Specialty registrar training

We provide training and assessment sessions at our annual Pharmacology meeting. The sessions cover the major sections of the specialty training curriculum. These are:

• Undertaking and interpreting clinical investigations including clinical trials
• Optimising the therapeutic use of drugs
• Detection and analysis of adverse drug effects
• Contributing to the evaluation of medicines
• Poisoning management

For the full curriculum visit the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board website.

Our Specialty Registrar Advisory Group organises training days around the country. For upcoming events search our events listing. Previous sessions include:

• Dr Adrian Brady – Structured approach to diagnosis, investigation and treatment of hypertension including device therapy
• Anna Dominiczak – How to Build your Research Profile: Lessons in Publishing
• Marie Freel – How do I investigate suspected secondary hypertension?
• Alan Jardine – Hypertension and Kidney Disease: a Nephrologist’s Perspective
• Tom MacDonald – Update from Recent Trials
• Sandosh Padmanabhan – Hypertension genomics metabolomics and big data
• Daniel Smith – Hypertension, depression and bipolar disorder - what's the link?

Pharmacology 2017 training day

• Dr Keith Ridge – Optimising medicines use, value and funding – Watch Keith Ridge's presentation
• Dr Chris Cates – Systematic review and meta-analysis
• Dr Andrew Hitchings  – Clinical trials: reading between the lines – Watch Andrew Hitching's presentation