General Info
Venue: IET Birmingham: Austin CourtBY TRAIN
Nearest railway station is Birmingham New Street. Birmingham
Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street are also nearby.
BY BUS
The easiest routes are buses to Broad Street or Cambridge
Street, where you can then follow the walking directions to
IET Birmingham: Austin Court from above through the ICC on
Broad Street.
BY CAR
There is limited parking outside the venue. Parking nearby
includes the National Indoor Arena (pay-and-display), limited
street parking (meters) in side streets opposite the NIA and on
the south side of Broad St (A456) and Birmingham Newhall
Street car park 0.6 miles away.
BY FOOT
The venue is located a 10-15 minute walk from Birminham New
Street Station.
We are looking for abstracts for both days, for poster presentations relating
to all areas of medical imaging and radiotherapy including educational, case
reports, audits and research.
Please note, we will only accept one poster submission per presenting author,
per event. If you wish to submit any further abstracts, these will only be
considered if you are a co-author and the presenting author is registered for
the event.
Registration and Fees
Registration FeesOne Day
BIR Consultant member £145
BIR Non-Consultant member £110
BIR Trainee member £65
BIR Retired/Student member £55
Non-member £250
Two Days
Also attend The journey from
research to publication on the 12
November for the following two day
rates:
BIR Consultant member - £200
BIR Non-Consultant member - £160
BIR Trainee member - £110
BIR Retired/Student member - £100
Non-member - £300
08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:00 Welcome and introduction Dr John Adu, Radiology Specialty Registrar, Barts
Health NHS Trust
09:05 BIR Young Professionals and
Trainees Committe Dr Hardi Madani, Radiology Specialty Registrar, Royal
Free London Hospital
09:15 Current issues in radiology Dr Richard Fitzgerald, Vice-president, The Royal
College of Radiologists
09:45 Better living through
radiology Dr Stuart Williams, Previous NICE Fellow and
Consultant Radiologist, University of East Anglia and
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
10:15 Why do radiologists need to
go to medical school? Dr David Wilson, Consultant Radiologist, St Luke’s
Hospital
10:45 Refreshments
11:15 The future of radiology
training Dr Ian Francis, Educational Development Lead,
Speciality Training Board, The Royal College of
Radiologists
11:45 Teleradiology – a career
option? Dr Stephen Davies, Medical Director, Medica Group
12:15 A long-term, sustainable,
inclusive, international
model for facilitating junior
doctor and medical student–
led radiology teaching
(Philips Trainee Award for
Excellence winner) Zeshan Qureshi, Academic Clinical Fellow, University
College London and ST3 Paediatrics, Kings College
Hospital
Dr Mark Rodrigues, Clinical Lecturer, University of
Edinburgh and Honorary ST4 Radiology, Western
General Hospital,
12:30 Balancing demand and cost
in imaging Professor Erika Denton, National Clinical Director for
Diagnostics, NHS England
13:00 The third healthcare
revolution Professor SIr Muir Gray, Director of Better Value
Healthcare and a partner in the Oxford Academic
Health Science Network
13:30 Lunch
Workshop 1
Consultant interview skills
14:30 Getting the consultant job you
want Dr Karen Partington, Consultant
Radiologist, Nuffield Orthopaedic
Centre, Oxford University
Hospitals NHS Trust
15:00 Your first consultant job:
surviving the early years
Dr Susan Cross, Consultant
Radiologist, Barts Health NHS
Trust.
15:50 Refreshments
16:20 Setting up a service/directorate
roles
Speaker to be confirmed
16:40 The next generation of
consultant radiologists
Dr Ian Francis, Educational
Development Lead, Speciality
Training Board, Royal College of
Radiologists
17:10 Ask the panel: open Q&A
session
17:30 Close of event
Workshop 2
ST interview skills
14:30 What do we do in
interventional radiology?
Dr Kader Allouni, Interventional
Radiology Fellow, Oxford
University Hospitals NHS Trust
14:50 What do we do in academic
radiology?
Dr Jamie Franklin, Radiology
Registrar and Clinical Research
Fellow in Radiology, Oxford
University Hospitals NHS Trust
15:10 Experiences of the interview
and preparing for the day
Dr Joshua Shur, Radiology
Specialty Registrar, St George’s
Healthcare NHS Trust
15:30 Challenges in the first 18
months of training
Dr John Adu, Radiology Specialty
Registrar, Barts Health NHS Trust
15:50 Refreshments
16:20 How to stand out at the
interview
Dr Deborah Low, Consultant
Interventional Radiologist and
Training Programme Director,
Barts and the Royal London
16:40 An insight into the interview
Dr John Adu, Radiology Specialty
Registrar, Barts Health NHS Trust
17:10 Ask the panel: open Q&A
session
17:30 Close of event
