The Essential Transfusion Medicine is a 5-day course which will introduce the major aspects of Transfusion Medicine to enable safe and effective practice to StRs and ST2/3s newly in post.
This comprehensive course comprises of 4.5 days of structured digital learning packages and virtual classroom teaching over Zoom, presenting opportunity for the application of theory to case-based exercises and providing facilitated learning and group discussion. You will cover underpinning theory, and apply it by interpreting results and discussing case studies relating to transfusion practice.
The remaining half a day is set aside to visit a local a Transfusion Laboratory and perform serological investigations, which you will need to arrange locally*.
*The Transfusion Medicine curriculum advises you to build a good working relationship with your Hospital Transfusion Laboratory to support you with your learning. Listed below are some basic techniques we recommend you perform at your own Hospital Transfusion Laboratory. These will help with your theoretical learning and embed the knowledge gained.
It is highly recommended you liaise with your Hospital Transfusion Laboratory ahead of attending the Essential Transfusion Medicine course to ask if you are able to observe and perform (where possible) the following techniques and all to be performed by the routine methodology in place.
The timetable for the Essential Transfusion Medicine programme allows time within its 5-day schedule for you to practice these techniques and/or to organise another convenient time for you and your Hospital Transfusion Laboratory soon after the learning has been completed, to allow the embedding of the theory covered during the course.
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If you are interested in courses taking place in the next financial year, please view our future dates and request to be added to our waiting list.
The programme is for:
This course will introduce the key aspects of Transfusion Medicine to enable safe and effective practice to StRs and ST2/3s newly in post.
The following topics are covered within this course:
This comprehensive course includes tutorials, case studies, data interpretation and exercises relating to transfusion practice. The programme is 5 days in total and consists of digital packages and virtual classrooms. Half a day is set aside to visit local a Transfusion Laboratory and perform serological investigations*.
*The transfusion medicine curriculum advises you to build a good working relationship with your hospital laboratory and to support you with this. Listed below are some basic techniques we recommend you perform at your own hospital transfusion laboratory. These will help with your theoretical learning and embed the knowledge gained.
Please ensure that you have received an email confirming your enrolment and Joining Instructions for accessing the Brightspace e-learning platform 2 weeks prior to the course start. The Zoom link for the virtual classroom will be posted in Announcements in Brightspace prior to the course starting.
You will receive
Core reading material that may help you with this programme;
There is assessment as part of this programme; informal tutor observation during the course, questions and informal discussions, course exercises, data interpretation, assessments and revision material.
If you have any problems in accessing Brightspace or the Zoom virtual classroom, then please email scientificandclinicaltrai@nhsbt.nhs.uk
NOTE: By joining the waiting list you are signing up to express an interest in the course and it does not guarantee you a place. As soon as the date is open for booking you will be notified by email.
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