The kidney and beyond webinar will take place on Sat 5 Sep 2020 from 1:30pm to 6 Sep 2020 at 10:00am This unique collaboration between the UK Renal Association SpR Club and The Royal Society of Medicine Nephrology Section, will explore issues of multi-system dysfunction and multi-morbidity in kidney diseases. For the first time, the SpR Club will be hosting one of […]
Gastroenterology in a post COVID-19 world: Tue 1 Sep 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. This webinar will provide a look into three main aspects of delivering gastroenterology services as we enter the COVID-19 stabilisation phase. It will particularly focus on assessing the care of IBD patients and managing the psychological impact of COVID-19 in gastroenterology, […]
Webinar: Aesthetic breast surgery: Mastering the basics – Tuesday 11 Aug 2020 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. This RSM webinar will examine the key aspects of aesthetic (cosmetic) breast surgery in females and males from auto-augmentation mastopexy to breast implant illness. You will learn how to ‘do the basics well’, rather than just another ‘masterclass’. This webinar will teach you how […]
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RSM webinar: Treatment of status epilepticus: Thu 16 Jul 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm from RSM Clinical Neurosciences. The Clinical Neurosciences Section provides a forum for the discussion of neurosciences covering their basic science, medical and surgical aspects among multiple neuroscience sub-specialties. Professor Simon Shorvon,Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology, University College London Institute of Neurology […]
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RSM webinar: Babies & COVID-19 – The impact and issues. Tue 14 Jul 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Online. Register here: https://sso.rsm.ac.uk/identity/login?signin=7a01eb25aeae9f68581d1c45efc89fda Consultant Neonatologist, Dr Tim Watts, Consultant Obstetrician and Vice President Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dr Pat O’Brien, and Mrs Becky Parker, Consultant Midwife Trainee, will provide an overview on the impact and issues of COVID-19 on new […]
COVID-19 Series: Cardiac and cardiovascular issues – Episode 28 Hypertension and pre-existing cardiac conditions are risk factors for higher morbidity from COVID-19. The reasons for this are not entirely clear, but there are theoretical risks that the inflammatory cascade could predispose towards rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries and aggravate arrhythmias. This webinar will […]
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A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was tested, reveals the importance of asymptomatic cases. The authors of the new research, from the University of Padova and at Imperial College London, published today in Nature, suggest asymptomatic or pre -symptomatic people are an important factor in […]
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Thursday 2 July, 12.30 to 1.00pm – The Royal Society of Medicine presents the next webinar in the COVID-19 Series: Impact on older population – Episode 27 Register to join Episode 27 ‘Impact on older population’ on Zoom here. In this episode of the COVID-19 Series, we will be looking at the impact of coronavirus on […]
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RSM webinar: Improving remote care by monitoring speech: Dr Yoram Levanon will describe the main concepts behind the use of vocal expression to gain insights into healthcare. He will present his vision of a future where remote care is enhanced by the continuous monitoring of speech to infer health status through AI-Human interactions. This webinar will explore: How emotional and physiological […]
COVID-19 patients with extremely high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly and die, according to new research published today. The study, led by NIHR Research Professor Waljit Dhillo from Imperial College London and Consultant Endocrinologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, provides the first data to show […]
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