The future of surgical robotics, the future is surgical robotics? Webinar by Mr Ben Challacombe: 2021 Stevens lecture on Monday 17 May 2021 from 6:30pm to 7:45pm. Join this free live stream to hear the 2021 Stevens lecture, ‘The future of surgical robotics, the future is surgical robotics?’ given by Mr Ben Challacombe, Consultant Urological […]
HRH The Prince of Wales to open Royal Society of Medicine series on health impacts of climate change. A series of webinars that will position health and wellbeing at the centre of the climate change debate will be opened with a pre-recorded video message from His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on Tuesday 16 March. The 10-part series, presented by […]
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COVID-19 Series: Vaccines Episode 20 will be broadcast on zoom on Tue 9 Jun 2020 from 12:30pm to 1:00pm. Key speakers: Professor Robin Shattock, Head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London. Dr Thomas Breuer, Chief Medical Officer at GSK Vaccines. A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is generally regarded as the only way […]
The Royal Society of Medicine and the Health Education Kent Surrey Sussex (HEKSS) Deanery, are hosting a new webinar series for all trainees working in frontline medicine. This two-part series will provide case-based scenarios covering the most common acute medical presentations, including cardiology, respiratory, neurology and acute medicine. Experts in their fields, our panel of […]
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Unfortunately, the medicines we currently have to relieve pain have their shortcomings. From paracetamol to aspirin, gabapentin to opioids, they all have their adverse effect and, in reality, most don’t work very well at all. Pain medicines are not like antibiotics which can cure 80-90 per cent of all infections. The effects of pain medicines […]
Last year, the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, part of Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, became the first hospital in the UK to offer staff the opportunity to wear NHS Rainbow badges, which send a message to people who identify as LGBT+ that the hospital is an inclusive place that welcomes everyone. LGBT+ stands for […]
Professor Sir Simon Wessely is President, Royal Society of Medicine and former President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. As well as leading the Mental Health Act review, he is Civilian Consultant Advisor in Psychiatry to the British Army and a trustee of the charity, Combat Stress. He will be presenting the key note speech […]
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Meet the finalist | Dr Jonathan Evans RSM Coloproctology Section Presentation title: The Nrf2 inhibitor Brusatol is a potent antitumour agent, and enhances irinotecan cytotoxicity, in an orthotopic mouse model of colorectal cancer. Focus on colorectal cancer Currently a specialist trainee in general surgery, with a sub-specialty interest in colorectal, Dr Jonathan Evans studied medicine at the University of Liverpool. […]
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Meet the Finalist | Dr Egho Ireo RSM Digital Health Section Presentation title: The Yo-band and Yo-bot: Wearable technology for managing mental health. Training update After studying medicine at the University of Bristol, Dr Egho Ireo is currently taking a year out of training between the foundation programme and specialty training. During this time she […]
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On Thursday 17 January five young doctors will compete for the coveted title of Wesleyan RSM trainee of the year. Meet the finalist | Dr Katie Samuel RSM Orthopaedics Section Presentation title: National practice of midstream urine testing preoperatively for elective orthopaedics – Is it worth the resources? A career with a breadth of skills Anaesthesia is […]
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