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Our one day programme aims to show you why we think #medicineisbrilliant! You can click Watch on-demand on any of the sessions below. You'll find more on-demand content via the auditorium tab.
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| 9.30am | Welcome Dr Cathryn Edwards, RCP registrar and consultant gastroenterologist, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust |
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| 9.35am | In conversation with… Chair: Dr Jo Szram, RCP Linacre fellow and consultant respiratory physician, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust |
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Why medicine is a brilliant career
Dr Andrew Goddard, RCP president and consultant gastroenterologist, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, in conversation with Dr Jo Szram | ||
Reality bites: perspectives on our specialty careers
Dr Sonia Panchal, RCP deputy registrar and consultant rheumatologist, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Wajid Hussain, RCP clinical director for digital health, consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, in conversation with Ciara Irwin, medical student (year 5), Student and Foundation Doctor Network (SFDN)
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Stepping up – how to maximise your opportunities
in conversation with Dr Celia Bielawski, RCP censor (2018 - 2021) and consultant geriatrician, Whittington Health NHS Trust | ||
Panel question and answer session
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| 10.50am | Comfort break |
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| 11:05am | Specialty session 1 Chairs: Dr Luca Nart, foundation doctor (year 2) and Student and Foundation Doctor Network (SFDN) representative, London region
Dr Jo Szram, RCP Linacre fellow and consultant respiratory physician, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust | Specialty session 2 Chairs: Lucy Richman, medical student, Student and Foundation Doctor Network (SFDN) representative, Eastern region Dr Celia Bielawski, RCP censor (2018 - 2021) and consultant geriatrician, Whittington Health NHS Trust |
Medical oncology Dr Alison May Berner, medical oncology specialty registrar (ST4) and clinical research fellow, Barts Cancer Institute | Gastroenterology Dr Elizabeth Ratcliffe, gastroenterology specialty registrar (ST6) and clinical research fellow, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust | |
Stroke medicine Dr Michelle Dharmasiri, consultant stroke physician, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | Geriatric medicine Dr Rhodri Edwards, consultant in geriatric medicine, Swansea Bay University Health Board | |
Infectious diseases Dr Harriet Hughes, consultant in microbiology and infectious diseases, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff | Clinical genetics Dr Emily Sloper, clinical genetics specialty registrar (ST4), University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Dr Lara Menzies, clinical genetics specialty registrar (ST6), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | |
Cardiology Dr Chris Allen, cardiology specialty registrar and clinical research fellow, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation trust and president, British Junior Cardiologists Association | Endocrinology Dr Miles Levy, consultant endocrinologist, honorary associate professor in endocrinology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | |
Rehabilitation medicine Dr Joanna Corrado, rehabilitation medicine specialty registrar (ST4) and clinical research fellow, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | Diabetes Dr Dipesh Patel, consultant diabetes physician, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and honorary senior lecturer, University College London | |
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| 12.30pm | Lunch break |
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| 1:15pm | Make your career your own… Chair: Dr Celia Bielawski, RCP censor (2018-2021) and consultant geriatrician, Whittington Health NHS Trust
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The path less well travelled Dr Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief, British Medical Journal, in conversation with Dr Charles Badu-Boateng, RAF medical officer and IMT3 trainee, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | ||
Top tips for making the most of training in a medical specialty Dr Raunak Singh, RCP chief registrar alumni and consultant in general medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | ||
How to find (and make time for) innovation alongside your training Dr Alexandra Phillips, 2020 Turner-Warwick lecturer overall winner and IMT2 trainee, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff | ||
Finding the right path Dr Fizzah Ali, neurology registrar, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and editor-in-chief, Medical Women Magazine | ||
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Comfort break |
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| 3.15pm | Specialty session 3 Chairs: Dr Nathan Samuel, foundation year 1 doctor and SFDN chair Dr Sonia Panchal, RCP deputy registrar and consultant rheumatologist, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | Specialty session 4 Chairs: Dr Rose Penfold, RCP Trainees Committee representative, South East London and academic clinical fellow in geriatric medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ajay Verma, RCP New Consultants Committee chair and consultant gastroenterologist, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Genitourinary medicine Professor Margaret Kingston, consultant physician in genitourinary medicine and associate medical director, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Neurology Dr Matthew Jones, consultant neurologist and honorary senior lecturer, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust | |
Respiratory medicine Dr Akhilesh Jha, clinical lecturer in experimental respiratory medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | Acute medicine Dr Latif Rahman, RCP associate college tutor, acute and general internal medicine specialty registrar (ST5), University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Dr Taqua Dahab, acute medicine and intensive care specialty registrar (ST5), Wirral University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and TakeAIM fellow, Society for Acute Medicine | |
Renal medicine Dr Shalabh Srivastava, consultant nephrologist, Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and honorary associate clinical lecturer, Newcastle University | Palliative care Dr Charlotte Lee, palliative medicine specialty registrar (ST4), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
Rheumatology Dr Megan Rutter, rheumatology specialty registrar (ST6) and clinical research fellow, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham | Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics Dr Andrew Scourfield, consultant in clinical pharmacology and general internal medicine, University College London NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| 4.25pm | Closing comments Dr Luca Nart, foundation doctor (year 2) and SFDN representative, London region |
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| 4:30pm | Close of conference |
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