Cardiology and for advanced sub-specialty training for London/Thames programme trainees by the RSM Cardiology Council on behalf of the London Cardiology Programmes, the London Deanery and the London School of Specialty Medicine.

Cardiology Training Days 2008-2009

The outline programmes for both the General Cardiology and the Sub-Specialty Training Days for the whole year are listed below. These programmes are usually published in the RSM web pages by July-August for the following October, so that StRs can arrange to be free to attend.

Programme and booking details each of these events can be found by locating them in the calendar and clicking on them. Please note that places are only guaranteed by a written acknowledgement from the Academic Department.

PMETB Attendance Requirements

Attendance at Cardiology Programme Training days is mandatory. Trainees are expected to attend all the training days relevant to their level of training and an absolute minimum of 70% of to meet PMETB requirements.

Junior Trainees (SpR 1-4 & StRs ST3-5)

Junior Trainees are reminded they should try to attend all the general Cardiology Training Days and that they must attend a minimum of 70% to meet PMETB requirements. While they are also welcome to attend the sub-specialty training days these will not be counted at their RITAs/ARCPs.

Senior trainees (SpRs 5-6 & ST6-ST7s)

Trainees undergoing sub-specialty training (Senior Trainees) are required to attend all the advanced training days appropriate to the sub-specialty in which they are undergoing advanced training and that 70% is the minimum to meet PMETB requirements. Senior Trainees are also welcome to attend General Cardiology training days, but are not required to do so and these will not be counted at their RITAs/ARCPs.

The General Cardiology training day programme

This consists of a 3 year programme of 8 training days/year for ST3 – ST5 Specialty Registrars. This programme covers much of the knowledge base required for the KBA (Knowledge Based Assessment), which will be compulsory for ST5s from the spring of 2010.

General Cardiology (GC) Days

• Tuesday 21 October 2008 - Cardiogenic Shock
• Friday 28 November 2008 - Radiation Safety
• Wednesday 17 December 2008 - Advanced Heart failure
• Wednesday 21 January 2009 - Pharmalogical Secondary Prevention
• Tuesday 10 March 2009 - Atrial Fibrillation
• Wednesday 15 April 2009 - VT/VF
• Wednesday 6 May 2009 - Aortic Stenosis
• Thursday 25 June 2009 - Pericardial disease & abstract presentation for President's Prize
• Friday 10 July 2009 - Resuscitation
• Wednesday 16 September 2009 - Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Electrophysiology (EP) Days

2008
• Friday 24 October 2008 - The AV Node, Accessory Pathways and SVTs
• Thursday 18 December 2008 - Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndromes
2009
• Wednesday 11 February 2009 - Implantable Devices; what you won't learn in the cath lab
• Thursday 5 March 2009 - EP
• Monday 8 June 2009 - EP

Intervention Days (PCI)

2008
• Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Multivessel Disease Trials: IVUS
2009
• Tuesday 13 January 2009 - Bifurcation Lesions & the Courage Trial
• Wednesday 11 March 2009 - Intervention
• Tuesday 12 May 2009 - Intervention
• Tuesday 9 June 2009 - Intervention

Imaging (Echo) Days

2008
• Friday 28 November 2008 - Introduction to imaging the heart: basics of ultrasound, anatomy, performing a standard study
2009
• Wednesday 21st January 2009 - How to assess R. & L. ventricular function; role of echo & CMR
• Tuesday 10th March 2009 - How to assess mitral valve disease: role of echo and CMR
• Wednesday 6th May 2009 - How to assess endocarditis, stroke & prosthetic valves: role of echo
• Thursday 25th June 2009 - How to assess aortic valve disease: role of echo and CMR
• Friday 10th July - How to assess aortic disease/ acute dissection: role of echo, CT & CMR

2009 - 2010 Dates

Core Cardiology (CC) Days

• Day 1 Tuesday 27 October Chest pain & stable angina
• Day 2 Friday 27 November Acute coronary syndromes and myocardial infarction
• Day 3 Wednesday 16 December Cardiovascular response to exercise in health and disease: cardiac rehabilitation
• Day 4 Wednesday 20 January Heart Failure 1
• Day 5 Tuesday 9 March Assessment and care of patients before and after cardiac and non-cardiac surgery
• Day 6 Thursday 15 April Heart disease in pregnancy
• Day 7 Wednesday 5 May The prevention and management of endocarditis
• Day 8 Wednesday 23 June Pre-syncope, syncope and bradyarrhythmias

Electrophysiology (EP) Training Days

• Day 1 Friday 9 October EP - The electrocardiogram (advanced)
• Day 2 Monday 9 November EP - Cardiac arrhythmia anatomy & physiology, diagnostic modalities
• Day 3 Thursday 17 December EP - Narrow complex tachycardia – I (emphasis on diagnostic testing)
• Day 4 Friday 12 February EP - ICD implantation and programming Tracings
• Day 5 Tuesday 23 March EP - Ventricular tachycardia
• Day 6 Wednesday 14 April EP - Pacing/ICD lead extraction Half day + tracings
• Day 7 Monday 7 June EP - Narrow complex tachycardia – II (emphasis on ablation, to include diagnostic testing)
• Day 8 Tuesday 13 July EP - Atrial fibrillation – I (intro plus PVI for PAF)

Intervention (PCI) Training Days

• Day 1 Monday 12 October Intervention - Basic principles in the cath lab
• Day 2 Wednesday 4 November Intervention - Basic principles outside the cath lab indications, post PCI management
• Day 3 Tuesday 12 January Intervention - Pathophysiology of IHD
• Day 4 Tuesday 9 February Intervention - Restenosis
• Day 5 Wednesday 10 March Intervention - Pathophysiology of hibernation and stunning, including pre-procedure investigations - echo, nuclear, PET, MRI, etc (2 days)
• Day 6 Tuesday 20 April Intervention - second part of day 5
• Day 7 Thursday 10 June Intervention - anticoagulation strategies
• Day 8 Tuesday 6 July Intervention - Lesion assessment in the lab

Imaging (Echo) Training Days

• Day 1 Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
• Day 2 Wednesday 2 December Imaging
• Day 3 Monday 22 February Imaging
• Day 4 Friday 30 April Imaging
• Day 5 Monday 28 June Imaging

Heart Failure Training Days

• Day 1 Friday 11 December ICDs and Resynchronisation - Heart Failure
• Day 2 Monday 1 February Heart failure
• Day 3 Thursday 13 May Heart failure
• Day 4 Wednesday 9 June Heart failure

Cardiology Council 2008-2009

Officers
President:	Dr Robert Greenbaum
President elect:	Professor Michael Marber
Immediate past president:	Dr Nick Banner
Honorary secretary:	Dr Andrew Deaner
Honorary treasurer:	Prof Richard Sutton (Chair NW Thames)
Honorary treasurer elect:	Dr Sanjay Sharma
Fundraising officer:	Prof Richard Sutton
Vice presidents:	Dr John Coltart (Chair SE Thames)
	Dr Steve Holmberg (TPD SE Thames)
	Dr Rudolph Canepa-Anson (TPD SW Thames)
Education Leads
General (Core) Cardiology	Professor Michael Marber
Electrophysiology:	Dr Mark O'Neill
Heart Failure:	Dr Suzanna Hardman
Imaging:	Dr Bushra Rana
Intervention:	Dr Simon Redwood
Other members
	Dr Charles Knight (Chair pan-London/Thames STC)
	Dr Tom Crake (TPD NE Thames)
	Dr Charles Pumphrey (Chair SW Thames)
	Dr Neil Sulke
Representatives
Library:	Dr Amit Patel
Specialty Registrar::	Dr Vivienne Ezzat
Junior secretary:	Dr Mrinal Saha
Medical student:	Katie Anderson
RSM Cardiology Coordinator:	Becky McRae