COVID and the festive season: Expert advice for staying safe: Christmas is coming but with Covid here to stay, how can you and your family keep safe and well during the holiday season? Join TV presenter Kate Garraway on Tuesday 8 December as she puts questions from the public to top medical experts Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Clare […]
Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities: RSM webinar: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am to 4.15pm Session introducing new guidance: 1.00pm Forty per cent of people with epilepsy also have a learning disability and are significantly more likely to die prematurely than the general population. Step Together, a new report to be launched during a […]
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This episode of the COVID-19 Series will feature an interview with Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust. In an interview with Professor Sir Simon Wessely, the two will discuss topics including the latest news on vaccines, international developments, if it is possible for governments to really “follow the science”, and whether we can live with […]
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COVID-19 Series: ICU – what has changed? – Episode 49: This episode will focus on the ICU experience of the second wave, looking at what hospitals are seeing right now, and what has changed from the first wave of the pandemic. Date and time: Thu 5 Nov 2020 from 12:30pm to 1:15pm Location: Online Register to […]
RSM Presidential address: “The changing shape of the Goddess of Fertility”, the impact of globesity in the gynaecologist’s world Date and time: Fri 23 Oct 2020 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Join Miss Sangeeta Agnihotri, President-Elect of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Academic Council, for the Presidential Address to learn more about a brief history of the […]
Covid-19: Pooled testing among recommendations to fix test, trace and isolate system: In a series of recommendations to fix the struggling Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system in England, health researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that pooled testing for Covid-19 could significantly increase testing capacity in a relatively short space of time and […]
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Inequalities in end-of-life care: The magnifying effect of COVID-19: This is episode 4 of the Palliative care webinar series The human side of COVID-19: Reflections on Palliative Care. Date and time: Wed 14 Oct 2020 from 7:00pm to 8:10pm Location: Online Organised by:Palliative Care Join us on this important webinar to explore new evidence relating to […]
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Professor Humphrey Scott has been appointed Dean of the Royal Society of Medicine, a leading provider of postgraduate education and learning to the medical profession and wider healthcare teams. He will take up the post on Friday 23 October 2020. Humphrey Scott is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon working in the NHS and is Head of the School of Surgery and Associate Dean for Health […]
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Poetry and politics: Paediatrics 2.0. Reimagining child health for a post COVID-19 world. Paediatricians reach out to children during the pandemic by co-writing and performing a poem: Online performance: Tuesday 29 September, 5pm Paediatricians across the country have collaborated with poet Laura Mucha to write and perform a poem for children to let them know they’re there if they […]
Automating processes with AI RSM webinar takes place on Thursday 24 September, 6.00pm to 7.00pm By automating processes with Artificial Intelligence (AI), health and care professionals can reduce administrative burden in order to free up staff so that they can focus on care and provision of services. Anne Foster, Customer Success Consultant at Eggplant, will […]