Biomedical Support Staff
Support staff are a key part of a training team
Bridging the skills gap: Smart Worksheets, top up modules and career progression
Bridging the skills gap: Smart Worksheets, top up modules and career progression
Biomedical support staff
Abstract
This presentation will look at the challenges of technical and academic career progression and how identifying skills gaps alongside embracing your own experience, can help with the transition into different sectors or disciplines. The focus of the talk will be on technical and analytical skills development utilising on-line digital resources, designed and developed with subject and practitioner experts.
Speakers
Bill Heslop
Professor Leanne Williams
Partners in Practice: Good Practice for Support Staff and Training Officers
Partners in Practice: Good Practice for Support Staff and Training Officers
Biomedical support staff
Abstract
This interactive one-hour workshop explores how biomedical support staff and training officers can work in partnership to achieve training success. Returning to structured learning after a break can be challenging, and effective mentoring is equally demanding.
Through shared discussion, practical scenarios, and the exchange of good practice strategies, participants will identify common challenges, explore ways to build learner confidence, and strengthen mentoring approaches.
The session will highlight the importance of communication, consistency, and collaboration, offering a toolkit of practical takeaways to support both learners and mentors in navigating training pathways successfully together.
Speakers
Donna Torrance
Dr Jim Taylor SFHEA, FIBMS, MRSB CSciTeach
Recognising and developing your transferable skills
Recognising and developing your transferable skills
Biomedical support staff
Abstract
In the dynamic clinical laboratory environment, laboratory support staff play a crucial role in ensuring operations run smoothly, often acting as the first point of contact for clients, visitors, and colleagues alike. Despite the significance of their contributions, support staff may not always recognise the full value of their skills outside the laboratory setting. This talk aims to look at the transferable skills that can be gained in support staff roles, and how they can be recognised and developed.
The talk will cover how competencies and transferable skills can be captured on a CV, or formally recognised in qualifications such as the IBMS Certificate of Achievement.
By the end of the session, support staff will have a deeper understanding of how their daily work responsibilities contribute to their personal and professional development and how they can leverage these skills for career progression, both within and outside of the biomedical science field.
Speakers
Victoria Moyse
Am I good enough? The reality of imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
Am I good enough? The reality of imposter syndrome and how to overcome it
Biomedical support staff
Abstract
Imposter syndrome—characterised by persistent self-doubt and a fear of being exposed as a fraud—affects a significant number of professionals across all stages of their careers, including those in pathology and biomedical science.
This session explores the psychological roots and workplace triggers of imposter syndrome, with a focus on its prevalence within the laboratory and clinical environments. Drawing on evidence-based strategies and personal experiences, we will discuss practical tools to recognise, manage, and ultimately overcome imposter feelings. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to foster resilience, build self-confidence, and create supportive professional cultures that challenge the stigma of self-doubt.
Speakers
Debra Padgett MSc, FIBMS, CSci, FAHCS (Hon), RCPath (Hon)
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