Dear BHRS Member,
Membership Update
There has recently been a lively discussion about membership fees with many feeling that all members should pay the same subscription.
At the most recent BHRS Council meeting a number of options were considered and the one adopted was:
Consultants/Physiologists/Industry - £60 per annum
Nurses/Trainees - £40 per annum
Trainees include physicians in training grades and physiologists in STP, PTP and Apprenticeship training
Subscriptions are due annually in either January or July, therefore please ensure that your standing order is up to date to reflect the prices above. The easiest way to adjust is through your online banking. For the avoidance of doubt, we have repeatedly examined direct debit systems but they are much more expensive. There will unfortunately be no rebate of any excess subscription if members do not adjust their standing orders prior to July 2018 when the next round of subscriptions become due.
Logbook Submission
IMPORTANT:
From January 2018, all logbooks must be submitted electronically via Dropbox even if registered and started before 2018.
You complete ONE logbook only and
the logbook should not exceed 2GB (as this is the maximum Dropbox will allow).
Please note that all patient identifiable information must be anonymised in the logbooks. Inclusion of any patient identifiable information is a clear breach of patient confidentiality and a serious governance issue. Markers have been instructed to return logbooks and fail candidates if they have patient identifiable information in their logbooks.
We appreciate that this is a new system that may have some teething issues but we hope this will actually simplify the process of submitting logbooks, reduce costs to individuals in terms of postage whilst also improving security in that logbooks cannot go missing in transit. It is also hoped that the time to mark the logbook will also be shortened. As with any new system there may be some teething problems so we ask for your patience during this transitional phase.
We will audit 10% of logbook submissions and as such you may be contacted by BHRS and asked to formally post your entire logbook and supporting information to BHRS as part of our audit processes.
The logbooks are now available in both word and pdf versions to aid electronic completion and submission.
DEVICE CASE STUDIES
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT REQUIRE DEVICE PRINT OUTS TO BE SCANNED AND SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. HOWEVER, IT IS VITAL THAT YOU DISCUSS DEVICE PROGRAMMING IN THE RELEVANT SECTION OF THE CASE STUDIES (Pacemakers, ICD , CRT) AND MAKE REFERENCE TO THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE BASE FOR THIS - FOR EXAMPLE ICD SET UP AND MADIT RIT, ADVANCE III CLINICAL STUDIES
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