Scottish Cardiac Society Meetings

The SCS holds two meetings a year (Spring and Autumn) where expert speakers are invited to give talks on topics spanning the breadth of cardiology and beyond. Trainees are strongly encouraged to attend both meetings each year. Trainees should also endeavour to submit research or quality improvement work to the Autumn meeting, with the best submissions being chosen for oral and poster presentations.

Scottish Cardiology National Training Programme (SCNTP)

This initiative was set up by the SCS in 2019 with support of the regional Training Programme Directors and NHS Education for Scotland. This aims to improve provision of teaching to cardiology trainees across Scotland by delivering regular, national, curriculum-based training to all Scottish trainees

The SCNTP programme is organised by the Scottish Cardiac Society Training Representatives for each of the regions, supported by a lead Consultant who sits on the Scottish Cardiac Society Council. Presently, the SCNTP Consultant lead is Dr Benedict Wiles, Consultant in Cardiac Electrophysiology, NHS Grampian.

Training days are a mixture of in person events and virtual training afternoons (usually the last Friday afternoon of each month). Sessions will be recorded and available to view after the event via Teams. Older sessions are available on the SCS YouTube channel now. These videos are unlisted on YouTube and must be accessed via the below link.

For further information and to be added to the SCNTP Microsoft Teams channel (NHS email address works best), please contact your regional SCS trainee rep.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for all the online and face to face SCNTP meetings. Companies or representatives wishing to discuss sponsorship opportunities should contact scs@societysupport.org.

Upcoming SCNTP Training Dates:

14th August 2026 – virtual – Advanced HF and transplant – Virtual Session

September 2026- ST4 training (ST4’s will be emailed separately) – In person Session

1st/2nd October 2026 – SCS Autumn Meeting – Dumblane

27th November 2026 – Virtual Session

29th January 2027 – In person – Dundee

12th February 2027

26th March 2027 – In Person – Aberdeen

30th April 2027 – Virtual Session

May 2027 – Spring Meeting

25th June 2027 – Virtual Session

Useful Training Events – Links

BCS upcoming events: https://www.bcs.com/education/

BJCA upcoming events: https://bjca.tv/starter-events/

ESC congresses and events: https://www.escardio.org/Congresses-&-Events

Intervention courses: https://www.pcronline.com/Courses/Cardiology-Event-Calendar

Training day recordings : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1s3tCk46ZrPvq9bieTxAk_eKNDKSmV7g