Cardiff University School of Medicine Sharing Inspirational Experiences Year 2 & Y ear 5 I ntegrated Conference Heath Park Campus Cardiff 17-19 February 2015 Follow the Student Conference blog: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/ medic2and5conf2015 Twitter #CUMedYr25
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Foreword Welcome to the first year 2/5 Integrated Conference in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. The aim of the conference is for year 2 and year 5 medical students to share inspirational experiences. There are five broad themes of the conference: Elective Erasmus Intercalating Research Thriving and Surviving We would like to thank all the year 5 students who have shared their advice and experience in the workshops. We hope you enjoy the event and look forward to a successful conference. Dr Sam Hibbitts and Dr Paul Brennan
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Keynote Speakers Prof Phil Smith Professor of Neurology, The Alan Richens Epilepsy Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Wales Prof Smith qualified from Liverpool in 1979 and did general medical training. As a Clinical Lecturer he wrote his MD thesis on breathing during sleep in muscular dystrophy. His clinical neurology training was in Liverpool, Newcastle- upon- Tyne and Cardiff. In 1996, Dr Smith returned to Cardiff to develop longstanding interests in epilepsy and clinical training. The Epilepsy Unit continues to grow and to evolve, with newly developed sub- specialty clinics including those for first suspected seizures and for teenagers with epilepsy. He has been Sub- Dean for Assessments in Cardiff School of Medicine since 2011 and takes great pleasure in seeing the C21 programme develop. Dr Tom Hughes Dr Tom Hughes qualified in the London Hospital Medical College and trained in neurology in Cardiff. He completed an MD about swallowing function in normal adults and in people with Motor Neurone Disease. He is a general neurologist with interests in stroke, acute neurology and disorders of bulbar function (speech and swallowing). Dr Zahir Dana Huq Dr Zahir Dana Huq graduated from Cardiff University School of Medicine in 2014. He has been doing his F1 training in the University Hospital of Wales, initially on the Neurosurgical wards. He is currently on B7 Thoracic Medicine and in April he will be moving on to Nevill Hall to join a GeneraI Surgery team. He has agreed to talk about his Elective, which he undertook in the Emergency and Hyperbaric Departments of Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, last year and will share his experiences of medical school.
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Keynote Speakers Dr Menna Clatworthy University Lecturer in Transplantation Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK Fellow and Clinical Director of Studies, Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK Menna is originally from South Wales and read Medicine at the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, where she also gained a first class honours intercalated BSc in Anatomy. Menna played for the Cardiff medics rugby team throughout her course and has since been awarded the rugby blues by Cambridge. She completed her professional training in nephrology at Cambridge and undertook a PhD at the University of Cambridge, investigating the role of antibody and Fcy receptors in autoimmunity and defence against infection. She subsequently obtained a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship which included an 18 month post- doctoral post at the National Institutes of Health, Washington, in Dr Ron Germain s laboratory. This work focused on the use of two- photon intravital imaging to examine dynamic behaviour of immune cells. Menna currently works as a University Lecturer in Transplantation Medicine and divides her time between research, teaching and clinical practice in transplantation and nephrology. She runs a laboratory focused on antibody effector function, based within the Department of Medicine wing of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Her clinical interests are in transplantation, in particular the effects of B cells and antibody on the allograft and the use of novel immunosuppressants to target this axis.
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated C onference Programme Day 1 Tuesday 17 Feb 2015 12:00 14:00 13:45 14:30 14:40-16:05 14:40-15:10 15:25-16:05 16:15-17:00 Registration: Cochrane Keynote Speakers: MGLT Prof Phil Smith & Dr Tom Hughes "What inspired my medical career" Elective Workshops: TDS & Pathology Seminar Session 1 - parallel sessions Session 2 - parallel sessions Keynote Speaker: MGLT Dr Zahir Dana Huq "My Elective and what it did for me Day 2 09.00-10.00 09:00-09:45 10:00-13:00 10:00-10:30 10:45-11:15 11:30-12:00 12:15-12:45 Wednesday 18 Feb 2015 Registration: Cochrane Keynote Speaker: MGLT Dr Menna Clatworthy, Cambridge University "Becoming a Clinical Academic" Themed Workshops: Michael Griffiths Erasmus Intercalation Research Thriving and Surviving Session 1 - Parallel workshops Session 2 - Parallel workshops Session 3 - Parallel workshops Session 4 - Parallel workshops
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Programme Day 3 09:00 13:30 09:00 10:30 10:30 11:00 11:00 12:30 Thursday 19 Feb 2015 Year 2 SSC Posters: Sports & Social Club Year 2 students collect, display posters and practice with colleagues Break Poster assessment and review Year 2 groups will present poster based on their Experience SSC week and will highlight: What they did What inspired them What they will take forward Year 5 students judge blocks of posters and recommend top posters for one of three monetary prizes in recognition of student Excellence in SSCs 13:00 13:30 Close of conference and prizes awarded Prof Nick Topley Prizes Year 5 assessment teams will nominate the top posters for academic review. Three prizes will be awarded: st 1 Excellence in SSCs 100 2nd Excellence in SSCs 75 3rd Excellence in SSCs 50
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Conference Organizers Faculty Dr Paul Brennan (Year 5 Academic Lead) Dr Donald Fraser Dr Sam Hibbitts (Director of SSC) Dr Derek Lang (Year 2 Academic Lead) Academic assessors: Dr Keith Hart, Dr Tim Johnson, Dr Sarju Patel Coordinators Andy Edwards Rebecca Masefield Adam Hammond Suzanne Morse Year 2 Students: Logistics committee, Blog & Photographs Henry Atkinson Nathan Ivey Carmella Catlow Imogen John Yue Guan Emma Rengasamy Aysha Haththotuwegama Year 5 Students Assessment teams Elective workshop facilitators Erasmus workshop facilitators Intercalated workshop facilitators Logistics & communication Research workshop facilitators Thriving & surviving facilitators
Year 2 & Year 5 Integrated Conference Quotes Is it possible to balance working hard enough to do well, being on committees, volunteering, getting involved in research or speciality interest groups and still have a life?! Year 2 Medical Student, Cardiff University The first step of medical school is to learn how to survive figure out how you learn, what you find difficult, what your strengths and weaknesses are. Once you ve figured this out, that s when you can start to thrive! Year 5 Medical Student, Cardiff University Badge Key EL ER IN RE TAS = Elective workshop = Erasmus workshop = Intercalated workshop = Research workshop = Thriving & Surviving workshop PSRM = Pathology Seminar Room MGLT = Michael Griffith Lecture Theatre TDS = Ty Dewi Sant Follow the Student Conference blog: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/medic2and5conf2015 Twitter # CUMedYr25