Enhance your skills and knowledge with our add-on conference courses.
You must have a valid conference ticket to book one of these courses. It may take up to 48 hours after booking a conference ticket for ticket holders to be able to book these courses.
Conference courses
Allyship Training
Date: Monday 1 June
Times: 11:00am – 12:15pm, 12:45pm – 2:00pm and 2:30pm – 3:45pm
Hosted by Right Track Learning
This dynamic 75 minute session will empower participants with essential knowledge and mindsets for effective allyship.
It invites participants to examine their own privileges, biases and perspectives, and to gain a nuanced understanding of the experiences faced by marginalised communities.
Objectives:
- Understand the power of allyship and how intentional, small actions can increase feelings of psychological safety, driving positive change.
- Appreciate complexities of privilege and power dynamics, with strategies to leverage power ethically and shift the status quo.
- Identify factors that lead to passive bystander behaviour and the consequences of inaction.
- Be motivated to promote safe, empathetic, and effective methods for engaging in active bystander behaviours.
- Be equipped with a practical framework for allyship.
Room: Exchange 1
Number of Spaces: 25 per session
Cost: Free
Cardiology Escape Room
Dates: Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 June
Times: Various 30 minute sessions
Created by the Barts Simulation and Education Department
Put your skills to the test in this 30-minute immersive challenge, navigating realistic on-call scenarios to find clues and solve puzzles. Treat your patient and escape the room before time runs out. You will be put into a team of 3-4, so bring your best team spirit with you. Quickest Team Wins!
Don’t miss the BCS Networking Reception on the Tuesday evening where the winning team will be announced.
Room: Central 6
Number of Spaces: 3-4 per session
Cost: £35.00
CLEMS (Cardiac Laboratory Emergency Medical Simulation course)
Dates and times:
- Monday 1 June: 10:30am – 12:15pm, 12:30pm – 2:15pm and 3:15pm – 5pm
- Tuesday 2 June: 9:30am – 11:15am, 11:30am – 1:15pm and 2:15pm – 4pm
- Wednesday 3 June: 9:30am – 11:15am and 11:30am – 1:15pm
An interactive simulation course with a hands on approach to routine cath lab emergencies aimed at doctors and allied health care professionals alike. Focus will be on team training, human factors and communications, and situational awareness, using high fidelity physiological simulator software. This course was referenced in the Joint British Societies’ guideline on management of cardiac arrest in the cardiac catheter laboratory published in Heart in 2022, which can be found here.
Room: Central 7
Number of Spaces: 10 per session
Cost: £35
CTCA - Level 1 course
Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Introductory CTCA course featuring lectures and demonstration of mixed pathology cases read by experts and suitable for level 1 BSCI/ BSCCT accreditation.
Room: Exchange 11
Number of Spaces: 65
Cost: £126
Lifelong Learning (LLL) interactive session
Date: Tuesday 2 June
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm & 1:30pm – 5:00pm
2026 marks the fourteenth year that the BCS is running these highly interactive, moderated sessions that cover the range of the general cardiology curriculum and consist of 30 multiple choice questions on clinical grey cases. There are two life-long learning sessions at this year’s conference. The same set of questions will be used for both sessions. As places are limited, a £35 registration fee (non-refundable) will be charged per session. You must register for the conference to book a slot. Attendance of this slot (in addition to booking) will ensure you receive a certificate of participation.
Please note that this course is aimed at Cardiologists and more senior Cardiology Registrars, and that challenging clinical cases will be presented followed by interactive discussion and detailed rationale / guidelines / evidence for the answers.
Room: Central 5
Number of Spaces: 50 per session
Cost: £35
Introduction to Nuclear Cardiology - Level 1
Date: Tuesday 2 June
Time: 8:45am – 5:00pm
It is recognised that it can be challenging for resident doctors to achieve appropriate experience in Nuclear Cardiology. The course has been designed to meet basic UK core curriculum requirements for speciality training in Cardiology, and aims to cover the Nuclear Techniques section of ESC Core Curriculum for the General Cardiologist. Interactive case-based interpretation (>50 cases) will facilitate learning and highlight current expanding clinical indications for Nuclear Cardiology techniques, e.g. amyloidosis, endocarditis, device-related infection and sarcoidosis.
Please note that this course is for resident doctors specialising in cardiology. If you do not meet the course criteria, BCS reserves the right to cancel your registration.
Room: Exchange 1
Number of Spaces: 35
Cost: £126
UKMCS/mMOET: Obstetric Cardiology Emergencies
Date: Wednesday 3 June
Time: 10:30am – 1:00pm and 1:30pm – 4:00pm
During this 2.5-hour scenario-based teaching, delegates will go through training in the management of common maternal cardiology emergencies.
The course will cover:
- How to identify the deteriorating pregnant patient from normal pregnancy
- Management of cardiology emergencies in pregnancy
This course is suitable for:
- Consultant, staff grade & associate specialist doctors
- Resident doctors
- Allied health professionals
Room: Central 5/6
Number of Spaces: 36
Cost: £65