Research Hub

Research in Acute Medicine

Building the evidence base for Acute Medicine through collaboration, research priorities, opportunities and support for the Acute Medicine community.

SAM supports research that addresses the questions that matter, strengthens the evidence behind acute care and helps more people across the specialty contribute to research.

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Set priorities

Identify the questions that matter most to patients, clinicians and acute medical services.

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Build evidence

Support high-quality research that strengthens the evidence behind acute medical care.

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Grow capability

Help people across Acute Medicine take part in, develop and deliver research.

Shaping what Acute Medicine research answers next

SAM is partnering in a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership, bringing patients, carers and healthcare professionals together to identify and agree the unanswered questions that should shape future Acute Medicine research.

Explore SAM Research

Find research programmes, opportunities and support across the Acute Medicine community.

AIMHigher

Researching Acute Medicine education

Exploring what makes an excellent early-career AMU placement, how workplace learning happens and how those experiences influence professional identity and career choice.

Explore AIMHigher →

Research opportunities & funding

Supporting ideas to become research

SAM supports research development, collaboration and opportunities to help people across Acute Medicine develop and deliver high-quality research.

2026 information coming soon

Research Committee

Supporting research across the specialty

The SAM Research Committee supports research development, collaboration and capability across Acute Medicine and helps connect researchers across the specialty.

Updated information coming soon

Get involved in research

Current opportunities to contribute to research and help shape the future of Acute Medicine.

30 OCT 2026

Join the PSP Steering Group

Help oversee the national process that will identify and prioritise the unanswered research questions that matter most to Acute Medicine.

Apply to join →
AIM
Higher

Take part in AIMHigher

Doctors who have worked on an AMU at Foundation or Core level within the last ten years can contribute to research exploring workplace learning and early-career experiences in Acute Medicine.

Find out more →

Have a research idea or want to get involved?

Whether you are an experienced researcher, developing an idea for the first time, or interested in contributing to Acute Medicine research, we would like to hear from you.

research@acutemedicine.org.uk →