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Proactive PCI Comes to Istanbul: Dr John Hung on Mindset and Modern Intervention

Reframe Your Mindset: Reflecting on Optima PCI London 2025

From 8 to 10 October, Optima Education hosted PCI London 2025, a course that marked an important step in our mission to support interventionists, enhance clinical decision making and...

Thinking About Thinking

How Neuroscience Shapes Clinical Practice and Learning

Read: Rethinking decision-making in the cath lab

In the cath lab, complexity isn’t the exception, it’s the rule. From tangled anatomy to agitated patients, from time pressure to technical hurdles, interventional cardiologists...

Reshape your mindset: the countdown is on for PCI London 2025

The countdown is on for PCI London 2025, taking place from 8–10 October at our new venue, 6 Alie Street. This year promises a fresh perspective — a...

Read: interview with Matt Sibbald, Optima London course Director

Today we're joined by Dr Matt Sibbald, a leading interventional cardiologist and educational researcher. Matt specialises in helping clinicians develop expertise in high-stakes...

Read: can’t see, can’t harm? The hidden reality of radiation in the cath lab

Radiation is one of the most powerful tools in modern medicine. It gives us superhuman vision, allowing interventional cardiologists to guide procedures, save lives, and accelerate...

Read: interview with our founder, Professor James Spratt

Today we’re joined by the founder of Optima Education, Professor James Spratt, to talk about how Optima began, what’s changing in interventional cardiology, and where Optima is...

Read: Variability in patient care: hands or head?

At our recent CT course in ORSI, Belgium, Professor James Spratt posed a powerful question: “What causes variability in patient care? Is it in the hands or the...