^{This course will run from 12pm, Monday 17 July to 12pm, Wednesday 19 July 2023.}

Tickets & prices

Residential tickets

• Full price: £450
• ACB Member price: £300

Non-residential tickets

• Full price: £370
• ACB Member price: £220

Description

The ACB Residential Training Course makes a welcome return to the picturesque city of Durham, home to the famous Durham Cathedral, a UNESCO world heritage site, University and the River Wear. Hosted at Durham University, the course will give trainees the opportunity to learn about a variety of clinical and analytical topics from regional experts, as well as those related to quality, accreditation and service development.

The programme will support the needs of those preparing to take their FRCPath examinations with a mock OSPE. A BBQ with a guest speaker hosted at the Durham Amateur Boat Club on the River Wear is planned for the social event. The Trent, Northern & Yorkshire (TNY) ACB committee welcomes you to the North East for an exciting and stimulating training course.

Programme

Day 1: Monday 17 July

12pm                   Arrival

12.30pm             Toxicology (DGH scenarios, RCPath question examples, overdose, etc.) (Nigel Brown, Northumbria Healthcare Toxicology service)

2.30pm               Method validation – what is required and how to perform it? (Nigel Brown, Northumbria Healthcare Toxicology service)

3.30pm                Break

4pm                     FRCPath – Mock OSPE (Tim Lang, County Durham and Darlington)

Day 2: Tuesday 18 July

9am                     Endocrine – Disorders of steroidgenesis (Chris Boot, Newcastle Hospitals)

10am                   Investigation of Phaeochromocytoma (Barry Toole, Newcastle Hospitals)

11am                    Break

11.30am              Implementing a new service (Caroline Addison, Gateshead)

12.30pm              Lunch

1.30pm                EQA is more than just a tick box exercise (Rachel Marrington, UK NEQAS)

3.30pm                Break

4pm                     Disaster management session (Hazel Borthwick and Laura Bernstone, County Durham and Darlington)

Day 3: Wednesday 19 July

9am                     The Clinical Scientist and UKAS (Helen Verrill, North Tees Hospital)

10am                   Duty biochemist scenarios (Roy Talbot, Northumbria Healthcare)

11am                   Clinical Scientists and patient services (Shonagh Halsam and Rebecca Allcock, Lancashire Teaching Hospital)

12pm                   Departure

Notes

• Residential tickets include accommodation for the two nights, but you can also purchase a non-residential ticket and find your own accommodation. 
• If you are an ACB Member, you pay the discounted rate. If you wish to become a Member, click here to apply for ACB membership. After registering, you can return to this event booking page and a member discount will be applied to your ticket. In the unlikely event that your application for membership is unsuccessful, you will have a choice of either paying the rest of the full ticket rate or being refunded.
• To book your place with a Purchase Order (P.O.), please contact [email protected] and a member of the staff team will help you process your booking.

Download the event programme to your device by clicking the PDF below.

ACB Residential Course 2023 Programme