Education Zone 2026 - British Cardiovascular Society

The Education Zone offers a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on training sessions led by experienced practitioners and industry representatives. Sessions are delivered in a 2:1 format to suit each delegate’s specific learning needs.

Sessions are free of charge and exclusively available to registered ticket holders of the BCS Annual Conference 2026.

New for 2026

We’ve expanded the Education Zone for 2026 with exciting new sessions and increased availability across some of our most popular training areas. New additions this year include:

Right Heart Catheterisation training
Temporary Pacing training
Real-life CMR scanning on a mobile MRI scanner
Increased number of sessions available for imaging training and pericardiocentesis
Imaging Masterclasses

Suitability

There are sessions suitable for all levels of clinical experience – from early-career healthcare professionals to those exploring the latest cutting-edge techniques. Some sessions have additional eligibility criteria – please check individual session details before booking.

Sessions are designed for qualified healthcare professionals and are not suitable for medical students or non-healthcare professionals.

Practical Information

Sessions are located in the Education Hall and last approximately 1 hour

A certificate of attendance is provided after sucessful completion of the training session. This certificate can be incorporated into the trainee’s NHS ePortfolio and linked to the appropriate part of the curriculum

Sessions are popular and places are limited. Anyone wishing to partake is strongly advised to book sessions as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

The Education Zone is split into two areas:

The Imaging Village, where the full range of multimodality cardiac imaging will be on offer, and the Simulator Village, which offers immersive, hands-on simulation training.

In the Imaging Village you will also find the ‘Imaging Masterclasses’ – special small-group workshops that provide teaching, tips and tricks on a range of important imaging topics delivered by experts from national and international imaging societies.

Imaging Village

We offer unique training opportunities in Cardiac Imaging to colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds and grades.

Sessions will cover normal cases and a wide range of pathologies and indications for each modality. They will be aligned with the JRCPTB Cardiology training curriculum and curricula for those training for accreditation in TTE, TOE, Stress Echo, CMR, CT and Nuclear Cardiology with British and International Imaging Societies.

These sessions are suitable for:

Those practicing in Cardiology: Cardiology SHOs/IMTs, Cardiology SpRs/IMT3/ST3-8, Cardiology Clinical Fellows, Consultant Cardiologists
Non-Cardiology doctors: Radiology SpRs/Consultants, Acute Medicine SpRs/Consultants, Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Intensive Care/Anaesthetics Doctors, General Practitioners
Other allied health professionals: Cardiac Clinical Physiologists, Cardiac Radiographers, Cardiology Nurses

Imaging Masterclasses

These special, small-group practical workshops will provide image acquisition and analysis teaching as well as tips on a range of important imaging topics:

TTE: Adult Congenital Heart Disease Echo, 3D Echo, Strain Echo, Critical Care Echo
Stress Echo: Dobutamine Stress Echo, Exercise Stress Echo Valve Assessment
TOE: Tricky/Unconventional/Contemporary Views, Structural Intervention TOE, 3D TOE
CT: Perfecting your CTCA Scanning Technique, TAVI CT, and more!
CMR: Stress MRI, Optimising CMR Scanning/Image Quality, and more!
Imaging mentoring

Sessions will be delivered by experts in these modalities, including representatives from national imaging societies.

They are an ideal chance for delegates to engage with inspiring cardiac imaging experts for mentoring, careers advice, navigating cardiac imaging training, and achieving success as a cardiac imager.

Thanks to Faculty

Special thanks to Imaging Village Lead Dr Jamal Khan and the modality leads and trainers for their invaluable dedication to training:

Cardiac CT: Dr Srikanth Iyengar & Dr Jamie Kitt
Cardiac MRI: Dr Jamal Khan
Nuclear Cardiology: Dr Paul Scully
Stress Echocardiography: Dr Camelia Demetrescu
Transoesophageal Echocardiography: Dr Samit Srivastava
Transthoracic Echocardiography: Mr Patrick O’Driscoll

Simulator Village

We’re delighted to offer a wide range of hands-on simulation training in the ‘Simulator Village’.

This year we are especially excited to be expanding our offering to include Temporary Pacing and Right Heart Catheterisation (RHC) training.

In the Simulator Village, you can receive personalised training in:

TAVI
ASD/PFO
Electrophysiology
Pacing
Pericardiocentesis
PCI
Right Heart Catheterisation

Where appropriate, the training will follow key objectives tracking to the JRCPTB curriculum for cardiology, but will also be tailored to the experience of the individual so is suitable for all trainees and consultants.

The TAVI, EP, PCI and structural heart stations are particularly geared towards hands-on training for senior interventional trainees/fellows and consultants.

Thanks to Faculty

Special thanks to Simluator Village Lead Dr Steve Hamshere and the modality leads and trainers for their invaluable dedication to training:

ASD/PFO: Dr Simon MacDonald
EP: Dr Dan Raine
Pacing: Dr Fozia Ahmed
PCI & Angiography: Dr Ferrah Choudhary
Pericardiocentesis: Dr Rohini Ramaseshan
RHC: Dr Steve Hamshere & Dr Rohini Ramaseshan
TAVI: Dr Julia Baron

Imaging Village

We look forward to offering unique training opportunities in Cardiac Imaging to colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds and grades at the 2026 BCS Annual Conference Education Zone ‘Imaging Village’.

Our audience includes:

(1) Those practicing in Cardiology: Cardiology SHOs/IMTs, Cardiology SpRs/IMT3/ST3-8, Cardiology Clinical Fellows, Consultant Cardiologists

(2) A wide range of non-Cardiology doctors: Radiology SpRs/Consultants, Acute Medicine SpRs/Consultants, Nuclear Medicine Physicians, Intensive Care/Anaesthetics Doctors, General Practitioners

(3) A wide range of allied health professionals: Cardiac Clinical Physiologists, Cardiac Radiographers, Cardiology Nurses

Sessions will cover normal cases and a wide range of pathologies and indications for each modality and will be aligned with the JRCPTB Cardiology training curriculum and curricula for those training for accreditation in TTE, TOE, Stress Echo, CMR, CT and Nuclear Cardiology with British and International Imaging Societies.

Imaging Masterclasses

These special, small-group practical workshops will provide image acquisition and analysis teaching, tips and gems on a range of important imaging topics. Sessions will be delivered by experts in these modalities, including representatives from national imaging societies.

TTE: Adult Congenital Heart Disease Echo, 3D Echo, Strain Echo, Critical Care Echo
Stress Echo: Dobutamine Stress Echo, Exercise Stress Echo Valve Assessment
TOE: Tricky/Unconventional/Contemporary Views, Structural Intervention TOE, 3D TOE
CT: Perfecting your CTCA Scanning Technique, TAVI CT, and more!
CMR: Stress MRI, Optimising CMR Scanning/Image Quality, and more!
Imaging mentoring

These special, small-group, interactive workshops will provide a chance for delegates to engage with a wide range of inspiring cardiac imaging experts for mentoring, Q&A, careers advice, and tips on getting into advanced cardiac imaging training, navigating your cardiac imaging training (e.g. tips for accreditation, research, publication) and achieving success as a cardiac imager.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all industry partners supporting the 2026 BCS Annual Conference Education Zone Imaging Village through their provision of equipment and technical support:

As overall BCS Imaging Village Initiative Lead for 2026 and CMR Modality Lead, I and the BCS would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the individual expert Modality Leads and to all the expert faculty of the Imaging Village (Modality and Masterclass Trainers) for their time and expertise to train delegates. I would like to express a special thanks to Katherine Holvik, Claire Cartwright, Jasdeep Bhamber, Gareth Bentley and Nicola Knott from the BCS for their invaluable and tireless administrative support, and to Professor Andrew Clark, BCS Annual Conference Programming Committee Chair for his support.

Dr Jamal Khan

2026 British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference Imaging Village Lead

Consultant Cardiac Imaging Cardiologist, UHCW NHS Trust (Coventry)

Simulator Village

We’re delighted to offer a wide range of hands-on simulation training in the ‘Simulator Village’.

This year we are especially excited to be expanding our offering to include Temporary Pacing and Right Heart Catheterisation (RHC) training.

In the Simulator Village, you can receive personalised training in :

TAVI
ASD/PFO
Electrophysiology
Pacing
Pericardiocentesis
PCI
CTO PCI
RHC

The TAVI, EP, CTO, PCI and structural heart stations are particularly geared towards hands-on training for senior interventional trainees/fellows and consultants.

Thanks to supporting industry

We would like to thank all industry supporting the 2026 BCS Annual Conference Education Zone through their provision of equipment and technical support.