ARTP Annual Conference 2011

Students from the Faculty of Health & Social Care (studying on the BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology pathway) have been honoured at the recent Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) Annual Conference 2011.

The conference was held at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow from the 3rd-5th February and 5 of our students were awarded for completing part 1 and part 2 of the national ARTP exams last year.

Part 1 is a 3 hour examination (sat in year 2 of the course), during which candidates are expected to perform measurements of lung volumes in addition to demonstrating knowledge of quality control and calibration procedures and the administration of a bronchodilator.

In Part 2, the candidates undergo a series of 6 interviews covering various modules, including arterial blood gas sampling and interpretation, overnight oximetry, field exercise tests, bronchial challenge testing, respiratory muscle function.

The 4 students who received a certificate of achievement are:

• Andrew Stubbington, who gained a merit (Part 2)
• Manoj Bhandari, who gained a distinction (Part 1)
• Lucy Clarke, who gained merit (Part 1)
• Rachel Gibbs, who gained merit (Part 1)

Further success followed when Louise Harlow won the ARTP's Sue Hazard Award for best University student. The Sue Hazard award is for the outstanding candidate in practical examinations Part 1 written paper. Each Higher Education Institution involved in the examination nominates 1 student and the ARTP chose the winner.

Healthcare science week

Current students used healthcare science week (from 11 - 20 March 2011) as an opportunity to promote their subject to younger students.

Admission Tutor Gwyn Chivers and 9 of his students visited Cambridge Regional College on the 18 March to speak to current BTEC National diploma students about careers in healthcare science and offered demonstrations that including ECG testing, peak flow and blood pressure.

Part of the group that went included Lucy Clarke & Paul Miles (1st year students based at Papworth) who are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) NET ambassadors. The STEM Ambassadors participate in extra-curricular activities and open the door to a whole new world for young people. The programme enables teachers to make links from the curriculum to how STEM is practiced in the world of work, across a vast range of careers.

Moving forward...

The BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (replacing BSc Clinical Physiology) will be running for the first time at Anglia Ruskin University this September. Applications to the course can still be made via UCAS. To find out more why not attend a Healthcare Science taster day on the 18th of May at our Fulbourn campus. To find out more please visit our taster day page.