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Vote now in Royal Society of Medicine Trustees election

Members can now vote for four new Elected Council Members (Trustees) to serve on the Council of the Royal Society of Medicine. Ballot papers have been sent to all members this week, by email or post. ...

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...

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...

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...

Meet Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellow Mr Michael Gilhooley

In January 2024 Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellow Mr Michael Gilhooley will be heading to the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver where he will be undertaking a clinical and surg...

COVID-19 Series: Resources on childcare

On 11 June, Dr Tom Marrs, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Professor Russell Viner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Dr Sara Hanna, Medical Director of Evelina Lond...

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...

Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones biography

Vice-President (2022-2025) Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE DL is a medical doctor and neuroscience researcher working as a consultant psychiatrist in addictions. A regular advisor to the UK gover...

Five RSM members awarded prestigious Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowships

The names of five successful applicants for Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowships have been announced. These prestigious awards are open to senior registrars and early career consultants who are membe...

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...