The British Society for Immunology (BSI) is delighted to have a partnership with the Association of Clinical Pathologists (ACP) to run clinical immunology training days aimed at medical trainees in immunology and allergy, and immunology clinical scientists preparing to sit the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Certificate Examination (ACICE) and/or Fellowship Examination of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) in Immunology.
This partnership will take forward the highly successful training scheme, previously run by the ACP, to provide specific educational and networking opportunities for the next generation of specialty clinicians, biomedical scientists and clinical scientists. By working together, the ACP and BSI will ensure the continuous delivery of these training sessions which are highly valued by participants and their associated Deaneries and have been specifically recognised as significantly valuable for training by the GMC in its Small Specialty Review 2017/18. Through these training events, both of our organisations are committed to help create a new generation of immunology-aware and informed clinicians and clinical scientists across the NHS to improve the care and treatment of patients with immune-mediated disease.
Upcoming courses
- Thursday 23 and Friday 24 January 2025, in person course in Cambridge. Registration now open. Draft programme as follows:
Thursday 23 January
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee, welcome and introductions
10.30-11.00 NFKB signalling in health and disease – Prof Matt Cook
11-00-11.30 STAT3 signalling in health and disese – Dr James Thaventhiran/Sarah Spencer
11.30-12.15 Chronic Granulomatous disease – Prof David Thomas
12.15-12.45 Approaching recent advances/Q4 in the viva and academic immunology
James Thaventhiran/panel discussion – can be carried over for discussion at lunch
12.45-13.30 - lunch
13.30-14.15 – B cell development – Dr Anita Chandra
14.15-15.00 – Paediatric vignettes – Dr Catherine O’Sullivan
15.00-15.45 – allergy talk, title to be confirmed - Dr Natasha Gunawardana
Friday 24 January
09.00 – 09.40 – Clinical diagnosis of SLE - Dr Ei Phyu Htut
9.40-10.15 - Monogenic lupus and laboratory investigation of SLE – Prof Matt Cook
10.15-11.00 - Monogenic susceptibility to Mycobacteria – Dr Dinakantha Kumararatne
11.00-11.20 coffee
11.20-12.05 – Clinical diagnosis and management of TB – Dr Sian Stinchcombe
12.05-12.50 – TB assays and how we managed assay failure (an approach for viva question 3)- Ania/Victoria/Rachel
12.50-13.30 lunch
13.30-13.45 – Intrepid – Prof Cook
13.45- 14.30 - Genomics: a beginners guide for the Clinical Immunologist – Prof Matt Cook
14.30-15.15 – Flow cytometry as a tool for Immunophenotyping – Dr Kristy Kwong
15.15-15.30 – Completion of evaluation forms and goodbyes.
Registration
To register, you need to meet the following criteria:
- be an ACP or BSI member* and
- be a medical trainee/ specialist registrar in immunology and allergy intending to sit or having passed the ACICE and/or FRCPath examination or
- be a clinical scientist (immunology) intending to sit the FRCPath examination or
- be a biomedical scientist (immunology) intending to sit the FRCPath examination
- *If you are not a member of either organisation and you meet the other criteria, you can register for a small fee (currently £50) per session
Please send your completed registration form by email to office@pathologists.org.uk.
