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The Society for Acute Medicine

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Latest Events

SAM Educational Evening: Hot Topics: Under the Weather on the AMU, 26 June 2025, online

26/06/2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – SAM Educational Evening: Hot Topics: Under the Weather on the AMU – Cases to make you think Thursday 26 June 2025 7.30-9.00pm Zoom Webinar 2 Category 1 (external) CPD credits will be applied for. Learning Objectives – Gain insight into the patient groups who are vulnerable to complication from extreme heat – Working examples of […]

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SAM Educational Evening: Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Practical Approach for the Acute Physician, 23 July 2025, online

23/07/2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – SAM Educational Evening: Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Practical Approach for the Acute Physician Wednesday 23 July 2025 7.30-8.30pm Zoom Webinar 1 Category 1 (external) CPD credits will be applied for. Learning Objectives – Understand the pathophysiological mechanisms linking acute and chronic heart and kidney dysfunction, and how they influence patient outcomes in the acute setting. – […]

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SAM Ultrasound Course, 21 September 2025, Manchester

21/09/2025 @ All Day – Date: Sunday 21 September 2025 Venue: Midland Hotel, 16 Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS Cost: £50 SAM Members | £150 non-SAM members This course is aimed at providing the foundations for the three core FAMUS modules: thoracic, abdominal/renal and DVT/peripheral vascular access. Attendees must have completed the FAMUS e-LFH module. Online lecture access will be […]

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SAMManchester, 22- 23 September 2025, Manchester

22/09/2025 – 23/09/2025 @ All Day – Acute Medicine At 25: Celebrating Progress, Inspiring Tomorrow The Society for Acute Medicine’s 18th International Conference will take place on 22-23 September 2025 at Manchester Central and will be a celebration of 25 years since the founding of SAM! You can register for SAMManchester either in-person or as a virtual delegate. View more details and […]

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FAMUS Course, 11 June 2025, London

11/06/2025 @ All Day – FAMUS Course 11 June 2025 Venue: Bromley Emergency Courses, Terracotta Court (ground floor), 167 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 3LN Cost: £370 More Information & Booking here

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FAMUS Course, 14 & 15 June 2025, Birmingham

14/06/2025 – 15/06/2025 @ All Day – FAMUS and FUSIC-heart course for acute and GIM trainees 14 & 15 June 2025 Crown Plaza Hotel, NEC, Pendigo Way Birmingham, B40 1PS Course fee: £300 Please complete registration form within the event flyer to book and send to Kerry O’ Reilly at ultrasoundcourse@outlook.com Tel: 0121 424 3636

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FAMUS Course, 16 & 17 June 2025, West Midlands

16/06/2025 – 17/06/2025 @ All Day – US for the Generalist 16th and 17th June 2025 Venue: Sandwell General Hospital (Medical Education Centre), West Midlands Costs: £300 for one day £550 for 2 days Click here to book View the event flyer

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FAMUS Course, 18 June 2025, Midlands

18/06/2025 @ All Day – FAMUS Course 18th June 2025, 08:30-17:00 Venue: Manor Learning Centre, Walsall Manor Hospital, Walsall, WS2 9PS Course Fee: £300 View the event flyer Payment link within event flyer

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Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) 

SAM is committed to supporting AMUs across the country providing high quality care for medical inpatients.  SAM has many MDT members including Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and other key members of the acute medical team.

Latest Updates

Training Hub

This section of the website deals with all matters pertaining to the training of doctors in Acute Medicine. Largely written by the junior doctors themselves this is the best place to find trustworthy and practical advice on training in Acute Medicine.

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Learning Hub

This section of the website provides access to a wide selection of webinar videos and acute medical podcasts.

If you are a SAM member, you will gain access to all digital events with no extra charge once you login. Non-Members can have access to restricted content but you may wish to Join SAM.

Groups Hub

Acute Medicine as a specialty has a strong focus on Multi and Inter-disciplinary working. This section of the website provides a focus on some of the professions involved in Acute Medicine and provides valuable information and resources written by council leads representing each profession.

SAM has developed several Specialty Interest Groups that work within the Society, developing guidelines, resources and a better understanding of the relationship of Acute Medicine and the focus area of the SIG.

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Policy Hub

This section of the website provides access to a SAM standards, policy, position statements and vision.

This section also provides a history of the Society for Acute Medicine by Dr Rhid Dowdle OBE, retired Consultant Physician and Cardiologist and Archivist of the Society for Acute Medicine

Wellbeing Hub

BMA defines moral distress as the psychological unease generated where professionals identify an ethically correct action to take but are constrained in their ability to take that action.

We are feeling this increasingly whilst working in Acute Medicine. We know on a basic level that corridor care and leaving patients in the waiting room for hours is not the right care that they need, but we are powerless to change this on an individual level.

Find our developing resources within this hub

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