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The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is an independent charity, with a mission to advance health, through education and innovation.
As a convener of knowledge, we bring together clinicians, healthcare leaders and experts to deliver more than 300 education events each year in over 50 specialist areas of medicine. Our education programme is designed for healthcare professionals and spans specialist, professional development and general education.
Delivered both online and in-person, the RSM education offering provides a platform for learning and informed debate through a range of diverse voices.
We are home to one of the finest medical libraries in the world, with an extensive collection of books, journals, electronic journals and online medical databases.
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6 August 2021
The surveillance of zoonotic diseases must be integrated into health security intelligence systems, if future pandemics are to be handled effectively, according to global health practitioners writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
5 August 2021
New research by Cardiff University and University College London, from a new 10-year analysis of patient safety incidents in hospital acute medical units across England and Wales, recommends to include the introduction of electronic prescribing and monitoring systems, checklists to reduce diagnostic errors, and an increased presence of senior clinicians and pharmacists overnight.
28 July 2021
A special ceremony was held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Tuesday 27 July to induct the Society’s new Honorary Fellows and to formally inaugurate Professor Roger Kirby as President of the RSM.
16 July 2021
The presence of more than five symptoms of COVID-19 in the first week of infection is significantly associated with the development of long COVID, according to a new review published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
2 July 2021
Minority-ethnic medical students must have more role-models in senior leadership positions if they are to engage with academia, says a group of medical students writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
3 June 2021
The reluctance or refusal to accept Covid-19 vaccinations can be tackled by a five-pronged strategy to addressing the behavioural and socio-demographic factors behind vaccine hesitancy.
2 April 2021
A palliative care doctor has suggested that studying Shakespeare’s plays could help medical students connect more closely with their patients.
20 March 2021
A model that has the potential to support the live events industry to re-open safely at full capacity while reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission has been proposed by a team of public health doctors from Imperial College London and the University of Tartu, Estonia.
10 March 2021
Omitting ethnic minorities from the vaccine priority list is putting these groups at a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 illness and death.
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, health professionals as climate change advocates, and making childbirth safer.
NHS’s Sir Simon Stevens, psychology in extreme sports and a carer-friendly workforce.
Fighting for life, spotlight on long Covid, and planetary health through the lens of the pandemic.
Should we vaccinate children? Sleep as a phenotype and carer-friendly hospitals.
End of life decision-making, psychological trauma and the global pandemic response.
David Nott - war doctor, epigenetic clocks, and circadian rhythms in respiratory disease.
Ecological grief, health security and tackling vaccine hesitancy.
Tony Adams and alcohol addiction, the latest Covid-19 Q&A round-up, and our post- Brexit diet.
