About this event
- Date and time Sat 10 Dec 2022 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
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Medical students and foundation trainee doctors are warmly invited to attend the 2022 Royal Society of Medicine specialty careers fair.
This free, informal event offers participants a unique opportunity to explore their career options while networking with experienced clinicians and training programme directors. Throughout the event, members of the RSM community will be on hand to offer tips and guidance on choosing a specialty career path.
The half-day programme will include drop-in lectures and pre-bookable 1:1 sessions with training programme directors and specialty experts.
Doctors representing over 30 different specialties will be available on stands to answer questions about suitability, work-life balance, CV-building and the application process for the different specialities.
Participants will be able to:
- Network with fellow medics and specialty representatives
- Explore over 30 different specialties
- Talk to training programme directors and experienced clinicians
- Attend medical and surgical drop-in lecture streams
As a leading provider of continuing learning to healthcare professionals, the RSM is exceptionally well-placed to host this showcase event, which spans the breadth of medical and surgical specialties.
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We would like to thank our sponsors The British Geriatrics Society, Mountain Healthcare and The Royal College of Psychiatrists for their support of this event. Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.
Agenda
View the programme
Welcome and networking - stands
A wide range of specialty stands will be available for you to browse and meet with throughout the entire event.
Registration and networking
Lectures
We will have two auditoriums of lectures running simultaneously throughout the morning - one focusing on medicine and the other surgery. You are welcome to move freely between the auditoriums to view different lectures as you wish!
Guy Whittle Auditorium 1 - Medicine
Max Rayne Auditorium 2 - Surgery
10:00am – Welcome and introduction
Professor Nik Patel, Chair of Academic Board and Trustee, Royal Society of Medicine
10:00am – Welcome and introduction
Professor Nik Patel
10:05am – How the RSM can help you as a medical student or trainee
Dr Josie Cheetham, Junior Doctor, British Medical Association Cymru Wales and Ms Bhumi Shah, Medicine Student, Cambridge University
10:05am – Specialty talk: General surgery
Mr Jibran Ali Mecci
10:20am – Specialty talk: Cardiology
Dr Alex Byrne, Cardiology Registrar and PHD Fellow, University College London
10:20am – Specialty talk: Breast surgery
Mr Fateh Ahmad, Consultant Plastic, Head and Neck and Craniofacial Surgeon, Natural Cosmetic Surgery
10:35am – Specialty talk: Respiratory medicine
Dr Akanksha Mimi Malhotra, Vice President, Respiratory Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
10:35am – Specialty talk: Vascular surgery
Dr Vickna Balarajah
10:50am – Specialty talk: Gastroenterology
Dr Iana Martini, Gastroenterologist, Royal Sussex County Hospital
10:50am – Specialty talk: Orthopaedics
Mr Branavan Rudran, Trauma and Orthopaedics Registrar, Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust
11:05am – Specialty talk: Geriatrics
Dr Amelia Paveley, Junior Clinical Fellow in Perioperative Care for Older People Undergoing Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
11:05am – Specialty talk: Radiology
Dr Arpan Banerjee, Past President, Radiology Section, Royal Society of Medicine
11:20am – Specialty talk: Stroke medicine
Dr David Hargroves, National Clinical Lead for Stroke Medicine, NHS England Getting It Right First Time Programme, NHS England and Dr Ameen Noushad, Internal Medicine Trainee Year 3, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
11:20am – Specialty talk: Urology
Dr Nick Simson, Urology Speciality Trainee Year 5, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and Dr Delia Toomey, Medical Doctor, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation
11:35am - Specialty talk: Ophthalmology
Mr Graham Duguid, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Western Eye Hospital
11:35am - How the RSM can help you as a medical student or trainee
Dr Josie Cheetham and Ms Bhumi Shah, Medicine Student, Cambridge University
11:50am - Closing remarks
Professor Nik Patel
11:50am - Closing remarks
Professor Nik Patel
12:00pm - Close of lectures and return to networking
12:00pm - Close of lectures and return to networking
Networking - stands and 1:1 sessions
A wide range of speciality stands will be available for you to browse and meet with through the duration of the event.
A limited number of 1:1 sessions with training programme directors and speciality experts are available for participants who have pre-booked. Each slot is 10 minutes long and there are five slots bookable per speciality. To book a slot, simply add it to your booking upon checkout. For the time being, we kindly request you only book one 1:1 session due to the limited number available.
Room 1 (Seminar Suite) - Medicine
Room 1 (Seminar Suite) - Surgery
Room 2 (Training Suite) - Medicine
Cardiology
Dr Alex Byrne
General surgery
Mr Jibran Ali Mecci
Radiology
Dr Arpan Banerjee
Respiratory medicine
Dr Akanksha Mimi Malhotra
Breast surgery
Mr Fateh Ahmad
Ophthalmology
Mr Graham Duguid
Gastroenterology
Dr Iana Martini
Vascular surgery
Dr Vickna Balarajah
Urology
Dr Nick Simson and Dr Delia Toomey
Stroke and frailty related medicine
Dr David Hargroves
Orthopaedic surgery
Mr Branavan Rudran
Geriatrics
Dr Amelia Paveley
Close of fair
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 9 December 2022. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM's discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.