The Monday programme
Scientific programme sponsor
At the IBMS we know it is difficult for people to be given time away from the laboratory.
Two of our most popular lecture programmes – Education & Management and Quality Management - will be offered over two days from Monday afternoon, in advance of the main lecture programmes. Whilst the popular Cellular Pathology tissue recognition workshop will take place in the afternoon.
If you are joining us for the Monday afternoon programme you can conclude your day at Congress at the ever-popular Welcome Evening.
Please note
Lunch is not provided on Monday, afternoon refreshments will be served instead. The exhibition will not be available until it opens on Tuesday morning.
Degree laboratory placement, the success of the symbiotic relationship
Degree laboratory placement, the success of the symbiotic relationship
Education and Training
Abstract
My presentation on degree laboratory placements, the success of the symbiotic relationship will cover my approach that has been developed over time to establishing and maintaining effective relationships with practitioners in local NHS laboratories.
A close relationship with local practitioners and laboratory managers is key to developing and delivering Biomedical Science degree programmes that are fit for purpose and contain relevant and current pathology content, in addition to supporting placement provision for our students. I have organised and chaired regular Employer Liaison Group meetings since 2005 as a key component of our ongoing programme development and enhancement. A close working relationship with local laboratories underpins the curriculum design and delivery of taught sessions that include current working practices and information. We regularly have colleagues from Pathology disciples delivering taught content in modules and producing case studies / data analysis tasks for students. Practitioners also help us to prepare our students for NHS placements by providing short visits to each laboratory in year 1, being on the interview panel to select students prior to their placement and facilitating peer mentoring from returning placement students about their experiences in the laboratory. We have been commended by sequential IBMS accreditation panels for our close relationship with employers.
Further, we provide regular Training for Trainers events at the university for practitioners who supervise placement students completing their IBMS registration training portfolio. Our Placement Tutor meets with all placement students and their trainers and is available for discussions and advice before, during and after the placement. We also provide mentor training for workplace supervisors / mentors of Healthcare Science Practitioner degree apprentices, alongside regular tri-partite meetings with the apprentice, trainer and work-based learning tutor from the university.
Sponsored by
Speakers
Dr Sue Jones PFHEA, FIMBS, MRSB
Supporting learning using a virtual environment
Recognising and supporting the role of the laboratory trainers
Too busy to train?
Too busy to train?
Education and Training
Abstract
Are you responsible for laboratory training? Do you struggle to find time to fit training in around other duties and responsibilities?
This session will look at some hints and tips from experienced training officers as to how they have approached this in their own laboratories.
Sponsored by
Speakers
Victoria Moyse
Spotting qualification fraud
Spotting qualification fraud
Education and Training
Abstract
Qualification fraud is a global problem, and the UK is a high-profile target for the fraudsters. Although most recruiters will ask to see the academic qualifications of their hires, only a minority check the data with the awarding body. This creates an opportunity gap which is filled by fake certificates, inflated grades and bogus universities and institutes. The consequences of not making the proper checks can be significant, and not just financially – major employers have suffered reputational damage when it becomes known that they have hired senior staff who used false credentials.
Qualification fraud takes ingenious forms, with the fraudsters often keeping step with the latest developments in security technology. But there are also straightforward ways to spot qualification fraud that can be folded into a best practice policy that protects both the recruiter and the honest applicant.
Sponsored by
Speakers
Adam Crosbie
Qualification choices: HSD v MSc
Opening HSST to biomedical scientists
ISO15189 it’s all about the patient: What to expect from the new version
ISO15189 it’s all about the patient: What to expect from the new version
Quality Management
Learning outcomes
ISO15189 has been the mainstay of pathology accreditation globally and has entered a review period. The purpose of the standard is not actually as an accrediting document, but as a guide to the minimum requirements for competence and quality in medical laboratories.
This session will describe the progress made in the updated version, including why it is being updated as well as an indication on what to expect from the new version as well as the plans to support medical laboratories in the adopted and roll out. A good example of one of the changes is that point of care testing will now be part of the main standard once it is released.
Speakers
Dr David Ricketts DBMS CSci FIBMS
Maintaining a permanent state of readiness
Maintaining a permanent state of readiness
Quality Management
Abstract
Over the last few decades, development of quality management systems and accreditation within healthcare laboratories has moved forward with enormous strides, in part driven by the introduction of Quality Managers in the last iteration of the CPA standards, and then with the merger of CPA with UKAS, the transition of laboratories from CPA to ISO 15189:2012. Regular assessment to ensure conformity with ISO15189:2012 is paramount to keep the momentum and drive to maintain a quality management system that is fit for purpose, but this must also be tempered with an understanding of overall risk.
This session explores the considerations that the quality management teams within the laboratory service need to address in order to keep the quality management system operating effectively, such that it can react to change, respond to situations and extraordinary events (e.g. responses to pandemics), and also to allay stresses or fears of external assessment teams arriving at short notice.
Revision of the foundations of quality management systems and good practice will be outlined, as well as why we have to do what we do as a quality management team will also be presented.
Speakers
John Ringrow
