About this event

  • Date and time Sat 19 Jul 2025 from 8:15am to 19 Jul 2025 at 6:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Students

If you're a medical student or trainee passionate about shaping the future of healthcare, this conference is for you. Designed specifically for early-career medics, it offers a dynamic mix of expert insights, hands-on learning, and professional development, all in one transformative day.

The conference bridges the gap between traditional medical education and real-world healthcare, addressing gaps in practical skills and offering insights into innovative career paths. It meets the growing need for adaptable, forward-thinking clinicians and delivers a unique blend of learning, experience, and opportunity for the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Why you won’t want to miss this event:

  • Expert-led talks: Hear from leading doctors and surgeons on cutting-edge medical and surgical innovations
  • Hands-on workshops: Gain practical skills in areas like point-of-care ultrasound, anaesthetics, and cardiothoracic surgery
  • Research opportunities: Present your oral or poster research and compete for prestigious Royal Society of Medicine prizes
  • Networking: Connect with peers and mentors to build your professional network

Be part of the change. Shape the future of medicine.

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Interested in applying for our prizes? Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present during this meeting.

In-person Abstract Prize

Submission deadline: 2 June 2025

Open to: All medical students

Prizes: Winners and runners-up will be selected on the day and presented with official certificates in recognition of their achievement. The remaining candidates will receive certificates stating they were shortlisted for the prize.

Apply here

 

Virtual Abstract Prize

Submission deadline: 2 June 2025

Open to: All medical students,  who will not be able to attend the in-person meeting.

Prizes: Winners and runners-up will be selected on the day and presented with official certificates in recognition of their achievement. The remaining candidates will receive certificates stating they were shortlisted for the prize.

Apply here

Doubleday Prize
The Doubleday Student Prize will be awarded annually to a medical student who can demonstrate outstanding principles of patient partnership and patient care. The previously unpublished essay will be presented at the in-person meeting of the Section.
Prize
  • 1st Prize: £250, and a silver medal
  • 2nd Prize: £150
  • 3rd Prize: £100

Submission deadline: 16 May 2025
Presentation of Doubleday Student Prize: 19 July 2025

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Show Virtual / In Person rates

Tickets (In Person)

Standard pricing available until 18 July 2025.

Please note: The lunch will only be available to those who also book onto the afternoon session.

Member

RSM Student
Day 1
£10.00 Morning Meeting
£10.00 Afternoon workshops (in person only)

Non - Member

Student
Day 1
£15.00 Morning Meeting
£15.00 Afternoon workshops (in person only)

Tickets (Virtual)

Standard pricing available until 18 July 2025.

Please note: The lunch will only be available to those who also book onto the afternoon session.

Member

RSM Student
Day 1
£10.00 Morning Meeting
£0.00 Afternoon workshops (in person only)

Non - Member

Student
Day 1
£15.00 Morning Meeting
£0.00 Afternoon workshops (in person only)

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
3D printing and transplantation

Mr Pankaj Chandak, Research Fellow, King's College London and Specialist Registrar in Transplant Surgery, Guy’s and St Thomas' Hospital

 

Innovation in conflict medicine

Sarah Phillips, Kings College London

Tea and coffee break
Decline of human fertility: Can technology save our species

Helen O'Neill, Lecturer in reproductive and Molecular Genetics, University College London

Virtual reality and medical education

Speaker to be confirmed 

Student oral prize presentations
Doubleday Prize Presentation
Lunch break

Afternoon workshops

Workshop rotation 1
Point-of-care ultrasound (UltraLearn)
cardio thoracic wetlab workshop
VR workshop (VRiMS)
Anaesthetic workshop (Ambu)
Workshop rotation 2
Tea and coffee break
Workshop rotation 3
Workshop rotation 4
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 18 July 2025. 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, The Pathological Society, nor the speaker's organisations.