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The Society for Acute Medicine

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Latest Events

Acute Medics as Improvers, 15 April – 14 July 2026, online

15/04/2026 – 14/07/2026 @ 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm – Acute Medics as Improvers Eliminating Corridor Care (A Coached QI Collaborative Programme) Acute Medics as Improvers is a bespoke Quality Improvement programme is delivered over four half-day sessions with four 2hr coaching sessions in between supporting attendees to learn core QI skills be applying the theory to real life examples relating to eliminating corridor care […]

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SAMCardiff, 30 April – 1 May 2026, Cardiff

30/04/2026 – 01/05/2026 @ All Day – The Society for Acute Medicine’s Spring Meeting: SAMCardiff 30th April -1st May 2026 Cardiff Holland House Hotel **You can still register as a Virtual Attendee after the event has taken places as sessions are available to view for 4 months The Society for Acute Medicine’s 2026 Spring Conference took place on 30 April – 1 […]

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SAM Educational Evening, 23 June 2026, Immunotherapy Toxicity – Managing Mimics, online

23/06/2026 @ 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm – SAM Educational Evening: Immunotherapy Toxicity – Managing Mimics 23 June 2026, 7.30-8.45pm Zoom webinar 1 Category 1 (external) CPD credit will be applied for with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Learning Objectives: – Develop early recognition of immunotherapy toxicity presenting on the acute take – Recognition of constellation […]

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AIM SCE Revision Course, 24 June – 16 July 2026, online

24/06/2026 – 16/07/2026 @ All Day – The next SCE Exam is on 16 September and SAM is again running an online Revision Course for exam candidates. The course will run over 4 evenings in June and July (24th June, 1st, 7th, 16th July) with recordings available afterwards. This course is free to all SAM members and £60 for Non Members. The […]

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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.

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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

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