Virtual Environment In Radiotherapy (VERT) – An Educational Study Day For Present And New Users

Registration Fee

Non-member

£250

BIR Plan 1 member

£145

BIR Plan 2 member

£110

BIR Trainee member

£65

BIR Retired member

£55

BIR Student member

£55

09:00

Registration

09:30

Welcome and introduction

Revd Dr Mike Kirby, Lecturer, University of Liverpool

09:40

A brief history of VERTTM

Professor Andy Beavis, Head of Radiation Physics, Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, and Radiotherapy Director, Vertual; and Dr James Ward, Managing Director, Vertual

VERTTM and student education

10:00

VERTTM and therapeutic radiography student education

Ms Paula Powell, Radiotherapy Clinical Lead, University of Hertfordshire

10:15

VERTTM and radiotherapy physics/technology

Revd Dr Mike Kirby, Lecturer, University of Liverpool

10:30

Task based QA assessment and anatomical modelling

Mr Andy Williams, Therapeutic Radiography Course Leader, University of Portsmouth

10:45

Strategies for learning – simulation and virtual technologies

Dr Rob Appleyard, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University

11:00

Refreshments

VERTTM and patient education

11:30

VERTTM and clinical trials

Dr Annette Bojen, Head of Learning Centre and Lead Radiation Therapist, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

11:50

Patient preparation for treatment

Morgan Brown, Clinical Trials Dosimetrist, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

VERTTM and staff education

12:10

VERTTM and staff education

Mrs Urvina Shah, Clinical Learning Facilitator, East and North Herts NHS Trust

12:30

VERTTM software development

Dr James Ward, Managing Director, Vertual

12:50

Discussion and introduction to interactive sessions

13:05

Lunch

Interactive sessions

14:00

Interactive sessions with live demonstrations

15:30

Refreshments

15:50

International audit on the use of VERTTM in multiple applications

Mr Pete Bridge, Lecturer, University of Liverpool

16:05

Futures: collaborative research groups, sharing resources and VERTTM community

16:25

Shared links: summary and evaluation

16:40

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