Jo with her characature on the Siemens stand.
Jo Craft, third year diagnostic student and rep at Canterbury Christ Church, reports on her first UKRC.
The United Kingdom Radiological Congress (UKRC) was held in Birmingham this year at the National Indoor Arena, International Convention Centre and Austin Court over three days.
There is so much to do, it’s hard to know where to start! There were lectures on topics from trauma imaging, PACS implementation to local and national health policy.
Sessions are presented by experts in the field, who are happy to answer any questions, either at the time or at a later date if you want to contact them.
I opted to attend a lot of the trauma lectures and have already incorporated some of the information into my assignments and clinical practice. Even for first years still getting to grips with the basics, the lectures will stand you in good stead for later on in your course.
There’s also a poster exhibition, where people who have conducted research presented their findings to all the delegates at UKRC. They were all relevant to current practice and were a great way of getting ideas for future assignments.
The main exhibition has a wide variety of exhibitors; from equipment manufacturers, employers advertising vacant positions, professional bodies such as the SoR and publishing companies giving away up to date journals and big discounts on textbooks.
All of the exhibitors were really friendly, helpful and able to give you information on their product and an insight into the new equipment being designed which you may work with in a few years time. At the same time, of course, they provide a multitude of freebies from memory sticks to mugs, posters, pads of paper, and pens. My best freebie was a nifty laptop bag in the shape of a digital xray plate. Unfortunately it didn’t come with a free laptop inside!
Basically, I had an amazing time at UKRC this year and will be booking my ticket for next year when it is held up in Manchester. I made some new friends at UKRC and gained lots of useful contacts who can help me with assignments, clinical practice and getting into employment when I qualify.
My last tip? Take a spare suitcase, because you will end up coming back with twice as much stuff as you went with!
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