Acute Kidney Injury UK
The Acute Kidney Injury UK Consensus Conference will be held in Edinburgh this year on 16 & 17 November 2012. If you are interested, further information can be found on the website or by emailing Margaret Farquhar
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South West Renal Physicians Meeting
This time round it’s at an all new venue. 3-6pm, 4th July, Lyngford House, Taunton
Safety!
It’s the topic of the moment, and you can now learn all about it at a meeting arranged by Stewart Lambie. Details in this handy PDF.
Truro Training day
For the July training day (Thursday 7th) we will be heading down to sunny Truro. The venue will be The Blue Bar at Porthtowan Beach (TR4 8AD) starting at 9:30 with pastries! If you are attending please let Sally know by the end of May
SCE Resources
Anyone wanting the postnominal MRCP(Neph) should check out the resources on the MRCPUK website. Sadly swrenal.org.uk is not included in either the essential reading list or useful links. There are also 50 sample questions available here (PDF). The one and only revision course is in sunny Manchester this year: programme here
Supportive Care Course
There is a course available through the Hammersmith Hospital on supportive care. This was a hot topic at Renal PYAs last year and will be worth a look, study leave permitting. Supportive Care Flyer (PDF)
South West Renal Physicians Meeting
The next traditional North Petherton meeting will henceforth be a once-yearly event. The next one is on 1st July – if you’d like to present, email Jo Taylor.
News Roundup
More SCE questions online here (PDF link) BTS registration Renal Pathology course Baxter-sponsored PD education day in Exeter on 2nd June – email Richard D’Souza to confirm attendance
Renal Disease Meeting
There is a joint medical-surgical-radiology meeting focusing on renal disease coming up on 11th November, hosted at a motorway-friendly location near Bristol, and priced extremely reasonably. See the flyer for details. NBT Renal meeting flyer 11 Nov 2009
Course / Training / Education Update
NHS Education South West Joint Annual Education Conference Link Medical Leadership Programme Link Finance for Hospital Doctors PDF Link