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Over a third of UK medical students do not receive sexual misconduct training

More than a third of newly qualified doctors are leaving UK medical schools without any education on sexual misconduct specifically relating to the medical profession according to new research publish...

COVID-19 two years on

RSM convenes meeting of UK health leaders to discuss future of COVID-19 Two years after the first UK lockdown, Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Chris Whitty, and Deputy Chief Medical O...

Professor John Axford biography

Council Member (2015–2019) DSc, MD, FRCP Professor Axford is a consultant in adult and paediatric rheumatology and Professor of Clinical Rheumatology at St George’s, University of London. He has worke...

An update from the President – Professor Roger Kirby

With an upcoming election to choose my successor and three new Trustees and all eyes on the future, I’ve been reflecting recently on the modern-day RSM’s beginnings. The merging of so many disparate m...

RSM celebrates trainees’ success in prestigious essay prize

Congratulations go to Dr Gbenga Adesoye and Dr Iona Lyell who, as joint third winners of the Peter Fisher Essay Competition Prize, win a year’s free membership of the Royal Society of Medicine. The co...

Difficult health conversations are no game – but VR could transform how they unfold

By Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield DBE, Brighton and Sussex Medical School Having difficult conversations with patients is an undeniable reality in healthcare. The way these exchanges unfold can hav...

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, President of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2012 to 2014, has died. Professor Roger Kirby, current President of the Royal Society of Medicine, said: “We are so sad t...

RCSI Bahrain partnership

The Royal Society of Medicine is delighted to welcome students and faculty members of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), who have taken up members...

RSM Covid-19 webinars: making an impact

In March 2020, as the potentially devastating impact of Covid-19 on the NHS became clear, the Royal Society of Medicine moved swiftly to produce a series of webinars to provide essential medical educa...