I am profoundly grateful to SCS for supporting my travel to
EuroPCR 2019, which enabled me to present two very interesting
cases at the conference.
EuroPCR is the official annual meeting of the European
Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
and the world-leading Course in Interventional Cardiovascular
Medicine.
EuroPCR was celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and it was
attended by more than 11000 active participants and around 4700
online learners.
I was able to present my a couple of cases during the conference.
This could not have been possible without the support from SCS.
I was able to share my experience with colleagues from all across
the world and the live sessions during the conference were a great
resource to observe international practice in interventional
cardiology and interact with the panel of interventionists and
attendees.
The Emily Taylor grant helped me to attend the conference, share
knowledge and experience with professionals from around the
world and learn new skills in interventional cardiology. I am hopeful
that my knowledge and skills will be used for improvement of many
lives of patients with cardiac problems in general and ischemic
heart disease in particular.
As Interventional sub-specialist trainee, I am wholeheartedly pleased to share my thankful and great gratitude for the Scottish Cardiac Society via Emily Taylor travel fund. Which had made my oral presentation for an interesting unique interventional case from North of Scotland to be possible to be shared at international level in the most prestigious European intervention conference across Europe EuroPCR in Paris 05/2019 particularly this year which was quite buzzy year since it was celebrating it is 30th Anniversary. I have to say our case has been well received in the session which was combined with the Portuguese Cardiac society. Following the meeting and in this regard, I have received special warm thanks in form of a certificate of appreciation from the president of the Scottish Cardiac Society Prof.H. Eteiba to congratulate me on my excellent presentation and contribution to the Scottish cardiac society program since my case has been selected among only 2 cases from whole Scotland via the Scottish Cardiac Society to be presented at Euro PCR this year which of course this was of great value endeavouring my career as Interventional Fellow.
Beside my oral presentation, Indeed with no doubt it was fantastic platform for me to learn a lot from leading experts in their fields new technologies, trials and techniques having attended blends of Interesting complex intervention sessions which of course enriched my knowledge greatly leading to reflect this across the department and my colleagues fellows. In addition to all above I had the chance to attend the European Fellow Interventional course which was exceptionally good in providing comprehensive overall refreshment about the whole areas of Intervention. Moreover, I have the chance to meet with my Co-Fellows from other centers through the hands on sessions.
Lastly,I am extremely grateful to have been granted the fund. It has enabled attendance at highly educational meetings which would have been otherwise impossible.
I am extremely grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society for supporting my travel to EuroCMR 2019 in Venice. As a final year trainee in cardiac imaging and having just completed my CMR research at Barts Heart Centre London, I am keen to continue to develop further my clinical and research interest and keep up-to-date on the latest development in CMR by attending the conference. I found the sessions including the clinical cases sessions extremely educational and useful for my clinical practice.
I also had the opportunity to present a case series from Glasgow on the clinical utility of multiparametric CMR in the assessment of cardiac involvement in Becker muscular dystrophy where a combination of CMR and cardiac biomarkers could potentially be used for monitoring and guiding therapy particularly in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction.
This conference has also provided me the platform to network with peers and colleagues from across the world. I am very grateful for the support from the Emily Taylor Travel Fund in enabling me to attend this valuable meeting.
I would like to express my gratitude to the SCS and acknowledge the support of the Emily Taylor Travel Grant which facilitated my attendance at the British Junior Cardiology Association Spring meeting in Birmingham, 2019. The meeting programme was extremely educational, and this has been invaluable to help me in my preparation for the European Exam in in General Cardiology (former KBA). Without the support of the Emily Taylor Grant I would not have been able to attend this meeting, and I am very grateful for the ongoing support of the Scottish Cardiac Society.
I write to acknowledge the support of the Emily Taylor Travel Grant, which facilitated my attendance at the Edinburgh Cardiac CT course, held in Edinburgh. I was supported for the travel costs for the course.
This was a 5 days long course and covered from the basics of cardiac CT to interpretation of complex disease. One hundred and fifty cases were shown during this course and the attendees reported these cases in groups of two during the course.
Consultant cardiologists, senior cardiology registrars and radiology trainees from UK and abroad, attended the course.
The course qualifies the trainees at level-2 accreditation with British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging.
The course gave me opportunity to learn a new skill to a level where I can independently report cardiac CTs. It also gave me the opportunity to meet cardiologists and radiology trainees interested in the field from all across the world.
I am profoundly grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society for the kind support I received.
I write to acknowledge the support of the Emily Taylor Travel Grant to facilitate me to travel to Lisbon to attend EHRA Congress. As a Cardiac Electrophysiology and Device trainee it was extremely important for me to attend this congress. I had the opportunity to attend important scientific sessions which helped me to further shape my career in Electrophysiology and Devices. I have attended several hands-on sessions particularly in arrhythmia mapping and ablations. There were few sessions mainly for trainees which I found extremely useful. This congress also gave me an opportunity to interact with experts and fellow trainees from around the world. On return I shared the latest evidences in the field from the congress with fellow trainees and my supervisors.
I am extremely grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society for the kind support I received.
I am very grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society for partially funding my travel and accommodation costs via the Emily Taylor Grant to attend the prestigious Post Graduate Course in Heart Failure (PCHF). This is a unique 2-year long course organised by the Zurich Heart House and The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital Trust focused on the comprehensive management of patients with heart failure.
There was a competitive selection process to be one of the 60 participants from 32 different countries from around the world. The course comprised of six modules, each lasting four days, over the 2 year period and it covered the entire length and breadth of managing heart failure. Each module was dedicated to one aspect of heart failure and the faculty included leading figures in the field from the UK, US and Europe, who were all authors of seminal papers. There were many breakout sessions where these thought-leaders would share some of their unique perspectives and bleeding-edge research with the participants.
One module included hands on time at the Royal Brompton’s imaging unit for experience with echocardiography, nuclear imaging, CT and CMR. We also visited the Harefield hospital for further exposure to advanced echocardiography techniques. While another module was conducted in Brussels to allow hands-on training for complex device implantation.
To be eligible for certification each participant had to attend at least 5 modules, present a case report (which was assessed by the faculty) and pass at least five of the six MCQ examinations at the end of each module.
There is no doubt that attending this course has made me a much more holistic and confident heart failure doctor. I highly recommend it to all trainees / consultants (the majority of participants were consultants) with an interest in caring for patients with heart failure.
I write to acknowledge the support of the Emily Taylor Travel Grant which facilitated my attendance at the American Heart Association Conference in Chicago, 2018. We were invited to present our publication into the use of clinical risk scores in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome at the annual Circulation highlights session. This was a unique opportunity to meet and present to the editors of Circulation, and to have discussion with leading experts in the field. During the AHA meeting, I was also present at a roundtable discussion with experts who lead the task force for the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. In the coming months we will publish an updated consensus review hoping to aid clinicians in the diagnosis of myocardial injury and infarction. Without the support of the Emily Taylor Grant I would not have been able to attend either meeting, and I am very grateful for the ongoing support of the Scottish Cardiac Society.
Dr Andrew Chapman
Specialist Registrar in Cardiology
I am extremely grateful to the SCS for supporting my travel to the British Society of Echocardiography Annual Meeting in Liverpool on 5th to 6th October 2018. The conference programme was extremely educational, and this has been invaluable to help me in my transthoracic echocardiography reaccreditation. Due to limited funds being available from NHS Education for Scotland, the financial help from the SCS was key in enabling my attendance.
I am extremely grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society and the Emily Taylor Travel Grant for the financial assistance given in relation to my abroad Fellowship in Electrophysiology at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. St. Vincent’s Hospital is a busy quaternary heart and lung transplant hospital in the central Sydney. During my 9 month fellowship programme in Sydney, I took part in over 600 procedural cases including diagnostic EP studies, ablation for atrial fibrillation, SVT, atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia. Devices cases include single and dual chamber pacemakers, ICD (including subcutaneous ICDs), CRT and implantable loop recorders. Furthermore, I provided the clinical EP input for the public hospital.
This fellowship enhanced my skills and knowledge base and offered an intensive teaching and training opportunity, allowing me to complete cardiac rhythm training to the highest possible standard prior to returning to Scotland and beginning my consultant career.
This time working abroad allowed me to experience the positive aspects that an international fellowship programme brings, not only furthering my medical training but broadening my horizons and experiencing new cultures and healthcare systems. I would recommend a period of time working abroad to all trainees. It was my first experience working abroad, and outwith the NHS, and it allowed me to reflect upon how fortunate we are to have a healthcare system like the NHS.
Once again, I am extremely grateful to the Scottish Cardiac Society for the assistance given.