March 2017

Resources

How to…monitor a clinical service using audit

Following the completion of a high-quality audit, the team at Manchester Royal Infirmary’s cytology department offer guidance on monitoring a clinical service.

Cytopathology

News

Malaria: Concern as treatment fails

A key malaria treatment has failed for the first time in patients being treated in the UK.

Haematology & Transfusion Science, Immunology

News

Promoting the profession

Biomedical scientists and IBMS members have been promoting and discussing the profession at debates and talks over recent weeks.

Resources

My lab: Veterinary Disease Surveillance

Dawn Alderson gives a guided tour of her veterinary disease surveillance lab, which is “similar to a hospital pathology laboratory”, but with more species to consider.

Microbiology & Virology

Resources

Here to help: Providing advice and guidance

In the third of our Here to Help series of articles, Jocelyn Pryce, IBMS Head of Registration, discusses the evolving role of CPD Officers.

Resources

Journal-based learning exercises March 2017

Journal-based learning (JBL) exercises are a regular feature of CPD coverage in The Biomedical Scientist. You may complete as many JBL exercises as you wish and you are not restricted by specialty.

News

Obituary: Jayantilal Bhundia

It is with sadness that we report the passing of a colleague and a friend, Jayantilal (Jay) Bhundia, following a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

News

Renew your membership today

Members are being encouraged to renew their membership to retain access to all that the IBMS has to offer.

News

Jen Johnson bursary announced

A new bursary has been launched to help members attend IBMS Congress. The Jen Johnson Bursary is awarded in memory of Council member Jen Johnson, who sadly passed away in March 2016.

Science

Mass fatality part 2: When buildings collapse

Following February’s feature on planning for major incidents from a mortuary perspective, we look at the issue in relation to pathology.

Science

Hot topics: Burnt toast

After numerous newspapers claimed burnt toast could cause cancer, Dr David Robert Grimes peers behind the headlines of health research coverage.