Celebrating Our 2nd Annual Conference!

On January 19th, trainees in the region got together for our 2nd Annual West Midlands Paediatrics Trainee Conference!

The event was a massive success, with some brilliant talks and panels. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed, including our speakers and our training committee.

This year’s conference was held at the Novotel Birmingham, and we hosted almost one hundred delegates!

Over 40 members of our community presented their posters and 4 wonderful resident doctors gave brilliant oral presentations on their work.

Congratulations to Amina Khatoon for winning the Best Poster prize for her work:

"The AFTAs (Awards For Token Achievements) - A Fun, Inclusive Wellbeing Awards Project for Doctors with Measurable Impact and Inaugurated Across Two Trusts!"

And congratulations to Hayley Djemai for winning Best Oral Presentation for her work: 

“Low-Cost Simulation, High-Value Learning: How A Child’s 3D Printer Accidentally Revolutionised Medical Education”

You can enjoy a virtual poster tour showcasing the brilliant efforts of our trainees on the website: westmidlandspaediatrics.com

The day ended with the presentation of the PAFTAs (Paediatric Awards for Training Achievements) for the region – congratulations to all our winners! You can read more about their nominations on our website!

• Marie Matthie - Training Hero: Non-Clinical

• Muhammad Yousaf Raza - Training Hero: Best Other Specialty Resident

• Siyma Hussain - Training Hero: Best Allied Health Professional

• Abbie Wood - Training Hero: Best Nurse Or Midwife

• Kathleen Crutchley - Training Hero: Best ANP Or ANNP

• Tania Van Westering - Training Hero: Vishna Rasiah (Medical) Award

• Royal Stoke Neonatal Unit - Best Training Unit

  • High Commended: BCH Renal Department and BCH PICU

• Lewis Saunders - Best Junior Trainee

  • Highly Commended: Meirvaan Basra and Ibrahim Afolabi

• Marius Ungureanu - Best Senior Trainee

  • Highly Commended: Katie Hill and Alex Manzoni

• Anand Kanani - The Annie Callaghan Award for Best Educational Supervisor

  • Highly Commended: Alison Ventress and Rebecca Dack

We’re incredibly grateful to all of the incredible speakers for their talks on the day, including:

• Professor Will Carroll

• Dr Tim Van Hasselt

• Dr Nikitha Rajaraman

• Ms. Sarah Taylor

• Dr Intikhab Zafurallah

• Dr Aiesha Alexander

• Dr Mark Russell

• Dr Matt Harvey

• Dr Trishul Kothari

• Dr Adam Gilbertson

We’re also truly thankful for the help and support of the training programme directors who supported us through this event, including Dr Sarah Ellis, Dr Matt Cawsey and Dr Chris Hine.

We cannot forget to thank the members of the trainee committee who planned, organised and managed the event:

• Zahraa Dixon

• Katie Hill

• Lizzie Bentley

• Misha Thomas

• Sana Ahmed

• Shaswati Dey

• Juliana Oyeniyi

• Nikitha Rajaraman

• Meirvaan Basra

And finally, we’d like to thank you, the trainees! It’s the excellence of the trainees in the region that inspires us to host events like this where we can showcase the wonderful work you all do.

We hope to see you all at the next conference!