Posted by Louise on Nov 12, 2009 in
Images,
VERT I’m off on my travels again. It is the NRAG conference and I am going to be there delivering key messages… Or giving out leaflets. I couldn’t get into the Premier Inn so I’m in a Novotel. It is like a P. Inn but more expensive and with less food. I had two courses and I’m still hungry. There is a different type of image on the wall. Instead of being bland and relaxing it is vibrant and a bit stressful. I guess they don’t want guests to sleep but want them awake and paying for the premium tv channels and extortionate broadband - 18.99 for 24 hours!
Tags: hotels, Images, VERT
Posted by Louise on Jul 15, 2009 in
Images,
VERT I’m in Nottingham tonight before my last VERT visit to the department tomorrow. As you can see I’ve got the depressing lollipop trees on the wall. One of these days I’ll find out their significance. In the meantime I’ll just be glad not to see them again. I wish I’d managed to get a picture of the testes and uterus picture that sometimes hangs in the Premier Inn restaurants but it night look a bit wierd taking photos of it.
Tags: Images, VERT
Posted by Louise on May 14, 2009 in
VERT My feet haven’t touched the ground lately. I’ve been all over the country on VERT visits. Since I came back from holiday in Scotland I’ve been to:
- Exeter
- Plymouth
- Newcastle
- Maidstone
- Shrewsbury
- Colchester
Before the end of May I’ll add these to the list too:
- Leicester
- Northwood (Middlesex)
- London (UCLH and Royal Free)
- Middlesborough
- Imperial (London)
- Kingston (London)
That’s 11 sites in one month and two days!!! No wonder I am knackered. I feel knackered, I look knackered and all the muscles that hold up my bottom, breasts and stomach are knackered. So knackered that they have given up! I am so looking forward to June. Not because Nick is away (I will miss him a hell of a lot) but because I have no visits in my diary. I’ve got several 4 VERT day weeks and very little to do except marking. Oh yes, and writing this little report for the end of the VERT project. That will probably take me most of June! At least I’ll be able to get to the gym again and see if I can coax my muscles into life before my holiday in La Palma. I can’t go with a saggy bottom!
Tags: VERT
Posted by Louise on Jan 28, 2009 in
VERT I’m heading off to a big conference in Brighton tomorrow. It’ll be attended by several hundred radiographers from clinical and academia. I’m quite looking forward to it, even although I am presenting on Sunday. I’ve never done anything like this before. Of course I’ve taught to 150 or so interprofessional students but that is nothing like presenting to double the number of my peers, especially when so many of them know me. The one thing that gives me confidence, appart from knowing that I can do it, is that no one knows more about the VERT project than me. I have to remember that. What is worrying me slighty is that I still haven’t finished my PowerPoint presentation!
Posted by Louise on Jul 13, 2008 in
VERT I am bored. I am supposed to be writing an article for Synergy News about the VERT user group last week but I am really not in the mood. I think this is because my holidays are supposed to have started and I have so much work stuff to do. I just don’t feel motivated to do any of it. I am bored and my writing is boring. I don’t want to write reports. I want to write fun stuff. I don’t want to be using my brain at the moment. I want to:
- Empty the washing machine
- Make a cup of tea
- Phone mum and dad
- Do my accounts (told you I was bored)
- Take some photos with my dSLR (in storage)
- Install iTunes (what am I thinking!!!!!!!!!!)
- Play World of Warcraft
- Annoy the dog
- Annoy the husband
- Do some more to the Preparation for Practice website (another story, another day)
- Eat raw peas
- Anything apart from write this blasted article!!
Tags: bored, VERT
Posted by Louise on Mar 18, 2008 in
Technical,
VERT I can’t believe that I have exceeded my bandwidth limit on this site! Admittedly it was only set at 50 MB which is the default value but still! Just as well I am sleeping with the server guy 
On a totally different and unrelated note, I have found out what I will be doing on the first and second day of my new VERT job. I’m having a couple of days at SoR HQ getting orientated.
VERT = Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training (still got to think about that)
SoR = Society of Radiographers (the union, the professional body is the CoR = College of Radiographers. I really should say the SCoR).
I’ve got some time working with Rob figuring out an action plan…. Shi*! How do I plan an action? I think I may have done this with the second years so hopefully I’ll have a template. Hope they give us a computer to use. I get the feeling that much of this job is going to be figured out as we go along. At least working in the NHS teaches thinking on your feet and crisis management.
Posted by Louise on Mar 11, 2008 in
VERT Finally I got the VERT (virtual environment for radiotherapy training - must try to remember that is what it stands for) job description today. There is just one description for myself and Rob but it is broken down into person a and person b (I’m person a). Quite glad of this as it makes it totally clear who does what. I am getting excited about it again now. For a while it was just barely there in the back of my mind but getting the final bit of paperwork has made it real. I really can’t wait to see the equipment but more than anything I am really, really looking forward to getting round the country and speaking to people using it and discovering their thoughts on it.
