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.
Set priorities
Identify the questions that matter most to patients, clinicians and acute medical services.
Build evidence
Support high-quality research that strengthens the evidence behind acute medical care.
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
Exploring what makes an excellent early-career AMU placement, how workplace learning happens and how those experiences influence professional identity and career choice.
Research opportunities & funding
SAM supports research development, collaboration and opportunities to help people across Acute Medicine develop and deliver high-quality research.
Research Committee
The SAM Research Committee supports research development, collaboration and capability across Acute Medicine and helps connect researchers across the specialty.
Get involved in research
Current opportunities to contribute to research and help shape the future of Acute Medicine.
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 →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.