Education at Nottingham Breast Institute

The Breast Education Centre in Nottingham is one of the leading training centres in the United Kingdom. The centre was established in 1988 in recognition of its long-standing experience and expertise in breast cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment and research.

The Education Centre provides a comprehensive range of theoretical and practical courses and study days for all health care professionals involved in breast cancer screening and symptomatic breast disease diagnosis and treatment.

Over 60% of UK professionals involved in screening and symptomatic services have attended courses at Nottingham. The centre increasingly attracts numbers of delegates from across Europe, North America, the Far East, Australasia and South Africa.

European Commission Training in breast cancer screening.

Royal College of Surgeons Higher surgical training in breast surgery.

Royal College of Radiologists Multi-disciplinary and specialist courses for Radiologists, which comply with the syllabus for breast screening training.

Royal College of Pathologists Specialist breast courses. Excellent on-site facilities exist to support practical breast pathology training.

Society of Radiographers Education and training required for the Post Graduate Award in Mammography for Radiographers.

Our catalogue of courses and study days is constantly expanding. We aim to deliver up-to-date and relevant education to meet the needs of evolving Breast Cancer services. Our study days include topics such as: 

·         Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

·         Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography

·         Health inequalities within the Breast Cancer Services

·         Admin & Clerical Focused

·         Mammography Refresher

·         Mentorship

Please keep an eye on our training calendar for any up-and-coming courses. 

Our team of multidisciplinary experts at Nottingham Breast Institute look forward to teaching and inspiring you. 

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About the Breast Education Centre

Since 1988 the Nottingham centre has been at the forefront of educating professionals involved in breast cancer screening in the UK and beyond.

From the beginning we have emphasised the importance of multi disciplinary breast care and have tailored courses to reflect this. We offer a comprehensive breast screening training programme. Over the past 37 years we have continually developed our training portfolio to ensure that the latest techniques and thinking on breast screening and other aspects of breast cancer care are reflected in our course content. Those visiting the Institute can observe these principles being put into practice.

A large proportion of those involved with the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme have attended courses in Nottingham at some time or another. Nottingham is well known internationally, particularly through the courses at the Blamey Education Centre and the Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference. This has been reflected in the cosmopolitan profile of the delegates who visit the Institute each year for teaching courses and secondments together with clinical teams and patient representative groups from other countries who come to see how the Institute is designed around the patients' needs.

In 2003 the centre moved into new, purpose built accommodation that allows us to extend further the training programmes we offer. Recent innovations include live video links to clinical areas to enable delegates to observe clinical procedures and pose questions on the techniques displayed.

The unit has a collaborative partnership with Birmingham City University with which it runs a post graduate award in mammography and MSc modules in image interpretation, reporting and X-ray guided breast interventional techniques, ultrasound and clinical breast examination.

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