ACCS REGIONAL TRAINING DAYS

To be attended by all ACCS CT2 trainees commencing Anaesthetics in August 2019. 

Host: School of Anaesthetics 

Time: 12:30 - 17:00hrs

Venue: Michael Salmon Building, Anglia Ruskin University (Chelmsford Campus) Chelmsford Campus, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 1SQ  Site Map

Unfortunately there is no lunch provided, so please eat before you arrive. There is limited parking in Rectory Lane West car park - so please consider coming by train or sharing lifts. Parking is best at the Chelmer Valley park & ride (CM3 3PR) as the bus goes straight to the Anglia Ruskin University.

Programme:  

12:30             Coffee and Registration

                      Please obtain your WiFi code at reception and log in

13:00             Welcome and Introduction to the School                         

13:20             Breakout session

14:30             Coffee

14:45      

16:00             Resilience & Support           Dr Matthew Simpson                                  

16:15             Trainee representative                                                        

16:30             Questions                                                           

16:40             Summary and close                                                             

Faculty

Dr Helen Goddard

Dr Hasanthi Gooneratne

Dr Kamal Patel

Dr Elspeth Reid

Dr Matthew Simpson

Dr Jo Walker

Dr Nina Walton

Dr Nick Wilson

Dr Diane Williamson

To be attended by all ACCS CT1 trainees irrespective of parent speciality. 

Host: Lister Hospital, Dr Elizabeth Turner, Consultant in Emergency Medicine 

Venue: Lister Education Centre, Oak Room, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AB    Please click for a site map here

Parking: Lister Multi storey £9:10 for day

Parking at Sainsbury’s carpark is a short walk away (less than it takes to get into the multi-storey carpark) £4/day – but you have to book up at least the day before. Please click here for the link

Please ensure that you bring a packed lunch or money to purchase food on site.

Programme:

09:30 - 10:00: Registration and Coffee 

10:00 - 10:15: Introduction to teaching days and housekeeping - Dr Elizabeth Turner 

10:15 - 11:00:  CAP 10 Cyanosis - Dr Jon Bramall​

11:00 - 11:15: Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:00: CC 3 Therapeutics and Safe Prescribing – Dr Carolyn Meredith

12:00 -13:00: Lunch 

13:00 - 14:30: Leadership - Steven Andrews

14:30 - 14:45: Coffee Break

14:45 - 15:30: Time and Workload Management – Drs Sneha Narayanaswami, Dr Alex Gaetos, Dr Omar Hussain​

15:30 - 16:15 CAP 3 Acute Back Pain - Dr Mike Iacovou​

 16:15 - 16:30: Closing Remarks and feedback forms – Dr Elizabeth Turner

To be attended by all ACCS CT1 trainees irrespective of parent speciality. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SPLIT SITE TRAINING DAY; the training day will be held on Friday 1st November 2019 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn and on Thursday 7th November 2019 at Princess Alexandra Hospital Please attend the date and venue which is most convenient to you.

Host 1: Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Friday 1st November 2019

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gayton Road, King's Lynn. PE30 4ET. (For a hospital map please click here)

Parking: Pay and display - cards and cash taken. Cost of parking can be reclaimed from study leave budget.

Programme: 

09:30 - 10:00: Registration and Coffee 

10:00 – 10:15: Introduction to Training Day – Drs. Keanan & Nabeel 

10:15- 11:00: Decision making and Clinical Reasoning – Dr. Tong 

11:00 - 11:45: The Patient as the Central Focus of Care – Dr. Sebuwufu 

11:45 – 12:00: Coffee Break 

12:00 - 12:45: Aggressive /Disturbed Behaviour – Dr. Sadeghi

12:45 -13:45: Lunch 

13:45- 14:45: Confusion and Acute Delirium – Dr. Barbar 

14:45 - 15:00: Coffee Break 

15:00 - 15:45: Fever – Dr. Altemimi 

15:45- 16:00: Closing Remarks and Feedback Forms – Drs. Keanan & Nabeel 

Host 2: Princess Alexandra Hospital - Thursday 7th November 2019

Venue: PGMEC, Parndon Hall, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX. For a site map please click here

Parking: please park in the main car park – this is pay and display, you can pay by credit card. Cost of parking can be reclaimed from study leave budget.

Programme: 

09:30 – 10:00            Arrival, Registration and Refreshments

10:00 – 10:15            Welcome and Introduction                               Mr Suneil Ramnani

10:15 – 11:00            The Aggressive/Disturbed Patient                   Dr Roberta Branisteanu

11:00 – 11:15            Break

11:15 – 12:15            Fever                                                                     Mr Suneil Ramnani

12:15 – 12:45            ‘Penthrox’                                                             Damian Reynolds

12:45 – 13:30            Lunch sponsored by Galen Pharmaceuticals

13:30 – 14:15            Decision Making and                                         Dr Juan Vilarino-Varela

                                  Clinical Reasoning

14:15 – 15:00            Acute Delirium                                                    Dr Nurdin Hajinur​

15:00 – 15:30            Break

15:30 – 16:15            The Unconscious Patient                              Dr Teifion Davies

16:15 – 16:30            Feedback, Summary                                         Mr Suneil Ramnani

                                    and Close     

To be attended by all ACCS CT1 trainees irrespective of parent specialty.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SPLIT SITE TRAINING DAY; the training day will be held at James Paget Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital. Please attend the venue which is most convenient to you.

Topics: 

• Principles of quality and safety improvement
• Infection control
• Breathlessness
• Cough
• Pain management
• Septic patient

Host 1: James Paget Hospital

Venue: Breydon Room, Education and Training Centre 1st floor, James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6LA.​

Parking: trainees can park in Car Park E (it is much bigger than it appears on the map) and press the intercom button on arrival explaining that they are here for a regional A&E training day they should be let in. If car park E is full try the overflow car park.

Unfortunately as with most hospitals the car parks are incredibly busy and by 0900 mostly full. we cannot guarantee a space. Parking on surrounding roads is largely permit holders only and cars regularly get parking tickets. If unable to park on site it is possible to park on the Marine Parade or Links Road which are a 5-10 minute walk away. we have attached a map and marked these roads in red. we have allowed 30 minutes for registration so you will have sufficient time to park and walk if necessary

Cost of parking can be reclaimed from study leave budget. Please ensure that you bring a packed lunch or money to purchase food on site.

Programme: (For a PDF version please click here)

09:30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Introduction – Dr Jon Baldry Consultant in Emergency Medicine
10:05 Case studies in Respiratory medicine Dr Laura Maclean Chief Resident in EM
10:45 Breathlessness Dr Tom Martin Speciailist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine
11:30 Coffee
11:45 Non invasive ventilation Dr Emily Russell Consultant in Acute Medicine
12:45 Hyperbaric Medicine Dr Duncan Peacock Consultant in Emergency Medicine
13:30 Lunch
14:15 Principles of Quality Improvement Julie Smith Head of Compliance and Quality
Improvement
15:15 Sepsis
15:45 Summary and close​

Host 2: Addenbrooke's Hospital

Venue: Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ    Please click for a site map here

The Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre is located in the 'S Wards' building. Please enter the 'S Block' building main entrance (shown as a green rectangle on map) and continue straight ahead to enter the foyer of the lecture theatre. As you walk through into the foyer the entrance doors to the lecture theatre are of your left.

Please note that the parking onsite is expensive for the full day and we are unable to offer subsidised parking. However the hospital is well linked to 3 local park and ride sites. Further details can be located here

Cost of parking can be reclaimed from study leave budget. Please ensure that you bring a packed lunch or money to purchase food on site.

Programme: 

8.30 – Registration and coffee

9.00 –10.00:  Respiratory causes of shortness of breath:  Dr Yasmin Sultan, EM Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital

10.00 –11.00: Quality Improvement – Dr Sue Robinson, EM Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital

11.00- 11.15: Coffee

11.15-12.00 : Infection control –Dr Sue Robinson, EM Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital

12.00-13.00: cardiac causes of breathlessness /acute heart failure –Dr Unni Krishnan, Consultant Cardiologist, Addenbrookes & Royal Papworth Hospitals

13.00-14.00: lunch

14.00-15.00: Sepsis –Dr Sarah Hazleman, Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine

15.00- 16.00: Acute Pain Management –Dr Patricia mills, Consultant in Anaesthetics, Critical Care Medicine & Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, West Suffolk Hospital

16.00-16.15: Coffee

16.15-17.00: Cough –Dr Yasmin Sultan, EM Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital

To be attended by all ACCS CT1 & CT2 Emergency Medicine Trainees

Host: Peterborough City Hospital

Topics: 

• History taking
• Evidence and guidelines
• Head injury
• Poisoning

Venue: The Salvation Army, 1203 Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2AU. Click here for google maps

Directions and parking: please allow sufficient traveling time. There are roadworks on the A47 roundabout, and a main road in the city centre is closed which is having an effect on the whole system.

Parking on site is free.

Please bring a packed lunch with you as there are no local facilities to purchase lunch from. Refreshments will be provided. 

Programme: 

Following the escalation of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Europe and the UK, and as a precautionary measure we have decided to cancel the ACCS Training Day which was due to take place on 3rd April

We are disappointed to have to cancel this training day however the wellbeing of our trainees is essential.

If you have been given study leave to attend the training day, please contact your trust who will be able to advise your working requirements (if any) for the day.

All other School events are currently due to proceed but we will continue to review the situation daily. We will advise trainees as soon as possible should any further cancellations become necessary. 

Thank you for understanding and cooperation in this matter. 

East of England ACCS CT1 and CT2 trainees, 

You are invited to attend the first ACCS regional teaching session which is taking place on Wednesday 3^rd June, 09:00-11:00hrs.

These sessions will take place every Wednesday between 09:00 – 11:00hrs and will take place instead of the monthly face to face training days. Please ensure you inform your rota coordinators accordingly.

Internal study leave should be reinstated now that Trusts are looking at plans for return to business as usual,  any time spent viewing online content should accrue into normal study leave allowances. We plan to run these up to the end of December, after which the hope is that we can meet again face to face.

The meeting ID and password have been sent to your email addresses. 

Programme:

• Introduction to online learning platform, future training days, study leave arrangements
• Presentation – COVID-19
• Question and answer session

Meeting guidelines

·         We recommend downloading Zoom on your phone or personal computer in advance of the session, and joining 5-10 minutes before the official start time.

·         You will automatically be placed on mute when joining the meeting - please do not unmute yourself unless speaking in the session.

·         We will be recording the sessions which will be made available post event for trainees that were unable to attend the live session - by dialling into the meeting, you are agreeing to participate in a recorded session.

·         Please be aware that no sensitive or patient-identifiable data will be discussed during these meetings unless consent has been obtained in advance.

East of England ACCS CT1 and CT2 trainees, 

You are invited to attend the ACCS regional teaching session which is taking place on Wednesday 17^th June, 09:00-11:00hrs.

The meeting ID and password have been sent to your email addresses. 

Programme: 

• Welcome and Introduction
• Live Presentation – Medical Emergencies in Pregnancy, Dr Muniswamy Hemavathi, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Luton and Dunstable Hospital
• Live Presentation - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Dr Robert Florance, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn
• Question and answer session – Dr Diane Williamson, ACCS Training Programme Director

Meeting guidelines

·         We recommend downloading Zoom on your phone or personal computer in advance of the session, and joining 5-10 minutes before the official start time.

·         You will automatically be placed on mute when joining the meeting - please do not unmute yourself unless speaking in the session.

·         We will be recording the sessions which will be made available post event for trainees that were unable to attend the live session - by dialling into the meeting, you are agreeing to participate in a recorded session.

·         Please be aware that no sensitive or patient-identifiable data will be discussed during these meetings unless consent has been obtained in advance.