The Rouleaux Executive Committee have had a busy few months, as ever. Our ASiT representative attended their annual conference, this year in Belfast where the pre-conference course was attended by budding future vascular surgeons. Anurhadha also attended the (impromptu) meeting with head of COPSS (Andrew Garnham) and chair of JCST (Esther McLarty) and pan specialty representation. Here there was discussion regarding the new curriculum, better networking and dissipation of information through specialty reps. Rouleaux was also formally asked for our feedback on the latest version of the new curriculum, which we submitted to ISCP/JCST.
We’ve submitted our draft program for the RC session at VSASM; this year’s theme will be along the line of “the lesser talked about training obstacles”. Last year’s winner of the Inaugural Averil Mansfield Prize Ms Mei Nortley will be speaking and we’re delighted Professor Scarlett McNally Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon has accepted our invitation to speak along with Miss Claire Dawkins, Consultant Vascular Surgeon in Newcastle.
Our joint Rouleaux/BSIRT session at BSET is taking shape too.
There have been concerns raised to ourselves about the lack of notice regarding invitation to interview for ST3s, potentially due to delays in releasing portfolio scores. In addition, there are applicants who applied for the section 2 exam May sitting, in good time, but weren’t able to be accommodated. Both of these issues we will discuss in person at upcoming VS meetings and through the exam board and SAC.
Abstract submission to the VS MDT session is open and submissions are to be encouraged. Case submissions are invited from nurses, scientists and all grades of resident doctors involved in caring for Vascular patients including trainee members of the joint Vascular Societies' and must be submitted electronically via the submission portal using the link found below.
Winning entries will have the opportunity to work with a member of the Vascular Society / Rouleaux Club to ensure the learning points in the cases are maximised and to
make the presentations as interactive as possible.
The session is a relatively informal space designed to generate discussion and facilitate learning whilst offering a national presentation opportunity for the speaker.
This month we will be launching the second year of the "Averil Mansfield trainer of the year" prize again, please encourage submissions from your units.