OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 3
Paediatric emergency medicine – LSP study day and LME skills evening
Paediatrics & Child Health Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 3
The NHS 70th anniversary
History of Medicine Society
Evening meeting
FRIDAY 5
Wilderness medicine and global health
Military Medicine Section
Day meeting
FRIDAY 5
Psychology in acute pain
Anaesthesia Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 9
Diet and weight: Impact on mental health and psychological wellbeing
Psychiatry Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 9
Putting empathy into practice
Open Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 10
AKI frontiers 2018
Nephrology Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 10
Microbiome and immune system cross-talks: Role in health and disease
Rheumatology & Rehabilitation Section
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 11
Hughlings Jackson lecture and President's address
Clinical Neurosciences Section
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 11
K9 to BVI: Making a difference
Ophthalmology Section
Evening meeting
FRIDAY 12
Presidential address: From ballroom dancing to marathon running – the history of women in sport
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Section
Evening meeting
SATURDAY 13
Doctor as a scholar and a scientist: International research course for medical students and foundation year doctors
Students Section
Day meeting
MONDAY 15
Abortion: Excellence in care
Sexuality & Sexual Health Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 16
General day 1: Chest pain and stable angina
Cardiology Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 16
2018 Ellison-Cliffe lecture: Mustafa Suleyman – How AI is going to impact healthcare in the future
Public meeting
Evening meeting
TUESDAY 16
The human factors in paediatrics: Learning from when things go wrong, supporting professionals and keeping patients safe
Paediatrics & Child Health Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 17
From radical to real: Implementing new models of palliative care
Palliative Care Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 17
Respiratory medicine: Student and trainee taster evening
Respiratory Medicine Section
Evening meeting
WEDNESDAY 17
Presidential address and short papers meeting
Coloproctology Section
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 18
Clinical cases
Dermatology Section
Half-day meeting
THURSDAY 18
Presidential Address: Data overload, the digital age and the fine art of surgery
Urology Section
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 18
Studying clinical effectiveness is one thing, but what about policy and service interventions?: Lecture by Professor Richard Lilford CBE
Retired Fellows Society
Half-day meeting
FRIDAY 19
Andrology in a nutshell and president’s dinner
Urology Section
Day meeting
FRIDAY 19
Thrombosis and anticoagulation: Improving patient clinical outcome
Pathology Section
Day meeting
FRIDAY 19
Learning environment: Effective learning and work in the NHS
Dean's Programme
Half-day meeting
SATURDAY 20
Forensic aspects of suicide and self-harm
Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine Section
Day meeting
MONDAY 22
New perspectives on dementia: Treatment, behaviour and care
Geriatrics & Gerontology Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 23
Sleep and dreaming
Sleep Medicine Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 23
Adolescent medicine – LSP study day
Paediatrics & Child Health Section
Day meeting
THURSDAY 25 – FRIDAY 26
Introduction to botulinum toxin and dermal fillers course
RSM Professionals
Two-day meeting
FRIDAY 26
Adding insult to injury – Exploring painful recovery from surgery and trauma
Pain Medicine Section
Day meeting
FRIDAY 26
When things go wrong: Consent, manslaughter and (gross) negligence
Anaesthesia Section
Day meeting
SATURDAY 27
Chest X-rays: Imaging day course
Radiology Section
Day meeting
SATURDAY 27
Medicine and me: Living with narcolepsy
Public meeting
Half-day meeting
NOVEMBER
THURSDAY 1
Wesleyan RSM trainee of the year final
RSM Professionals
Evening meeting
FRIDAY 2
Semon lecture, Presidential address and antique exhibition
Laryngology & Rhinology Section
Half-day meeting
FRIDAY 2
Edith Whetnall lecture and Presidential address
Otology Section
Half-day meeting
WEDNESDAY 7
Development of medicine from the Crimea to the present day
Military Medicine Section
Day meeting
WEDNESDAY 7
Ceremony of remembrance 2018
Military Medicine Section
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 8
Cardiac imaging 1
Cardiology Section
Day meeting
THURSDAY 8
2018 Darwin lecture
Public meeting
Evening meeting
THURSDAY 8
Angiogenesis: VEGF and beyond
Ophthalmology Section
Evening meeting
FRIDAY 9
Specialty careers fair 2018
Students Section
Evening meeting
SATURDAY 10
Orthopaedic revision: Prepare to succeed
Students Section
Day meeting
MONDAY 12
Chrono-nutrition: Circadian clocks, mealtimes and metabolic disorders
Food & Health Forum
Day meeting
MONDAY 12
Intervention day 1: Calcification and other complex PCI
Cardiology Section
Day meeting
MONDAY 12
Dental sleep medicine: Present and future practice
Sleep Medicine Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 13
Community paediatrics – LSP study day and LME skills evening
Paediatrics & Child Health Section
Day meeting
TUESDAY 13
Psychiatry as a career: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Psychiatry Section
Half-day meeting
WEDNESDAY 14
Trainees Series: Neurocritical care
Critical Care Medicine Section
Evening meeting
WEDNESDAY 14
Medicine and me: Young people and suicide
Public meeting
Half-day meeting
WEDNESDAY 14
Early intervention in hip surgery 2018
Orthopaedics Section
Day meeting