Training and Education
SAM Trainee Report Spring 2017
Our spring conference this year heads to Cardiff. Ex SAM trainee representative and new acute medicine consultant Nerys Conway will be hosting us on May 4th and 5th 2017 at a conference entitled ‘Together
Acute Medicine Finishing School: Preparing for the next step
The transition from registrar to consultant in medicine is one that trainees feel ill prepared for and can be extremely stressful. We devised the concept of an Acute Medicine “Finishing School”
Cruising through the journey without getting drowned: The saga of a PhD student in the Netherlands
Young medical trainees all over the world are encouraged to investigate unknown areas of medicine that need clarification. This often leads them to undertake a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). Being curious,
Book Review: Oxford Desk Reference, Acute Medicine
This book was published in hardback by Oxford University Press in 2016. Comprising 824 pages of small font text, it covers the full range of conditions which would be encountered on the acute medical take
Trainee Report Autumn 2016
New Trainee Representative
After providing years of sterling representation, Nick Smallwood will be moving on to a consultant job. Neil Patel takes his place formally at SAMEdinburgh. Neil is an ST5
Providing a navigable route for acute medicine nurses to advance their practice: a framework of ascending levels of practice
This article conveys concerns raised by delegates at the International SAM Conference (Manchester, 2015) regarding how to advance nursing practice in acute medicine. It endeavours to capture the essence
Acute Internal Medicine Trainee Survey 2016
Objectives: To ascertain the views of current Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) trainees on the strengths and weakness of the specialty, their training programmes, practical procedures
Trainee Report Summer 2016
SAM Belfast
The latest SAM meeting was well attended with a number of high quality posters on display and a small but perfectly formed trainee session – thanks to those who attended. There were