History of SAM: The recognition of Acute Medicine as a clinical entity and its early development as a medical speciality

As we head into 2025 and SAM is about to turn 25, read more about the beginnings of SAM. Dr Rhid Dowdle OBE, is the Archivist of the Society for Acute Medicine and a retired Consultant Physician and Cardiologist at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Rhid penned the first part of the History of SAM Part 1 in 2021 and the story continues in the latest document from his series in History of SAM Part 2.

Read about how it all started…