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I.A.S.
Scientific Meeting at
HYMS September 10th/11th
2009
The meeting at Hull was
blessed with superb weather. Included are a few
photographs just to whet your appetite for the
reports to be written of the event. I enjoyed the
venue and the talks on the Thursday, I was only able
to attend
on the Thursday due to
a funeral, on the Friday, of a school colleague the
same age as myself. I had previously promised to
take the widow of another school mate who died last
year, and could not, nor
did I want to, back out of it.
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Congratulations to our Chairman
Steve ,and Liz, on the arrival of Ruby Gaze.
She weighed in at 7 pounds on
Saturday 13th June at 06.00a.m Welcome to Ruby, best wishes to
the proud parents.
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Belfast May 2009.
Around Christmas 2008 Queens University Belfast contacted
the IAS asking whether we could collect around 1500 potted
museum specimens under the pot reclamation scheme. Bit of
history here – in the late 1980’s John Ben had the foresight
to apply for a Wellcome grant to facilitate taking museum
pots from establishments that wanted to dispose of them,
then renovating the pots and finally issuing the pots to new
schools, or establishments wanting to set up museums. John
generously and unselfishly awarded the grant to the IAS and
operated the reclamation scheme in the name of the IAS. I
was the grateful Chairman of the IAS at that time.
Many years later the IAS is responsible for possibly 10,000
museum pots stored around the country and in use in some of
the newer Medical Schools. Steve Gaze has masterminded a new
grant application with the full weight of the University of
Bristol and the University of Cork to gain funds to
establish technical posts, to continue the reclamation
scheme and to arrange long-term storage of material. This
application is in the process of being submitted.
Back to this year. Eventually the IAS was able to respond
positively to Belfast and last Tuesday I took a truck from
Bristol, loaded with six 250kg wheelie bins for collection
of the material. (250kg equates to roughly ¼ ton in real
money!)
The trip up to Liverpool was excellent, the overnight ferry
very comfortable, however, the next day was windy, wet and
chilly.
The timing of the ferry meant arrival in the Anatomy
Department at 07.00a.m and very soon we were loading the
truck with the help of many members of the Department. The
six wheelie bins were filled, the additional domestic
‘green’ bin was loaded with pots that were leaking, plus
getting on for 50 cardboard boxes full of pots. By lunchtime
all was done and a most enjoyable lunch revived us.
The afternoon comprised an open top bus tour of Belfast
(fortunately the rain had stopped), which was most
enjoyable.
Some hours later at the Ferry Terminal, and having watched
the first half, and part of the second half of the
Manchester United Barcelona game in a drivers waiting room,
we loaded the ferry for the homeward bound trip.
Liverpool was ‘interesting’ at our arrival at 06.30a.m
The journey back down the M62, M6 and M5 was uneventful and
soon I had arrived back at Bristol and we unloaded the
truck.
Close to 1650 specimens in total were bought back and will
be gratefully received into the IAS reclamation scheme,
hopefully eventually being issued to other Departments for
teaching use, also allowing unique potential use for further
histological investigation.
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Don
leaving Bristol for Belfast
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First sight of Belfast |
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When rain cleared
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Picture
of team having finished loading and lunch |
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Harland
Wolff dockyard crane - nicknamed Samson
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Liverpool skyline
at 6.30 a.m. |
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Don and Kate
thinking about starting to unload |
Truck
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Where
do we start? |
Liverpool
Our new two day format Spring
Scientific meeting was held fittingly, at a new
venue for us – Liverpool. Due to prior commitments I
was unable to attend on the Thursday, though I heard
the afternoon programme was of high quality.
Certainly I understand that the informal
‘convention’ meal held down at the waterfront was a
total success.I joined the meeting on the
Friday morning and enjoyed the talks. The AGM, on
Friday lunchtime was well supported with 30 members
in the room. The new format Spring Meeting was a
great success and certainly looks to be repeated
next Spring when we will be welcomed back to Cardiff
for a two-day meeting.
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting
friends old, and new. One particular new ‘face’ at
the meeting was Professor Jon Clarke, now Head of my
old Department at KCL – Guys Campus. A great
pleasure to meet Jon again and catch up on past
names. Jon was a contemporary of Professor Nigel
Holder, a much respected and highly talented member
of staff at KCL from our days at the Strand, who
sadly died 10 years ago.A most successful meeting and I
look forward to seeing other people’s pictures and
comments, with perhaps some ‘lowdown’ on the
Thursday evening.
Well done Stephen Franey and
thank you Liverpool.
For the diary, forthcoming IAS
meetings
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September 10th /11th
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2009
Hull
York Medical School (HYMS) |
| Spring |
2010
Cardiff |
| Autumn
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2010
University College Cork |
| Spring |
2011
London |
| Autumn
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2011
Keele |
Dave Adams giving his presentation in the
very modern lecture theatre |
The Metropolitan Cathedral, commonly known as
Paddy’s Wigwam |
Inside the stunning Metropolitan Cathedral
showing the organ |
The ‘other’ Cathedral, The Anglican
Cathedral, seen in the distance |
The webmaster receiving his award recognising
reaching 2000 points.
(Unfortunately I do not have a picture of
John Ben receiving his)
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OUT WITH THE OLD – IN WITH THE NEW!
Friday 20th
March 2009 was another memorable day for the
Institute.
John Ben, Steve Gaze
and I headed to Southampton to conduct the last the
Foundation Certificate Viva and the first
Certificate of Anatomical Technology and Science
(CATS) Viva.
We arrived at Southampton Central Station and came
up with our game plan over a cup of coffee before
heading out to the Department where we met Mark
Staveley and Rachel Parrott.
We were welcomed to
sunny Southampton and shown around the Department
and then we got started!
This was my first viva as Education Officer so Steve
took the lead for the most part.
We introduced ourselves
formally to Mark and explained that the viva would
take about 45-60 minutes and that we would run
through the application form where Mark had
self-assessed his own duties and set the parameters
that we would work within.
Mark then took us through his day to day management
duties, highlighting how the HTA affects his work,
explaining the bequeathal process in Southampton and
his role as a Divisional Health and Safety Officer.
Mark has introduced a
new tracking bar-code and database system for the
prosections, discussions of whi ch
were very interesting.
Then we took a brief
tour of the facilities and chatted w ith
Mark about how he manages the Anatomical Sciences
Laboratory, the Standard Ops and Risk Assessments
that he implements and how consumerables are
sourced.
It was then back to the
office to do some deliberating!
It was agreed all round that, in a relatively short
space of time, Mark has done an excellent job at
getting to grips with his role and we presented him
with the final IAS Foundation Certificate.
Then it was Rachel’s turn!
We began, again, with
formal introductions and used the CATS application
form to run through the main duties that Rachel
carries out.
Running and maintaining
the Anatomy Lab and setting up practical sessions
are the mainstay of these duties and so much of our
discussions took place within the Lab.
Rachel explained with
great confidence her role within the department and
led us through a typical day for her including
embalming procedures, how dissections are planned
and how the HTA affects these duties.
We were all impressed
with Rachel’s enthusiasm for her job which was
evident throughout our visit.
 After
a chat in the sunshine, it was back to the city
centre for some food and write-up of reports, before
heading off in our separate directions once again.
It was a thoroughly
enjoyable day. I
always enjoy meeting other IAS members and having a
look around their departments; it’s always
interesting to see how “other people do things” and
both John and I could see the cogs turning in
Steve’s head while Rachel showed us her cadaver
hoist!
Hopefully loads more people will apply for the new
CATS qualification, enabling us to go to visit more
places.
Tracy Cuffe
IAS Education Officer
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Memorandum of Understanding between IAS,
ASGBI and BACA
On Friday February 27th I attended a meeting at
Kings College London with the president of the
Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(ASGBI), Professor Susan Standring, and the
president of the British Association of Clinical
Anatomists (BACA), Dr Louise Scheuer. The purpose of
the meeting was threefold; to continue discussion
and finalise agreements on Professional Practices
and Guidelines for the Anatomy Sector, to sign a
collaborative response to the HTA’s proposed licence
fee increase, but most importantly in my view, to
sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the
three societies.
I believe the MoU between IAS, BACA and ASGBI to be
a major step forward for the Anatomy Sector in the
UK heralding a ‘partnership’ between the societies
that will lead to many more collaborations on issues
that affect us all. The agreement stresses that this
is an equal partnership that will work towards
promoting each other’s activities throughout the
year, whilst maintaining our own independent view
represented by our membership. The IAS has always
been proud of the diverse professional nature of its
 membership attracting staff from both medical and
veterinary, anatomy and pathology, technical and
academic backgrounds, and also related anatomical
sciences and healthcare fields.
I feel that the projects we have been working on
together over the past year indicate that the
partnership will be a beneficial one, continuing
into the future, enabling us to have a strong
collective voice when dealing with issues of
National and International concern.
I will of course be inviting the presidents, or
their representatives, of both ASGBI and BACA to our
next scientific meeting in Liverpool on April
16th/17th. I hope as many of the membership as
possible will attend to meet and greet our guests on
the day. I look forward to seeing you all in April.
Steve Gaze
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Between
The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and
Ireland
And
The British Association of Clinical
Anatomists
And
The Institute of Anatomical Sciences
Objectives
The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
and the British Association of Clinical Anatomists
and the Institute of Anatomical Sciences (The
Partners) recognise the need for a strong collective
professional voice both nationally and
internationally in order to promote anatomy and,
where appropriate, to influence change, for the
benefit of all their members.
Implementation
In order to deliver these common objectives, The
Partners wish to establish an effective working
relationship.
The following actions, to be implemented by The
Partners, are agreed by this Memorandum of
Understanding:
1. To work together to promote all aspects of
anatomical science on a national and international
basis;
2. To work together on scientific meetings,
consultations [as exemplified by the interactions of
the members of the Professional Guidelines and
Practices (Anatomy) Committee] and relevant
recruitment campaigns;
3. To work with young bioscientists, clinicians,
technicians and other related professional staff and
encourage them to participate in the activities of
The Partners;
4. To consider the synergies of the respective
publishing activities of each Partner and to explore
mutually beneficial arrangements to promote and
distribute such publications;
5. To publicise each other’s events and endeavour to
avoid a clash of relevant individual Partner’s
meetings;
6. To make arrangements for an observer to attend
each other’s Council meetings (ASGBI and IAS only:
BACA opted out from this point);
7. To invite the President/Chairman of each Society
or their representative to attend each other’s
Conferences and Dinners.
Duration
This Memorandum of Understanding shall be reviewed
by The Partners annually and shall expire after
three years unless specifically renewed.
Publicity
The Partners will co-ordinate and agree all external
publicity regarding the Memorandum of Understanding
and any aspects of the collaborative working.
Confidentiality
The Partners are mindful of the requirements of Data
Protection legislation and will implement any
necessary procedures regarding the sharing of
Personal Data and will further each hold
confidential any sensitive information received from
the other. Notwithstanding the above, The Partners
will retain their respective corporate identities
and control of their individual governance, finances
and administration.
Signed: …………………………………….
Susan Standring,
President, the Anatomical Society of Great Britain
and Ireland
Date ……………………………………
Signed: …………………………………..
Louise Scheuer
President, the British Association of Clinical
Anatomists
Date ……………………………………
Signed: …………………………………..
Steven Gaze,
Chairman, the Institute of Anatomical Sciences
Date …………………………………
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Personal View of Dundee Meeting
By Donald Farr F.I.A.S.
The IAS meeting in Dundee was brilliant. Dundee was
excellent, as was the coast going northward towards
Aberdeen. Being retired we used the opportunity to
travel north early, enjoy a few days exploring and
then attend the meeting. Previously we have not
travelled any further north than Edinburgh so the
extra hundred miles were interesting. It was
interesting to see Captain Scott’s Antarctic ship
‘Discovery’ moored in the centre of Dundee. It was
originally built there! For most of my working life,
well till 1986, it was at the back of King’s, on the
Thames.
The meeting was fun, held in a very eager department
with an enthusiastic team and a very supportive,
focused and dedicated Head of Department.
It was nice to see so many friends on the staff at
Dundee; Roger Soames I first met at King’s in 1978
and enjoyed working with him till he moved to Leeds.
Ian Parkin is a long-term friend of the IAS and has
been known to us initially from his days in
Birmingham, then at Cambridge and now happily at
Dundee. Paul Felts was at Guy’s for the relatively
short time we were at London Bridge and it was nice
to see him, and especially nice to see him and Maria
at the Dinner on the Thursday night. The dinner was
very well supported with nearly 50 diners from our
membership as well as the host department.
Good to see how many members attended the meeting,
with the usual big contingent from Bristol
incorporating a Departmental-shopping outing to
Edinburgh with the visit to Dundee.
Delighted to see a large contingent from King’s with
a special mention for Douglas enduring the London
Dundee overnight coach. Many regulars, and
pleasantly a few new faces.
The three categories in the competitions were well
contested. John has included the prize winners
elsewhere in this news magazine! However, nice to
see that Lucie, from Cambridge, prevented a Bristol
walkover! Congratulations to all the entrants.
My memories – John Shaw-Dunn’s enthusiastic
discussion with Ian Parkin about vertically
integrating the teaching of anatomy at the end of
Ian’s opening talk. Marc Moghbel’s culture of
Dermestid Beetles in action, and hearing that so
many victims of the Tsunami were wrongly identified.
A most enjoyable meeting; I was educated and
entertained in good company. Sad to comment that two
regulars were not at the meeting -John Ben due to
health problems and Terry Williamson due to holiday
commitments.
Finally 1, Welcome to the Brotherhood of Fellows to
Bill Wrigley. Chairman Steve announced this award at
the end of the meeting. Delighted to hear this.
Congratulations Bill.
Finally 2, Congratulations to Steve and Liz on their
engagement, announced at Dundee. They make a habit
of associating IAS Autumn meetings with their own
lives - I do remember the meeting at Belfast in
2002, which was a landmark in both their lifes. Very
best wishes to you both.
Thank you Dundee
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Fellowship
Awarded
At the Dundee meeting it was
announced that Bill Wrigley of the Department of
Anatomy, University of Bristol, has been awarded the
Fellowship of the I.A.S. Bill is only the 6 th
person to
be awarded Fellowship, and I am sure you join
Council in congratulating him. Well done Bill!
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Congratulations to
Steve Gaze and Liz Incles!
On Wednesday 4 th
of September, the
contingent from Bristol University were in Edinburgh priorto
travelling on to Dundee for the meeting.
In this beautiful and historic city Steve
Gaze proposed to Liz…, and guess what, she accepted!
The happy couple is now looking forward to
planning their wedding in the not too distant future!
I’m sure you will all join me in sending our
congratulations to them, and in wishing them every happiness
in their future together!
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How delegates spent their free time in
Dundee is very revealing
Tony Sefton from University of Bristol
visited Captain Scott’s Antarctic ship ‘Discovery’ and is
seen here dreaming of being an explorer.
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 Historically
Dundee is famous for ‘Jam, Jute and Journalism’. Since it
was the centre of operations for DC Thompson who published
the comics ‘Beano’ and ‘Dandy’, Dave Adams from the Robert
Jones and Agnus Hunt Orthopaedic Hosptal, Shropshire,
couldn’t leave without taking a snap of Desperate Dan,
Minnie the Minx and the dog who have featured in the comics
for many years!
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 From
left to right.
Kate, Carys, Liz, Sarah and
Susana all
from the Department of Anatomy at
Bristol University enjoying the local entertainment.
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