LEADER All I want for Christmas is…
Congress is behind us, Christmas is approaching and now we are poised to see the baton of Institute presidency pass from Derek Bishop to Nick Kirk; another Institute biennial cycle is nearing completion.
Every President is different and each brings with them their own thoughts and style of leadership: each one is part of the professional continuum that stretches back over 100 years. How do people view the role of President, I wonder? Probably in a number of different ways, but I suspect the reality of Institute presidency is somewhat different to the general perception.
The saying ‘no man is an island’ is probably
never more true than when applied to the role of our President. It is an unbelievably large and challenging task that cannot be undertaken without the support of the Institute’s Council, its staff, its advisors, examiners, assessors, and the membership. Over the past two years, Derek Bishop has led the Institute into a new phase; it has acquired renewed confidence in its purpose, an appreciation of its role, and has delivered a robust defence of biomedical scientists in a challenging professional arena. Two years ago the profession faced an uncertain future; however, while there remain uncertainties with ongoing and reversing reconfiguration plans, now we have some certainties with which to work. The Biomedical Scientist register is still open and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Biomedical scientists are not about to
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be converted into, or be replaced by, healthcare science practitioners. Accredited biomedical science degrees are not in decline, they remain as oversubscribed and popular as ever. They remain the primary and favoured route to biomedical scientist registration. They reflect service need, they offer a range of career options for graduates, and, most importantly, they lead to Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a Biomedical Scientist.
Healthcare science degrees, the product of
the Modernising Scientific Careers project, are few in number and have a much lower level of uptake than do biomedical science degrees. Although they can also lead to registration as a Biomedical Scientist, this depends upon them having Institute accreditation or HCPC approval. We have seized the initiative with biomedical support workers. Less than a year since launch, more than 50 Part 1 portfolios and more than 200 Part 2 portfolios have been issued. We have delivered a framework for the education and training of support workers, while establishing a differential between that workforce and biomedical scientists. This small summary does not reflect even a fraction of what has been undertaken over the
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past two years, during which time Derek has probably travelled a distance the equivalent to at least one full circumnavigation of the globe, attending meetings at the highest political levels to supporting small, informal local events. But it is the efforts of all the people who have represented the Institute at meetings, set and marked examinations, written reports, trained, encouraged and inspired others who have helped to take us to where we are now. I haven’t discussed Santa Claus with the
President but I can take a guess at one thing he would place at the top of his wish list, and it completes the title of this Leader: a biomedical scientist. I have heard Derek champion our hard-won title, not hesitating to correct even the most senior political figures who refer to us as BMSs, rather than biomedical scientists (other multi-syllabic names do not seem to present the same problems!). So, if there is one small thing we can all give to a very hardworking President at the end of his two years in office, it is to abandon the use of the term BMS forever. Sarah May
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