Every month the trainee network board meets to discuss in depth, items raised through remote communication during the preceding month. These may be for the organisation of our events, discussion of feedback, or coordination of other network activities.
Below you can find a summary of what we discussed at the last meeting. If you’d like something discussed at the next meeting, please drop us an email. Continue reading “Board Meeting Summary – Monday 11th June 2018”
It’s almost time for another year’s Reach Out for Healthcare Science! If you’re a trainee who is helping out do let us know what you get up and what your thoughts on the programme are. Contact us via email or tag us on Twitter.
Details about the event from Aarti Makan, the Professional Lead for Healthcare Science – London Region (HEE).
Continue reading “Reach Out for Healthcare Science 2018”
It’s Healthcare Science Week again; an annual week-long programme designed to promote the amazing work of healthcare science professionals and highlight the difference they make to patients’ lives. To support this we’re having a trainee takeover on our Twitter account.
Continue reading “HCS Week 2018 – Twitter Trainee Takover”
The London Healthcare Science Trainee Network (HCSTN) held their PTP Winter Event on Wednesday 13th December 2017.
On 14th December, the London Healthcare Science Trainee Network held our annual STP Winter Event. This training day was extremely popular with 65 STP trainees from across the region taking part.
Do you have an interest in fertility, sexual health or reproductive biology? Why not go to the Fertility 2018 conference! This is the largest conference of it’s kind in the UK, consisting of 3 full days of talks from worldwide experts and short oral presentations from clinics throughout the UK. There are also a number of social events that provide a great opportunity for networking with a variety of people from this field. All details can be found here:
Calling all current STPs in London and the South East region! Come and join us for our winter event on Thursday 14th December at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden. This year we have a variety of exciting things happening including professional practice workshops (useful for competencies and OSFAs) and reflective writing training as well as some interesting multidisciplinary cases to present and discuss. See the attached flyer for all the details!
Registration and attendance is free! Please register for the event using the Eventbrite following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-event-2017-tickets-39474898484
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Thank you to so many of you that took part in our recent survey to anonymously record the feedback of past and present STP trainees in London. This survey focused on the trainee’s first-hand experiences of the quality and organisation of their training in their host department and in departments where they completed rotations.
The Network has now collated this information in the form of a report which we will submit to the Expert Review Panel for the London STP Training Post Applications 2018/2019. Each year departments can submit applications to request new STP trainees and these are reviewed by the Panel to decide which bids will be successful. We hope that by feeding back the information from our survey to the Panel, this will help support the applications of the departments where trainees have had the best experiences of training.
For any trainee that has not yet completed the survey, there is still time to do so, although we won’t be able to include this data in our submitted report.
A quick reminder that our STP and PTP Welcome Event is THIS FRIDAY.
We’ve reserved an area in Student Central for drinks and will be easy to find – look out for our logo or Board members!
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It’s STP Induction Day!
Today, this year’s new intake of STP trainees are in Birmingham to get a big welcome to the training programme from the National School of Healthcare Science, and an insight into what the next 3 years of training will look like. It’s a chance for them to meet other new STPs in their specialist areas, and hear from current STPs about different aspects of the programme.
On behalf of the London Network, we have Board members Haroon Chughtai and Louisa Ive attending the event to say hello to all new STPs in London and surrounding areas. They will be more than happy to answer any of your questions throughout the day, so make sure you go say hi to them.
This is also a good time to advertise our upcoming informal Welcome Social which will be taking place Friday 22nd September 18:00 at Student Central, Malet Street, London. This will be a great time to meet some of your fellow trainees (whether you’re a 1st 2nd or 3rd year) and to get the year started. Find more details on our flyer and let us know if you have any questions.
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We hope you all have a brilliant day today and congratulations on your STP place! We look forward to seeing you all in London soon.
Hannah
Co-Chair LondonHCSTN Board
