9:15am - 10:15am
Session 1: Opening plenary
Our opening plenary session aims to debunk the myth that you should be superheroes and leave you with a refreshed confidence that your med reg years are simply the start of your learning journey. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion where physicians at varying stages of their careers share their thoughts.
Dr Mariyam Adam
Dr Mariyam Adam is a renal registrar working in the Mersey deanery and currently represents the resident doctors on the RCP Resident Doctors Committee.
Dr Mariyam Adam
Renal / GIM SpR, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Zack Ferguson
Dr Zack Ferguson is a newly appointed consultant acute physician at Frimley Health NHS Trust and an honorary clinical lecturer at University College London. Zack has a long-standing interest in improving the quality of postgraduate training and completed his MSc research on the transition from medical senior house officer to medical registrar.
Dr Zack Ferguson
Consultant acute physician, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Superhero fatigue: debunking the Med Reg myth
Dr (Janita) Yee Tin Lit
Dr Janita Lit is a resident doctor in internal medicine training year 3 in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex deanery, currently working at Frimley Park Hospital. She completed her medical degree at the University of Southampton in 2021. Outside clinical medicine, her interests lie in medical education, fostering meaningful mentorships and widening access. This year, she has stepped up as a medical registrar at a very busy district general hospital and has been learning a lot.
Dr (Janita) Yee Tin Lit
IMT3 Resident doctor, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Revati Naran
Dr Revati Naran is a specialty registrar in respiratory / general internal medicine in London with a long-standing commitment to medical education. Revati undertook an out-of-programme experience during registrar training as a clinical teaching fellow in respiratory medicine at the Royal Free Hospital, and she holds a master’s in medical education, for which her thesis explored resident doctors’ perspectives on the role of the medical registrar. She remains actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, curriculum development and mentorship alongside her clinical training.
Dr Revati Naran
Speciality registrar in respiratory medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Graeme Burt
Dr Graeme Burt is on the acute care common stem (ACCS) internal medicine training programme, currently in CT3, which is equivalent to IMT2. Graeme completed his pre-clinical training at the University of St Andrews before graduating in medicine from the University of Manchester. He moved to Edinburgh in 2021 to begin foundation training and subsequently progressed directly into ACCS internal medicine training. He has developed broad experience across acute and general medicine, with particular interests in intensive care and renal medicine. He is now approaching an exciting stage in his career as he prepares to transition into the role of medical registrar and take on greater clinical responsibility.
Dr Graeme Burt
CT3 (ACCS-internal medicine), NHS Lothian
10:15am
- Comfort break - please choose your next session
10:35am - 12:15pm
Session 2: Older patients presenting acutely
This session will focus on the acute presenting older patient. Including talks on medical decision-making in frail surgical patients and an overview of common stroke presentations encountered on the acute medical take.
This session will run in parallel with session 3. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date.
Dr Hannah Parker
Dr Hannah Parker is a locally employed geriatric medicine registrar pursuing the portfolio pathway route, currently working as RCP chief registrar at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Hannah has been an RCP associate college tutor for the past 4 years and has a keen interest in medical education, especially simulation.
Dr Hannah Parker
RCP chief registrar in geriatrics / general internal medicine, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Guy Slabbert
Dr Guy Slabbert is a consultant geriatrician at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, working across acute frailty (OPAL) and perioperative medicine. He has a specialist interest in the care of frail older adults undergoing surgery and is leading the development of a perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) service within the trust. Guy completed a senior clinical fellowship in perioperative medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, with experience in established multidisciplinary pathways for high-risk surgical patients. His wider interests include orthogeriatrics, frailty syndromes and point-of-care ultrasound.
He is actively involved in education, quality improvement and service development, with a focus on improving outcomes and supporting clinical decision-making in complex older patients.
Dr Guy Slabbert
Consultant geriatrician, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Beyond the knife: medical decision-making in frail surgical patients
Dr Ella Sherman
Dr Ella Sherman graduated from Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She completed her stroke and geriatric medicine training in the Severn Deanery. Ella is a stroke consultant at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and is course director for the UK and ROI acute stroke simulation course.
Dr Ella Sherman
Consultant stroke physician, North Bristol NHS Trust
Mimics, misses and middle cerebral arteries
10:35am - 12:15pm
Session 3: Mixed specialty session
This session covers a range of acute presenting scenarios across the specialties including acute asthma and common ACHD presentations for the non-specialist.
This session will run in parallel with session 2. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date.
Dr Alice Cole
Dr Alice Cole is a resident in rheumatology and general internal medicine based in north-east and north central London. She is interested in improving residents’ satisfaction across training and curriculum development, having previously represented resident doctors at a regional level on the specialty training committee. She is currently an education fellow at the RCP and an observer on the Resident Doctor Committee.
Dr Alice Cole
Clinical education fellow, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Stephen Joseph
Dr Stephen Joseph is a respiratory registrar in north, central and east London. He is one of the co-chairs of the RCP’s Resident Doctor Committee, and has a particular focus on trying to improve the quality of medical training. He hopes that you find the talk useful, and would be very happy to hear directly from any doctor who has questions, suggestions or concerns about medical training in the UK.
Dr Stephen Joseph
ST6 respiratory registrar, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Acute asthma and the acute take
Dr Sam Fitzsimmons
Dr Sam Fitzsimmons is a consultant cardiologist in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) at the University Hospital Southampton. Sam also subspecialises in pulmonary hypertension and maternal cardiology. Working within a tertiary surgical ACHD centre, she delivers an ACHD on-call service for emergency admissions, inpatient care, routine outpatient follow-up, intra-operative imaging and post-surgical care, as well as specialist clinics in pulmonary hypertension and maternal cardiology. She holds an honorary senior clinical lecturer post with the University of Southampton. She is passionate about teaching and, in particular, is enthusiastic about helping to demystify congenital heart disease for non-specialists to improve patient care. Dr Fitzsimmons is well published in peer-reviewed journals, cardiology textbooks and specialist guidelines.
Dr Sam Fitzsimmons
Consultant cardiologist in adult congenital heart disease, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Common ACHD presentations for the non-specialist – tips and tricks
12:15pm
- Lunch break (45 minutes)
1pm - 2:10pm
Session 4: Mixed specialty session
This session explores the management of glycaemic emergencies on the acute take including DKA, HHS, euglycaemic DKA and severe hypoglycaemia, alongside an exploration of how to support your acute presenting breathless pregnant patient.
This session will run in parallel with session 5. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date.
Dr Max Thoburn
Bio coming soon.
Dr Max Thoburn
ST7 Infectious Diseases / General Internal Medicine, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Dominic Oduro-Donkor
Dr Dominic Oduro-Donkor is a specialist registrar (ST6) in diabetes, endocrinology and general internal medicine at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, where he also serves as chief registrar. He works closely with senior leaders and resident doctors to enhance clinical training, workforce engagement and service delivery across the trust. His academic and clinical interests include diabetes care and diabetes technology, and he is actively involved in teaching, mentoring and supporting resident doctors as they progress into more senior roles. Alongside his clinical and leadership responsibilities, he has contributed to research and quality improvement initiatives across diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine. He is passionate about integrating bedside practice, education and innovation to improve patient care and develop the future medical workforce.
Dr Dominic Oduro-Donkor
Diabetes and endocrinology specialist registrar, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Glycaemic emergencies on the acute take: what the medical registrar needs to know
Dr Ailie Young
Dr Ailie Young is a newly appointed consultant acute physician in Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife with a special interest in obstetric medicine, and a trainee representative for the Society for Acute Medicine.
Dr Ailie Young
Consultant acute physician, NHS Fife
The breathless pregnant patient
1pm - 2:10pm
Session 5: Mixed specialty session
This is a multi-specialty session covering haematology and oncology. Speakers will explore when to request clotting tests and how to interpret abnormal results, alongside an overview of key drug developments in oncology treatment and how to manage the widening range of toxicities.
This session will run in parallel with session 4. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date
Dr Sacha Moore
Dr Sacha Moore is a specialty registrar in nephrology and general internal medicine on the Wales Clinical Academic Training (WCAT) scheme in Cardiff. Sacha’s clinical interests include chronic kidney disease (CKD) management, particularly CKD mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD), and cardiorenal disease. He also has an interest in acute kidney injury (AKI), having been lead author of the All-Wales AKI guideline. Sacha's research focuses on vascular calcification as a driver of cardiovascular disease in people living with CKD, and he is currently out-of-programme undertaking a Wellcome Trust-funded GW4CAT-HP doctoral fellowship investigating mechanisms that drive this disease process. Sacha is keen to support clinical academic careers, which drives his work as a resident doctor committee representative on the RCP Research and Academic Medicine Committee. He is also passionate about ensuring access to research opportunities for resident doctors across the country through chairing NEPHwork, the UK Kidney Association-supported resident doctor-led research collaborative.
Dr Sacha Moore
WCAT specialty registrar in nephrology and general internal medicine, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Cathy Farrelly
Bio coming soon.
Dr Tom Wells MBE FRCP
Dr Tom Wells is a consultant medical oncologist with site specialisations in breast cancer and cancer of unknown primary. He is currently oncology lead and chemotherapy lead at UHBW, having previously been acute oncology service consultant lead in which he had a key role in establishing the acute oncology service. In addition to his oncology work, Tom works as a medical tribunal member for the Ministry of Justice, where he hears ESA and PIP appeals, and he has been involved in several disability initiatives including co-founding the disability course at Bristol University Medical School. Tom himself is disabled, being permanently paralysed from the chest down due to spinal cord injury. He has published several articles in communication, disability and oncology and in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours he was awarded MBE for service to medicine and people with disabilities in the medical profession.
Dr Tom Wells MBE FRCP
Consultant medical oncolgist, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
The complexity of complications associated with systemic anti-cancer therapies
2:10pm
- Comfort break - please choose your next session
2:30pm - 3:40pm
Session 6: Gastroenterology
This gastroenterology session covers top tips to feel confident managing the first critical hours of acute liver injury, alongside the assessment and treatment of iron deficiency and anaemia.
This session will run in parallel with session 7. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date.
Dr Samuel Hey
Bio coming soon.
Dr Sarah-Jane Harris
Dr Sarah-Jane Harris is an ST6 hepatology registrar currently working in Southampton General Hospital in the Wessex deanery. She is completing her advanced hepatology training, during which time she has worked in the Transplant Unit of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Her experience of acute liver failure, referrals for consideration of transplant and post-transplant care from both the referring and receiving hospitals provides a unique perspective that has inspired her talk today.
Dr Sarah-Jane Harris
Specialty registrar in hepatology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Management of acute liver injury on the general medical take
Dr Gaurav Nigam
Bio coming soon.
Dr Gaurav Nigam
Iron deficiency and anaemia on the acute take
2:30pm - 3:40pm
Session 7: Neurology
This neurology session will give you a clear, practical approach to recognising and managing seizures on the acute take, alongside a neurological approach to the acutely confused patient.
This session will run in parallel with session 6. We recommend you choose which session you’d like to watch live, and which session you will watch on-demand at a later date.
Dr Rizwan Khan
Bio coming soon.
Dr Guleed Adan
Bio coming soon.
Dr Guleed Adan
Epilepsy fellow, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Seizures on the acute take
3:40pm
- Comfort break (10 minutes)
3:50pm - 5:15pm
Session 8: Professional skills
Worried about transitioning into the med reg role? The final session aims to support your decision making and clinical reasoning, provide you with some top tips for how to adapt to challenges of the role, and leave you thinking about the importance of civility for your wellbeing and your patient outcomes.
Dr Muha Hassan
Dr Muha Hassan is an IMT3 doctor, RCP associate college tutor and regional trainee representative for the West Midlands Deanery. In these roles, she has actively supported resident doctors and contributed to initiatives aimed at improving postgraduate training. Her professional interests include endocrinology and global health policy, particularly in relation to non-communicable diseases.
Dr Muha Hassan
IMT3, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Nicola Cooper
Professor of medical education and honorary consultant physician, University of Nottingham; University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Nicola Cooper is a professor of medical education and an honorary consultant physician at the University of Nottingham. Nicola’s clinical work is in acute internal medicine at Royal Derby Hospital. She is editor of the ABC of clinical reasoning (2023) and chair of a not-for-profit, the UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group (www.creme.org.uk).
Professor Nicola Cooper
Professor of medical education and honorary consultant physician, University of Nottingham; University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Hussain Basheer
Bio coming soon.
Dr Hussain Basheer
How to adapt to challenges of the role
Dr Anna Baverstock
Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician from Somerset. She is also an associate medical director for wellbeing and leadership, a coach, mediator and Schwartz facilitator. Her most recent work has looked at how we can restructure our medical leadership teams to enable kind, compassionate, safe, innovative care by design and system changes. The best way to support individual wellbeing, alongside individual strategies, is to support leaders to lead in a kind, compassionate, inclusive way to enable all to thrive. Anna works with Doctors Training on teaching workshops and is a member of Civility Saves Lives.
Dr Anna Baverstock
Paediatrician and associate medical director for leadership and wellbeing, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Civility in the workplace
Please note that any presentations shown at this
event have been produced by the individual speakers. As such they are not owned by,
and do not necessarily represent the views of, the RCP.
