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5th National RCR Radiology Events and Learning Meeting (REALM) - Fully booked

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Due to the overwhelming popularity of our 2024 course, which is now fully booked, we're excited to announce that the 6th Annual REAL Meeting will take place on 12-13 November 2025 in London.

Registration is now open. Early booking is highly recommended to secure your spot. 

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Event overview

Following the well received and sold out previous conferences in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol, we continue to bring our REAL conference to areas around the UK.

This year's theme is The right kind of REALM - can having a regular educational cases meeting improve the culture of your department?. At this conference you'll hear from local radiologists about how they run their REAL meetings, and utilise their expertise as they present the popular "4 Pitfalls" sessions highlighting the areas that commonly lead to errors in their speciality for a general reporting audience.

This year we are focusing on how the REALM can influence the culture of a department in a positive way, providing a safe space to discuss the inevitable errors that we all make without blame or shame.

Our international keynote speakers include Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson, author of The Right Kind of Wrong, Professor Margaret Heffernan, author of Wilful Blindness, Professor Lane Donnelly, author of Fundamentals of Paediatric Imaging and Gil Welch, author of Overdiagnosis.

This event is being recorded and will be made available to delegates post-event.

Learning objectives

  1. Familiarise yourself with the RCR standards, guidance and benefits of running a departmental REALM
  2. Learn about clinically important common pitfalls in different radiology specialities which lead to errors
  3. Discuss if a regular educational cases meeting can improve the culture of a radiology department
  4. Hear from international academics talk about workplace culture, learning from mistakes and developing a healthy and supportive working environment.

Who should attend?

  • Clinical radiology trainees
  • Clinical radiology consultants
  • Allied healthcare professionals

Registration fees

13 Nov 2024 – 14 Nov 2024

Registration typeFees
Trainees, allied healthcare professionals and concessions£325
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RCR Consultant Fellows and members£480
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Non-members £675
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Programme

A special thanks to our course leads: Dr Katharine Tweed, Royal Papworth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Jon Smith, Chair of The REAL Panel, The Royal College of Radiologists

Wednesday 13 November 2024

07:30-08:30

Registration and coffee

08:30-08:35

Introduction and handover
Dr Katharine Tweed, Royal Papworth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Paul McCoubrie

Session 1: Keynote speakers

Chaired by: Jon Smith and Professor Lane Donnelly

08:35-09:25

"The right kind of wrong - How to look at errors and failures to create a better workplace culture"
Prof Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School

09:25-10:15

"Does the culture of the NHS need improvement and how can we achieve this?"
Professor Margaret Heffernan

10:15-10:45

Panel discussion and Q and A

10:45-11:25

Coffee break

Session 2: Pitfalls

Chaired by: Dr Katharine Tweed (RPH) and Dr James Tanner CUH (REALM)

11:25-11:40

Pitfalls 1: 4 Pitfalls in GU
Dr Tristan Barrett (Cambridge University Hospitals, CUH)

11:40-11:55

Pitfalls 2: 4 Pitfalls in Breast
Dr Vicky Ames (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, NNUH)

11:55-12:10

Pitfalls 3: 4 Pitfalls in Head and Neck
Dr Josh Scott (CUH)

12.10-12:25

Pitfalls 4: 4 Pitfalls in GI - CTC pitfalls
Dr Barbara McKeown
(Peterborough City Hospital)

12:25-12:55

Panel discussion and Q&A

12:55-14:05

Lunch break

Session 3: Update on REALM in the UK

Chaired by: Dr Katharine Halliday, President, The Royal College of Radiologists

14:05-14:15

Optimising REALM culture
Dr Rachel Magennis, RCR REAL Faculty Lead

14:15-14:25

RCR Audit results - Have the REALM standards been accepted by UK radiologists?
Dr Ravi Balasubramaniam (RCR)

14:25-14:40

How I run my REALM and how it has changed the culture in my department in the East of England
Dr Gamal Ghazala (Bedford Hospital NHS Trust)

14:40-14:55

Learning from errors: experiences from international online teaching.
Dr Sami Khan,
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital

14:55-15:15

Q&A

15.15-15:45

Coffee Break

Session 4: Pitfalls

Chaired by: Dr Barbara McKeown (PCH REALM lead) and Dr Andrew McKay Ferguson (QEH REALM lead)

15.45-16:00

Pitfalls 5: Pitfalls in Liver Imaging
Dr Hameed Rafiee
NNUH

16:00-16:15

Pitfalls 6: 4 pitfalls in Liver Intervention
Dr TC See (CUH)

16:15-16:30

Pitfalls 7: 4 Pitfalls in Musculoskeletal Imaging
Dr Stephen Scullion (West Suffolk)

16:30-16:45

Pitfalls 8: 4 Pitfalls in Gastrointestinal Imaging
Dr Sara Upponi (CUH)

16:45-17.00

 Q and A and Closing remarks

17:00

End of day 1

 

Thursday 14 November 2024

08:00 - 08:30

Coffee and welcome

Session 5: Keynote Speakers

Chaired by: Jon Smith and Katharine Tweed

08:30-09:20

The culture of Peer learning - how we learn from errors in the USA
Professor Lane Donnelly

09:20-10:10

The culture of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening - could it lead to more mistakes?
Dr Gil Welch

10:10-10:35

Panel discussion and Q&A

10:35-11:05

Coffee break

Session 6: Pitfalls

Chaired by: Yinghui Wu (West Suffolk Hospital) and Dr Phillip Riede

11:05-11:20

Pitfalls 9: 4 Pitfalls in Gynae Oncology
Dr Helen Addley (CUH) 

11:20-11:35

Pitfalls 10: 4 Pitfalls in non Cancer Gynae (Foetal MRI/post mortem CT/Gynae pitfalls)
Dr Sarah Fleming (QEH, Kings Lynn)

11:35-11:50

Pitfalls 11: "4 pitfalls in Chest"
Dr Nick Screaton

11:50-12:15

Panel discussion

12:15- 13:15

Lunch break

Session 7: East of England Networks for Acute Care

Chaired by: Dr TC See (CUH) and Dr Marusa Kotnik (CUH)

13.15-13.35

Intervention: Setting up an intervention network, the Cambridge experience. Pitfalls 12: intervention: 4 pitfalls
Dr Andy Winterbottom (CUH)

13:35-13:50

Pitfalls 13: Cardiovascular: Acute Aortic Syndrome - 4 pitfalls
Dr Bobby Agrawal

13:50-14.05

Pitfalls 14: Cardiac Imaging: Non- acute MI causes of chest pain and elevated troponin - 4 pitfalls
Dr Luigia D'Errico (RPH)

14:05-14:30

Q and A - Panel Discussion

14:30-15:00

Coffee break

Session 8: Pitfalls

Chaired by: Dr Ines Harper (CUH), Dr Jon Smith (RCR)

15:00-15:30

Pitfalls 15: Case Examples of Peer Learning in Pediatric Radiology
Professor Lane Donnelly (author of Fundamentals of Paediatric Radiology)

15:30-15:45

Pitfalls 16: 4 Pitfalls in Neuro
Dr Dan Scoffings (CUH)

15:45-16:00

Pitfalls 17: 4 Pitfalls in PET-CT
Dr Ramona Rita-Barbara (NNUH)

16:00-16:25

Panel Discussion

16:25-16.30

Event close



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Location

Robinson College, University of Cambridge
Grange Road
Cambridge
CB3 9AN 

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  • ‘Probably the best radiology meeting I have attended in 20 years as a consultant. I would recommend it to all colleagues, not just those delivering REALM. Much food for thought!’

    ‘An excellent conference, thank you. As REALM lead for my trust, I gained a lot of useful tips and knowledge that I can apply to the local REAL meetings’

  • ‘Excellent course - I love these events - perfect balance of practical tips and 
    interesting / thought-provoking talks’

    ‘Overall I think the College, or more precisely the local organisers, put on a really top class show, for which I’m hugely grateful. Everyone I spoke with was in agreement on this’

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A partnership with the RCR offers your company the opportunity to form a mutually beneficial relationship, built on collaboration and connection. The RCR offers a variety of ways to get involved, including our new Annual Partnership packages, one and two-day events and our e-learning resources.

  • Be a valuable part of the RCR’s growing community
  • Network and engage face-to-face and online with multidisciplinary audiences
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  • Support and invest in the RCR’s mission: supporting excellence in medical imaging and cancer treatment. 

If you are interested in partnering with us at this event or future events, please contact:

Catherine Bratcher
Head of Learning
+44 20 3805 4053
[email protected]

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