The next Trent Northern and Yorkshire Regional Scientific Meeting and AGM will be held on Thursday 8th May 2008, in the Medical Education Centre, Northern General Hospital. Notification by mail has been sent to all members by Wendy Brown.

However, this meeting includes the Geoffrey Walker Award for the best scientific paper presented by anyone in active training (usually working towards MRCPath). All entrants receive a £50 book token and the winner receives an engraved paperweight and a travel bursary to a national or international meeting. Please can anyone who wishes to enter contact me on 0113 3922340 or [log in to unmask] and I will, if you meet the entry criteria, include you in the competition. If you know of anyone in training who may not see this email pleased draw it to their attention and encourage them to enter the competition.

The full programme for the meeting and criteria for the GW Award are given below.

Programme

Current Issues in Fluid Analysis
Sponsored by Roche Diagnostics

09.30		Registration and Coffee

09.55		Welcome, Housekeeping and Chair for Morning Session
		Dr. Stephen Morley - Sheffield

10.00		Clinical Aspects of Pleural Fluid Analysis
		TBC

10.40		Laboratory Aspects of Pleural Fluid Analysis
		Mrs Ruth Lapworth - Kent 

11.20		Fluid Analysis and POCT
		Mr Ken McCartney - Roche Diagnostics

12.00		Lunch

13.00		AGM		

14.00		Geoffrey Walker Award Presentations
		Chair - Dr. Robert Hill - Regional Tutor

16.15		Coffee

16.25		Winner of Geoffrey Walker award announced!

16.30		Close

Geoffrey Walker Award Criteria

1.	The Award shall be called the “Geoffrey Walker Award” in recognition of Dr Walker’s contribution to Clinical Biochemistry in the Yorkshire-Trent Region, and in particular to Staff training.

2.	It shall normally be an annual Award of a complete bursary for attendance at a national or international meeting.

3.	The committee shall review the value of the Award at appropriate levels.

4.	An engraved award (initially a paperweight) shall be given in recognition of the winner’s achievement.

5.	Unsuccessful applications who present a paper will receive a £50 book token.

6.	An award may be withheld in any one year where there are insufficient applicants, or where it is deemed that there is not one of sufficient quality to win the award.

7.	The Award shall be open to any Scientific or Medical Clinical Biochemist working within the Trent, Northern and Yorkshire Region at the time of her/his application for the Award and who is considered to be in active training.

8.	Active training would usually be considered as working towards MRCPath and within 10 years of starting in the Profession, exceptions to this will be considered by the committee if the sponsoring department considers the person a trainee.

9.	The Award shall be based on the presentation of the best paper at a specific meeting of the Region for the Award.  The judging will be based on both content and presentation.  Both Clinical and Basic Research will be equally acceptable, as long as they clearly enhance knowledge of the subject.

10.	Judging will be undertaken by the Chairman, Secretary and Meetings Secretary of the Trent, Northern and Yorkshire Region, plus a Regional tutor and an external assessor from outside the Region.  (Individuals will be excluded from judgements on specific presentations where a “personal interest” is involved).

11.	In the event of there being too many applicants to be included within the set programme, those whose applications are received first will be given preference.  The others will be considered for inclusion in the following year’s programme unless wished otherwise by the applicant (The “active training” rule will apply to the year of first application).

12.	These rules may be amended by the committee of the Trent, Northern and Yorkshire Region as is deemed appropriate.




Dr. Mike Bosomworth
Consultant Clinical Biochemist
Head of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology

Tel. 0113 3922340      Fax 0113 3925174 
Mobile 07789 174344

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