Beth Griffith

Beth is a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is currently on sabbatical at Landspítali University Hospital in Reykjavík, where she’s helping develop Acute Medicine services in Iceland.

Beth has been involved with SAM for a number of years, first as a takeAIM Fellow and later as the New Consultant Representative, and ecoSAM lead, before becoming Chair of the Training & Education Committee.

Education has always been a huge part of Beth’s career. She is Education Lead for the Mersey AIM Training Programme, a FAMUS Supervisor, and has led the development of structured educational programmes for Acute Medicine residents, including co-developing AWESAM with colleagues across SAM to help senior registrars prepare for consultant life.

She loves teaching Acute Medicine – from the bread-and-butter clinical topics we all see every day or the parts of the job that don’t always make it into the curriculum. Her interests include practical,on-the-job learning for the whole acute medicine MDT, and she‘s also interested in  the hidden curriculum of leadership, communication and non-clinical topics.

As Chair, Beth wants the committee to keep bringing fresh ideas to SAM: new speakers, new topics and new ways of learning, while making it easier than ever for members to get involved and share their expertise. She firmly believes some of the best educational ideas come from people who have never spoken at a national meeting before, and would love to hear from anyone with an idea to share.