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Last 12 months SAM Research
SAM Research Development Grants 2021-2022 We are pleased to announce the first round of SAM grant awards. These competitively awarded small grants are aimed at supporting early-stage studies that will be of the benefit to Acute Medicine and that will produce results to underpin future larger grant applications from funding bodies such as NIHR. Further…
Read MoreSAMBA17 National Report and Supporting Documents
Follow the link for the SAMBA17 National Report and supporting documents!
Read MoreSAMBA 2017 – Registration now open!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that SAMBA2017 will take place on Thursday June 15th 2017. This year we are calling the audit ‘Against the Clock – Time for Patients’.
Read MoreSociety for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit: SAMBA 2015
Thursday 25 June 2015. Find out more about SAMBA 2015 and how to register here.
Read MoreSAMBA’14 – Save the date!
SAMBA 2014 A big thank you again to those who contributed to SAMBA ‘13, the Society for Acute Medicine’s Benchmarking Audit. The audit has been a real success in that it attracted 43 units, data from over 1400 patients and contributions from nearly 100 Acute Physicians from all over the UK. You have probably seen the first…
Read MoreAn Evaluation of Consultant Input into Acute Medical Admissions Management in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
In 2010 SAM collaborated with RCP London to produce this report on the organisation of services for managing Acute Medical Admissions. Key Findings The vast majority of hospitals (123 out of 126) surveyed have an established AMU. Most hospitals (88%) have a recognized clinical lead for acute medical admissions, and a large proportion of these…
Read MoreEffectiveness of acute medical units in hospitals: a systematic review
Ian Scott; Louella Vaughan; Derek Bell International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2009 21: 397-407 Here are the free-access links to the online article: Abstract, Full Text, PDF
Read MoreSeven Day Working for Consultants in the Acute Medical Unit
Introduction This statement has been produced by the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) to explain why we believe that consultant-led care must be consistently delivered in all acute medical units (AMUs) in the UK, 7 days per week. Background The speciality of Acute Medicine was developed over the past decade to ensure that patients receive…
Read MoreSAM Benchmarking Audit
20th June is an important day in the SAM calendar as it is the date of the Second Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit (SAMBA 2013), which is once again being organised by Dr Chris Subbe, Dr David Ward, Dr Ivan LeJeune and Dr Charlotte Masterton-Smith. This is a vital opportunity to document the fantastic work…
Read MoreConsultants and higher speciality trainees in acute medicine survey
The importance of ‘generalism’ in the future of in-patient care in the UK has been highlighted in a number of recent publications. Later this year the Royal College of Physicians of London is planning to publish the report of its Future Hospital Commission, in which continuity of consultant care will be a key theme. A…
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