About SAM

Discover the Society, the specialty and the people shaping Acute Medicine.

The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) is the multidisciplinary professional society for everyone working to improve the care of acutely unwell medical patients.

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Acute Medicine clinicians working together

What is Acute Medicine?

Understand the specialty, how it works and the patients it cares for.

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Acute Medicine clinicians discussing patient care

What is SAM?

Discover the Society, our community, what we do and how we influence Acute Medicine.

Discover SAM

Members of the Acute Medicine community working together

Explore more about SAM

Find out more about our organisation, our people and how we work.

Council & Leadership

Our History

Past Presidents

Honorary Fellows

Available Posts

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What we do

We support our members, define the specialty and influence the system to improve care for acutely unwell patients.

Supporting people

Education, professional development, community and career support.

Defining the specialty

Standards, guidance, research, improvement and defining high-quality Acute Medicine.

Influencing the system

Representing Acute Medicine nationally and advocating for better acute care.

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Be part of the multidisciplinary community shaping Acute Medicine.

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