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The purpose of the Radiology Academy is to support the expansion of a skilled imaging workforce for the North West through education and training. A key feature is the development of interconnected educational facilities at local sites to allow high-quality training to be delivered closer to the work environment, and to facilitate collaboration and exchange of ideas within the work force in the region.
Across the region there are 3 educational facilities; the hub site at Edge Hill University and two satellite sites at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust Foundation Trust for South Cumbria and Lancashire ICS, and Alder Hey Children's Hospital Foundation Trust for Cheshire and Mersey ICS. A third satellite site serving Greater Manchester is in development at The Christie Foundation Trust. Each site is equipped with an interconnected IMAC computer suite with the necessary software to provide PACS-quality viewing of radiology images to simulate the clinical environment. The 3 sites can be linked by video conference to enable teaching to be streamed across the region.
The facilities are available for use by NHS organisations managed through the NWIATH.
For further details contact Sam Truesdale at hub.admin@nwiath.com
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and East Lancashire Teaching Hospital were awarded funds to develop satellite education facilities that will link to the existing site at EHUMS. These additional Imaging Academy facilities offered will also provide enhanced training opportunities for ST2-3, allowing them to develop their knowledge and skills in more specialist areas of imaging more locally.
Edge Hill University Medical School
37 (27/10) iMAC suite
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
15 iMAC Suite
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
20 iMAC Suite
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Under developement
"I am delighted to be part of this exciting development which enables the delivery of high quality multi-professional education in imaging across the NW. This allows learners to experience teaching in dedicated environments close to their workplace. The interlinking of these facilities allows this teaching to be delivered by experienced tutors from any individual remote site. I believe that this allows the equitable provision of teaching that will improve the educational experience for all imaging professionals."
Dr Sue Kearney
Consultant Radiologist Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & Clinical Director of the Radiology Academy @ Edge Hill Medical School
Each site will have access to the NWIATH Google Workspace and CIMAR cloud based PACs/image library to facilitate online access
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